Official Paris Olympics Thread

[Jalapeñomel]

Jul 26, 2024 22:33:37 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

Man, I thought this sucked lol. It pains me to say that! I was happy to see Marie-Jose Perec light the cauldron and of course Celine was wonderful, but…it still left so much to desire. And oof, listening to Kelly Clarkson was painful. She said like the same three words all night. Peyton Manning was only slightly better. And this boat thing meant you couldn’t see the outfits well at all. Such a bummer. At least the sports should be better.

I also thought it was terrible.

Those can-can dancers were some of the worst dancers I’ve seen perform. Even Lady Gaga was a snooze.

I thought it was a Phantom nod when he passed the torch in the canal, but didn’t understand why he was dressed like that. 🤣

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Jul 27, 2024 6:07:52 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

Jul 26, 2024 22:33:37 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

Man, I thought this sucked lol. It pains me to say that! I was happy to see Marie-Jose Perec light the cauldron and of course Celine was wonderful, but…it still left so much to desire. And oof, listening to Kelly Clarkson was painful. She said like the same three words all night. Peyton Manning was only slightly better. And this boat thing meant you couldn’t see the outfits well at all. Such a bummer. At least the sports should be better.

I also thought it was terrible.

Those can-can dancers were some of the worst dancers I’ve seen perform. Even Lady Gaga was a snooze.

I thought it was a Phantom nod when he passed the torch in the canal, but didn’t understand why he was dressed like that. 🤣

The can-can dancing was bad. I couldn’t tell how much the performers were affected by the rain (it looked like they were slipping around a bit) or whether or not they could even hear the music they were performing to. It was very out of sync. And the camera work was awful (because of the rain, but still awful).

[jinkies]

It seemed like the can can dancers couldn't hear the music? That was the only explanation I could think of for how out of synch they were.

[basilosaurus]

Jul 27, 2024 6:12:46 GMT -5 @villainv said:

Jul 27, 2024 6:07:52 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

I also thought it was terrible.

Those can-can dancers were some of the worst dancers I’ve seen perform. Even Lady Gaga was a snooze.

I thought it was a Phantom nod when he passed the torch in the canal, but didn’t understand why he was dressed like that. 🤣

The can-can dancing was bad. I couldn’t tell how much the performers were affected by the rain (it looked like they were slipping around a bit) or whether or not they could even hear the music they were performing to. It was very out of sync. And the camera work was awful (because of the rain, but still awful).

You all should have watched at 3am like me because everything looked incredible

Australian commentary was fairly useful. They often commented on num athletes, pop of country, which sports, and history of medals. They were silent during the oh wow beautiful moments. I don’t know who the commentators were but one was a former gold medalist.

[basilosaurus]

Last (maybe) impressions. A few things particularly stood out to me.

The stomp esque notre dame bit was beautiful.
The embrace of love in all forms
The male gorgeous ballet dancer in a skirt (this was one point where my feed interrupted to comment on the beauty) which is probably illegal in Florida because they’re stupid
How inclusive the runway was, and I particularly loved the sparkles of the double amputee. Also, wow, to do a cat walk strut en pointe!
The focus on women and how they’ve contributed for centuries. Have I ever watched opening ceremonies and gotten such a beautiful history lesson?
While the food in the village may not have earned it, this does deserve the chef’s kiss

Sadly no oiled up Tonga guy

[ellipses84]

Here’s a little more about the Assassins Creed guy and the connection to Paris. The AC Unity game takes place in Paris during the French Revolution. The company took detailed 3D scans of Notre Dame for the game prior to the fire and donated them along with $$$ to help with the rebuilding.

www.thegamer.com/yes-that-was-assassins-creed-unitys-arno-at-the-2024-olympics-ceremony-paris-olympics-ubisoft-french-video-games/

www.artstation.com/blogs/dioeye/1dYG/bridging-the-gap-between-gaming-and-history-how-assassins-creed-unity-is-helping-rebuild-notre-dame

[Vespasia]

Jul 26, 2024 22:33:37 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

Man, I thought this sucked lol. It pains me to say that! I was happy to see Marie-Jose Perec light the cauldron and of course Celine was wonderful, but…it still left so much to desire. And oof, listening to Kelly Clarkson was painful. She said like the same three words all night. Peyton Manning was only slightly better. And this boat thing meant you couldn’t see the outfits well at all. Such a bummer. At least the sports should be better.

I had to turn it off halfway through. The commentary was annoying, they kept cutting away to interview Team USA people, and we missed half the countries on their boats.

I was excited that they actually showed Eritrea but then annoyed that they didn't acknowledge Biniam Girmay's historic Tour de France wins. And Peacock aired the Tour this year!

Overall it was an interesting idea and I liked some elements but the coverage was terrible. Maybe I will try to watch the second half on another country's broadcast to see if it's any better.

[ellipses84]

Oh, I realized that second post was just a blog and says they donated their complete game model which was based off historical records. Other versions of the story I’ve seen say it was 3d scanned. Maybe both. I can’t find an official article that confirms.

