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[Big Baller]

 

[Gp1]

So at 730PM Est will be a replay of the ceremony? Im catching the tail end and want to see it all.

Don't waste your time, you already saw the best part.

 

[newtypepilot]

obvious they are not bringing the torch to the effiel tower, so where are they going to light it? louvre? the arc?

 

[SirKicksalot]

The Eiffel Tower guy saved this show.

 

[ADiTAR]

I need this to be over.

 

[RJMacready73]

So at 730PM Est will be a replay of the ceremony? Im catching the tail end and want to see it all.

 

[Lux77]

Even without "special guests", this was the worst opening ever.

 

[AJUMP23]

This torch boat took forever.

 

[AJUMP23]

Hot new dance.

 

[SJRB]

This event is not TikTok brainrot-friendly. Please make the next one 20 mins tops, directed by Mr. Beast.

Dude this visual of the Louvre is amazing. The heavy rain gives it a sick vibe.

 

[SirKicksalot]

What is this 28 Days Later shit? Who wants to see an empty courtyard?

 

[Big Baller]

 

[jufonuk]

This feels really long

 

[T8SC]

Remember when the Queen jumped out of a helicopter with James Bond.


Good times.

 

[newtypepilot]

it looks like it might end up at Place de la Concorde. It's a long walk from there lol

 

[jufonuk]

It’s going into a hot Air balloon

 

[SirKicksalot]

 

[Boralf]

Now play Debussy - Clair de Lune



DO IT

Edit: Okay, it's probably better for the closing ceremony.

 

[SJRB]

CELIIIIIIINE

DIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON


OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

(please bring Gojira back)

Edit: okay she is legit amazing live. Wow, insane vocals.

 

[j0hnnix]

Is Celine singing the titanic theme?

 

[ADiTAR]

I can't imagine how much physical strength this takes from her. The last Diva.

 

[T8SC]

Near, far, wherever you are, I believe that the opening ceremony will go onnnnnnn

 

[newtypepilot]

its 1130pm in paris lol

lol commentators so relieved this is over

 

[AJUMP23]

Isn’t Celine Canadian?

 

[ADiTAR]

Isn’t Celine Canadian?

And Lady Gaga is American.

They should've brought Storme.

 

[pauljeremiah]

Do we all agree that the metal show mixing opera singers , fire, art and history was INSANE, right?!

 

[SJRB]

Isn’t Celine Canadian?

You mean the former French colony?

 

[Insane Metal]

Glad I didn't watch this shit.

 

[SirKicksalot]

They better get Jean Michel Jarre for the closing ceremony to make up for this shitshow.

 

[SJRB]

Do we all agree that the metal show mixing opera singers , fire, art and history was INSANE, right?!

No joke, I listened to that song at least 15 times already.

Gojira bit was the coolest shit I've ever seen at an Olympic ceremony.

 

[AJUMP23]

You mean the former French colony?

And Lady Gaga is American.

They should've brought Storme.

where is that alize chick that everyone loved.

 

[DelireMan7]

Not a fan of Céline Dion but I love so much this song.
Gets me every time.

 

[jufonuk]

They better get Jean Michel Jarre for the closing ceremony to make up for this shitshow.

Daft punk or else

 

[Little Chicken]

I though it was a great showcase of French art, culture, history and love. Using the city as a backdrop instead of some dull stadium was a great idea.

The people complaining are probably the type of people that install a game and immediately apply ReShade

 

[Big Baller]

They better get Jean Michel Jarre for the closing ceremony to make up for this shitshow.

I'll settle with Liza Del Sierra.

 

[AJUMP23]

I though it was a great showcase of French art, culture, history and love. Using the city as a backdrop instead of some dull stadium was a great idea.

The people complaining are probably the type of people that install a game and immediately apply ReShade

What about when they recreated the last supper with drag queens. An Italian painting by an Italian artist and then add drag queen to the religious iconography. That was weird.

 

[SirKicksalot]

I just flushed a great showcase of French art, culture, history and love down the toilet.

 

[Buggy Loop]

That was amazing

Imagine displaying you've hanged all the aristrocrats and make blood color confetti explode out of the window. The balls on them to do that during an olympic opening. I'll tell you, so much better than the boring all "clean" presentations the other countries do.

 

[Dacvak]

Don't forget to cheer for the Dutch Pedo, utter disgrace that he was allowed into the country let alone picked to compete

I didn’t hear about that

 

[newtypepilot]

overall, I think it's interesting they went with an outside-the-box concept but it was too ambitious hence the execution was a miss. It also dragged on for way too long because it takes place across several areas instead of one centralized place. At least it started and ended on a high note with the Gojira and Celine performances. All that weird shit in between such as that dude in the blue body paint should've been cut.

I give props to all the staff behind the scenes that planned and coordinated the entire thing. The logistics required to do this is no joke. How do you even rehearse this without leaking it beforehand?

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Didnt watch the opening except a bit here and there where athletes were shown parading on streets or on a boat. Seemed boring. The boats were hilarious because if you looked at the structure, the boats had big white ice cube metal racks to hold in athletes in case any fell over. So in each box, you;d get an athlete or two waving and holding on.

 

[j0hnnix]

Snoop Dogg walked the torch.. Seriously.

 

[BouncyFrag]

What is this weird French stuff.

 

[AJUMP23]

Top notch flag. Angola

 

[Little Chicken]

What about when they recreated the last supper with drag queens. An Italian painting by an Italian artist and then add drag queen to the religious iconography. That was weird.

It was actually Dionysus (the blue guy) and they weren't all drag queens. Just a slice of le principe de plaisir; the Pleasure Principle.

 

[AJUMP23]

It was actually Dionysus (the blue guy) and they weren't all drag queens. Just a slice of le principe de plaisir; the Pleasure Principle.

certainly not an agnostic approach to a presentation.

 

[AJUMP23]

YouTube tv took off the earlier recording I have of the opening ceremonies so you have to watch the live show tonight. Such a scummy practice.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Top notch flag. Angola

There's a country which has an AK-47 on their flag, I don't remember which off the top of my head

 

[JohnnyPhats]

For fuck sake.

We’re at a point in time where you don’t even want your young kids to watch the fucking Olympics.

 

[Days like these...]

The french trying to be provocative? How trite, they need a new shtick.