Wow, where do you begin with something like this. So much to see if you are looking and have come to recognise the methods and symbolism at play. The numbering of this particular games being the 33rd, has not gone unnoticed. In fact, it seems rather relevant.

The light bringer – seems they might have borrowed one of the characters from Assassins Creed. A medieval knight’s templar to hand over the signal.

Satanism – it seems the dark and pagan theme running through Hollywood, the entertainment industries, politics, sport, and society overall is out there for everyone to see now. A very public display of debauchery and grotesqueness with a big old side helping of sinister. Likened to Sodom and Gomorrah and seems across the board has raised more than a few questions. With a general ghoulish theme continued with a decapitated head singing with flames and red featuring heavily. Very sporting like, don’t you think?

They also had a visual effect of a pale horse with rider running across the surface of the river water, which did seem like it might fit a certain quote from the bible. From the book of revelation, no less –

Revelations 6:8 “And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.”

Tower of Babel – the Eiffel Tower lit up with lasers, reminding me of the invention in Batman 3 by the Riddler. One to drain your mental energy and ideas. Also, it was likened to being the Tower of Babel, a ritual focus point for the ceremony. Making me think of The Main Arena for that and how much energy was gathered in that event.

The Last Supper – a very busted up representation of what appeared to be The Last Supper, with an array of misfits and oddities in the line-up. Ordinarily, I will always try to look for the artistic quality to something, even if it’s not my thing. But this didn’t appear artistic or creative in any way, although a great deal of thought probably did go into it. And it’s the intention behind that thought that seems to have shone through, with many viewing it as a religious mockery. And being honest, it did.

If you look back at the previous opening ceremonies, you’ll start to notice a weirdness and ritualistic enactment of things. At first, they appeared as things that have long since passed, of heroes and Kings and adventures of old. And then it seemed they were showing what was to come, as in Show and Tell, needing people to be part of it coming. And now it seems as though they are revealing where we are, or at least where they would like us to be, but it seems there might be hope out for a better world and future. Because if we keep on our projected path, it’s starting to feel like it might be about to get a whole lot darker…

(c) K Wicks