This so called parade of athletes is inseine
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Seemed that every time the shared the US team on the boat Nikki Hiltz had camera time
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I thought the mechanical horse "flying" on the river was super cool.
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AUG20 wrote:
Maybe in the LA opening ceremony the teams can ride in on low riders
I’d support this if they had hydraulic kits and were bouncing the front end as they rode in.
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Also: Celine - one of the indisputable GOATs... I mean you can put her voice on every memorable sports moment (and people have...), and it fits.
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Penultimate Lap wrote:
"The opening ceremony of the Olympics felt like the closing ceremony of humanity." -- Kim Dotcom
Shoutout to Jerry Lewis was missing.
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Hamas won't be pleased.
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kanny wrote:
I thought the mechanical horse "flying" on the river was super cool.
Huh, thought it was one of the lamer moments.
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bah. wrote:
Some dangerous looking Skeletor looking guy is jumping across rooftops. Hopefully he is not an arsonist.
Dude or Dudine has a job training our Secret Service.
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The most heinous thing of all was not having Daft Punk included in the Opening Ceremony. Absolute travesty. Fingers crossed they appear at the Closing.
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Breh wrote:
The most heinous thing of all was not having Daft Punk included in the Opening Ceremony. Absolute travesty. Fingers crossed they appear at the Closing.
Good point.
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I give them credit for trying something different.
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Dreadful coverage NBC. Messy, incoherent, uninspiring punctuated by insufferable Good Morning America-type moronic yelling
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Manbearpig15 wrote:
lots of men wrote:
lots of men in dresses prancing about, I assume?
Opening was the soccer player Zidane getting stuck on the subway with the Olympic torch and then three kids dressed like the Stranger Things characters taking the torch through the catacombs down to the Seine. Just kinda odd.
Now the countries are all on a bunch of boats floating down the Seine.
I'm a bit behind as I watched it on tape - fast forwarding thought at least half of it. But I tried to get my 6-year-old into it and once we turned it on, he was MESMERIZED and dying laughing about the catacombs. He REALLY loved it. My wife was out exercising and walked in and wanted to know what he was so into - I was like I don't know how they knew kids would love it - but that.
I thought it was fun and enjoyed it a lot. It made me think, "Wow the billions spent on the Olympics are special. What else somewhat unites us a humans?"
Then I got online and saw this:
Can someone tell me when that happened. How many hours in or before what countries came in? I'd like to see how NBC covered it. Disgracrful really.
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France doesn't have enough great athletes that they have to use other countries Olympic starts is weak. And Dion is CANADIAN! NOT FRENCH.
AND THE PEOPLE SMELL!
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I didn't watch it as I was at work. I'm not even religious and I find the idea of a drag queen last summer distasteful. Poking fun at the religious beliefs of others isn't cool, mostly atheist nation or not. No other Olympics has gone out of their way to make people feel uncomfortable or slighted. I'd feel the same if they had a drag queen Muhammed. This is going to leave a black mark on these Olympic games and hopefully France isn't allowed to host any international competition for a long time. The Olympics are about coming together not sowing division.
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I didn't watch the whole thing, but caught some of it. During the coverage, I also saw a pre-taped video featuring Beyonce. The video featured Lyles and Shacarri and a brief shot of Syd. Any other runners featured?
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The opening ceremony of the Olympics felt like the closing ceremony of humanity.
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Let the Games Begin. Please!....
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Well... as for the fat slob they had parodying Jesus... I seriously doubt it was his last supper.
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