Posted on 07/30/2012 8:12:04 AM PDT by shortstop
Agree.
The many pianos at Los Angeles 1984 opening were memorable.
Or at least, "We are not amused."
It was grotesque. I turned off the tube and told my kids a little bit about Britains great history - something the opening ceremony utterly neglected.
And an awful lot of that history included colonialism, as dfwgator mentioned. I recall we had a problem with that colonialism in the past.
The worst opening. I gave up when all those hospital beds appeared.
Should Atlanta have showed slaves getting whipped or the KKK?
The opening ceremony celebrated degradation. The white pony instead of the American Flag on the uniforms of the American athletes fit right in with the degradation theme.
Thank goodness! I thought I was the only one who thought the ceremony was horrible!
Vancouver, now THAT was bad. The flame ceremony was totally botched. Remember that lame poet they had?
While I wasn't fond of the dancing NHS segment, there was at least a tenuous tie-in with Peter Pan, as Barrie donated the rights to the work to the children's hospital featured.
On the whole, I think it was mediocre. It had good moments and bad moments. I did like the lighting of the torch sequence, though. (Nothing in my mind can top Barcelona or Lillehammer lightings, but they're in a class of their own.)
‘For example, the opening ceremony focused on Englands childrens writers and its socialized medicine system.’
Peter Pan was written by a Scotsman. And Mary Poppins by an Aussie.
‘And it was England which stood alone so long against Nazi Germany.’
And this man is lecturing others on bad history?.
I remember back expecting the Athens games to be terrible, but they turned out to be one of the best, ever.
I thought I was watching New Year’s Eve in Philadelphia.
They should be flogged and banished.
It was amazing. My wife looked at me and said "Hunh. No pressure."
Otherwise, the rest was crap. We turned it off after 5-10 minutes.
I could trust him implicitly.....to be had for a price, you see.
It was the kind of Opening Ceremony a city with no t*sticles would enjoy. A celebration neutered excellence.
Agree that Lauer and Viera were having a hard time trying to follow the script to explain to us what the hell was happening before our eyes. The industrial revolution? The Sgt. Pepper uniforms? The crazy beds with sick kids jumping around? How did they keep a straight face trying to describe that lunacy? Felt bad for them, actually.
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