I loved it, but it didn't blow me away quite like the Beijing one. I did love the music stuff. I bet Prince Philip was body-popping (literally) to Dizzee Rascal.
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Posté 29 juillet 2012 - 09:30
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BatmanPWNS wrote...
Damn, my secret has been revealed!
I meant "live" not "love".
Pretty sure we all knew what you ment but it was a great typo anyway.
Wolverish wrote...
I loved it, but it didn't blow me away quite like the Beijing one. I did love the music stuff. I bet Prince Philip was body-popping (literally) to Dizzee Rascal.
I doubt we will see anything like Bejing anytime soon.
I like the little tidbits you learn while watching. Kim Rhodes is a U.S.A. skeet shooter. She was the youngest women to win a gold medal, has medaled in 5 consecutive olympic games, today shooting skeet she hit 99/100 which is amazing and just my impression from the interview she is very humble.
Or they did a thing about the 1948 Olympics in London when it was still bombed out from WW2 and how so many countries brought large supplies of food and what not, or how athletes were asked to supply their own towels.
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Posté 29 juillet 2012 - 09:33
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Baseball and Softball we're eliminated from the roster because they felt they were American dominated sports that other countries weren't invested in and therefore never going to get a gold medal in. Regardless of Japan's softball win in Beijing proved otherwise.
Also I didn't care much for the "Digitial Age" part of the ceremony. It felt like a big cluster **** based around the guy who invented html and somehow therefore the internet.
I don't think you need the same amount of people or money as China to make a show as good as they did. With the right artistic direction it might even be possible to match their show in impressiveness or even make a better one. UK did not even come close... well... Mary Poppins kicking Voldemort in the butt was entertaining.
Sydney's show is still my favorite so far.
Baseball and Softball we're eliminated from the roster because they felt they were American dominated sports that other countries weren't invested in and therefore never going to get a gold medal in. Regardless of Japan's softball win in Beijing proved otherwise.
Also I didn't care much for the "Digitial Age" part of the ceremony. It felt like a big cluster **** based around the guy who invented html and somehow therefore the internet.
I don't think you need the same amount of people or money as China to make a show as good as they did. With the right artistic direction it might even be possible to match their show in impressiveness or even make a better one. UK did not even come close... well... Mary Poppins kicking Voldemort in the butt was entertaining.
Sydney's show is still my favorite so far.
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Posté 29 juillet 2012 - 09:48
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Thats the reason? Then they should do away with Basketball. In eighty something years the U.S. mens has failed to medal four times. One of them being when we boycotted the games in the 80's.
Everybody likes to try and take credit for the internet. I just ignore them. They each added parts but it was no one person or groups invention.
And I am watching table tennis right now. I could swear this one player is headbutting the ball to serve. They only have shown the angle from behind so Its just so weird. Okay I just saw a better angle and she is just bent over serving with the paddle in front of her face.
ALso I think one part is the hard economical times but another is China wanted to blow the world away and most other countries are not that worried of making such a show. They all have their own unique charm. Might need to look the Sydney one up I was serving at that time.
Everybody likes to try and take credit for the internet. I just ignore them. They each added parts but it was no one person or groups invention.
And I am watching table tennis right now. I could swear this one player is headbutting the ball to serve. They only have shown the angle from behind so Its just so weird. Okay I just saw a better angle and she is just bent over serving with the paddle in front of her face.
ALso I think one part is the hard economical times but another is China wanted to blow the world away and most other countries are not that worried of making such a show. They all have their own unique charm. Might need to look the Sydney one up I was serving at that time.
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Posté 29 juillet 2012 - 10:10
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Wolverish wrote...
I loved it, but it didn't blow me away quite like the Beijing one. I did love the music stuff. I bet Prince Philip was body-popping (literally) to Dizzee Rascal.
I tuned into the opening ceremony solely because Underworld were the musical directors. Loved their two original pieces (the industrial section and the torch lighting) and the song list for the parade of nations was fantastic. Oh, and sneaking Born Slippy in at the end of the "evolution of music" bit made me giggle with glee.
Anyone who'd like to see what all the songs for the parade of nations were, the whole list is on Underworld's site.
