Olympic Opening Ceremony

[Kegstand96]

France definitely does it different, but that’s not a negative towards them. I love all things Olympics. Life goes on hold for a bit for me. I can watch any sport at anytime and be happy. The true meaning of competition and an absolute honor to participate in.

We beat China by one gold medal last time. I think it will be a wider margin this time. Either way, watching these athletes at the absolute top of their game never gets old. They compete for the love of it.

 

[Blue_Rico]

I love the Olympics and tried to watch the opening ceremony, but it was really hard to follow and very....different

 

[Kegstand96]

I love the Olympics and tried to watch the opening ceremony, but it was really hard to follow and very....different

Definitely non traditional. The opening ceremony for the Chinese games was my favorite all time. France is showcasing the city at a much higher level and their diversity. Not a great flow, but they get to do it how they want to.

 

[Jim Malone Lt.]

Bizarre

 

[ukalumni00]

My wife forced me to watch most of it and I thought it was garbage for the most part. Took forever to get the torch lit and I still cannot figure out WTF they lit and where it is located plus having drag queens and the nonsense they were doing. By far the best moment was Celine Dion singing.

 

[Kegstand96]

Not necessarily my cup of tea, but I appreciate all things Olympics.

 

[jbhill02]

Maybe the worst opening ceremony I’ve ever seen. It’s just bizarre and disjointed

 

[OnUK]

Ive always been interested in France. What a wild history they have.

 

[Yellow Man]

Watched most every opening since they put it on TV. It was awful today.

 

[Ben101er]

France definitely does it different, but that’s not a negative towards them. I love all things Olympics. Life goes on hold for a bit for me. I can watch any sport at anytime and be happy. The true meaning of competition and an absolute honor to participate in.

We beat China by one gold medal last time. I think it will be a wider margin this time. Either way, watching these athletes at the absolute top of their game never gets old. They compete for the love of it.

They may compete for the love of it, but look at the net worth of some of them.

 

[PickSixKing]

Fo Shizzle

 

[JrandoUK]

I love the Olympics and tried to watch the opening ceremony, but it was really hard to follow and very....different

Agreed, after 15 min I was out..

 

[Col. Angus]

Yea it wudn’t for me dawg

 

[claymant]

I don't get the Snoop Dogg involvement?

 

[Kegstand96]

The love the athletes have for this is unmatched. They are riding down a river on boats in the rain while being sprayed with e-coli water and not a single person has a frown on their face.

I freaking love it. Such a great change of pace to what we are dealing with here.

 

[Kegstand96]

My wife forced me to watch most of it and I thought it was garbage for the most part. Took forever to get the torch lit and I still cannot figure out WTF they lit and where it is located plus having drag queens and the nonsense they were doing. By far the best moment was Celine Dion singing.

Celine was definitely the highlight. Handing the torch to non French athletes, like Serena Williams, Raphael Nadal, Carl Lewis and others shows the respect for former top competitors. Class act on every level.

 

[FFWhite]

Olympic governing body and anti doping agency continue to let countries cheat. East Germany has proved out. China will prove out. Their answer to China cheating is we will take away Winter Olympics from US. Only country who does not losing their ass hosting is US. But for NBC money (US money) Olympics would go away. France put on a big show tonight. Expect a shit show going forward.

 

[Yellow Man]

Olympic governing body and anti doping agency continue to let countries cheat. East Germany has proved out. China will prove out. Their answer to China cheating is we will take away Winter Olympics from US. Only country who does not losing their ass hosting is US. But for NBC money (US money) Olympics would go away. France put on a big show tonight. Expect a shit show going forward.

The NCAA is fair and efficient when compared to the IOC. It's littered with old, rich, half wits and communists.

 

[jamccain]

Olympics suck.

 

[Bryguy]

Tried to watch it. A few good moments I guess. But overall it was a total failure on what France was trying to show.

 

[DreadLox]

It wasn’t the last supper DS. If you are going to start an argument, start with the correct info

Didn't see it. So, I Googled it. The word from the organizers was that it was supposed to be a Dionysian revel.

 

[hmt5000]

Lights went out for some reason....

 

[flacat22]

It was f’n horrible (except for Gojira).

 

[IdaCat]

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Lights went out for some reason....

Probably all those portable air conditioners the athletes had to bring since they didn't have air due to green idiocy.

 

[hmt5000]

Probably all those portable air conditioners the athletes had to bring since they didn't have air due to green idiocy.

Or terror.... I mean... unverified violent attacks on infrastructure with absolutely no rhyme or reason...

 

[IdaCat]

In other news, they hung the Olympic flag upside down at the opening ceremony.

Surprised they didn't just burn it, lol.

