Watching the high divers is terrifying...the camera angle makes it look like their feet are going to smack the platform. Or their heads. I almost can't watch.
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Watching the high divers is terrifying...the camera angle makes it look like their feet are going to smack the platform. Or their heads. I almost can't watch.
Awesome. I love the announcers, and the choice of mini figs to represent all the people. Clever.Quote:
Originally Posted by BikeDutchess
For anyone who missed the Zonderland magic: http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/gym...r-routine.html
Oh dear...watching men's 4x100 relay - whoever designed the U.S. uniforms needs to be fired. Those poor guys. They're wearing something underneath them, but the uniforms are totally see-through.
Yeah, some of the uniform choices are... interesting. The rowing guys had a pretty notorious response to their uniforms:
http://i.imgur.com/gUxNr.jpg
The guy 2nd from the left showed up on an online forum and said "This is me and I swear it's not erect!" ;)
Poor uniform choice indeed.
I've really been enjoying the track and field events and especially liked the women's relay races last night. It has been fun to see sports that I've not really watched before, I think I've watched more of this Olympics than I have previous summer games. I hear you about the men's high dives, I cringed a few times, but of course no one did hit the board.
It looks like our local news is going to go too long this morning for me to see the NBC coverage of the women's mountain bike event :( They aren't even mentioning this event. Sigh, and I got up early to watch it, oh well.
It was (is) on mid-morning, starting around 11:45. They showed a commercial-laden 15-30 minutes then said we were going to get rhythmic gymnastics. :mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by Catrin
Meanwhile on the other channel is the womens 20k racewalk. At least it's a womens race?
BRING BACK THE BIKES!!
Oh cra*! I had given up on it and left home by then. They were onto the volleyball matches by the time I got home. If I had known I would have stayed up late and watched the BMX events last night :mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by colby
Sigh... For me, things like rhythmic gymnastics and synchronized swimming are some of the dullest events ever conceived.
I see mountain bike is on right now (but I am watching the Tour of Utah on my laptop)!
Anyway, if I was in charge of broadcasting the olympics, I would have unrestricted access to the online video feeds from all the events not covered in the NBC channels Allow people to watch whatever they want and learn their preferences through that!
Gack...
I just mentioned the household no Nazis media policy and now NBC has Tom Brokaw with highlights from the Battle of Britain instead of the olympics.
The House Rules here are pretty simple:
1. Be kind
2. Promote wholeness
3. Remember the rules
and yes
NO NAZIS
Apparently there were a few times today where they showed parts of the women's mountain biking, but I had given up by then and was either on my bike or elsewhere :( Oh well, I was told they kept cutting away from them, more so than usual.
Malkin, that was a surprise to me as well. I did watch it and it was well done - and I learned things about Coventry that I don't think I really knew, but it was a surprise to see that rather than the Olympics.
I saw some of the women's mt. bike event, (but left for my piano lesson), Brewer saw what was on, and enjoyed it.
As for the endless analysis of the athletes' bodies showing through their kit---yup! they are human after all (and so are we *giggle*).
I think it is cool to see the differences in bodies across sports--long and lean, vs. stocky & bulky or big shoulders and triceps with mini biceps or basically spherical bottoms or whatever...
When the games are over, I hope Costas' jacket is donated to charity.
Watching an interview of two of the women from the US basketball team. Asked about whether the next Olympics are in their plans: "Of course. It is *Rio*!." :D Having visited Rio several times, I have to say that is the right way of feeling about it. Traffic might be a mess, but it is a spectacular city.
I had not seen Zonderland. The routine was amazing. He deserved gold. :D
I remember seeing Greg Louganis hit his head during a dive back in the day. Fortunately he just grazed the edge of the platform, and wasn't seriously hurt.Quote:
Originally Posted by Catrin
I like watching diving, and I think Cynthia Potter does a great job of explaining what to look for in their form. I can't imagine trying to judge it, though -- I can only really see the good vs the bad in the replay.
Am not an avid fan of sport BUT I have so enjoyed watching some of the Olympics.
I found the Opening Ceremony dull but that’s just me. :rolleyes:
The best thing is that for ONCE the UK performance was great, to come third in the medal table is fantastic.
It has been quite an emotional time, regardless of which country was winning, all in all, great events.
So well done to each and every athlete who took part. :)
PS Just watching the Closing Ceremony......................hmmmmmm, not keen, although Stomp absolutely brilliant! Far too many old songs, in my humble opinion and where the hell did they dig up Ray Davies from the Kinks!
