[Olympics] Is it just me, or..

[Dyne]

Am I the only one that kind of gets teary-eyed watching the massively-coordinated opening shit they have going on.

Awwwwwwwwwwesome. The glow-stick drumming was intense. I wonder what we'll have here in Vancouver when the time comes.

[KillerGremlin]

TV ruined the Olympics for me. But, that was 4 years ago before the advent of broadband connections, streaming video, and torrents. I remember when they would spend an hour talking about a track and field event, and then the event would last for 20 seconds. Good commercial revenue.

The thing is, there are TONS of really kick ass extreme sports at the Olympics...events that are interesting and demand incredible athletic ability. Those are the ones I'll be watching, online, of course.

I guess, I should say, TV ruined TV for me. Fuck TV.

[Fox 6]

The guy running on the walls for the length of the stadium in mid air was kinda cool.

[Dyne]

Just watched the box performance. Holy shit. How did they coordinated that many people under boxes?

[Jonbo298]

Originally Posted by Dyne

Just watched the box performance. Holy shit. How did they coordinated that many people under boxes?

It's China. They have their "ways". Like how they are able to get big military showings of people in pretty much perfect unison.

[Bond]

I like the winter olympics a lot more than the summer, but this should be interesting. Hopefully China doesn't do anything ridiculous.

[Bond]

Wow, that was amazing.

China is the new America.

[Vampyr]

Originally Posted by Bond

Wow, that was amazing.

China is the new America.

Except for you know, being communist, denying their people essential freedom's, and censoring everything. You can't even go to a website that mentions democracy.

The opening ceremony was incredible, though. Probably the best one ever.

[Bond]

You can't just call China a blanket communist state anymore... it's more complicated than that. The country now has certain zones of economic freedom: Beijing, Hong Kong, etc.

But yeah, long way to go on the political freedoms front.

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by Bond

You can't just call China a blanket communist state anymore... it's more complicated than that. The country now has certain zones of economic freedom: Beijing, Hong Kong, etc.

But yeah, long way to go on the political freedoms front.

Yeah, now they're just a Totalitarian Oligarchy. You can't be communist and participate in capiatlism, but that doesn't make their government less awful (not that I'm saying you think they're better or good).

My neighbor's son is a missionary in China, and he spends his life jumping from hiding place to hiding place because the "unofficial" Chinese gestapo are always trying to hunt down people like him.

China talks a big game, but its still a ton of lies and oppression. Just because the master gives the dog a few more links of chain, it doesn't mean the dog is free.

But overall I find it hilarious that everyone is saying how China is now the leading world power because of the opening ceremonies. It'll take a little more than that to impress me. Something like, oh I don't know... giving their people the right to choose their own government.

[Dyne]

This guy BROKE HIS FREAKING ARM

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=33a_1218642189

[Dylflon]

I was watching synchronized diving last night and it was crazy. Though Canada lost their Bronze medal spot in round 5 and never got it back.

Booo.

[GameMaster]

Originally Posted by Dyne

This guy BROKE HIS FREAKING ARM

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=33a_1218642189

Ah gawd! That was horrible!

I love how the Chinese come from out of nowhere and immediately form a wall around the guy though.

[The Germanator]

Saw this...laughed...

[The Germanator]

Hmm, I missed the ceremonies but they sounded good. I just like watching badminton and fencing and all that kind of weird stuff you otherwise don't get to see. It's fun. I'm also looking forward to Phelps going for 8 golds, should be fun...