Olympics spectacle...

[eregyrn]

Last night, I watched the entire Olympics opening ceremony. I didn't mean to, but at 7:36pm I decided I'd regret it if I didn't at least record it, and then I got sucked in. At 9:15pm, after some of the MOST JAW-DROPPING performances and spectacle I've ever seen, holy crap, raqs called to find out if I was watching. She had just started watching

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[mebib]

That really was the most breath-takingly gorgeous opening ceremony! I dvr'd it and am pretty sure I'm going to have to go back and watch it again.

[okojosan]

Whoa, I'd never seen the Barcelona opening before. That IS amazing.

My thought on the Chinese opening ceremony:

Damn China has a lot of people, and they seemed to emphasize this with every different performance.

Wondering about spending so much money on the opening ceremony when I know there are still plenty of people who need help after the earthquake. :/

The performances themselves were great- though I missed the drummers! A fantastic lightning storm moved into Spokane and I had to go outside to watch it. When I finally came back inside, the parade of nations had begun.

[miera_c]

Every time there's an Olympics I always think "No one will ever top Barcelona." That was the most amazing thing. The ski jumper in Lillehammer was actually too gimmicky, but guy shooting a flaming arrow over the cauldron was just awesome.

[katie_m]

I just Googled around for a while trying to see if he actually lit the cauldron (the answer I like so far: Yes, though he lit it by passing through the flammable vapors over the cauldron rather than by dropping an arrow into the cauldron itself). Anyway, I am now both horrified and highly amused by the unfortunate dove torching incident in Seoul. Oops.

[xandra_lj]

Oh HELL YES. I was just saying to RM as we watched our (incomplete, sigh) tape of the ceremonies that I loved Barcelona's torch-lighting the best. Still do-- thanks for the vid! (In 1992, one of my friends from undergrad still had realistic Olympic dreams for archery, which added to the OMG factor, too.)