Any idea why there is MTB and BMX but no cyclocross at the Olympics?
I just watched he gold medal match in basketball. Spain played well! It's great to see that the US was put under pressure. And the celebration of the US players after the game was also great to see.
ETA: One random observation - the Chinese sports brand Li-Ning has made significant inroads in an industry that was dominated by Nike, Adidas and Puma. Spain's basketball team was wearing Li-Ning uniforms (and their warm up suits are tacky, IMO). However, I was most shocked by seeing the US diving team wearing Li-Ning gear.
I watched the Russia/Brazil gold medal volleyball match. That was an awesome match.
pll, I was wondering the same thing about why not cyclocross. (Besides I'd go out on a limb and say that it belongs in the Olympics more than rhythmic gymnastics or synchronized swimming).
I was torn, wanting to watch the volleyball game, too! But the b-ball game was exciting. If it had been a blow out, I would have switched. We might share the same sporting tastes... :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Koronin
Brewer is watching the marathon.
If I look, I am afraid it will make me want to go run again...my legs say run run run, and my feet say WTF are you even thinking!
We get to watch it only now. I am liking it thus far... precisely because of some old songs. George Michael!? Resuscitated... That is some odd facial hair style.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClockworkOrange
I think the USA uniforms are a little silly, especially the women's. If I were one of the athletes, I would have rebelled by wearing my track suit. :D
When I saw some of the other teams in theirs, I thought, cool! The track suits are cool, comfy, and fun. Then I saw the US athletes... bah. The Canadians and British look dressed much more appropriately for the party!Quote:
Originally Posted by Penny4
I love volleyball. I actually played it in Jr High, (private tiny school) then went to public school for high school and they didn't have a volleyball team or I would have at least played through high school. The public school was much better for education though. We may very well have at least similar tastes in sports.Quote:
Originally Posted by pll
From George Michael onwards it got considerably better, there were some great stars, so Mrs Grumpy enjoyed it in the end. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by pll
In the Rio segment of the closing ceremony, the NBC folks were *totally* lost. It was a neat thing to see Marisa Monte on that float, made to look like Iemanjá, a mother goddess in the African Yoruba religion, also worshiped in Brazilian candomblé. The problem I found with that segment is that it is typical of Olympic ceremonies: trying to be super symbolic, it loses the audience.
Anyway, I would recommend to everyone on this forum to listen to Marisa Montes singing "Carinhoso" (Affectionate) with Paulinho da Viola. The video and lyrics (translated to English) are in this page -- it is just beautiful:
http://lyricalbrazil.com/tag/carinhoso/
"Carinhoso" is a 1917 song by a composer/saxo player known as Pixinguinha -- think Louis Armstrong to grasp how influential he was.
ETA: the song starts at 1:31 in the video. Prior to it, there is historical footage of Pixinguinha, then some words from Paulinho da Viola (which literally translates to Little Paul of the Guitar) about the significance of the song. Marisa Montes says she had never interpreted it publicly, only at home and in the shower, "like all Brazilians".
I was wondering that too. Of all the random sports in the Olympics...Quote:
Originally Posted by pll
I'd think that'd be one way to suck people in who don't usually pay attention to cycling!
But if they add Cyclocross they will take away another event off the track cycling (BMX has replaced the time trial on the track- such a huge loss!).
Yay another gold for NZ with the shotputter from Belaruss being stripped of her gold for doping! Congratulations Valerie Adams, we all knew you were a golden girl!
No, no, they need to dump synchronized swimming and add cyclocross. (Or they could dump synchronized diving, or rhythmic gymnastics or trampoline). (Well actually, IMO, they need to just dump those things anyway and replace them with real sports like cyclocross or more track cycling, or something else).Quote:
Originally Posted by Kiwi Stoker
It distresses me to see comments about how some things are not real sports. I'm not big into rhythmic gymnastics or synchronized swimming, but I can definitely see the athleticism that is required of each.
And the synchronized diving was pretty amazing in my opinion.
Veronica
So Sad, did not see the closing ceremonies; lightning hit somewhere in Kingman and took out cable for whole northern Arizona area - It was a bummer
Just wanted to clarify that I do think BMX is a great Olympic sport. Of course Sarah Walker of NZ won the silver :D I am just not happy that to introduce new sports and old one has to go.
I really don't know about tennis- those guys have lots of oppotunities to compete at a worldwide level.
Yep, couldn't agree more.Quote:
Originally Posted by Veronica
I'm also not sure tennis belongs on the Olympics and they are introducing gold in the next summer games. Don't get that one either.