I just watched the opening ceremonies, cuz I like the opening ceremonies. Especially the parade of nations. I spend most of the time looking up the tiny countries on my phone while they quickly march by. Never heard of Kiribati before! I love everyone’s costumes and uniforms.
I liked the performance that Brazil put on. Natives, rainforests, cities and dancing. Felt like Brazil to me! According to the announcers they had a very small budget compared to other cities but I think they did a lot with what they had.
I watched as well. I give the Opening Ceremonies a B+, the coverage on NBC a C-; more than in most years they seemed to just shut up and let the pictures tell the story.
I was dreading the same old Djibouti joke that they trot out every four years; but then they either changed it or just screwed it up.
Was it just me or was that biplane flying backwards?
The Flame really is something special. Here’s an animated GIF for those who haven’t seen it in motion yet.
That’s how Santos-Dumont built the 14bis. It’s called a canard configuration, with the elevators up front. The Wright Flyer had that too.
The thing could only fly straight ahead or with careful, skidding turns, not the controlled, banked turns the Wrights used, so he doesn’t get general credit for the first powered flight. But Santos-Dumont does deserve more credit than he gets outside Brazil.
The woman broadcaster on NBC was just plan irritating. What’d she tell us, about 16 times that the teams are marching in Portuguese alphabetical order? And they seemed like they couldn’t go five minutes without sucking Mike Phelps’ dick. Jesus, get a room already! The ceremony itself was nice but not overdone, I think a smaller budget may have forced them to edit more judiciously. The only thing I could have done without was the samba dance between the flag raising and flame lighting. It was late enough, just get on with it!
Haven’t seen the opening ceremony yet. Since it was on tape-delay due to NBC sucking, I decided I’ll just catch it off the iPlayer later tonight when there’s no live sports on.
US gets its first gold medal for 2016 in women’s air rifle.
I watched some of the women’s rugby. I really like rugby! I like the speed and the constant scrambling to make something happen. I wish it got more exposure in the US. I need to follow up with finding the games after the olympics are through.
As far as the Olympics goes, the USA men’s team are seeded 6th (the women are also seeded 6th.) The USA men’s team features Carlin Isles, who has a time of 10.15 for the 100 metres!
You young whippersnappers…
Headgear was illegal in Olympic boxing until 1984. I’m not entirely sure why; I think the Soviets didn’t want it used for some reason - maybe its coaches taught the boxers to go for the forehead.
Well we all knew they had budget issues. I had to smile when the bikes led each country in. Made me think of Pee Wee Herman.
It’s a refreshing change from the over-the-top nonsense we saw in China and the UK. Not everything has to be a Superbowl half-time over-budget freak show that could feed a lot of people.
