Well, the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics is on right now, and they are currently doing the long parade of countries and their atheletes.
The introduction was a sight to behold, if you fancy postmodern, industrial, neofuturist themes with cows. It wasn't bad, but it seemed a bit sloppy at times. Not as interesting as the Athens Olympics opening ceremony, and I am not saying that with any hint of a bias.
I AM looking forward to the swoosh swoosh of the skiing and the skating. The Greek team is kinda skimpy but hopefully they'll do well.
EDIT: As the torch is being lit, I have to say, it has improved some. It really hasn't been a bad opening ceremony (of course, we were playing World of Warcraft while watching). And it has had lots of really nice things, like the giant human skier and the human bird thing. Besides, who can complain about Peter Gabriel singing John Lennon??? The torch lighting was quite impressive.
And that is the end of live blogging (sort of) the opening ceremonies.
4 comments:
those cows were wierd
so were the trees
so where the flame throwing skaters
and i thought the opening bit with the anvil and flames and people in red gyrating crazily amidst scary lighting was the best visual representation of hell that i've see in a long time
peter gabriel was definitely the highlight, and imagine a good message in these troubled times
Live blogging eh? While playing Warcraft? That's pretty impressive. LOL
Eleni, you said it. Although the *very* opening with the anvil started out cool, it got discombobulated quickly. And sheesh, has Pavarotti had plastic surgery? He looked weird.
Deviousdiva, it wasn't *really* live blogging, lol. And autofollow is the pwn in WoW. Of course, my husband was saying "come on! come on!" when I was trying to finish up my posts. =p
The fireworks however were great! I loved the colors... It was so loud that I heard it from my apt. 7 blocks away. I still have to get over to the stadium to see the lit torch.
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