# Sochi Olympics Opening Ceremonies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 7, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sochi-olympics-opening-ceremonies/680763 "2014-02-07T16:18:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sochi-olympics-opening-ceremonies/680763/1 "2014-02-07T16:18:03Z")
And they’ve started… They’re doing a ‘slide show’ of famous Russians. Interesting they showed Igor Sikorsky, since I associate his fame with designs he made in the U.S.; but he was a designer in Russia before coming here. And there’s a shout-out to Eisenstein. And some fireworks… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sochi-olympics-opening-ceremonies/680763/2 "2014-02-07T16:23:35Z")
A little girl being flown by a kite, over iconic scenes of Russia. Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian villiage, Lake Baikal… Accompaniment by a Russian chorus with people representing the various ethnicities. Very pretty. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sochi-olympics-opening-ceremonies/680763/3 "2014-02-07T16:26:11Z")
Any giant bottles of vodka? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sochi-olympics-opening-ceremonies/680763/4 "2014-02-07T16:27:42Z")
_The Hymn Of The Soviet Union_. That’s what I call it. I guess it’s just the ‘Russian National Anthem’ now. Always liked that piece. ---
**Author:** ![polar\_bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@polar\_bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/polar_bear)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sochi-olympics-opening-ceremonies/680763/5 "2014-02-07T16:28:27Z")
Heh… starting out with the Cyrillic alphabet to show how awesome the Russians are and now a choir singing the national anthem… I think they should just call it a day. I think the point has been made. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sochi-olympics-opening-ceremonies/680763/6 "2014-02-07T16:31:48Z")
I liked how the people portraying the Russian flag moved so as to make the flag wave. And again, there’s just something about their National Anthem that gets me. Even though the were the ‘Bad Guys’ most of my life, that’s a moving piece of music. ---
**Author:** ![BrokenBriton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@BrokenBriton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrokenBriton)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sochi-olympics-opening-ceremonies/680763/7 "2014-02-07T16:33:56Z")
yeah, but have they got the Spice Girls? ---
**Author:** ![polar\_bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@polar\_bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/polar_bear)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sochi-olympics-opening-ceremonies/680763/8 "2014-02-07T16:40:23Z")
Bermuda are wearing bermudas… and still the US outfits are dorkier. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sochi-olympics-opening-ceremonies/680763/9 "2014-02-07T16:43:06Z")
Whatever you say about the USSR, it had the most kickass national anthem **ever.** ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sochi-olympics-opening-ceremonies/680763/10 "2014-02-07T16:45:48Z")
Whoa! The German uniforms are _hideous!_ ---
**Author:** ![polar\_bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@polar\_bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/polar_bear)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sochi-olympics-opening-ceremonies/680763/11 "2014-02-07T16:48:17Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Whoa! The German uniforms are _hideous!_ Even though they’re denying it, the rainbow thing must be deliberate. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sochi-olympics-opening-ceremonies/680763/12 "2014-02-07T16:48:17Z")
Lemme know how the Canucks look. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sochi-olympics-opening-ceremonies/680763/13 "2014-02-07T16:52:47Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Lemme know how the Canucks look. Red Hudson Bay jackets with black stripes and toggles. They don’t look bad, but nothing memorable. From a distance they look like a bunch of Mounties. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sochi-olympics-opening-ceremonies/680763/14 "2014-02-07T16:54:59Z")
Well, at least they aren’t _hideous._ Whew. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sochi-olympics-opening-ceremonies/680763/15 "2014-02-07T16:59:08Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Well, at least they aren’t _hideous._ Whew. Much better than [Germany’s](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1385261/thumbs/o-GERMANY-OLYMPICS-facebook.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![BrokenBriton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@BrokenBriton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrokenBriton)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sochi-olympics-opening-ceremonies/680763/16 "2014-02-07T17:08:04Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > They don’t look bad, but nothing memorable. Yep, pleasant but not too memorable. The uniforms are much the same … ---
**Author:** ![BrokenBriton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@BrokenBriton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrokenBriton)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sochi-olympics-opening-ceremonies/680763/17 "2014-02-07T17:09:09Z")
Indeed, safe to say the Germans are making a STATEMENT. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sochi-olympics-opening-ceremonies/680763/18 "2014-02-07T17:10:05Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Much better than [Germany’s](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1385261/thumbs/o-GERMANY-OLYMPICS-facebook.jpg). Holy crap. I actually laughed out loud at work when I saw that. Good thing my office-mate is out for the day. > [@BrokenBriton](#): > > Yep, pleasant but not too memorable. The uniforms are much the same … 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lungfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d78d45/32.png) [@Lungfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lungfish)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sochi-olympics-opening-ceremonies/680763/19 "2014-02-07T17:11:54Z")
Watching the athletics enter the stadium was kinda boring what with them wearing parkas or in the case of Andorra wearing their woollen jumpers. The Bermuda team did look out of place in their not very practical blazers and shorts and they got a smile from me. Then the USA team entered the stadium: Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. Thanks for the laugh guys. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sochi-olympics-opening-ceremonies/680763/20 "2014-02-07T17:26:55Z")
> [@Lungfish](#): > > Then the USA team entered the stadium: Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. > > Thanks for the laugh guys. I don’t get the hate for the U.S. uniforms. They’re a bit patchworky-looking, and I wouldn’t wear one; but I don’t think they’re _bad_. Just not very good. (OK, they do look like something Grandma would knit; but still…) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sochi-olympics-opening-ceremonies/680763.md?page=2)