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post #101 of 597
8/11/08 at 4:33pm
Anyone else notice the tinge of fear in the coverage of China? "The opening ceremonies in Bejing were very impressive... and also frightening in their hive-like mentality."
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post #102 of 597
8/11/08 at 4:33pm
It's the middle of summer, what in the hell is there to expect on prime-time network tv? What nonsense.
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post #103 of 597
8/11/08 at 4:35pm
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Originally Posted by Pop Zeus View Post
Anyone else notice the tinge of fear in the coverage of China? "The opening ceremonies in Bejing were very impressive... and also frightening in their hive-like mentality."
I kept waiting for an Empire Strikes Back or Triumph of the Will reference from the commentators, but didn't get one. Though, clearly, the choreographer had seen both films.
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post #104 of 597
8/11/08 at 4:40pm
What opening ceremony doesn't look like that?
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post #105 of 597
8/11/08 at 4:45pm
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Originally Posted by EdHocken View Post
What opening ceremony doesn't look like that?
Should Mayor Daley succeed in his quest, Chicago's won't. "Hey look, we dyed the river Olympic!"
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post #106 of 597
8/11/08 at 4:46pm
Hey, I hope Chicago gets '16. That would be great.
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post #107 of 597
8/11/08 at 4:48pm
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson View Post
It's not as much fun to watch an event that's already happened. And that plays out in the ratings -- of the last five Olympics before Beijing, Atlanta in '96 had the highest ratings, due in no small part to being on the East Coast of the US and incredibly prime time friendly.
A part of the higher ratings could be attributed to homefield pride though, it's our event or an event on our soil so we as Americans feel more invested in it, but I think the events already happened reasoning is probably more prevalent.
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post #108 of 597
8/11/08 at 6:09pm
Every four years I tell myself not to watch swimming because it's not that exciting it but damn they've hyped the shit out of it and it's been worth watching this year. The 4x100m was well worth staying up to watch last night. Hot damn.
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post #109 of 597
8/11/08 at 6:18pm
It still amazes me to this day that Atlanta got the games. I have no idea why. Note, please don't take the previous statement as a slam to our favorite Delta hub.
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post #110 of 597
8/11/08 at 7:17pm
The glorious 4x100 race. (haven´t seen it posted yet, otherwise I apologize.)
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post #111 of 597
8/11/08 at 7:18pm
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Originally Posted by Overlord View Post
I kept waiting for an Empire Strikes Back or Triumph of the Will reference from the commentators, but didn't get one. Though, clearly, the choreographer had seen both films.
That'd be Zhang Yimou, director of HERO, HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS, and CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER, to name the three films most people here would know. Originally it was to be Zhang Yimou and Steven Spielberg, but Spielberg bailed on co-directing on account of the China/Tibet issue.
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post #112 of 597
8/11/08 at 7:54pm
Zhang Yimou? Dammit! I wish I knew he was going to be involved. I've been following him since I saw Raise the Red Lantern back in film class in 1996.

I'm off to YouTube to find clips...
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post #113 of 597
8/11/08 at 8:18pm
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Originally Posted by Jan View Post
The glorious 4x100 race. (haven´t seen it posted yet, otherwise I apologize.)
Nice work Jan, I'll be certainly checking this out at home. This almost makes up for Tokio Hotel
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post #114 of 597
8/12/08 at 12:50am
Getting excited watching the men's gymnastics not only makes me question my sexuality, but I also get a perverse pleasure eating Cool Ranch Doritos while these athletes attempt to accomplish acts of near-superhuman strength.
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post #115 of 597
8/12/08 at 1:07am
I just watched that 4-man relay. That was indeed some riveting shit. Got to love that Balmer accent on Phelps.
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post #116 of 597
8/12/08 at 1:40am
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Originally Posted by reggie-wanker View Post
That'd be Zhang Yimou, director of HERO, HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS, and CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER, to name the three films most people here would know.
OK... I'll admit it. I spent the entire opening ceremony thinking they were saying Johnny Mo.
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post #117 of 597
8/12/08 at 1:43am
And the men's gymnastics team just gave the most unintentionally comedic series of shout outs in Olympic history.
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post #118 of 597
8/12/08 at 10:07am
Phelps is not human. He's the bastard offspring of the Sub-Mariner and Squints from The Sandlot.
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post #119 of 597
8/12/08 at 12:39pm
I like how Phelps looks like a vague relative of Jim from "The Office".