[wise_rita]

@basilosaurus I was looking out for greased Tonga guy, too!

I thought the women gold statues bit was sooo drawn out and boring. They could've done SO much more to recognize them.

[rubytue]

Jul 27, 2024 2:07:27 GMT -5 basilosaurus said:

Jul 26, 2024 21:11:22 GMT -5 jinkies said:

We were saying the same thing.

Also, were surprised to see Puerto Rico competing under their own flag.

why wouldn’t they? Guan can and so can pr. And Hong Kong and Taiwan there is a long tradition of competing under national identity flags despite whatever ruling regime. I believe Palestine competes independently, too. Those are just a few in the top of my mind but I’m sure there are more. IOC lets people and countries compete how they define themselves. Not too long ago there was a South Sudan delegation before they were formally recognized as a separate nation

I didn’t know it was assassins creed, but I knew louvre, musee d’orsee. A few other landmarks. I recognized music from the can can to Satie. I think it was brilliant how they incorporated all that throughout. I don’t doubt there are people pissed it was too Parisian and not enough French though.

Take this source for what it is, but my French speaking, gamer, history nerd friend says it definitely was and was in honor of Ubisoft. Because, when they made the series they took extremely high detail scans of Norte Dame, and then gave the scans to the government after the fire for the rebuild effort. 

edit, seems ellipses84, covered this with source better than my step-door-neighbor-in-law

[rubytue]

It’s a long standing American tradition to bitch about NBCs coverage of the Olympics.  It’s ok enough for casual watchers in prime time, but sports fans, especially sports that aren’t flagship American sports get the shaft. 

But, I turned on peacock when I woke up. And while I can’t rewind to the begging (4am), I could go back an hour. And yes, yes they were streaming every bout on a split screen. With no commentary in these early rounds *snicker*

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[jinkies]

Jul 27, 2024 8:50:26 GMT -5 rubytue said:

It’s a long standing American tradition to bitch about NBCs coverage of the Olympics.  It’s ok enough for casual watchers in prime time, but sports fans, especially sports that aren’t flagship American sports get the shaft. 

But, I turned on peacock when I woke up. And while I can’t rewind to the begging (4am), I could go back an hour. And yes, yes they were streaming every bout on a split screen. With no commentary in these early rounds *snicker*

Ha I tried to watch this today and turned it off because I couldn't follow four bouts simultaneously with no commentary LOL. I was just ranting to my husband about how annoying the coverage is already, but I'm hoping it gets easier to watch as it goes on and there are more completed events.

[deadwing]

I'm watching the equestrian coverage through peacock and it keeps cutting to a static picture of the Seine. It's driving me nuts. At least it seems to mostly be happening between tests, but it's preventing me from keeping up with scoring.

[rubytue]

Jul 27, 2024 8:53:56 GMT -5 jinkies said:

Jul 27, 2024 8:50:26 GMT -5 rubytue said:

It’s a long standing American tradition to bitch about NBCs coverage of the Olympics.  It’s ok enough for casual watchers in prime time, but sports fans, especially sports that aren’t flagship American sports get the shaft. 

But, I turned on peacock when I woke up. And while I can’t rewind to the begging (4am), I could go back an hour. And yes, yes they were streaming every bout on a split screen. With no commentary in these early rounds *snicker*

Ha I tried to watch this today and turned it off because I couldn't follow four bouts simultaneously with no commentary LOL. I was just ranting to my husband about how annoying the coverage is already, but I'm hoping it gets easier to watch as it goes on and there are more completed events.

Is such a balance. The commentary will piss off people who know the sport as too simplistic and banal. But it’s terribly needed for anyone who doesn’t know the sport. I’m sure this holds true for any sport. 

If you saw the men, that was saber and you absolutely need it explained. It’s super fast and has rules as to who gets the touch based on things like when your front foot hits, when you extend your arm, and where you hit (silver area). If it was the women, they are fencing epee, and the only thing there is stick her with the pointy end and don’t get her pointy end. There are rules, but it’s not nearly as complicated and nuanced. 

They should have commentary when they get to the top 8. 

[Velar Fricative]

The coverage wasn’t bad for the sports I’ve been watching this morning so far (diving, water polo, judo, cycling, now kayak).

[rubytue]

I’m loving the peacock interface where you go to all sports and it shows you what is happening live.

[gretchenindisguise]

Jul 27, 2024 12:52:07 GMT -5 rubytue said:

I’m loving the peacock interface where you go to all sports and it shows you what is happening live.

And if you're in the multisport view - you can choose which one to listen to and if you decide you want to just watch one of the 4 - you can click on it and it goes to just that one live feed. We are now watching the gold medal mens rugby 7s because of this. And whoa, rugby 7s matches are fun to watch.

