Olympic games opening ceremony
 

It's on tv in about 1 hour methinks.
anybody watching?
anybody watching NOT hoping for some terrorist attack?
should be cool, chinese people can throw some really nice looking ceremonies.

I know this sounds horrible but I want some shit to go down during the games. Like protesters being shot, just to show how corrupt China's government is to the whole world.

No dude I was talking about crypto. That guy does look shocking like him, but.

I want loads of weightlifters to come onto the arena looking REALLY steroided up. Their plastic muscles and sweaty grimaces never fail to amuse me, especially when they're booted out afterwards for have the dope coming out of their ears. :D

I'm watching it and it's great till now.

not sure what you wanted then, zeropppp... :( what should I have done?

I think the broadcast are delayed of a few seconds, precisely to avoid showing any problems if there's any (like someone having a Free TibeT banner), so I bet everything is going to look clean.
Anyway, I don't even watch TV usually, so I won't turn it on just to see sports...

"Free Tiber?"

The games are being held in Beijing, not Rome! :D ;)

I wish I had a television. I love flipping on the olympics every so often.

LMAO, sorry, I typed just a little besides the right key :D

^^^ I know :) ;)

Anyone else reminded of the 1936 Olympics?

that made me laugh hard.

when I heard that they had surface-to-air missles around the olympic stadium, I thought to myself that those would be 1000x more interesting than fireclackers.

The Olympics are always boring. I agree that the only thing capable of making this one half way intersting would be the involvement of some terrorists.

Olympics? What Olympics?

Exactly

Good reason to turn off your TV and do something else for a few weeks.

It Was Pretty Outragious

bah, to all the guys seemingly annoyed by "the sports", I was talking about the big show at the start, called "opening ceremony", not the badmington finals.
the big show was really cool.

I don't recall ever watching nor caring a single bit about the Olympics.

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Are you trying to get reported?

I love the Olympics. I love the competition. I lok forward to the winter and summer olympics with glee.
i hate the way the USA covers the olympics. they do not just show the entire contests, they show highlights of american athletes and their "back story" to make you root for the ones they already know will win, you know? (it is on sever tape delay)
I hate it
it pisses me off no end,.
I also hate how the american networks cover the ceremo nies. instead of long shots from far away to let the viewer see the spectacle they have quick cut and zooms on individual performers whose individual performance is POINTLESS TO WATCh without the context of everything surrounding it! fuck I hate it!

yeah. and all you said afterwards. the looking forward with glee (came before)-- i don't do that.

The closest I got to seeing the opening ceremony was project runway's challenge where they had to design opening ceremony sportswear.

Sports are boring, and I think the Olympics are too, but I watch some of the events. Mostly because it is on an every-four-year cycle, and that takes out a lot of the boring factor.

im certainly not fucking watching.

i'm working and then im going to eat at a chinese restaurant (coincidence?), going to the movies, go drink beer outside, all that is good and holy in this world.

Certainly not, the thing I'm talking about ended like 2 hours before your post... ja hah haha a

really? that's how much i'm tuned in-- ha ha ha

time zones' magic.

yeah! like play guitar! than to stay in the couch dying of boring seeing others runing like mads!!

I dig Olympics parties. Call over friends, put out beers, snacks, maybe bar-b-que, and whatever while having the Olympics in the background. Can't imagine watching it with intent.

I'm not watching. I just don't care about any of the sports they play. I'm more of a winter Olympics type of guy.

Every year I think I will be excited by the olympics or that it will be interesting... and every year I just get kind of bored.

What channel's coverage would you watch should I decide to tune in?

this season of project runway is boring. there's no talent. what was jennifer thinking with that design?

i agree with rob on how they show the backstories. the guy they've picked to do gymnastics commentary loves throwing in little tidbits like "she loves- GASP- double cheeseburgers!" instead of doing any analysis of the routine. he does every single gymnastics competition that gets televised. and i know know right now because the world champ is on the us team there will be barely any coverage of other teams.

that's my rant.

What country are you from?
just curious. Haha : p

the ceremony was spectacular and well, its the chinese, it wasnt gonna be shit..as for the fireworks..well they have the history. but now the bullplop is over, on with the real business,...... the sport.... cant wait, love the olympics!

Oh alright thank you. I might check in tonight or something.