Quote Originally Posted by malkin View Post
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Barely turned on NBC and I'm tired of the production values already.
I'm watching the West Coast feed now, and during the parade of athletes the commentary is so frequently focused on who will or won't win what quantity of medals. It kind of seems anti-Olympic spirit, at least at this point in the games, where we're celebrating the coming together of athletes. It feels like an hour of sizing up the competition and patting those who don't have a chance on the head for being so cute.

Yay for Simon Whitfield, Canadian triathlete, for being the flag bearer!

The commentary through all the music numbers was inane. Some of it is interesting (what each bit is supposed to symbolize or who developed different pieces) but after that, just go away and let us watch.

They also cut this segment: http://t.co/1o4ucLKK

Also... so many commercials! My dad called it the commercialympics opening ceremonies. So thankful for DVRs.

(Maybe watching the opening ceremonies late on a Friday night after I only got 4 hours of sleep is a bad idea )