Re: Olympics... geez, hate to start with a criticism....

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JamesJM
but it's not a 'major' criticism. I think the athletes coming in on boats is cool.... very nice views of Paris in the background. I just don't like it as much as the athletes marching in to the stadium. Actually, I like it a LOT less than the athletes marching in.

But that's just me. I am HOPING, and it could happen, the boats are transporting the athletes to the stadium for a grand entrance.... and if they do, and NBC shows it, I'll reply to this post and say, "I was wrong. This is great".

Frank and I felt the same way. Plus it frickin' rained the whole time! I didn't realize it's only in the 60's there so it may have been even more miserable than it looked. The boats were kinda cool because it was the first time it had ever been done but there was also something missing because it WAS done that way. Given a choice,,.... I'd take the traditional entrance where the athletes walk in together with their country's team... Overall, I found the opening ceremony a bit underwhelming in comparison to others I've seen. There's been a lot of dead space during the ceremony, too. Feels like a lot of "hurry up and wait" to me. I didn't like that. Did you sense that, too? Maybe it's just me. oh, and another thing... all the secrecy around the cauldron.. and the talk about where is it? Who's going to light it? And the ridiculous number of hands the light had to pass through to get to the end. It was a bit much. It was NOT intriguing to me... it was just annoying. sheesh. .

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Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 07/26/2024 12:21PM by MamaRAMa.