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08-08-2008, 07:17 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: the Netherlands, Amsterdam | | | The Opening of the Olympics
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As I type the athletes are entering the birdsnest.
The opening thus far was breathtaking.
Just wow
edit: i knew this was an inflamable topic, but please, PLEASE, do not discuss politics in here. i just posted this because i was amazed and awestruck by the awesomeness of the opening of the olympics.
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08-08-2008, 07:25 AM
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Not too interested in this one.
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08-08-2008, 07:28 AM
|  | Unprofessional TalkBass Contributor | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Brighton, England, UK, Europe | | I watched the whole thing on HD and it was very impressive - quite tasteful - very beautiful!
I liked all the traditional music - and the historical pageant - very nice! 
It's a shame that China today isn't like their traditional Confuscian and Buddhist past...as in touch with nature? 
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08-08-2008, 07:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Bruce Lindfield  I watched the whole thing on HD and it was very impressive - quite tasteful - very beautiful! | I'm envious, I'd love to have seen it in full HD. It was spectacular.
Say what you will, but China hosting the games as been a great thing. Protests about Tibet and other Chinese Governmental controversies havn't had so much exposure in years and years.
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08-08-2008, 07:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Lakeland, FL | | Our TV coverage is delayed until tonight  I saw some of it on the news. The smog is still there, big time. I thought they were going to alter the weather or something to make it go away??  |
08-08-2008, 07:55 AM
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Originally Posted by FL Knifemaker Our TV coverage is delayed until tonight I saw some of it on the news. The smog is still there, big time. I thought they were going to alter the weather or something to make it go away?? | Delayed...strange. They've shut down a few hundred factories and taken most of the cars off the road, the smog is a testament to just how much pollution there actually is. |
08-08-2008, 08:01 AM
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Originally Posted by TheDarkReaver Delayed...strange. They've shut down a few hundred factories and taken most of the cars off the road, the smog is a testament to just how much pollution there actually is. | They delayed it for "prime time" viewing.  As you can imagine, my main interest is the shooting sports. I have a friend over there right now. He says the smog moves about 20 miles back and forth over the city but NEVER goes away. He said it would take months for it to go away if they shut down everything. His main concern is what's IN the smog. It's not just from cars. They have few laws regarding what goes into the sky from the factories. |
08-08-2008, 08:04 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lincolnshire, UK | | | Word is it could have quite an effect on athletic performances.
Pfft, Prime Time. I thought all you americans had TIVO anyway. |
08-08-2008, 08:07 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Leeds, UK | | | I was in Beijing for 3 weeks last year and the "smog" was no issue.
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08-08-2008, 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Toasted I was in Beijing for 3 weeks last year and the "smog" was no issue. | That's great news!
I was in Shanghai a couple of years ago, and it was unbelievably bad. I never saw the sun on the "sunny" days, and it seemed to me like every building and car was blowing huge clouds of thick, black smoke in the air.
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08-08-2008, 09:36 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Switzerland | | | I try to put aside the politics of this event and celebrate it for the people of China. It's a golden moment for them.
Be happy for them.
Talk of tibet, to me, is pretty empty and very trendy. In ten days from now, people upset about Tibet will be on to the next issue de jour. Sadly.
If Tibet upsets so much, boycott Walmart.
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08-08-2008, 09:41 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: St. John's, NL | | | i heard on some report that whats left now, isnt actually smog, but its what remains after they cleared most of it away and the atmosphere is actually trapping it in the area.
(personally i find it hard to believe.)
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08-08-2008, 10:06 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lincolnshire, UK | | | That was pretty damn cool how they lit the torch cauldron thing. |
08-08-2008, 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Bassic83 Did they use a live Tibetan monk with his head on fire or something? | dude, seriously, not funny |
08-08-2008, 10:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Finland (Northern Europe) | | Hi.
I accidentally opened the idiot-tube in the middle of the openings and I was glad I did. What a spectacular show.
Unfortunately our brand spanking new finnish digital TV-network is a pile of crap, and the pixellation and gaps in sound reduced the enjoyment a bit  .
A culture several thousands of years older than any of ours bound to have some problems. They're going to sort them out in no time I believe.
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08-08-2008, 10:55 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Levy's Leathers Moderator | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Toronto/Niagara Falls, Ontario | | I only caught the ceremony from when the torch entered the arena.
but wow. How they light the torch?! Genius idea!!  |
08-08-2008, 10:58 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Northern Va. | | | Yes, we in the US can't be trusted to watch it live with out commercial interference. NBC will let us know what we can watch.
I watched it on the internet, streaming from Colombia, where apparently they still value live events. (Only half ranting; I understand the economics, but find it irritating)
At ant rate, the torch light was interesting, but it doesn't move above the Barcelona Archer or the Austrailian water jiggy thingy in my mind.
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08-08-2008, 11:10 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: San Diego/LA | | | Just on this one point I have to laugh at my fellow Americans that scream at China for moving the "unsightly homeless" for the sake of the Olympic tourist dollar and cherished photo moments to be had. You may remember LA and Atlanta....umm......we did the same thing.
In spirit, I'm going to a chinese buffet for lunch. |
08-08-2008, 11:18 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada | | Now that everyone is watching the Olympics- time to start a war? http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/0...gia_ossetia_dc
Just sayin... 
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08-08-2008, 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by T-Bird Hi.
I accidentally opened the idiot-tube in the middle of the openings and I was glad I did. What a spectacular show.
Unfortunately our brand spanking new finnish digital TV-network is a pile of crap, and the pixellation and gaps in sound reduced the enjoyment a bit .
A culture several thousands of years older than any of ours bound to have some problems. They're going to sort them out in no time I believe.
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BBC HD coverage was fantastic - beautful pictures - no interruptions!!
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