Olympic Opening Cermonies

Anyone think there will be any stunts? Seems like someone, somewhere will be looking to make a statement. Especially, now that the American biker (I think he's a biker) has been booted out of the country.
 
I DVR'd the opening ceremonies... KXAN-HDTV, Austin...

So watched it only on playback... I keep getting breakup on the signal.

Was that just my set, my Dish receiver?
Anybody else have any problems with the transmission?

To test my system I just watched almost all of BLOW (Johnny Depp), and not a single hiccup. But this darn playback of the Opening Ceremonies is screwy... as is the live replay after midnight.
 
That was by far the best opening ceremonies ever. The artistic display and human achievement that was put on show last night was absolutely stunning. That won't be topped for a long time.
 
Yeah....the lighting of the Olympic flame was legend. Very cool.
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Obviously impressive from a technical standpoint; but I thought they were over the top and lacked heart. Too mechanical for my taste.
 
Jaw-dropping scale in both ambition and execution. Of course when your army practices 14 hours a day 7 days a week for 6 years, it is going to be a polished performance.

It was so good, you could argue that they were just showing off.

The 2008 Masters of the Universe Tai-chi soldiers put on a clinic...it was so imitidating in rehearsals, they begged the soldiers to smile a little to ease global fears.

Best ever. I have not heard a single sportscaster say they have ever watched anything in their lifetimes that spectacular.
 
Those "cheerleaders" around the track kind of put me in a trance. The same motion over and over for 2+ hours!!! Same smile, same wave, same little leg kicks over and over in that heat? I was waiting for one of them to topple over.

I guess that's what you get when the individual is a cog in the machine. Could you imagine the producers trying to get that done over here?
 
I didn't care for the lighting of the torch, a little weird to me, the guy running on the LCD board, with wires, it looked a little Peter Panish!!!!!

In Australia or Athens, the arrows, that was cool.

Overall, very impressive by the Chinese!!!!! NBC kept it moving too, which was nice.
 
Were all the broadcast networks using the same video feed? If not, blame NBC not China. The fireworks still went off just like you saw on TV, just at different times. Those in the Bird's Nest and around Beijing did see the fireworks, they just couldn't have a helicopter circling while they did. I think it's a little duplicitous and unnecessary to do what they did but I totally understand the technical reason for it.
 
It was an incredible production by any standard. One of the things that made it so great was how well it incorporated aspects of Chinese history and culture. How better for the most populous nation on earth to reflect that creatively than to have a couple thousand human pixels lighting up the floor, among other people powered displays ?

Seems to me like the Brits should turn to their amazing pedigree in music as a foundation for universal appeal.


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