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Post by President Jeff on Jul 27, 2012 20:56:37 GMT -4
Figured I'd start it ;D
Anyone watch the Opening ceremonies. I caught most of it. I have it Recorded so gonna watch it later. But man, great Opening ceremonies. Lots of good music to go with it. Mr. Bean was even part of it which was a highlight for me.
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Post by Lord Raab on Jul 27, 2012 21:27:10 GMT -4
I didn't watch any of the ceremony because Moto GP Free Practice 2 was on but the best thing is that I have seen the Olympic touch go past my house on Tuesday.
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Post by Jason Cashe on Jul 27, 2012 21:40:59 GMT -4
I fucking forgot it was today...That's some BULLSHIT! We should have a Real World News Bits section. Oh wait, this is Sports correct? We need to be on top of this stuff, I spend all my internet time here damnit!
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Post by Lord Raab on Jul 27, 2012 21:45:40 GMT -4
The roads are blocked off in my area this weekend because of the cycling going on. It's crazy where I am. The Olympic touch and now this cycling event.
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Post by yarmouth1 on Jul 28, 2012 5:54:36 GMT -4
I watched some of it and was board stiff with it, Never heard of some of the team that were in there and what were those blue Wellington boots about.
I will most likely watch the boxing, Football/soccer, Wrestling and Judo and that's about it.
I was impressed by the lighting of the Olympic flame though very impressive but the rest of it was well crap oh the fireworks display was quite good too.
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Post by President Jeff on Jul 28, 2012 7:20:15 GMT -4
Really Yarmouth? The opening was amazing. It made Canada's opening ceremony for the Winter games even more crappier than it already was ;D
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Post by [ManiC] on Jul 28, 2012 7:30:49 GMT -4
Fuck McCartney. I was also bitterly disappointed Sir Redgrave didn't light the flame, and seeing Muhammad Ali in the state he was was, genuinely saddening.  This pretty much summed up the opening ceremony. |
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Post by yarmouth1 on Jul 28, 2012 9:15:35 GMT -4
That's the queens excitable face, Wait till you see her when she's really board.
And yes Jeff nothing apart from what I said impressed me all that money spent on crap it could have been put towards a more worthy course like the NHS or summet like that.
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Post by A.C. Smith on Jul 28, 2012 9:17:10 GMT -4
I'm particularly attracted to the Olympics. I interned at the 2010 Olympiad in Vancouver for NBC, doing a ton of video stuff for the NBC Olympics website. To this day, it's the best five and a half weeks of my life.
I was a little underwhelmed by the torch-lighting. I get why they did it, but my personal guess for torch-lighter was Roger Bannister, and I'd been right the last several Olympics in that regard, so maybe I'm just bitter!
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Post by SalTal on Jul 28, 2012 9:42:54 GMT -4
Never heard of some of the team that were in there You hadn't heard of countries? |
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Post by Mark Mania on Jul 28, 2012 10:29:11 GMT -4
Never heard of some of the team that were in there You hadn't heard of countries? I love you Sally. I watched it, some parts were good, some tedious. Yet, I kept watching so there's that. Loved the Mr. Bean piece, loved checking out the different smoke shows from different countries. Iceland had some hotties. I prefer the winter olympics, but I'll watch basketball, swimming, women's gymnastics, tennis, and soccer. I watched some table tennis this morning, there was this Canadian Asian broad that was getting her ass kicked. Sally, do only Asians play table tennis? Thanks. |
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Post by SalTal on Jul 28, 2012 10:34:15 GMT -4
Sally, do only Asians play table tennis? Thanks. No, but they seem to be the best at it. And badminton. |
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Post by Michael Callahan on Jul 28, 2012 10:44:10 GMT -4
I'm gonna' ruin another jolly thread with an argument here I can feel it, but all I have to say is this;
For the Olympics which is supposed to be an apolitical event, that was the most politically overcharged opening ceremony since 1936 (not 32, my mistake). The leftist socialist message pumped into that ceremony was downright nauseating. Don't get me wrong, I can appreciate the British History with The Beatles and the Industrial Revolution was good but all that shit about the NHS (I do support the NHS even as someone who's quite right wing) was just downright unnecessary and wrong to include in something which is supposed to be free and pure from the taint of that kind of crap.
