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Winter Paralympic Games on C4

(March 2014)

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Brekkie
Considering I'm always moaning lately about people not starting new threads it would be rude not too.

Why they let Jon Snow do the ceremony god knows - he may have been great at handling the Ukraine/Russia thing but he's just not cut out for this kind of thing. Interesting though they've got the BBC's Frank Gardener as part of their punditry team.

Intro is the same theme as 2012 with titles that I think are quite reminiscent of the BBC's effort in Vancouver four years ago - looks great. Anyone know where the studio is they're using - it looks pretty good IMO.

Ads are always going to annoy in these ceremonies - kind of ironic that Krishnan pointed out how the firebird animations were painstakingly hand painted only for C4 to play out ads over most of them. The cross to the Last Leg studio mid ceremony was a bit unnecessary too - could easily have been done beforehand. They also squeezed in a post-ceremony cross to Crufts to talk to Clare mainly about whether the dogs enjoyed it.

Anyway, coverage continues mornings on C4, with two extra channels online.
Last edited by Brekkie on 7 March 2014 7:42pm
VM
VMPhil
I thought Krishnan's commentary during the main performances of the ceremony was done well, talking at the right times to give a bit of background on what we were seeing, and making sure not to interrupt announcements in the stadium, rather than talking all the time.

The most impressive part of the ceremony to me (although I'll admit I didn't see parts of it later on) was the waving Russian 'flag'.

The crossover to The Last Leg did seem unnecessary - did we miss part of the Parade of Nations for that?
BR
Brekkie
Agree about Krishnan - he did a good job. Also agree that despite the millions spent the most impressive part was probably the human flag.
DA
David
The AD stream on their website did not have adverts or The Last Leg cross over. Bit disappointed not to see that massive bear from the Olympic Closing Ceremony again. The human flag was good though.
WH
whoiam989
You are supposed to discuss all Sochi Olympic and Paralympic games at http://www.tvforum.co.uk/tvhome/sochi-2014-winter-olympic-paralympic-games-39655/ .
JO
Jon
You are supposed to discuss all Sochi Olympic and Paralympic games at http://www.tvforum.co.uk/tvhome/sochi-2014-winter-olympic-paralympic-games-39655/ .

Shut up.


If this was Metropol you'd get a different two word response.
DJ
DJGM

You are supposed to discuss all Sochi Olympic and Paralympic games at
http://www.tvforum.co.uk/tvhome/sochi-2014-winter-olympic-paralympic-games-39655/ .


Congratulations on becoming the newest TVF moderator.


Oh wait ... you're not. So in that case, like Jon said, shut up.
BA
Bail Moderator
Point made people Smile
WH
whoiam989
OK. Sorry about that and I'll be quiet on this thread until closing ceremony.
Last edited by whoiam989 on 8 March 2014 6:56am
BR
Brekkie
Anyone else having problems getting the live streams to work on Firefox?
VM
VMPhil
Anyone else having problems getting the live streams to work on Firefox?

Do you use Adblock Plus?
AC
aconnell
Anyone else having problems getting the live streams to work on Firefox?

Do you use Adblock Plus?


That's usually the culprit for everything when something goes wrong these days!

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