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Official 2008 Olympics Thread - 1936, the Remix
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chickensoup
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Boston.com publish some stunning pictures on their website, and these are no exception. It's just a shame they're not higher res.Kikujiro said:
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Would let Tony Parker sleep with his wife
MIMIC said:
females.
Universal/NBC has like 7 other channels they could've shown it on but noooooooooooooooo. In fact, no other media outlet can report on the ceremony. Fuck all that.
http://www.nbcolympics.com/tv_and_online_listings/index.html
Handball, basketball, and shooting start tonight!
OpinionatedCyborg
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The best part of CBC are the occasional sarcastic remarks from Mansbridge and Maclean.distantmantra said:
"there will be 205 countries at this year's Olympics, the most ever - wait, we've just gotten word that * tiny country I had never heard of * has withdrawn"
"well there go their medal hopes"
First doper of the games gets kicked out, go Chin.. wait, what, he's Greek?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/athletics/7550678.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/athletics/7550678.stm
PjotrStroganov
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Dali said:
Part of the cycle course is laid out on the Great Wall. The Great Wall!!!
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ccbfan said:
Yep, that's what my parents said this morning. We have like 5 or 6 Chinese channels too.
OpinionatedCyborg
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Either my tastes have matured and I now can appreciate opening ceremonies, or this was a pretty good opening ceremonies... the colours were just insane.
Mike Works
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fuck that asian singer is hot as hell, what's her name?!
edit: hahaha it was sarah brightman
edit: hahaha it was sarah brightman
I just discovered that not only are the Netherlands fielding a baseball team, they've fielded one for the last four Olympics. Japan, Cuba, and the U.S. I understand, but the Netherlands?
Most of the Euro baseball teams are new this Olympics, but the Netherlands have been there since the get go. Do people actually like Baseball in the Netherlands?
Most of the Euro baseball teams are new this Olympics, but the Netherlands have been there since the get go. Do people actually like Baseball in the Netherlands?
The_Inquisitor
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Finally I can watch it, fuck you NBC. And what the fuck, 3 minutes of video, and fucking commercials all fucking ready?
Wow, I never thought I'd ever have to say this but... the opening ceremonies kinda kicked ass. :lol The fireworks were, as you'd expect, mind-blowing but the footpints were especially awesome. Seeing this shit in HD helps, there have been some fantastic visuals to absorb.
Even the artsy/dance stuff, normally incredibly boring and pointless, was good. Reminds me of how incredibly bad the opening for the Sydney games were, and how the Vancouver games probably aren't going to be much better.
Even the artsy/dance stuff, normally incredibly boring and pointless, was good. Reminds me of how incredibly bad the opening for the Sydney games were, and how the Vancouver games probably aren't going to be much better.
The_Inquisitor
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Oh this is such bullshit. Show me the fucking opening ceremony NBC. Don't fucking bring me this bullshit about controversy.
Yeah it's always like that. Last Winter games I was excited because I thought I'd get to see the coverage on the NBC affiliate stations we get here in Canada. No luck, which was annoying as sometimes my channel guide would show MSNBC as having a hockey game or something but it would be some random MSNBC International bullshit show about the London stock exchange or whatever.ccbfan said:
Sax Russel
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Just turned on NBC, thought I was late to the opening ceremonies but... they're not even going to show them? wtf -_-
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Sax Russel said:
Should be starting in a few minutes.
It's so nice to be able to watch this on a TV instead of a pixelated online stream.
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giga said:
Seriously. I don't give a fuck about this whole fucking western eastern clash dynamic. That's not what the Olympics are fucking about.
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besada said:
Yeah, that was sick as hell.
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With the commercials NBC is introducing, can anybody recognize if they're cutting anything out of the ceremony? I missed this part earlier this morning.
The painting scroll was a great idea, the whole way they presented all that visual style on the screens around the rim of the stadium and on the main stage was great.
Parade of nations almost done here. As always, my wife and I spent most of it trying to figure out which country had unis that made them look the most like flight attendants for a cut rate regional airline. It was like a 10 way tie.
Best opening ceremonies for any sporting event I've ever seen. Made almost everything else like it I've bothered to watch look like boring crap in comparison, extremely well done (a little too long but that's a downright inevitability). Who else wants to bet Vancouver 2010 committee is already trying to figure out how to get an extra few million to spend on theirs?
Parade of nations almost done here. As always, my wife and I spent most of it trying to figure out which country had unis that made them look the most like flight attendants for a cut rate regional airline. It was like a 10 way tie.
Best opening ceremonies for any sporting event I've ever seen. Made almost everything else like it I've bothered to watch look like boring crap in comparison, extremely well done (a little too long but that's a downright inevitability). Who else wants to bet Vancouver 2010 committee is already trying to figure out how to get an extra few million to spend on theirs?
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