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Watched the opening ceremony with my friends. To say the least we weren't very impressed with it, like The Queen 'jumping' out of a helicopter, just seems to cheapen her image and make her a joke. And then there were people like Dizzee Rascal who looked like he didn't give a sh*t over the ceremony. And then there was other bizarre things like 'celebrating' the NHS, you know the very same NHS that our current government is slowly trying to privatize, and at the same time a giant Voldemort and an aerial assault squad of Mary Poppins and a legion of boogeymen are all running around? It was all very hit and miss for me but mostly miss, the Beijing and Sydney openings were much better in my opinion.
As strange as it sounds I was kind of hoping for something like the Hovis advert with the kid running through the last century of Britain, but on a much bigger and grander scale. To show what Britain has faced and achieved over the last century to the world. The opening ceremony kind of tried to do it but it felt like a big conglomerate mess of timeline, needed to be more orderly.
As for the olympics themselves, I'll come in and out of it. It's not like Britain wins anything important a lot anyway. I'm still annoyed by the draconian rules of the stadium like how having a Pepsi or wearing Nike trainers can get you kicked out "To protect our sponsors."
As strange as it sounds I was kind of hoping for something like the Hovis advert with the kid running through the last century of Britain, but on a much bigger and grander scale. To show what Britain has faced and achieved over the last century to the world. The opening ceremony kind of tried to do it but it felt like a big conglomerate mess of timeline, needed to be more orderly.
As for the olympics themselves, I'll come in and out of it. It's not like Britain wins anything important a lot anyway. I'm still annoyed by the draconian rules of the stadium like how having a Pepsi or wearing Nike trainers can get you kicked out "To protect our sponsors."
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Posté 29 juillet 2012 - 11:20
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Posté 30 juillet 2012 - 02:30
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. This sport is awesome!
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Posté 30 juillet 2012 - 02:35
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I approve.
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Posté 30 juillet 2012 - 03:44
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Pffft... volleyball. Soccer is where its at.
Alex Morgan
Alex Morgan
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Posté 30 juillet 2012 - 05:36
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Saw the US get a Skeet Shooting medal. If there's one thing we're good out...it's shooting things.
What the hell is up with the hockey? I feel like none of the teams that SHOULD be there, are...India? Korea? Pakistan? Where the hell are Canada, Norway, Sweden, etc?
What the hell is up with the hockey? I feel like none of the teams that SHOULD be there, are...India? Korea? Pakistan? Where the hell are Canada, Norway, Sweden, etc?
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Posté 30 juillet 2012 - 06:12
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Canada won its first medal today, in women's 3m synchro diving. Woohoo, Emilie Heymans became the first female diver to medal in four consecutive Olympics.
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Posté 30 juillet 2012 - 08:27
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Ninja Stan wrote...
Canada won its first medal today, in women's 3m synchro diving. Woohoo, Emilie Heymans became the first female diver to medal in four consecutive Olympics.
Gold, silver or bronze?
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Posté 30 juillet 2012 - 10:56
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BP93 wrote...
Pffft... volleyball. Soccer is where its at.
Alex Morgan
Yeah, she's cute...
But she's no Hope Solo
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Posté 30 juillet 2012 - 10:58
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Drone223 wrote...
Ninja Stan wrote...
Canada won its first medal today, in women's 3m synchro diving. Woohoo, Emilie Heymans became the first female diver to medal in four consecutive Olympics.
Gold, silver or bronze?
China got the gold, U.S. got the silver and Canada scored the bronze.
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Posté 30 juillet 2012 - 11:25
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DukeOfNukes wrote...
Saw the US get a Skeet Shooting medal. If there's one thing we're good out...it's shooting things.
What the hell is up with the hockey? I feel like none of the teams that SHOULD be there, are...India? Korea? Pakistan? Where the hell are Canada, Norway, Sweden, etc?
Rofl
I assume you know that since this is the summer olympics? So it's field hockey, not ice hockey. It's the national sport of India and Pakistan.
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Posté 30 juillet 2012 - 11:40
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Till now:
Judo is too lame... I don't want to watch this sport again!
Soccer is almost good and amusing, like Volleyball.
Gymnastics doesn't disappoint me, like ever.
Some people are surrounded by couch potatos it seems! When they see athletes they think they're in heaven! lol
Judo is too lame... I don't want to watch this sport again!
