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Official XXX Summer Olympiad: London 2012- Take II

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joecct said:
Surprisingly, that's what CTV / TSN did.

The upside is that Rio is our hemisphere. Maybe we'll get them live.
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Funny thing. Their coverage was a little under 3 hours long. So, not only is NBC late and still skipping things, they're extending it for more commercials.
 
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I'm telling you Moe, I've seen some pretty sucky torch lightings before but this one was the suckiest suck that ever did suck.
 
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Dirty said:
I'm telling you Moe, I've seen some pretty sucky torch lightings before but this one was the suckiest suck that ever did suck.
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I agree here...

And what's with the torch being on the field and not high up where you can see it outside the stadium?
 
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I like the symbolism (one bowl or whatever for each nation) of the torch and how it looks, but agree that the lighting lacked any drama whatsoever and don't like that it's on the ground.
 
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Some observations...

- I really liked the opening segment through the industrial revolution. It was a spectacle for sure. My wife commented that it eventually looked similar to Isengard, which is a really good observation on a lot of levels. The forging and raising of the rings was super-cool.

- I really didn't like the whole cellphone thingy. Lost a lot of momentum there.

- Having Voldemort being the biggest (in size) bad guy was odd to me. Whatever...

- Paul McCartney is OLD and playing Hey Jude at every turn is tired.

- Was wondering why they didn't work in Floyd. Then they chose Eclipse.

- Mr. Bean? Really?

Overall, not bad, better than I expected in some parts and bloated and over-long in others. 5 hours of my life... but I love me some Olympics!
 
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I wasn't as impressed with the beginning of the thing with the industrialisation theme. I found it confusing and disjointed even being a history buff- too much cutting away and flashing between things.

Felt the same about the cell phone thing.

Would have liked to have seen the ceremony from the vantage point of someone in the stadium without all the videos that left the ceremony and came back. I felt like I was trying to figure out if it was a commercial.

Call me a sap. I liked the torch thing. I liked the symbolism of it- they didn't made it about one person getting the glory but the spirit of the Games- athleticism, togetherness, etc.

The Queen and Bond thing was funny.

The queen doesn't look well at all when they were showing her in the stadium. She has lost weight and man did I want her to stop looking like she was miserable.

As Hammer would say- take a shovel to Bob Costas constant drivel. He grates my nerves.

Got to see Sanca- the 5K runner from UML who is competing for Cape Verde. And foiund out that one of the ladies who had come to our church from Liberia (I think) carried their flag. Missed seing her.
 
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leswp1 said:
Call me a sap. I liked the torch thing. I liked the symbolism of it- they didn't made it about one person getting the glory but the spirit of the Games- athleticism, togetherness, etc.
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Couldn't agree more. I think it's my favorite Olympic torch in memory, and those overhead views were fantastic.
 
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Carter said:
Couldn't agree more. I think it's my favorite Olympic torch in memory, and those overhead views were fantastic.
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Barcelona still has yet to be beat, but I did like last night's lighting.

Happy first full day of competition. I thought I'd start you all off with some Olympic hotties.

For you guys:

US women's soccer player Alex Morgan.
Russian beach volleyball player Anastasia Vasina
USwomen's volleyball player Logan Tom

And for the ladies here....pull up a chair and peruse the 50 hottest male athletes at the 2012 games.
 
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Do we really have to watch this awful basketball?
 
Re: Official XXX Summer Olympiad: London 2012- Take II

This is like a bad jr high game. I'd rather see fat old guys tossing beer cans from a couch at a trash can. USA! USA!
 
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