Rio Olympics: NBC Opening Ceremony Miraculously Makes Brazil Boring

Deadline Hollywood ^ | August 5, 2016 | Dominic Patten

[C19fan]

Sustainability, the Brazilian resourcefulness trait of gambiarra and smiling were the designated themes of the globally aimed Opening Ceremonies of the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics. By that criteria, NBC’s time-delayed coverage tonight barely got a bronze medal with less than qualifying pacing, insipid and sometimes questionable commentary, unimaginative production, and way too many ads that resulted in the amazing feat of turning a Brazilian celebration into a bit of a bore.

Far closer to real time than the last several Olympic openers and considering all that could have gone wrong with this relatively low-budget affair in the socially and politically conflicted nation, the results of the beginning of South America’s first-ever Games were solidly mixed — despite NBC’s best or worst efforts.

[C19fan]

NBC's horrid coverage of the Olympics is one of the reason I stopped watching.

[Dilbert San Diego]

I watched part of it. I couldn’t believe when I saw they were pushing global warming as part of the opening ceremonies.

Has liberal political correctness infected absolutely everything nowadays????

[rstrahan]

They even made Samba dancing with scantily clad women boring.

[C19fan]

Russia did a great job with its Opening Ceremonies because for all its warts, especially political, Russian are proud of their country, culture and history.

[ClearCase_guy]

The best part this year was Jim McKay’s commentary.

[Biggirl]

At least the Russians did not only a brief history lesson of their country, but a lesson on their alphabet.

[Leep]

There is Olympics going on?

[The Sons of Liberty]

Rio Olympics: NBC Opening Ceremony Miraculously Makes Brazil Boring

Between the lib NBC pukes like Matt Lauer, the lecture on global warming, and endless parade of commercials, I fell asleep.

[Biggirl]

Second time in 4 years. The British did a “pc” presentation on their healthcare system.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

NBC Opening Ceremony Miraculously Makes Brazil Boring

The commercials which took up as much time as the actual opening ceremonies certainly didn't help.

[rainee]

Snoozefest! Wayyy too long & too many commercials.
Global warming, slaves...really?
& then the globalist loony lefty’s applauding the refugee team. Ugh

I want to see Matt Lauer report live from slums in San Paolo.

[moovova]

Not to mention, they preempted Wheel Of Fortune.

No Vanna, no Olympics.

[JBW1949]

The flashing squares and such in the bright colors on the field hurt my eyes...I turned it off....

[JennysCool]

At least the Brits opened theirs with Queen Elizabeth and James Bond. That was pretty cool.

[Biggirl]

That was fun.

[dfwgator]

They needed "Getting Gay With Kids".

Doo-doo-doo, da-da-do-do-wow!
There's a place called the rainforest that truly sucks ass
Let's knock it all down and get rid of it fast
You say 'save the rainforest', but what do you know?
You've never been to the rainforest before!
Getting Gay with Kids is here
To tell you things you might not like to hear
You only fight these causes 'cos caring sells
All you activists can go ____ yourselves.

Someday if we work hard boys and girls..
There'll be no more rainforests left in the entire world..
Getting Gay with Kids is here
To spread the word, and bring you cheer
Getting Gay with Kids is here
Lets knock down the rainforest, whaddaya say?
Its totally gay, it's totally gay

[dfwgator]

For those who didn’t watch, here’s a brief synopsis:

In the beginning, Brazil was inhabited by happy indigenous people who were happily dancing around with green string....UNTIL the EVIL white man came from Europe and brought African slaves with them.

And the White man is the cause of all of the evils in the world, especially Climate Change.

[sten]

yes

i’m guessing you don’t know who brazil had leading their group in the olympic parade

CAUTION: will increase cranial pressure beyond specification limitations

[dfwgator]

Actually the commercials were better than the ceremonies, especially the AT&T “21 Minutes Without Internet” ads.

[butlerweave]

From the seconds of the Ceremony I saw on the news I think they forgot to turn on the lights