JCC Arena 2024 Paris Olympics

That grand piano will never be the same. They are famously not fire proof.

 

Will need to find a good source for the opening ceremony at some point. I turned it on in progress and the NBC coverage was expectedly atrocious

 

Love the goddess riding the mechanical horse. Very cool.

 

Like it's not bad enough for us to have to hear their announcers the whole time... the camera spends way too much time showing the announcers talking instead of what's actually going on.

 

The pale horse symbolizing death charges up the river signifying how even the most impressive feats performed by the athletes will one day be swallowed by the waves of time.

 

I also thought of Death lmao

 

I thought of the Nazgul. I think I'm getting the symbolism wrong.

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For me it's that one of my favorite parts of the Olympics, period, is the parade of nations. So to see that cut away from so that they can do fluff America pieces is really obnoxious. So I wasn't seeing the announcers, but still wasn't seeing the stuff that I'd tune in for as they were putting filler interviews over the parade of nations

 

I enjoyed the first ten minutes.

 

Live look in at the torch ceremony:

 

Where is it going??

 

This handoff is becoming absurd

 

Ooooh a hot air balloon..that's actually pretty cool.

 

Celine! Made me cry, just immediately.

 

Eiffel tower and balloon cauldron were the highlights along with all the tennis players. Made sense to honor Nadal, and Mauresmo is the Roland Garros tournament director.

 

Dear Rafa,

Please for the love of God, ditch the combover.

Kthxbye.

 

I'm looking forward to Peacock having Kevin Hart and Kennan Thompson do highlights. I watch them recap the year on their special "The best year ever" every year between Christmas and New Year's.

 

it was just dull. I don't know how else to describe it. Yes the weather was against them, but this is Paris, they had so much to draw on, and it was boring.

 

What was up with the random 3 second fashion show cutaways

 

Just in time for this Olympics, we have accusations of cheating at the last Summer Olympics among other events:



Big if true.

 

It really was disappointing compared to the past few most recent ones imo though I did like all the war/plague/off with their heads (segments). Otherwise very forgettable and it makes me wonder if more of the same is in store for the closing show.

 

Singing decapitated head of Marie Antoinette stood out, but not as much as it could have. Lean into the iconography.

 

The 3some was not needed.

 

Angola has the hardest flag in the world, no close second