Fakery at the Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremony

[Michel]

   
 

[P.C.]

.....36,  36,  36....

    Ahh no.....no bells.

[Michel]

   
 

[Sawdust]

Compare winter to winter and summer to summer  

[P.C.]

Again.....it was quoted on the same airing......'It will be a long time, if ever, that anyone will ever top or match this performance'.  

[Sportsdude]

Yeah but 1936 wasn't a big laser show.
The big thing about Atlanta was Ali coming out of nowhere, that was the 'special effects'
Barcelona an archer shot at the torch. Which I thought was the coolest thing ever.  

[P.C.]

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[Sportsdude]

Oh please, lol. If you saw me right now I can't keep a straight face. hehe lol

This is more like it:

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[Michel]

     

[Sportsdude]

LOL
Who was watching? lol
I don't know if it's true but I heard somewhere that the first over the air satelite signal was a Hitler speech. So, technically the aliens will first hear Adolf if they get the wave out in space. That's what they said in that movie Contact, don't know if its true.

(in earth science class we'd chide the teacher about Dante's Peak being scientific. She'd laugh and say its hollywood, talked to a volcanogist and he said, we were right, so we watched the film. ha!)
 

[Michel]

     

[Sportsdude]

LOL

oh dear.... I didn't see that one. lol
 

[Sportsdude]

BBC journalist's blog:
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[P.C.]

Amazing how fast the masses will jump on the negativity bandwagon, regardless of the facts.  It has the icky air of a linching.

[Van]

Sportsdude wrote:
I'm pessimistic/worried we're the Olympics right after Beijing which has set the new standard for everything. It's the first Olympic ceremony to be done completely inside. I'm just worrying too much about it being bad, because it doesn't sound all that exciting at the moment. Then again, I remember Batman fan boys complaining that Heath Ledger's Joker was going to be horrible. lol

 
 haha. Heath Ledger....I haven't seen that movie yet.

  I never knew people were actually worried about things like this, with the way the world is deteriorating at the rate it is? If it is the crappiest ceremony in the universe, at the end of the day, Vancouver will still be Vancouver. If people judge Vancouver by the ceremonies, then they can get a life. I know I could care less either way.  I just hope our snowboarders can even keep up with everyone else.

  You know, our overcrowded roach infested hospitals, crumbling schools, drug problems, and exploding homelessness issue will still be there before and after the olympics. Heaven forbid Vancouver has a crappy opening ceremony! GASP!

  How many countries actually care about the Winter Olympics anyways?