Olympic Opening Ceremony

[Kevy Baby]

OK, we are currently watching thanks to TW DVR (which is reminding me how much I HATE this DVR). I will hook up our DVD recorder to the DVR. However, I am concerned how/if it will record to the DVD since it was recorded in HD.

I was amused as they were talking about how one country was coming in and the commentators mentioned that their country only has "about 20,000 more people than the 70,000 people in the stadium." As they were finishing that, another county comes in with a national population of just sixty-something thousand. ETA: Monaco has just 33,000 people: less than half of what was in the stadium.

We were completely stunned by the presentation of the entire opening ceremony. Just absolutely amazing. Although, until somebody can convince me otherwise, I will still believe that the up/down movements of the blocks was mechanized. It was still too perfect an the movements too mechanical to be human-driven. Also, I was watching during the performance and there were times you could see under the "blocks" and there were no feet visible.

Also, I loved the simplistic but powerful concept of having all the athletes walking across the color blocks to colorize the art-piece - LOVED it!

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

What an absolutely wonderful opening ceremony! I only have one meh moment - it involved Sarah Brightman (who looks rather creepy these days and need a trim).

She looked downright creepy in the opening shot - like an android.

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

I'm actually looking forward to watching some swimming and diving - and to hear the name Pieter van den Hoogenband said out loud.

Hilarious Kismet moment: Just as I was deleting this part of the quote, they said his name during the opening ceremonies!

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

Ones I'm already tired of: Metro PCS,; new Coke Can

I do like the coke commercial where the [whatever those things are] build a plastic drink straw version of the bird's nest.

Originally Posted by lashbear

PS: 630 athletes for China.... there should be a cap.

But based on what? The US has almost as many athletes but only 1/4 the population.

ETA:
Australia has 450 athletes out of 20.6 million people: almost 22 athletes for every million in population
China has 639 athletes out of 1.3 Billion people: less than a half of an athlete for every million in population