 

[Cold Stout Beer]

X user from France, @Arwenstar posted "As a French woman I am deeply embarrassed by this #OpeningCeremony and would like to apologise to the entire world for subjecting you all to this sick farce. Don’t hate us, it isn’t us, it’s the woke metropolitan elite - they ruin f****** everything"

 

[Nightwish84]

I see people truly can't go one day without pretending to be upset or offended by something.

Good, productive thread though. Learned a lot about Ancient Greece, rednecks, France, and gays.

 

[hmt5000]

I see people truly can't go one day without pretending to be upset or offended by something.

Good, productive thread though. Learned a lot about Ancient Greece, rednecks, France, and gays.

What does ancient Greece have to do with France? Do they share culture or lineage? You could have read up on the several attacks on trains, cars and the electric grid. You kind of want to know about that stuff since we are probably going to have the same happen here.

 

[hmt5000]

I see people truly can't go one day without pretending to be upset or offended by something.

Good, productive thread though. Learned a lot about Ancient Greece, rednecks, France, and gays.

Are you OK with this type of thing being viewed by children?

 

[CaptainBoogerBuns]

It wasn’t the last supper DS. If you are going to start an argument, start with the correct info.

"It wouldn't be fun if there were no controversy. Wouldn't it be boring if everyone agreed on this planet?" Philippe Katerine, the blue naked man in the scene, told BFM TV a day after the show.“

It may have had ancillary elements, but it was arranged to mock the DiVinci painting.

You probably think world leaders and clerics are clueless on this. It was meant to be derisive.

https://www.reuters.com/sports/olympics/paris-ceremony-last-supper-parody-sparks-controversy-2024-07-27/

 

[Nightwish84]

Oh, and I just saw the Gojira performance and it was incredible.

 

[hmt5000]

Oh, and I just saw the Gojira performance and it was incredible.

But you're OK with ball sack on national TV during the opening ceremony because it "sticks it to the chuds"....

 

[Nightwish84]

With Gojira's badass performance, one can argue that France is the most metal country of all right now.

 

[BigBlueFanGA]

I see people truly can't go one day without pretending to be upset or offended by something.

Good, productive thread though. Learned a lot about Ancient Greece, rednecks, France, and gays.

So you think Christians shouldn't be offended? I know one thing, let one of these type situations come up and you'll be on here acting like a sanctimonious ass as usual.

At least you're consistent.

 

[Cold Stout Beer]

Luckily homophobic rednecks are only a tiny portion of the overall world population.

USA Men’s 4x400 relay team won the first gold for us. Shai, Murray and Lyles are playing against Greece currently. Good game.

These aren’t your daddy’s gay people. Nobody cares if a person is gay. These are perverted atheist pedophiles. Atheists have always jumped up and down and yelled “hey, did you know I was an atheist!?”, but now with DEI it’s on steroids as they know they can get away with just about anything. Absolutely ruined the Olympics from the get go.

 

[AustinTXCat]

Luckily homophobic rednecks are only a tiny portion of the overall world population.

USA Men’s 4x400 relay team won the first gold for us. Shai, Murray and Lyles are playing against Greece currently. Good game.

According to ESPN and Olympic sites, USA Men's 4x100 relay team won first gold for Team USA.

-- Jeff Foxworthy's frontal lob

 

[Nightwish84]

So Kegstand mentioned something about homophobic rednecks. I don't like that as it was going to somewhat derail the thread. What happened after that post though? BearBryantsWatch posted that no one is scared of Fa99ots. Cold Stout Beer went on a conniption fit about atheists and called strangers he saw on tv pedophiles. I assume because he thinks they're gay. So while I hate the lame mud slinging back and forth, is Kegstand's post incorrect when someone responds with "Fa99ot" and then something akin to "I think what I just saw was super gay and that means they're pedophiles." When someone throws out an insult, try not to actually prove he's correct afterward lol.

Never change making asses out of yourselves on a public board that anyone, including fans of other teams, enjoy reading.

Oh, and Gojira's performance, which I feel was the most important thing the world watched, was the high point for metal in 2024. Thought their last album was pretty damn good too.

 

[ukalum1988]

My wife forced me to watch most of it and I thought it was garbage for the most part. Took forever to get the torch lit and I still cannot figure out WTF they lit and where it is located plus having drag queens and the nonsense they were doing. By far the best moment was Celine Dion singing.

Celine was the high point of the ceremony. My wife told me this morning she was paid $2M for her efforts (?!?!?). I’m sure she put a lot of practice and preparation into it but that’s a nice chunk of change.

 

[WildcatfaninOhio]

The outrage over the supposed mockery of the last supper was interesting, to say the least. Now that we know that it was a depiction of Bacchanalia, the ancient Greek festival, it is 10 times more interesting.