[curbsideprophet]

Canada women’s soccer coach banned from football for a year and team lose six points in group standings.

inside.fifa.com/legal/judicial-bodies/news/fifa-appeal-committee-decision-on-the-canadian-soccer-association-and-its-officials

“CSA: an automatic deduction of six points from the Canadian Soccer Association’s Women’s representative team’s standing in Group A of the OFT, and a fine of CHF 200,000, and
Beverly Priestman, Joseph Lombardi and Jasmine Mander: each official suspended from taking part in any football-related activity for a period of one year.”

[rubytue]

Jul 27, 2024 13:01:06 GMT -5 gretchenindisguise said:

Jul 27, 2024 12:52:07 GMT -5 rubytue said:

I’m loving the peacock interface where you go to all sports and it shows you what is happening live.

And if you're in the multisport view - you can choose which one to listen to and if you decide you want to just watch one of the 4 - you can click on it and it goes to just that one live feed. We are now watching the gold medal mens rugby 7s because of this. And whoa, rugby 7s matches are fun to watch.

Oh wow. I’m running it through my smart TV. I couldn’t figure out how to pick one feed. I will try harder next time I have that on. 

[mofongo]

Jul 27, 2024 13:14:09 GMT -5 rubytue said:

Jul 27, 2024 13:01:06 GMT -5 gretchenindisguise said:

And if you're in the multisport view - you can choose which one to listen to and if you decide you want to just watch one of the 4 - you can click on it and it goes to just that one live feed. We are now watching the gold medal mens rugby 7s because of this. And whoa, rugby 7s matches are fun to watch.

Oh wow. I’m running it through my smart TV. I couldn’t figure out how to pick one feed. I will try harder next time I have that on. 

It’s been a learning curve for me!!

[Velar Fricative]

That women’s 400m freestyle was not as climactic as I’ve been hoping.

[mofongo]

I’m watching women's beach volleyball and they’re wearing full length leggings. I’ve never seen this before, is it new? Doesn’t seem ideal for sand. Is it chilly? They’re in the normal tops, and appear sweaty.

[RoxMonster]

I absolutely love the Olympics. It’s about the only time I watch sports on TV lol. There’s so much to watch, it’s overwhelming. Right now I’m watching men’s gymnastics qualifying (not live; we recorded from early this AM).

[gretchenindisguise]

Jul 27, 2024 15:33:40 GMT -5 mofongo said:

I’m watching women's beach volleyball and they’re wearing full length leggings. I’ve never seen this before, is it new? Doesn’t seem ideal for sand. Is it chilly? They’re in the normal tops, and appear sweaty.

I wonder if it's a way to not wear the teeny tiny bottoms that are the norm for beach volleyball.

[mofongo]

Jul 27, 2024 16:58:46 GMT -5 gretchenindisguise said:

Jul 27, 2024 15:33:40 GMT -5 mofongo said:

I’m watching women's beach volleyball and they’re wearing full length leggings. I’ve never seen this before, is it new? Doesn’t seem ideal for sand. Is it chilly? They’re in the normal tops, and appear sweaty.

I wonder if it's a way to not wear the teeny tiny bottoms that are the norm for beach volleyball.

Those look equally as uncomfortable for running and diving in the sand, but also so much material and hot? Shorts? Biking shorts? There has to be a middle ground. 

[lemoncupcake]

Jul 27, 2024 17:56:42 GMT -5 mofongo said:

Jul 27, 2024 16:58:46 GMT -5 gretchenindisguise said:

I wonder if it's a way to not wear the teeny tiny bottoms that are the norm for beach volleyball.

Those look equally as uncomfortable for running and diving in the sand, but also so much material and hot? Shorts? Biking shorts? There has to be a middle ground. 

When I was watching earlier, everyone in the stands had on coats and/or ponchos - I'm guessing it was chilly. 

[mofongo]

We’re watching men’s gymnastics in prime time and my only complaint about the commentators is they are talking too much! Shhhh, let me focus!

[erbear]

Jul 27, 2024 7:05:33 GMT -5 ellipses84 said:

Here’s a little more about the Assassins Creed guy and the connection to Paris. The AC Unity game takes place in Paris during the French Revolution. The company took detailed 3D scans of Notre Dame for the game prior to the fire and donated them along with $$$ to help with the rebuilding.

www.thegamer.com/yes-that-was-assassins-creed-unitys-arno-at-the-2024-olympics-ceremony-paris-olympics-ubisoft-french-video-games/

www.artstation.com/blogs/dioeye/1dYG/bridging-the-gap-between-gaming-and-history-how-assassins-creed-unity-is-helping-rebuild-notre-dame

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I teach the French Revolution. Every year, at least one kid perks up because of this.

[erbear]

(I’m still on the opening ceremony) — the gorgeous woman on top of what I think was the Musee D’Orsay singing La Marseilles was my favorite part.

[mofongo]

Rafa Nadal and Carlitos Alcaraz are the cutest things ever together! They won their first round match and the intensity and excitement was as if they were playing a major championship single’s final!