this is just weird

It's good though; showing some historical importance of England/UK

reclegend22;1235634 wrote:
Too bad that you can't beat the grand brilliance of the opening ceremonies in China which were run by a team of enthusiastic entertainers who were dedicated to not being murdered.

Hopefully this link will help all the Budweiser drinkers and/or pit bull owners.
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/27/sport/decoding-olympic-opening-ceremony/index.html

reclegend22;1235656 wrote:That's your point of view. My point of the view -- and many other people's as well -- is that the opening ceremonies in Beijing were full of excitement and incorporated a captivating array of art and Chinese culture into the event. It was quite the spectacle. I guess we'll just disagree to agree.

don't mind me, I like to pretend I hate all Asians, which is not true.

said_aouita;1235642 wrote:A lot of orchestrated people, forced to wear depends and all move as one. The China ones sucked compared to these in 2012.
God damned slant eyed bastards didn't have one original artistic thought in their flat heads for their ceremonies.

Hopefully this link will help all the Budweiser drinkers and/or pit bull owners.
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/27/sport/decoding-olympic-opening-ceremony/index.html

That's your point of view. My point of the view -- and many other people's as well -- is that the opening ceremonies in Beijing were full of excitement and incorporated a captivating array of art and Chinese culture into the event. It was quite the spectacle. I guess we'll just disagree to agree.

"Navigating the 'Isles of Wonder': A guide to the Olympic opening ceremony"

(shortened "OC" Version)

The four-hour, £27 million ($42.4 million) spectacle contained references to such globally-recognized British icons such as James Bond, David Bowie and Harry Potter's Lord Voldemort.

The Oscar-winning director of "Slumdog Millionaire" says the ceremony, titled "Isles of Wonder," was inspired by a passage in Shakespeare's The Tempest, believed to have been written in 1610 and set on a remote, magical island.

ceremony opened with Romantic visionary poet and painter William Blake
theme for the opening scene, - a vision of England as a pre-industrial rural idyll -- the type of bucolic setting in which J. R. R. Tolkien's Hobbits made their home.
Enter the "dark satanic mills" of the industrial revolution, which began in the UK in the middle of the 18th century and swept throughout the rest of the world, transforming society and laying the foundations of the modern world in its wake.

Featured in the ceremony were representations of looms for manufacturing textiles and iron-making processes which played a key role in the revolution.
The next, dreamlike sequence celebrated one of Britain's most beloved institutions, the National Health Service.
Coming in close proximity to a recitation from J.M. Barrie's children's classic Peter Pan

The ceremony also made great play of the two great, inescapable constants of British life -- the weather, and the dry national humor.
At one point in the proceedings, as a "storm cloud" broke and threatened to jeopardize the celebrations on stage, an audio clip familiar to many Britons was played. It contained the immortal words of veteran television weatherman Michael Fish, best remembered for allegedly saying, hours before a killer 1987 storm: "Apparently a lady rang the BBC and said she heard that there was a hurricane on the way. Well, don't worry, if you're watching, there isn't."

"I think in Beijing they retired the trophy [for best Opening Ceremony]. "You know, they had the resources to do it. You have a country that not only financed the Olympics and did so with an unlimited budget, but which is in a position to have tens of thousands of 'volunteers' volunteer to rehearse for six months. You just got circumstances in China that you wouldn't find anywhere else.

-Bob Costas, in an interview with Zap2It

British humor sucks. I thought the Beijing opening was better, but this one wasn't terrible. It went downhill fast once Mr. Bean appeared though.

reclegend22;1235668 wrote:"I think in Beijing they retired the trophy [for best Opening Ceremony]. "You know, they had the resources to do it. You have a country that not only financed the Olympics and did so with an unlimited budget, but which is in a position to have tens of thousands of 'volunteers' volunteer to rehearse for six months. You just got circumstances in China that you wouldn't find anywhere else.

-Bob Costas, in an interview with Zap2It

Exactly, Beijing spent a fuckload on their opener (and now all of the venues are abandoned, but whatever) and it's going to be hard to stand up tp.

Mulva;1235669 wrote:British humor sucks. .

shut up or I'll taunt you a second time.

Tired of all these damn Obama ads.

tk421;1235684 wrote:Tired of all these damn Obama ads.

Get used to them, sadly. The candidates have spent a fuckton in Ohio compared to everywhere else.

ts1227;1235685 wrote:Get used to them, sadly. The candidates have spent a ****ton in Ohio compared to everywhere else.

numero uno

Anyone who's vote is decided by a minute ad run on TV shouldn't have the right to reproduce, let alone vote.

Back to the Olympics, anyone else sick of NBC coverage? If I never hear Matt Lauer or Bob Costas speak again, I'll die a happy man

NBC sucks. Looks at all of the sporting contracts they've lost in the past 20 years (AFC games for NFL, NBA, MLB, NASCAR, etc.) All they have left is NHL, some PGA, the Olympics, one football game a week, and a smattering of other shit that gets zero ratings because they have basically deemphasized sports.

Then they show half of it on tape delay, which is fucking retarded in an era of instant info

ts1227;1235708 wrote:NBC sucks. Looks at all of the sporting contracts they've lost in the past 20 years (AFC games for NFL, NBA, MLB, NASCAR, etc.) All they have left is NHL, some PGA, the Olympics, one football game a week, and a smattering of other **** that gets zero ratings because they have basically deemphasized sports.

Then they show half of it on tape delay, which is ****ing retarded in an era of instant info

Which is a shame because the network killed it with its iconic broadcasting of the NBA on NBC. That shit was legendary. Costas may be pompous, but he is about as good as it gets when it comes to calling sporting events on their most significant stages.

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Caster Semenya is still a man.

Are these USA athletes or French flight attendants?

Yeah, the hats are really dumb.

Big fan of the pony, though, so I like the sleek look of the Ralph Lauren jackets.

Was the guy stoned when he designed this ceremony?

tk421;1235756 wrote:Was the guy stoned when he designed this ceremony?

If he wasn't, he probably will be after he's realized what he's done.

I wasn't a fan of their choice to light the torch. I understand looking forward towards future generations, but if you're going to do that, you gotta go younger. These kids are potentially going to be in Rio, and they haven't proved themselves yet. They should have went with Bannister.

NilesPacMan;1235773 wrote:I wasn't a fan of their choice to light the torch. I understand looking forward towards future generations, but if you're going to do that, you gotta go younger. These kids are potentially going to be in Rio, and they haven't proved themselves yet. They should have went with Bannister.

Since they clearly could not top Beijing's opening ceremony, I think they should have just used Yao Ming again. At least match the Chinese in something.

Also,

http://deadspin.com/5929778/heres-the-opening-ceremony-tribute-to-terrorism-victims-nbc-doesnt-want-you-to-see

watching some beach volleyball live online, Russian women's team seriously hot.