[John The Grudge]

QUOTE (DarrinPA @ Monday, Aug 13 2012, 03:57)

I Love the Olympics but I felt like I missed out on so much do to NBC televison. They showed full games of indoor volleyball, until the gold medal game which they showed the first set - then cut out all the other sets - after a commercial they jumped to Brazil about to win in just a few points. What happened to the game? It's not about the final score, it's about the competition [and checking out the hot olympians ] They didn't show The Who on NBC, they cut to a new TV show for an hour, and now an hour of the nightly news. I hope they show it afterwords.

We're lucky in the UK because the BBC go all out to cover the Olympics. There's the main channel, BBC One which only shows the Olympics and the news while the Olympics are on. Then there's another one, BBC Three, which again pretty much only shows the Olympics while it's on. Those channels have commentators and stuff. There was also 24 Olympic channels that covered every single event with no commentary or cutting away to other events. All in HD.

[ajbns87]

QUOTE (John The Grudge @ Monday, Aug 13 2012, 07:47)

QUOTE (DarrinPA @ Monday, Aug 13 2012, 03:57) I Love the Olympics but I felt like I missed out on so much do to NBC televison. They showed full games of indoor volleyball, until the gold medal game which they showed the first set - then cut out all the other sets - after a commercial they jumped to Brazil about to win in just a few points. What happened to the game? It's not about the final score, it's about the competition [and checking out the hot olympians  ] They didn't show The Who on NBC, they cut to a new TV show for an hour, and now an hour of the nightly news. I hope they show it afterwords.  We're lucky in the UK because the BBC go all out to cover the Olympics. There's the main channel, BBC One which only shows the Olympics and the news while the Olympics are on. Then there's another one, BBC Three, which again pretty much only shows the Olympics while it's on. Those channels have commentators and stuff. There was also 24 Olympic channels that covered every single event with no commentary or cutting away to other events. All in HD.

Credit where credit is due, BBC did an awesome job of showing the Olympics (about time really seeing as we pay them to do a good job), some dumb as sh*t commentators here and there, stating the blind obvious but in terms of coverage, faultless.

[Nah Tso Gud]

QUOTE (darthYENIK @ Monday, Aug 13 2012, 01:00)

Oh my god, that's so f*cking stupid. Who wants to wait until midnight to watch five seconds of the Who? Once again, f*ck you NBC. You f*cking ruin everything.

Maybe theyll have another American tour. I got to see them twice, although I guess I only remember 1.5 of the concerts.

..on the current subject.. BBC does indeed rock.. such quality programming.

[JoeyLeone25]

The Opening Ceremony was a well choreographed ride through British history directed by one of the great British directors of the post-modern era. The Closing Ceremony was a pointless combination of singing and dancing made by, well, a bloody choreographer. It was ok, but I didn't understand why they couldn't integrate more of British culture into it or at least dedicate a portion of the show to Brtain's sporting heritage. Aside from that, fantastic London 2012 Olympic Games.

[4 Bagger]

QUOTE (JoeyLeone25 @ Monday, Aug 13 2012, 16:48)

The Opening Ceremony was a well choreographed ride through British history directed by one of the great British directors of the post-modern era. The Closing Ceremony was a pointless combination of singing and dancing made by, well, a bloody choreographer. It was ok, but I didn't understand why they couldn't integrate more of British culture into it or at least dedicate a portion of the show to Brtain's sporting heritage. Aside from that, fantastic London 2012 Olympic Games.

That is exactly how I felt. I saw the opening ceremony in a bar whilst on holiday and there were no noise as there was loud music playing in the background, and I understood what was going on and I enjoyed it even though there were no sound.

I watched about half an hour of the closing ceremony and got bored, I thought it was sh*t. I didn't like many of the acts/artists and I thought Jessie J was a bag of crap, as usual.

[Robinski]

I think the closing ceremony was supposed to be more of a straight up party, and after the amount of Britishness in the opening i can't say I blame them for toning it down.The Opening was a massive and impressive spectacle, where the Closing was just a bit of lighter fun.

QUOTE (darthYENIK @ Monday, Aug 13 2012, 06:00)

Oh my god, that's so f*cking stupid.  Who wants to wait until midnight to watch five seconds of the Who?  Once again, f*ck you NBC.  You f*cking ruin everything.

You guys really need to get NBC off Olympic contracts. I can kind of understand cutting down a delayed broadcast of something like this (although obviously I'd prefer it didn't happen), but with something like the Olympics that they've deidcated nearly half a month's worth of programming to you might as well show the full thing. I can't even comprehend how they had the balls to stop just before the end of something so prestigious to try and hock some terrible little sitcom. That was crazy.