Great spectacle, but my God was the propaganda ever in your face.
/rant
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Post by SalTal on Jul 28, 2012 10:49:19 GMT -4
For the Olympics which is supposed to be an apolitical event, that was the most politically overcharged opening ceremony since 1932. As I didn't see any of it (I generally avoid the spectacles of the whole event), other than the NHS, what were these political messages you speak of? |
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Post by Michael Callahan on Jul 28, 2012 12:01:40 GMT -4
For the Olympics which is supposed to be an apolitical event, that was the most politically overcharged opening ceremony since 1932. As I didn't see any of it (I generally avoid the spectacles of the whole event), other than the NHS, what were these political messages you speak of? There was a lot of subtle (and less subtle) messaging to support the concept of multi-culturalism too. |
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Post by SalTal on Jul 28, 2012 12:27:30 GMT -4
As I didn't see any of it (I generally avoid the spectacles of the whole event), other than the NHS, what were these political messages you speak of? There was a lot of subtle (and less subtle) messaging to support the concept of multi-culturalism too. Anything specific? As I said, I didn't see it and will likely never see it. |
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Post by Mark Mania on Jul 28, 2012 12:44:18 GMT -4
I feel like Sally is my only source for international politics.
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Post by Jules on Jul 28, 2012 13:29:00 GMT -4
I don't think celebrating one of the most important social welfare initiatives in British history made the ceremony overly pro-socialist. I could argue that because so much emphasis was placed on Britain's industrial legacy the message overly pro-capitalist.
As for celebrating multi-culturalism, why is this such a pain?
If there was one thing that annoyed me, aside from the tacky James Bond skit, it was the opening piece that highlighted the four regions of the UK, the organisers didn't use a hymn in the Welsh language when referring to Wales. This was inconsistent with the strong pro-multicultural message, but then it wouldn't be the first time a London-oriented movement tried to bury the Welsh language.
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Post by T-Marv on Jul 28, 2012 13:35:15 GMT -4
I usually LOVE the Olympics.
But I really can't get into them this year. IDK why. Then again, Women's softball was one of my favorite sports to watch and they nixed it. Maybe once the diving and track and field stuffpicks up I'll be more into it.
Thought the opening ceremonies were fair enough, but I could sense the political agenda rolled into it even though I didn't understand it.
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Post by Jason Cashe on Jul 28, 2012 18:59:41 GMT -4
I discovered Handball today. No US team involved (Male or Female) but that really doesn't matter to me as much as others. I like good competition, fuck the Country. Talent in so many different things. Men's Handball is fucking crazy. Almost a human Blitzball, I seen a dude get popped right to the mouth with that hand sized soccer ball. I was rolling!
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Post by Mark Mania on Jul 28, 2012 19:23:07 GMT -4
Dude I started watching handball today too. Wild freaking sport. Imagine getting a few quarterbacks and major league pitchers in that game? Unstoppable. Get Mike Vick, Cam Newton, Justin Verlander, just smoking it in there. There's USA's gold medal.
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Post by Blade on Jul 28, 2012 19:32:31 GMT -4
I watched the USA vs Croatia womens basketball today.... never again  oh ans Brazil vs Mauritious womens Beach Vollyball ;D |
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Post by Phil Atken on Jul 28, 2012 19:48:17 GMT -4
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Callahan is a Daily Mail article but in real life.
Welp.
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Post by J-Hop on Jul 28, 2012 19:53:16 GMT -4
As for my Olympic experience today ... I hate the boxing. It's more like playing Darts. You hit someone, but it's gotta be with the portion of the glove, like WTF?
The opening ceremony was cool for the bits I saw ... I fell asleep on most of it, I tried out some fancy licour ... killed me.
When those smoke stacks came up, In my stupidity, I thought the stage was on Viagra as the people kept swaying back and forth with those handles.
