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[DrForester]

They couldn't fill the seats?!

 

[PolarGamer]

9.2/10 ceremony

There was nothing quite as extraordinary as that industrialization thing in the London Olympics but most of the rest of London 2012's opening ceremony was trash. This was more consistently good.

Fixed it for you And I agree. The projected backgrounds, classical shit, Tron/Daft Punk was win.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

7/10 better than I expected given how bad things were in the lead up but still not blowing my mind.

 

[PolarGamer]

They couldn't fill the seats?!

It was for the athletes later In the show. You no watch?

 

[Hasphat'sAnts]

China still not topped.



We read it the same way xD.

when's next time somebody spends $100M on opening ceremony alone?

 

[DrForester]

It was for the athletes later In the show. You no watch?

The athletes were going to the upper levels? I thought the athletes were going to the lower stands.

 

[Quick Mustard]

Holy shit, BBC doing Lego re-enactments of past Winter events is amazing, lol

 

[Sax Russel]

This LEGO stuff on BBC is awesome =D

 

[criesofthepast]

CBC repeating the ceremony again now? Nice I missed the first hour or so.

 

[Jamie OD]

Holy shit, BBC doing Lego re-enactments of past Winter events is amazing, lol

Was just about to post this almost word for word. This is great!

 

[Maninthemirror]

They couldn't fill the seats?!

Are you trying to say you didnt see the ceremony ?

 

[The Culture Vulture]

CBC announcers salty. Saying it wasn't that great and the crowd wasn't into it. The winter Olympics can't be in Vancouver every time bros.

 

[Izayoi]

So am I just fucked until the NBC showing tonight if I'm in the US?

Kinda dumb.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

Are there Bosco logos on the jackets some of these people are wearing? As in chocolate syrup Bosco?

 

[Kazerei]

Men's slopestyle semi-final in a little over 10 hours from now. Mmmyeah.

 

[Hasney]

Not the best flame bit. Meh.

They didn't want anything too flaming.

 

[R10Neymarfan]

Men's slopestyle semi-final in a little over 10 hours from now. Mmmyeah.

19 if you count the NBC delay -.-

I'm going to stop now, this isn't healthy for me

 

[Quick Mustard]

Was just about to post this almost word for word. This is great!

I swear, BBC put out the best coverage of the Olympics every time its on.
If its not the live coverage itself, its the montages they make.

 

[PolarGamer]

The athletes were going to the upper levels? I thought the athletes were going to the lower stands.

I thought guy posting pic referred to the lower section with all the lights. Seems too uniform for people to be sitting there.

 

[DrForester]

So am I just fucked until the NBC showing tonight if I'm in the US?

Kinda dumb.

NBC coverage is horrendous outside them playing the old "Brisco County Jr." theme song.

 

[lastflowers]

So am I just fucked until the NBC showing tonight if I'm in the US?

Kinda dumb.

I can watch the Canadian CBC video on demand for the opening ceremony

http://olympics.cbc.ca/videos/live/video/olympic-opening-ceremony.html

 

[Operations]

I'm extremely pleased by this ceremony. Doesn't top Beijing, but 100x better than the London snorefest.

 

[Izayoi]

I can watch the Canadian CBC video on demand for the opening ceremony

http://olympics.cbc.ca/videos/live/video/olympic-opening-ceremony.html

"This video is not working or is not available in your territory. Please check again later on."

I get a similar message on the BBC's site.

;_;

 

[Maninthemirror]

I dont remember vancouver, was this better than that ?

 

[Peru]

 

[Phire Phox]

Hot as hell!

Spoiler

The girl ain't half bad either

 

[PolarGamer]

Hot as hell!

Spoiler

The girl ain't half bad either

Yup. You made LOL.

Spoiler

Thanks

 

[Darth Pinche]

NBC coverage is horrendous outside them playing the old "Brisco County Jr." theme song.

I can't believe NBC got Bob Costas for the Olympics again, That guy is an idiot and they keep hiring him.

 

[Fritz]

Heat from our "hearts"

 

[lazybones18]

For people (like me) who missed the Trololo part

http://deadspin.com/opening-ceremony-features-trololo-song-1518342095

 

[Kazerei]

I dont remember vancouver, was this better than that ?

Vancouver was pretty bad ... and forgettable

 

[criesofthepast]

Watching the repeat and oh god the horrendous Germany uniforms.

 

[yuraya]

Where did they find this bear? The face is just priceless lol looks stoned out of his mind.

 

[Fritz]

Watching the repeat and oh god the horrendous Germany uniforms.

I chose to believe it's a political statement.

 

[criesofthepast]

I chose to believe it's a political statement.

Yeah the commentators said they thought so as well even though Germany denied it.

I love the Venezuelan dude all by himself dancing and jumping.

 

[DrM]

Where did they find this bear? The face is just priceless lol looks stoned out of his mind.

I think that 'it' looked quite good in motion

 

[UnluckyKate]

9.2/10 ceremony

There was nothing quite as extraordinary as that industrialization thing in the London Olympics but most of the rest of London 2012's opening ceremony was trash. That was more consistently good.

London was all about the music and making fun of themself (james bond, the queen, etc...) but the panels weren't as good. Sochi's panel were breathtaking

 

[Darth Pinche]

Where did they find this bear? The face is just priceless lol looks stoned out of his mind.

 

[thefro]

Putin must have a thing for Sharapova to let her carry the flag in 2012 and now to run the torch in (when she's probably going to live in the US for the rest of her life).

 

[_Nemo]

I can't believe they played "The Game Has Changed". That was friggin amazing.

 

[Psychotext]

I chose to believe it's a political statement.

I think it's pretty clear, even though it's unlikely to be officially admitted.

 

[Madness]

Damn how horrendous are the US uniforms?

 

[WarrenMax007]

Are there Bosco logos on the jackets some of these people are wearing? As in chocolate syrup Bosco?

No. It clothing brand that made Russian uniform.

 

[DarkFlow]

Are you trying to say you didnt see the ceremony ?

NBC time delay for the win!

 

[Ohwiseone]

I am seriously thinking about finding a VPN to use so I can watch CBC replay of the ceremonies.

 

[Vanillalite]

 

[ZeroGravity]

CBC announcers salty. Saying it wasn't that great and the crowd wasn't into it. The winter Olympics can't be in Vancouver every time bros.

Or, you know, maybe it just wasn't that great.

 

[zroid]

HBC is selling the red coats the Canadian athletes were wearing for

Spoiler

$200

 

[Zebra]

Or, you know, maybe it just wasn't that great.

But it was.

 

[Kazerei]

http://cdn0.sbnation.com/assets/3973917/ku-xlarge.gif

Someone needs to GIF the extra little jiggle a second later