Soccer is almost good and amusing, like Volleyball.
Gymnastics doesn't disappoint me, like ever.
Some people are surrounded by couch potatos it seems! When they see athletes they think they're in heaven! lol
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Posté 30 juillet 2012 - 03:57
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Imperial Sentinel Arian wrote...
Till now:
Judo is too lame... I don't want to watch this sport again!
Soccer is almost good and amusing, like Volleyball.
Gymnastics doesn't disappoint me, like ever.
Some people are surrounded by couch potatos it seems! When they see athletes they think they're in heaven! lol
Or the butter face kingdom
. I love meat on the bone . Don`t get me wrong. Volleyball just have great ass shot 
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Posté 30 juillet 2012 - 06:56
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*snip*
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Posté 30 juillet 2012 - 07:24
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I'm glad this thread exists.
I'm still hopeful for Team GB.
An okay start.
Looking forward to our first Gold, but I can't help but feel sorry for our athletes. All that pressure. I'd go crazy. I doubt I'd be at my best with my home crowd shouting at me.
I'm still hopeful for Team GB.
An okay start.
Looking forward to our first Gold, but I can't help but feel sorry for our athletes. All that pressure. I'd go crazy. I doubt I'd be at my best with my home crowd shouting at me.
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Posté 30 juillet 2012 - 07:26
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Suprez30 wrote...
Imperial Sentinel Arian wrote...
Till now:
Judo is too lame... I don't want to watch this sport again!
Soccer is almost good and amusing, like Volleyball.
Gymnastics doesn't disappoint me, like ever.
Some people are surrounded by couch potatos it seems! When they see athletes they think they're in heaven! lol
Or the butter face kingdom
Vollyball. For those who love a bit of flesh.
Gymnastics for those who.... Never mind.
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Posté 30 juillet 2012 - 07:44
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The opening was a joke and I have watched much of it keeping up with the scores,
The fact China and the US are up top isn't a surprise at all, plus all your typicals are in the Running, I'm surprised that North Korea is doing rather well with Three Golds and a bronze so far.
The fact China and the US are up top isn't a surprise at all, plus all your typicals are in the Running, I'm surprised that North Korea is doing rather well with Three Golds and a bronze so far.
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Posté 30 juillet 2012 - 08:27
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jollyorigins wrote...
Watched the opening ceremony with my friends. To say the least we weren't very impressed with it, like The Queen 'jumping' out of a helicopter, just seems to cheapen her image and make her a joke. And then there were people like Dizzee Rascal who looked like he didn't give a sh*t over the ceremony. And then there was other bizarre things like 'celebrating' the NHS, you know the very same NHS that our current government is slowly trying to privatize, and at the same time a giant Voldemort and an aerial assault squad of Mary Poppins and a legion of boogeymen are all running around? It was all very hit and miss for me but mostly miss, the Beijing and Sydney openings were much better in my opinion.
As strange as it sounds I was kind of hoping for something like the Hovis advert with the kid running through the last century of Britain, but on a much bigger and grander scale. To show what Britain has faced and achieved over the last century to the world. The opening ceremony kind of tried to do it but it felt like a big conglomerate mess of timeline, needed to be more orderly.
As for the olympics themselves, I'll come in and out of it. It's not like Britain wins anything important a lot anyway. I'm still annoyed by the draconian rules of the stadium like how having a Pepsi or wearing Nike trainers can get you kicked out "To protect our sponsors."
Most of this sums up my thoughts about the opening. It didn't impress me.
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Posté 30 juillet 2012 - 08:54
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To all my fellow Canuckleheads on the boards here. Don't fret. Canadians generally are late bloomers at every Summer Olympics. Our lame 1 medal thus far will increase in numbers shortly. A lot of our medals come from team sports (doubles tennis, syncronized diving and swimming and rowing) and events that require a lot of qualifications and rounds to go through.
Winter Games are definitely our forte though.
Winter Games are definitely our forte though.
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Drone223 wrote...
Ninja Stan wrote...
Canada won its first medal today, in women's 3m synchro diving. Woohoo, Emilie Heymans became the first female diver to medal in four consecutive Olympics.
Gold, silver or bronze?
It was a Bronze in Syncronized Diving 3M spring board IIRC.
