The Official XXIX Summer Olympics Thread

#26
#26
i hate the opening and closing ceremonies, but China was pretty cool.

what was with the hats the US team had on? those are brutal.
 
#28
#28
I was loving me some of those Sweedish women!!!

That was definitely the best opening ceremony I have ever seen! Breathtaking!
 
#30
#30
I don't usually have much patience for Olympic opening & closing ceremonies, but that was incredible.

And to think that in Atlanta, we with with a dozen chrome pickup trucks.
 
#32
#32
I expected China to produce an incredible opening ceremony given their art-heavy culture, but that still blew me away.

I thought that after the Spanish did that archer-lights-the-torch bit in Barcelona everybody else would just give up trying to top it and fall back on bells & whistles. Tonight, China didn't just top it, they screwed everybody else who's even contemplating bidding on future Summer Games. About the only folks with a shot are Rio- and that's assuming they'll stoop to FX-ing up their giant Jesus.
 
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#33
#33
the 2010 Winter Games in London are next. I bet their Olympic Committee members were sitting there with "WTF do we do now??!!" expressions.
 
#34
#34
Last night was cool. I liked how they had the athletes walk through paint (?) and make that big piece of art.

I would also like to thank NBC/Verizon for my 4 HD channels of Olympics. Not sure I will miss anything now :)
 
#35
#35
egotisticalmoron said:
these are the best opening ceremonies i have ever seen. it's incredible.
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They were amazing. Not over the top artsy but simply amazing. Wow. I missed a good portion of the opening due to a power outage. I saw highlights on what I missed. I hope the Olympic channels have a replay.
 
#36
#36
Watching that last night made me think of the book The Devil and the White City. If anyone else has read it you might know what I am saying.
 
#39
#39
that's all over and now we get to watch womens sabre, badminton, w. volleball and freakin mens beach volleyball. sweet
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#40
#40
The US men's volleyball team is too soft. They're getting worked by Latvia.

Where in the hell are Goose and Maverick when you need 'em? We need some denim and dogtags out there representing the stars and stripes.
 
#44
#44
where are Kiraly, Timmons and the Sato jump-serve when you need them?
 
#46
#46
amazing opening ceremony last night.

3 medals so far, keep it up :good!: man, i love the olympics

USA!, USA!, USA!
 
#47
#47
Who was it on this board that said gymnastics wasn't a sport? Tell them to turn it on NBC right now. Amazing what they can do.
 
#48
#48
I know nothing about gymnastics but that last guy was amazing
 
#49
#49
XtennesseeX said:
Who was it on this board that said gymnastics wasn't a sport? Tell them to turn it on NBC right now. Amazing what they can do.
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no doubt.

they're odd little midgets with strange personalities, but they are damn sure good athletes with enormous strength to weight ratios.
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#50
#50
wonder if those bikini bottoms were the only ones available for Kerri Walsh?

I like 'em, but those things are tiny.

Intersting side note. The rain makes womens beach volleyball an even more (male) spectator friendly sport.
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