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Official 2008 Olympics Thread - 1936, the Remix
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I'm definitely going to miss the Olympics. Even though I'm disappointed China reneged on it's promises (human rights, crack downs, free media access), I'm glad they pulled it off. Opening and closing ceremonies were unforgettable. Wish I could say the same about London's rather unique presentation, but good luck to them in 2012.
That ending montage was beautiful, too. Now I want to visit China and see those sights with my own eyes. And maybe come to London in 2012 to watch the games in person.
That ending montage was beautiful, too. Now I want to visit China and see those sights with my own eyes. And maybe come to London in 2012 to watch the games in person.
Nekobo said:
I recommend it. It was also pretty awesome to watch the marathon runners and be like, "oh yeah I've been there. And there. And there. Yeah, I remember that."
Thread de-styckied, no more Lympics? T_T
Nekobo said:
When China did their presentation in the Athens 2004 Closing Ceremonies, I knew that their Opening Ceremonies would be MAGICAL. When London did their presentation in the Beijing 2008 Closing Ceremonies, I was rather underwhelmed.
Hopefully they can pull something impressive for 2012.
And yes, the ending montage makes me want to visit China, it is such a beautiful country.
sp0rsk said:
Sorry about the argument on the war spending. I really don't want to open another can of worm here.
Democracy is great. Chinese government is bad. That I know. There are probably a million other things we can hate on the government. Just let the Olympics alone, OK? It was a huge success! Everybody's happy! Let China have our moment. OK?
g23 said:
Dude, let me tell you.
When they showed him again in the replay, my heart just broke in half. I don't know why, but seeing it made me cry.
lunlunqq said:
What do you mean "we"? Do you live IN China? If you do, good for you for defending your country, if you don't, then move there, because if you're a citizen of a country other than china and enjoying the benefits of being a citizen in that country, then china is not your country and the chinese government is not your government.
THOUSANDS of people die in floods in china, every year, like clockwork, guess how many are going to die in floods next year? THOUSANDS. Ten thousand people dying is obviously nothing to China when they would rather spend 40 billion elsewhere for fucking FACE, rather than spend it on the necessary infrastructure to prevent people from getting washed down the fucking river every single year, this is where they're spending their money and they're asking for fucking FLOOD DONATIONS? Yeah it's GREAT how well the olympics turned out.
Yes, the olympics is nice, china got its face, chinese people must be so fucking proud because next week beijing is going to turn into smog city again and everything will be back to normal.
lunlunqq said:
It has nothing to do with "hate", it has to do with PATRIOTISM. Which country do you live in? Whichever country you live in, you're a citizen of, where's your patriotism to THAT country? You know, the country you live in and derive benefits from? You think you're being fair to your own country by swearing loyalty to china and waving around the chinese flag? Not sure why you think just because you're of a particular racial descent you automatically belong to that country, there's nothing wrong with being of chinese descent, mind you. Have you contributed to china? Have you lived as a citizen of china? Have you endure the hardship, poverty and lack of freedom that is being a chinese citizen? Why are you trying to act like one of them? No offense intended but you're not one of them, the olympics is THEIR success, NOT yours, there's no "we", not really.
vpance said:
Don't they have canoes? We can beat down the mimes with teh paddles.
EDIT: Watching NBC rerun, damn that Shawn Johnson is like applepie. I wonder how many of the american athletes have already left. I can't believe Phelps flew all the way to London. They should have flown Bolt there as well, the man dominated 100/200 and will likely dominate for a few more years.
Hcoregamer00 said:
Yeah, felt the same. It was already tough seeing Liu Xiang limp away in angst, but seeing the audience and Liu Xiang's coach cry...man. You could feel the life sucked out of the arena. Definitely the biggest disappointment in the games for me.
Anyways, makes me wonder what England will do in 2012. Find a way to resurrect the dead Beatles for an epic reunion concert? A Lord of the Rings rock opera? I can see Gimli now: "...and you have my AX!" ::crazy guitar solo ensues::
Nekobo said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWf3iJjqYCM
Only problem is they're from New Zealand and not England.
The USA just gives free university careers, and career success btw, to their sport guys and girls, no matter how unable of studying they are. Which is far more democratic but equally stupid.
I didn't know all the US olimpic players had a university career except phelps. I think that doesnt happen anywhere else in the world, where, you know, people need to study hard to success on their studies, not play basketball.
(Anyways, that is a much nicer strategy "for the benefit of face")
Vaandaviii said:
I think they do have some minimum academic standards that collegiate athletes have to meet, obviously not everyone can have 1300+ SAT scores just to attend a university when they got skillz. Other universities in other countries give athletic scholarships as well, it's not just a US thing, we have athletic scholarships in Canada as well, obviously sports like football just aren't as big and the universities can't rake in anywhere the kind of money that college football rakes in every year. The difference is that USA can't go and tell you that your kid will be good at, say gymnastics and you have to give up your kid to some program where you can only see your kid once every six months, a swimming coach can go to an american mom and say I can see his potential but she can say no.
The end of the Olympics sucks. It leaves such a huge void in my life. For the last two weeks, my entire schedule centered around watching as much of it as I could. I sacrificed sleep to watch the late night events of every sport they showed. There were so many awesome moments of inspirational performance from every country. It's amazing to me that the best athletes from every place humans have ever existed come together and perform with each other.
It's pretty amazing stuff, and I always feel so sad when it's over. That said, I'm definitely going to try and actually go to the Vancouver games in 2010. The pinnacle of my sporting enjoyment is Olympic hockey, and I'll be damned if I don't go watch it myself.
It's pretty amazing stuff, and I always feel so sad when it's over. That said, I'm definitely going to try and actually go to the Vancouver games in 2010. The pinnacle of my sporting enjoyment is Olympic hockey, and I'll be damned if I don't go watch it myself.
Ceres said:
Youtube really likes FOTC. (amount of views)
Karakand said:
I hope you are talking about the part where i participated!!! im proud of my rage!!!
im peachy now as i said earlier
rewatched the game .... americans travelled when they received the ball in movement most of the time... but oh well im not mad im happy im peachy it was a good game
Kittonwy said:
Sorry but where are you guys getting these things from, are there any proof because i'd like to read more on this (China grabbing kids). Also to answer your question earlier Leona wasn't lipsyncing (probably the only one not to by the looks of the show) she was practicing in some air hanger apparently for it. Plus I suppose i'm about the only one that doesn't feel for Liu Xiang anymore, it just seems to me like it was somehow lead in that direction. I wouldn't be surprised if the same guy responsible for the ceremony constructed that too. Good story though.
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