NYC NYE celebration, Time Square- A bit crap isn't it?
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Let me start this thread by saying... I like America... I have no problems with Americans... I f**king adore New York... Been there twice. So this not a "bash America" thread.
However, I was watching that God awful film on Sky, New Years Eve, and it's all about that ball drop thing in Times Square. And I kept thinking all this fuss over a ball dropping... Surely there must be more to the celebration than that... A bit of NYC razzle dazzle... Fireworks galore. Then I saw the actual celebration itself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zypqaZrvMz4
And, it's a bit shit isn't it? I mean everybody is looking like they are having a blast, and I suppose that's the main thing, but it's not much of a spectacle is it? Not much of a bang. Just a lot of hugging and snogging. I thought New York would party it up a bit more than that. London and Sydney certainly put on more of a show.
Am I missing something? Is it something that needs to be experienced in person to finally "get it"? Or is it how it is filmed on screen... Just a ball dropping and people snogging?
P.s. I have nothing against snogging.
However, I was watching that God awful film on Sky, New Years Eve, and it's all about that ball drop thing in Times Square. And I kept thinking all this fuss over a ball dropping... Surely there must be more to the celebration than that... A bit of NYC razzle dazzle... Fireworks galore. Then I saw the actual celebration itself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zypqaZrvMz4
And, it's a bit shit isn't it? I mean everybody is looking like they are having a blast, and I suppose that's the main thing, but it's not much of a spectacle is it? Not much of a bang. Just a lot of hugging and snogging. I thought New York would party it up a bit more than that. London and Sydney certainly put on more of a show.
Am I missing something? Is it something that needs to be experienced in person to finally "get it"? Or is it how it is filmed on screen... Just a ball dropping and people snogging?
P.s. I have nothing against snogging.
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I don't get your point?
It's full of tourists who stand in Times Square for perhaps 12 hours or more and unable to leave because of high security with nowhere to go to the toilet in the freezing cold just so they can experience it.
FTS.
Oh, and since we must put disclaimers in, I don't hate tourists.
(I do really).
False comparison really. Skiing is an activity, you can never judge an activity unless you try it. NYE celebration, like Sydney etc, are spectacles in which you need eyes to make a judgement. Being there would be better, but if it's filmed, you can judge it like that. And as a spectacle, in my opinion, it doesn't work. But I'm asking whether it works for others, and whether I'm missing something.
But yeah NYE is one night I prefer to stay in and have a toast at home.
I have been there in the crowds to see the ball drop and it is a thrilling atmosphere. It's just an experience.
Whaaa! No one's classier than Seacrest!
He's a suitable replacement, I suppose.
Didn't look cold in Sydney
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IYHtiKs-QU
The 4th of July is generally our big day for fireworks in the U.S.
This is where you get asked why on earth anyone would want to celebrate on July 4th.
(And then get someone saying surely it should be the British celebrating that day).
Better not rock the boat.
That's nice... Although it would have been better if it were synchronised with the music. Ok I'm picking holes I know. Lol
Meh... As I said in my OP, they crowds look like they enjoy it. Good for them.