Also saw the James Bond Clip, throwing the Queen out like that, had me cracking up.
Also the Women's Basketball ... At some points with the different countries I grew confused as to who they were.
20-something more days of this ... Thank you Television.
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Post by The Soul Of Philly on Jul 28, 2012 20:13:50 GMT -4
I only watched the Mens 400 IM to see if it came down to Phelps vs Lochte, although I can't say I'm surprised Lochte ran away with this one, hell if Phelps doesn't medal at all this year, I won't be surprised. The guy isn't into it. I've seen him go from excited to be in Sydney to determined to take over the sport in Bejing to just wanting to be done with everything. If anything surprised me, it'd be that Lochte took over.
I'm just waitching female soccer, female beach volleyball, and US mens bball vs Spain. Only things I'm looking forward too this year. I'm a fan of the winter Olympics more than summer
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Post by SalTal on Jul 28, 2012 20:56:24 GMT -4
I watched both shooting events yesterday (the 10m rifle and 10m pistol) because why not. The pistol was rather exciting as it came down to 3 points on the last shot and the South Korean (who was leading by three) shot a 10.8 (effectively the maximum you can shoot) to lock in his gold. The rifle was less exciting - the Chinese shooter just dominated from the start to finish.
Then I watched archery because the men's #1 is legally blind - something like 20% vision in one eye and 30% in the other. He was interviewed and said that he just aims for the centre of the colourful blur that he sees. Incredible, no matter which way you look at it. Anyway, he won it. The South Korean team is supposed to be the best in the world, so I guess that was no surprise.
Then I watched the swimming because the bicycle road race is tedious (seriously, 250kms of that!?) and they wear far more than the men wear in swimming ... so there's that ... anyway. I watched Phelps only marginally qualify (last) which was surprising, so when he lost I was less surprised. I imagine his story is much like the swimmer from Australia who was the predecessor to Phelps' domination - Ian Thorpe. Help all the records before Phelps, no one could beat him, then just gave it away because he didn't care anymore. It happens. But in the same event, I was astounded that a 16 year old from China set the new world record! 16!?
Then the women's 400IM was on, where Australia was supposed to figure. China's Ye Shiwen's set a world record, got gold, with another Chinese in for third.
Stayed watching the 400 freestyle - Park Tae-hwan from South Korea had won in Beijing with an amazing performance and I wanted to see that again. Crazily he was DQ'd in his heat, then reinstated after judging. Must have been confusing and upsetting for him. Probably didn't help him and he ended up losing to China's Sun Yang (who became China's first male gold medalist). Really exciting race there too!
By that point it was nearly 2 in the morning and I went to bed. Gymnastics was on (yawn) and the bicycle race was finishing (double yawn).
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Post by Jason Cashe on Jul 29, 2012 0:07:34 GMT -4
Did not know that, dude was popping those fucking arrows. My question is what happened to a typical wooden Bow? These folks is using technology bows. That's cheating...
Handball is something I'm for sure keeping tabs on outside the Olympics. US has a League, I'm paying attention. Like Mania said, if there came some hard throwing, real athletes, this could be a HUGE game. Very entertaining day of events, my son who hates most tv not in the cartoon form plopped down and was zombie like staring, I walked by him and farted and he threw an action figure at me. Cool events.
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Post by The Soul Of Philly on Jul 29, 2012 1:38:13 GMT -4
I wouldn't say Phelps is giving it up as much as Lochte's determined to take over.
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Post by Jason Cashe on Jul 29, 2012 3:18:52 GMT -4
Phelps forgot to toke up before the Olympics. Its why he lost.
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Post by SalTal on Jul 29, 2012 4:10:17 GMT -4
My question is what happened to a typical wooden Bow? These folks is using technology bows. That's cheating... They got with the times? I'd hardly say it's cheating. You'd have to argue that the new bicycles (no longer wooden frames), the new javelins (now carbon fibre), 'speed suits' (for running and swimming), badminton and tennis rackets (no longer wooden frames), canoes and sailing boats mean that all the participants are all 'cheating' too. |
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