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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: videoholic on August 14, 2004, 03:51:36 AM
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Any of you watch them? Personally I thought they were the best I had ever seen.
Usually they come out with whacked shit that makes no sense to 99% of the world, but what they did was pretty sweet.
I really thought that big face that came out of the ground was pretty damn neat.
And the parade they had with the evolution of the olympics going from statuesque people to modern people was very cool.
The parade of nations looks much better in fast forward. Damn that\'s a boring couple hours.
We\'ve also taken a vid household poll and the torch looks like a big doobie.
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I agree.. Very impressive, best one so far.
The parade of nations looks much better in fast forward. Damn that\'s a boring couple hours.
Hehe, we entered as country 180 or something.. Looooong wait. ;)
Nice to see Iraq (which hauled Portuguese ass), Afghanistan and Palestine btw.
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personally, i think dramatic opening ceremonies are flat out gay
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I guess a country wanting to share its\' culture and background with the world is flat out gay. Never mind that Athens is where it all started...what an ass.
It was the most impressive show I\'ve ever seen on that scale. Very well done.
My favorites were the big statue, the parade of past, present, and future Greece, and then Bjork\'s dress covering all the athletes with a picutre of the world.
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We Tivo\'d it so that we could watch the news. Thanks for the fast forward tip.
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IDEA: Next opening ceremony should consist of a huge pit with all the nations throwing in a gallon of gas, then the host nation should throw in the match. Boom..... touch is lit, game on.
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Originally posted by videoholic
We\'ve also taken a vid household poll and the torch looks like a big doobie.
Yes.
I described it as a cigarette, but only because I didn\'t want to refer to it as a joint when I was talking to my mom.
-Dan
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Not many cigs tapered at both ends. ;)
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I think the whole thing is gay and stupid. I say ban the whole f**kin\' thing, it\'s f**kin\' worthless. It\'s nothing but a bunch of f**kin\' horseshit, ya know? I mean, who the f**k cares about that shit now\'a\'days?
Uh, sorry - had a Bob\'s hardware moment!
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Haha, wow that was refreshingly negative.
I dig the Olympics. I saw a bit of diving and one dude on the rings. It\'s good fun.
I like the summer games better than the winter ones. I can appreciate a guy running fast or swimming fast, but when a kid I went to school with can bring home a silver in snowboarding, that\'s just pathetic. You have a bunch of losers in baggy clothes tainting the winter games.
Hopefully the competition there ramps up noticeably.
Course, I only noticed this year that table tennis is a summer game, heh.
It\'s all good though.
-Dan
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Haha, wow that was refreshingly negative.
I aim to pleas.
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how much money went into that production?
oh, and winter olympics > summer olympics
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Originally posted by mm
how much money went into that production?
A lot, but it\'s not like it\'s in a poor desolate country where the people still shit in holes.
Oh wait...
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Originally posted by mm
oh, and winter olympics > summer olympics
Couldn\'t agree more.
BTW do all Greek women have a unibrow? :D
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I taped it because I was at work. I\'ll watch it when I get a chance. And yes, winter olympics own summer olympics.
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I honestly did not realize people actually still bothered watching this crap, so I decided I would join the masses, I turned it on. Right now I am watching it and goin\', "damn this boring".
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Originally posted by GigaShadow
Couldn\'t agree more.
BTW do all Greek women have a unibrow? :D
yep...
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Originally posted by mm
personally, i think dramatic opening ceremonies are flat out gay
Originally posted by mm
how much money went into that production?
oh, and winter olympics > summer olympics
Cant you post any lamer comments than these?
Also the comparisson between "summer" Olympics (its lame to label these Olympics) and winter Olympics.These Olympics have a backround of culture and history and its not about doing extreme cool looking sports unlike winter Olympics.
I suggest you should start reading books about ancient history.The ceremony wasnt only about showing impressive scenery.It showed the histrory of the Olympics, the philosophies,discoveries,mythology art ,the interest on developing the mind and soul of the ancient greeks, the first practice of democracy which started in Attica, the Byzantine Empire, the revolution of the Greeks till the culture that it is today.
It grasped perfectly the spirit of the Olympics, culture and diachronic history that affected the way of thinking of so many people.Even the people of the present in so many countries
You definetelly dont know what you are talking about.You need to get yourself educated.And you have no idea of what culture is.Its funny that you reckognise old movies as "culture" but you fail to see and grasp the true depth and meaning of it.
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I guess it won\'t hurt as much coming from me rather than mm but...
You need to get yourself educated.
Its funny that you reckognise...
Hey hey!! Don\'t shoot the messenger. ;)
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It sure isnt a spelling contest.
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Oh it\'s never just about the spelling, people misspell all the time. It\'s about the irony.
Back on topic so I don\'t look like a complete jerk... I thought Australia\'s was cool, didn\'t watch this one. I guess they don\'t re-run these things do they? I always like a good show, this can\'t be much gayer than me watching Les Misérables on Broadway.
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Funny but not seriously ironic:nerd:
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Australia\'s and Atlanta\'s were stupid compared to this one. It truely was a great opening ceremonies.
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If the Greeks really wanted to stick to tradition all the atheletes would be compteting naked. ;)
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If some people call gay these Olympics and the ceremony I imagine what they were going to call it if the athletes were naked.Especially when watching two men in a specific Greek-Roman wrestling :p
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Meh... only thing interesting was the Parade of Nations...
Chicks from Argentina = win.
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Originally posted by Unicron!
If some people call gay these Olympics and the ceremony I imagine what they were going to call it if the athletes were naked.Especially when watching two men in a specific Greek-Roman wrestling :p
a name comes to mind...........never mind ;)
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Originally posted by politiepet
a name comes to mind...........never mind ;)
:laughing: :laughing:
Hey, where is he? Did you guys chase him away?