Anyway I'm always interested in what edits happen to stuff like this, and I found this blog post. Someone's compiled the setlist for the entire ceremony and highlighted what NBC cut:


You guys missed some great stuff: the final medal ceremony (men's marathon), Muse, Darcey Bussel + the Royal Ballet, and more Emeli Sande to be specific.

[darthYENIK]

Yeah, it felt kind of felt like they took the easy way out. I mean, no other country can bring out all that musical fire power, and ignore the most active native acts still out their from the past. Of course I'm talking about heavy f*cking metal. Where was Deep Purple? Where was Judas Priest? And where was Iron Maiden? And where was Black Sabbath? They're all touring. Not to say the rest was bad, just it felt like a softball thrown for an easy homerun.

Anyway. NBC completely cut out Muse, Ray Davies, and Kate Bush. Not that I was excited to see Kate Bush, but the other two I wanted to see. (thanks, Iminicus, for the link to video of the BBC broadcast) And apparently NBC considers this year's tape delayed Olympic coverage a success. You know, the same way a rapist considers rape a success.

I'm just glad it's over, so I can go back to only watching an hour of NBC a week(30 Rock and Community), tops.

Edit: yeah, Robinski. I really wish the American people could somehow get the Olympics out of NBC's hands. They don't understand the cultural responsibility that they hold. They treat the Olympics like a ratings feast, that they stuff their fat greedy faces off of every other year, to the dismay of the American public who is held hostage. And then they talk about the ratings success of it, like the American public has a choice not to watch the most important sports event of the year. It really does feel like rape.

This post has been edited by darthYENIK on Monday, Aug 13 2012, 17:03

[docrikowski]

Cutting The Who?!?! Blasphemy!

And the Marathon winners ceremony... The most symbolical race of all the Olympics!
I wonder what would have happened if there was an American on the podium...

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Anyway, latest news: Belarus shot putter Nadzeya Ostapchuk stripped of gold for doping

I watched that final and while watching I was thinking that there was something fishy. First of all she looked like a man. Not like a not so beautiful woman, but like a man!
Secondly all her throws were very good and seemed effortless (no shouting, no sign of fatigue while throwing). Her physique also seemed weak compared to the other top throwers (despite the fact she looked like a man ).
On the other hand NZ's Valerie Adams, gold medal in 2008 and a proven champ + a 6 ft 5 in (1.97m) strong woman, was struggling to keep up.
Same the other two in the top positions.
I knew something was wrong in that final. It just didn't look right.
Glad justice has been done.

EDIT: Valerie Adams is getting her own gold ceremony now.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/artic...jectid=10826799

This post has been edited by docrikowski on Monday, Aug 13 2012, 23:01

[ajbns87]

Good to see justice being served like that.

I know exactly the woman / beast you are talking about, whilst watching it my girlfriend was telling me, that's who my next girlfriend will look like

And she did seem completely effortless when throwing, and almost emotionless too. f*ck drug cheats, ban for life should be opposed on them (if it's a clear-cut case of cheating)

It's interesting to read how the Olympics is viewed in different countries, here it was 24/7 coverage, Olympics this and Olympics that, difficult to escape the overzealous hype of it, but it was good to see the Country as a whole come together, and even a non patriotic - non fan of athletics, I was at times yelling at my tv screen to run faster etc...

[Ryan]

This has been all over the news here in Canada today. This ten-year-old sent this letter to Canada’s 4x100m relay team who were heartbreaking disqualified.

[darthYENIK]

That seems fake. It's a little too Canadian to mention the war of 1812 and have some sort of Timbits medal.

[docrikowski]

http://mofarahrunningawayfromthings.tumblr.com/

Go Mo!

[ZoomZoom]

Sorry I am late..But..

Congrats to America and China and to Great Britain..

[NateShaw92]

QUOTE (docrikowski @ Wednesday, Aug 15 2012, 14:09)

http://mofarahrunningawayfromthings.tumblr.com/ Go Mo!

thats the successor to the weird prince charles thing

AAAAAH ghostface

[Waddy]

Quite cool, and sad at the same time.

http://www.flavorwire.com/318267/fascinati...pic-sites?all=1

[docrikowski]

QUOTE (Waddy @ Thursday, Aug 16 2012, 14:18)

Quite cool, and sad at the same time. http://www.flavorwire.com/318267/fascinati...pic-sites?all=1

Yes, I had seen the Beijing pics already not the other ones.
Well, Sarajevo went through a war in the 90s so it's understandable but overall the abandoning of Olympic venues is a common problem in many countries.
It's really a waste of money and energy.
Cities should build the venues already with a project for the utilization of the venue after the games are completed.