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TopDaugIn2000
2/10/2006, 09:27 PM
so far it seems to be right up there with the Super Bowl pre game (National Anthem) and half time performance. bleh

Sooner Born Sooner Bred
2/10/2006, 09:39 PM
That skiier formation was kewl tho

GottaHavePride
2/10/2006, 09:44 PM
I think a lot of it has rocked. Seriously, the alpine stuff with cows mooing (and dancing around) and people wearing tiny flagpoles, and then the girls carrying the nations' banners wearing skirts that look like mountains with trees and skiers stuck on the dress...

Italians crack me up. This stuff is hilarious.

TopDaugIn2000
2/10/2006, 09:45 PM
I think a lot of it has rocked. Seriously, the alpine stuff with cows mooing (and dancing around) and people wearing tiny flagpoles, and then the girls carrying the nations' banners wearing skirts that look like mountains with trees and skiers stuck on the dress...

Italians crack me up. This stuff is hilarious.

they totally lost me right after that.

proud gonzo
2/10/2006, 09:49 PM
My partial list of reasons why the opening ceremonies rock:

1) Fire
2) Old guys pretending to play alpine horns
-With flag poles on their backs
-With mooing noises in the background
-With cows on wheels!
-with ballroom dancers wearing cow print costumes
3) More fire
4) A dance routine that made music from the Producers go through my head
5) Flailing dancers in the shape of a heart
6) Skaters with flaming helmets
7) People making the shape of a skiier
8) The theme from Rocky
-Played by MAYNARD FERGUSON
9) People in Napoleon looking outfits
10) Funky rock music to march to instead of dreary, solemn marches
11) Australians
12) Chicks in dresses that look like frickin ski slopes!!

Scott D
2/11/2006, 01:06 AM
people still watch that crap?

GottaHavePride
2/11/2006, 01:25 AM
Pavarotti ended the whole business by singing Nessun Dorma. The whole show was very operatic - totally over-done and outrageous. and that's why it rocked. :D

RacerX
2/11/2006, 09:12 AM
It jumped the shark with Yoko Ono showing up....or did it jump with Susan Sarandon?

Yoko can't even read aloud without it sounding like someone is torturing a cat.

mrowl
2/11/2006, 09:23 AM
Pavarotti ended the whole business by singing Nessun Dorma. The whole show was very operatic - totally over-done and outrageous. and that's why it rocked. :D

That was AWESOME!!! Pavarotti totally made up for the yoko ono bit.

proud gonzo
2/11/2006, 05:46 PM
13) Peter Gabriel
14) Acrobats in the shape of a dove
15) Pavarotti
16) awesome torch design

GottaHavePride
2/11/2006, 05:48 PM
Oh, and we ALL forgot to mention the Ferrari racing team cutting donuts.

proud gonzo
2/11/2006, 05:50 PM
17,18,19,20) FERRARI!!!

I knew i was forgetting one :D


21) very long shot of an olympian with mouth gaping, looking like a complete goober.

Fish
2/11/2006, 05:52 PM
And the tribute to Disco!!!

GottaHavePride
2/11/2006, 05:52 PM
Heh. Even Costas said his night would be complete if they threw in "Bette Davis Eyes".

SoonersEnFuego
2/11/2006, 06:37 PM
My partial list of reasons why the opening ceremonies rock:

...
5) Flailing dancers in the shape of a heart
...

C'mon girl, Could've left that one out.

Penguin
2/11/2006, 08:07 PM
I didn't watch it.

Because I'm a heterosexual male :D

soonersn20xx
8/9/2008, 08:02 AM
Can we just replay this opening ceremony in four years, I think the Chinese set a bar on spectacularity. I'm not one that is easily impressed but I found myself jawdropped at times.:pop:

12
8/9/2008, 08:13 AM
It needed a dash of Toby.

birddog
8/9/2008, 08:38 AM
first time i've ever watched an opening ceremony and i was blown away. that dude running on air around the top of the stadium was impressive. the massive torch wasn't even originally a part of the stadium. it just magically opened up.

those thousands of guys doing tai chi was the best part.

Sooner Born Sooner Bred
8/9/2008, 08:52 AM
That little kid that was with Yao Ming looked like he was about 4 instead of 9. Maybe it is because Yao Ming is 8 feet tall.