Olympics

Who here is actually watching them? And what did you think of the opening ceremony?

I turn into a full blown Olympics junkie every two years. I just checked my TV listings and got wicked excited when I saw that today's broadcast goes until 1:35am, with only a hour or so break for the news. I won't be leaving my couch for the next 10 hours or so except to eat and poop.

As for the Opening Ceremony, I was underwhelmed. The whole romance thing with the phones and the status updates? So fucking stupid. And what kind of celebration of British culture has no Tolkien, no Monty Python, and only a 1.5 second sound clip representing Doctor Who?

Please tell me you didn't watch the opening ceremony on NBC.

Only way to watch it on TV in the US. I watched the part they cut out afterwards and was angered by NBC's decision to not air it. I then read their excuse for not airing it (it wasn't "tailored for US audiences"), and was absolutely disgusted.

I still can't believe NBC replaced that segment with an interview with Michael Phelps. Every time he opens his mouth all I hear is "Hurr durr I swim fast"

That was their whole reason? They didn't elaborate with examples of why?

That was their whole reason? They didn't elaborate with examples of why?

Oh it gets worse. Their refusal to live stream the opening ceremony was because we are apparently too stupid to understand it:
"It was never our intent to live stream the Opening Ceremony or Closing Ceremony. They are complex entertainment spectacles that do not translate well online because they require context, which our award-winning production team will provide for the large prime-time audiences that gather together to watch them."

Now if you actually watched the Opening Ceremony on NBC, you would know that the "context" provided by their award-winning production team was basically Meredith Vieira refusing to shut her fucking mouth the whole time, even though she admitted during the broadcast that in several instances she had no idea who people were or what was going on.

The only good thing to come out of NBC's broadcast of the Opening Ceremony? The commentators using the terms "money shot" and "g-spot", apparently not being aware of their meanings.

Every time he opens his mouth all I hear is "Hurr durr I swim fast"

A fish swims faster and I believe it may have more intelligent discourse during an interview