I just read an article in which the guys swims nearly 50 miles a week amongst other exercises. Of course that doesn't leave much of an outside life. And the whole thing came about because his mom needed for him to do something to keep his ADHD occupied.
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post #120 of 597
8/12/08 at 1:10pm
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Originally Posted by EdHocken View Post
I just read an article in which the guys swims nearly 50 miles a week amongst other exercises. Of course that doesn't leave much of an outside life. And the whole thing came about because his mom needed for him to do something to keep his ADHD occupied.
Yep, Phelps swims 80,000 meters a week. That's a lot of laps.
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post #121 of 597
8/12/08 at 1:12pm
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Originally Posted by EdHocken View Post
I like how Phelps looks like a vague relative of Jim from "The Office".

I just read an article in which the guys swims nearly 50 miles a week amongst other exercises. Of course that doesn't leave much of an outside life. And the whole thing came about because his mom needed for him to do something to keep his ADHD occupied.
I can totally sympathize with his mom. We've got to keep my son occupied constantly because of similar ADHD problems.

The amazing thing to me, in addition to his obvious athletic ability in the water, is his amazing level of stamina. He doesn't seem to get tired. Like all great athletes, he seems to have that "something extra" he can kick in when he needs to.

If Phelps does win the 8 Golds does that make him the greatest athlete of all time? I'm starting to think he's at least in the conversation with the likes of a Jordan.
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post #122 of 597
8/12/08 at 1:16pm
I could watch the footage of the US team celebrating after the race all day. Just pure unbridled elation.
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post #123 of 597
8/12/08 at 1:19pm
As a fellow bastard who was diagnosed with ADD I can sympathize (It would also explain why my head is jammed with useless trivia). But what was funny to me was that Phelps apparently injured his back on a bus ride that was too rough (Huh? Note this was sometime a while back) In any case, he's a helluva athlete and those pictures taken at the end of the relay are downright iconic if ya ask me.

I wouldn't get crazy with the "greatest athlete of all time" nonsense. Is he the best damn swimmer in olympic history. Probably, but I'm not a sports guy so I wouldn't know.
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post #124 of 597
8/12/08 at 1:20pm
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Originally Posted by Dr Vivisector View Post
Yep, Phelps swims 80,000 meters a week. That's a lot of laps.
Not to mention the obvious thing to point out. That's probably an olympic length pool. I can tell you, swimming one of those was a bitch and a half. Imagine doing that distance all the time.
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post #125 of 597
8/12/08 at 1:22pm
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Originally Posted by EdHocken View Post
I wouldn't get crazy with the "greatest athlete of all time" nonsense. Is he the best damn swimmer in olympic history. Probably, but I'm not a sports guy so I wouldn't know.
I'm not a sports guy either but just watching him swim you can sort of make that leap pretty easily. Also the fact that he's the Olympic and World Record holder in pretty much every race can at least qualify that statement, until they're beaten.
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post #126 of 597
8/12/08 at 1:22pm
It's goddamn mind blowing is what it is.
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post #127 of 597
8/12/08 at 1:27pm
All sorts of records getting shattered this go around. Fun!
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post #128 of 597
8/12/08 at 1:31pm
Thread Starter 
Due to popular demand and probably a helluva lot of bitching, Time Warner Cable has now given my area USAnetworkHD which is great so I now have 3 Olympics channels broadcasting the Olympics in HD.

even better is now I can start watching Psych in HD.
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post #129 of 597
8/12/08 at 2:15pm
Wow, three olympic channels. Reminds me of the Bronze, Silver and gold cable packages for the '92 games....See what I mean with the trivia.
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post #130 of 597
8/12/08 at 2:16pm
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Originally Posted by EdHocken View Post
Wow, three olympic channels. Reminds me of the Bronze, Silver and gold cable packages for the '92 games....See what I mean with the trivia.
The Olympic Triplecast was ahead of its time. Actually, it may still be ahead of its time, given that you can't "tivo" all three channels at once.
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post #131 of 597
8/12/08 at 2:30pm
Thread Starter 
well comparing yesterday I only had 2 HD olympic channels, 3 is better.

now if they give me MSNBC in HD.. then I'd have like quaddrupal or something...
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post #132 of 597
8/12/08 at 2:40pm
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Originally Posted by EdHocken View Post
Not to mention the obvious thing to point out. That's probably an olympic length pool. I can tell you, swimming one of those was a bitch and a half. Imagine doing that distance all the time.
Yeah, but once you swim an olypmpic length pool and get used to it, every other pool is way too short. I used to be on a swim team and now it sucks going to a pool and doing laps. Every time you get comfortable with your stride, you have to turn again.
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post #133 of 597
8/12/08 at 2:58pm
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Originally Posted by EdHocken View Post
As a fellow bastard who was diagnosed with ADD I can sympathize (It would also explain why my head is jammed with useless trivia). But what was funny to me was that Phelps apparently injured his back on a bus ride that was too rough (Huh? Note this was sometime a while back) In any case, he's a helluva athlete and those pictures taken at the end of the relay are downright iconic if ya ask me.

