[Olympics] Is it just me, or..

Dyne · 08-08-2008, 02:05 PM

Am I the only one that kind of gets teary-eyed watching the massively-coordinated opening shit they have going on.

Awwwwwwwwwwesome.

The glow-stick drumming was intense. I wonder what we'll have here in Vancouver when the time comes.

KillerGremlin · 08-08-2008, 02:07 PM

TV ruined the Olympics for me. But, that was 4 years ago before the advent of broadband connections, streaming video, and torrents. I remember when they would spend an hour talking about a track and field event, and then the event would last for 20 seconds. Good commercial revenue.

The thing is, there are TONS of really kick ass extreme sports at the Olympics...events that are interesting and demand incredible athletic ability. Those are the ones I'll be watching, online, of course.

I guess, I should say, TV ruined TV for me. Fuck TV.

Fox 6 · 08-08-2008, 02:13 PM

The guy running on the walls for the length of the stadium in mid air was kinda cool.

Dyne · 08-08-2008, 02:31 PM

Just watched the box performance. Holy shit. How did they coordinated that many people under boxes?

Bond · 08-08-2008, 02:52 PM

I like the winter olympics a lot more than the summer, but this should be interesting. Hopefully China doesn't do anything ridiculous.

Jonbo298 · 08-08-2008, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Dyne

Just watched the box performance. Holy shit. How did they coordinated that many people under boxes?

It's China. They have their "ways". Like how they are able to get big military showings of people in pretty much perfect unison.

Bond · 08-09-2008, 12:05 AM

Wow, that was amazing.

China is the new America.

Vampyr · 08-09-2008, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Bond

Wow, that was amazing.

China is the new America.

Except for you know, being communist, denying their people essential freedom's, and censoring everything. You can't even go to a website that mentions democracy.

The opening ceremony was incredible, though. Probably the best one ever.

Bond · 08-09-2008, 09:44 AM

You can't just call China a blanket communist state anymore... it's more complicated than that. The country now has certain zones of economic freedom: Beijing, Hong Kong, etc.

But yeah, long way to go on the political freedoms front.

The Germanator · 08-09-2008, 12:08 PM

Hmm, I missed the ceremonies but they sounded good. I just like watching badminton and fencing and all that kind of weird stuff you otherwise don't get to see. It's fun. I'm also looking forward to Phelps going for 8 golds, should be fun...

mickydaniels · 08-09-2008, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by The Germanator

Hmm, I missed the ceremonies but they sounded good. I just like watching badminton and fencing and all that kind of weird stuff you otherwise don't get to see. It's fun. I'm also looking forward to Phelps going for 8 golds, should be fun...

heh.
If I'm not interested in watching 6 or 7 months from now, I won't be interested it watching over the course of the next 3-4 or however many weeks.

Maybe the track stuff I'll watch if it's on.
But the only things I'll look out for are the basketball and football competitions.

Typhoid · 08-09-2008, 12:40 PM

I love the opening ceremony stuff, but I'm so scared for what they'll do when it's here.

It'll all be Indian dancing, Indian this, Indian that. That's fine and dandy, but there's a lot more to Vancouver than the fact natives used to live here. The logo for the Canucks is a Native-art styled Orca. When we had the Grizzlies, the edges of the jerseys were covered in Native art rabble.

I mean, I'm sure what they do in Vancouver will undoubtedly be cool, but I think it will be ultimately super tacky to everyone not in Vancouver.

Dyne · 08-09-2008, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Typhoid

I love the opening ceremony stuff, but I'm so scared for what they'll do when it's here.

It'll all be Indian dancing, Indian this, Indian that. That's fine and dandy, but there's a lot more to Vancouver than the fact natives used to live here. The logo for the Canucks is a Native-art styled Orca. When we had the Grizzlies, the edges of the jerseys were covered in Native art rabble.

I mean, I'm sure what they do in Vancouver will undoubtedly be cool, but I think it will be ultimately super tacky to everyone not in Vancouver.

You know what, I would love to see 500 people dressed as Quakers give 500 indians HBC blankets covered with diseases and have cool, perforated, red lighting go over the Indians and shit.

Typhoid · 08-09-2008, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Dyne

You know what, I would love to see 500 people dressed as Quakers give 500 indians HBC blankets covered with diseases and have cool, perforated, red lighting go over the Indians and shit.

Hahaha.
That would be pretty hilarious actually.
I just know it'll be bombarded with people dressed up as Ravens and Orcas running around a stage doing some fake pseudo-symbolic gesture of the meaning of life and how we all have a little Raven and Orca inside of us all.

PS. I am back.
PPS. I have nothing but free time.

quiet mike · 08-10-2008, 10:16 AM

The opening was the best of the olympics ever. Might have been even bether if Spielberg accepted to direct it, but I guess his reasons were right to refuse.
It set e new bar that now the next hosts will have to guide buy, and there is a problem. I don't know if they'll trow so much money and man power as a comunist country can.

Anyways, 1st day over, and Romania got 1st Gold medal

Too many channels to watch though to keep on the interesting stuff.