2010 Vancouver Olympic & Paralympic Super-Thread - Page 81

SpongeG · #**1601** Posted **Feb 10, 2010, 6:31 AM**

CTV studio - all pics by me

Robson prepares for pedestrians

the cool peace project inside the library

the other project

the TV is extremely loud

closures

woof

countdown clock!

sort of see some kind of drill going on

Ontario house

more flags

shutdown

lighting!

new screen

projection in the windows

entheosfog · #**1602** Posted **Feb 10, 2010, 7:24 AM**

Some Olympic related photography from me. Some of these things have already been posted but oh well!

Irish House (changes colours):

Some more of the Lunarfest:

The igloo:

The other side has a Canadian flag

Locked In · #**1603** Posted **Feb 10, 2010, 7:27 AM**

^ Thanks for all the updates!

SpongeG · #**1604** Posted **Feb 10, 2010, 7:39 AM**

they just showed the water screen thing on CTV :O neato

i've seen it used in other places decades ago though

Yume-sama · #**1605** Posted **Feb 10, 2010, 7:45 AM**

They must be testing lights at Robson Square. If you watch Global you can see them firing them up behind them.

Looks... BRIGHT!

jsbertram · #**1606** Posted **Feb 10, 2010, 7:59 AM**

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Originally Posted by raggedy13

EDIT: Link to latest photo thread - http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?p=4690881#post4690881

Some pics I took yesterday. Expect a full thread (probably 2 full threads) in the photo subforum later today.

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With Robson Square being the non-accredited media center, expect to see lots of video crews bumping into each other around the VAG and Robson St. (when it goes pedestrian-only) to get the man-on-the-street segments.

If you're hanging around downtown and look presentable, don't be surprised to get your 15 seconds of fame.

SpongeG · #**1607** Posted **Feb 10, 2010, 8:03 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yume-sama

They must be testing lights at Robson Square. If you watch Global you can see them firing them up behind them.

Looks... BRIGHT!

they've been doing it for a few days now

Yume-sama · #**1608** Posted **Feb 10, 2010, 8:05 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpongeG

they've been doing it for a few days now

Yeah, but now it's on TV

SpongeG · #**1609** Posted **Feb 10, 2010, 8:06 AM**

global is using a fake studio too! only squirt barnes show is real

the news is being broadcast from a studio in burnaby with green screens they keep talking about it on the more causal noon news hour

Yume-sama · #**1610** Posted **Feb 10, 2010, 8:11 AM**

Oh, I have noticed that. The weather part is particularly noticeable. I wonder why they do that, now.

jsbertram · #**1611** Posted **Feb 10, 2010, 8:14 AM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

I think that's just a wrap around a scaffold though.

The public flame is at the VCCEP, isn't it?

Tonight, Gobal (I think) had a helicopter shot of the new convention centre west plaza showing something that looks like a cauldron from overhead, but it's all covered up in scaffolding and shrouds so you can't see anything from the street.

A rumour I heard is that identical cauldrons are in Whistler, Vancouver convention centre (the media centre), and outside BC Place (visible from Athletes village).

Will they will be lit simultaneously by some magical dazzling means when the indoor BC Place cauldron is lit?

Just two more sleeps and we'll know.....

jsbertram · #**1612** Posted **Feb 10, 2010, 8:37 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yume-sama

Oh, I have noticed that. The weather part is particularly noticeable. I wonder why they do that, now.

Cheaper production costs when the only real-world items on screen are the person and the podium they sit behind. Everything else you see 'in the studio' is computer generated. It's quite amusing to see two or three people crowd shoulder-to-shoulder around the small podium when throwing to other segments.

CHEK (Shaw Cable 6) has been doing their newscasts that way for a while now.

With James Cameron's Avatar showing what can be done digitally, you can bet that the TV networks are trying to come up with realistic-looking computer generated news readers so they can cut the expense of salaried news anchors sitting in a TV studio. Are we ready for a digital Lloyd Robertson or Peter Mansbridge to tell you what's been happening today? Or a new & improved Max Headroom for the news channels?

SpongeG · #**1613** Posted **Feb 10, 2010, 8:39 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by jsbertram

Tonight, Gobal (I think) had a helicopter shot of the new convention centre west plaza showing something that looks like a cauldron from overhead, but it's all covered up in scaffolding and shrouds so you can't see anything from the street.

A rumour I heard is that identical cauldrons are in Whistler, Vancouver convention centre (the media centre), and outside BC Place (visible from Athletes village).

Will they will be lit simultaneously by some magical dazzling means when the indoor BC Place cauldron is lit?

Just two more sleeps and we'll know.....

it was CTV i just saw it on the news

there is also a community cauldron at david lam park

canucks23 · #**1614** Posted **Feb 10, 2010, 8:41 AM**

Check out this funny video from NBC of American athletes being asked questions about Canada. http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/assetid...ncouver#o+canada+u+s+athletes+talk+about

clooless · #**1615** Posted **Feb 10, 2010, 8:45 AM**

Holy crap, I can't believe they're actually doing something cool with the giant blank side of Sears. Guess they needed at least one side clean on which to project images.

Waders · #**1616** Posted **Feb 10, 2010, 8:48 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by canucks23

Check out this funny video from NBC of American athletes being asked questions about Canada. http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/assetid...ncouver#o+canada+u+s+athletes+talk+about

Thanks for the link.

Yume-sama · #**1617** Posted **Feb 10, 2010, 8:49 AM**

lol

"How many people live in Canada?"

"I don't know, too many?"

Ahh USA, the old dumb rich cousin we suck up to for nice presents and visit once or twice a year.

jsbertram · #**1618** Posted **Feb 10, 2010, 9:25 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by canucks23

Check out this funny video from NBC of American athletes being asked questions about Canada.

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I still laugh thinking about Rick Mercer's "Talking To Americans". The bit about the north pole ice-cap breaking apart, and the problems we'll have with a "bi-polar canada".
Classic.

cabotp · #**1619** Posted **Feb 10, 2010, 11:02 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by jsbertram

I still laugh thinking about Rick Mercer's "Talking To Americans". The bit about the north pole ice-cap breaking apart, and the problems we'll have with a "bi-polar canada".
Classic.

To me the best part in that show was "Should we destroy the Saskatchewan Navy base"

touraccuracy · #**1620** Posted **Feb 10, 2010, 5:24 PM**

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i've been takin' care of business.