I wouldn't get crazy with the "greatest athlete of all time" nonsense. Is he the best damn swimmer in olympic history. Probably, but I'm not a sports guy so I wouldn't know.
I sometimes wonder if ADHD is common among athletes. I know my son excels in the sports that are faster paced (like soccer and basketball) but struggled with baseball. Not for lack of talent but because he would just get bored and look for something else to do.
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post #134 of 597
8/12/08 at 2:59pm
That possible, I just know I had no interest in sports (I still don't) and was pretty damn introverted. Now I like doing some kind of exercise but that's just a personal thing.
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post #135 of 597
8/12/08 at 3:46pm
Chinese Olympic Singer Lip-Synced

And the funniest part of the link? Under the video of the girl "singing", for me, it says, "Cannot play media. Sorry, this media is not available in your territory." It's the greatest conspiracy sing Whitney Houston sang/lip-synced the National Anthem at the Super Bowl!

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It still amazes me to this day that Atlanta got the games. I have no idea why. Note, please don't take the previous statement as a slam to our favorite Delta hub.
I loved having the Olympics here. Why? Because traffic was fucking awesome for those two weeks or so.
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post #136 of 597
8/12/08 at 4:04pm
I'd be honestly surprised if anybody in that ceremony wasn't lip-synching.
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post #137 of 597
8/12/08 at 4:06pm
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I loved having the Olympics here. Why? Because traffic was fucking awesome for those two weeks or so.
Funny, they said the exact same thing about LA in '84.
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post #138 of 597
8/12/08 at 4:07pm
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson View Post
I'd be honestly surprised if anybody in that ceremony wasn't lip-synching.
Or the 2008 drummers drumming....or the eight maids a milkin'....
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post #139 of 597
8/12/08 at 4:07pm
And what about 'dem Lords a Leapin'?! Were they in fact leapin at all?!
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post #140 of 597
8/12/08 at 4:31pm
First we learn about the CGI fireworks, and now Milli Vanilli sang at the opening.

What will they divulge tomorrow?
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post #141 of 597
8/12/08 at 4:34pm
The games are actually being held in Albuquerque, NM.
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post #142 of 597
8/12/08 at 4:36pm
And it was all part of the plot to use tire gages and hidden muslim tactics by the Obama campaign.
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post #143 of 597
8/12/08 at 4:59pm
Anybody else have no idea what the hell the gymnastic scores mean? Are they scoring out of 17? Whose idea was that? It would have been better if they scored out of 17, then just ratio-ed all the scores down so they'd be out of 10.

Also, the Chinese men's gymnastics scores seemed awfully high considering they had some stumbles/steps outside landing area. Could someone who knows anything about gymnastics tell me if I'm mistaken? Were their routines so hard it didn't matter if they landed them properly?
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post #144 of 597
8/12/08 at 5:13pm
I heard them saying during the women's competition that if the difficulty of the routine is high enough, the stray step-out isn't a huge deal, only about a tenth of a point.
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post #145 of 597
8/12/08 at 5:26pm
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson View Post
I heard them saying during the women's competition that if the difficulty of the routine is high enough, the stray step-out isn't a huge deal, only about a tenth of a point.
Yeah, one of the Chinese guys kept having to take a huge step to get back to the corner and nearly scored a 16 on the floor routine last night. Kind of boggled my mind a bit.
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post #146 of 597
8/12/08 at 5:31pm
The entire Chinese team could have whipped out their little Mao's, jerked it all over Kerri Strugg's face then proceeded sodomizing the judge's grandmothers and they still would have won Gold.

Short of somebody defying gravity and the laws of physics China was going to win. Seriously, watching the men do the bar thing and pull out some awesome shit and basically get a "ho hum. Meh" score summed up what was going to happen for me.
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post #147 of 597
8/12/08 at 5:32pm
The US men's reaction to bronze was priceless. You'd think they were the next contestants on The Price Is Right.
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post #148 of 597
8/12/08 at 5:35pm
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Originally Posted by Jason P. Thompson View Post
The US men's reaction to bronze was priceless. You'd think they were the next contestants on The Price Is Right.
3rd place! Woo Hoo!


If China had gotten the Bronze entire villages would have been liquidated.
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post #149 of 597
8/12/08 at 5:38pm
Considering the top two men on the US team were out of the competition, third place is pretty damn good.
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post #150 of 597
8/12/08 at 5:38pm
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Originally Posted by Bancroft Agee View Post
If China had gotten the Bronze even more villages would have been liquidated.
Fixed.

I'd love to know the tallest Olympic level gymnasts of all time. For the men ... I'm guessing 5'8". For the women ... I don't know, maybe 5'5"?
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