OFFICIAL THREAD: Olympics Opening Ceremonies.

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Originally Posted by st8

The introduction of countries appears to be in alphabetical order, so why the hell did Greece go first? anyway, IMO the big opening was weak compared to what beijing did a couple years ago. I guess it is Canada though, so I wasn't really expecting too much!

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You weren't a history major, were you?

sorry mods, I didn't see that someone yearning for credits started this thread this morning. please merge

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Originally Posted by st8

no, I've been drinking heavily...

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Originally Posted by Cyclonepride

You weren't a history major, were you?

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THIS

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Originally Posted by st8

The introduction of countries appears to be in alphabetical order, so why the hell did Greece go first? anyway, IMO the big opening was weak compared to what beijing did a couple years ago. I guess it is Canada though, so I wasn't really expecting too much!

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It's called tradition. The Olympics started in Greece and the Greeks are introduced first at every Olympic competition.

Greece is where the Olympic games originated.

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Originally Posted by st8

The introduction of countries appears to be in alphabetical order, so why the hell did Greece go first?

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Originally Posted by Cyclonepride

You had to know that they couldn't even attempt to match China's opening ceremony. But yeah, snooze fest.

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Well yeah, but kinda weak compared to others too. All they had was

Intro ski jump that was 99% preproduced footage
Lipsynced O Canada
Aboriginal tribute where they really didnt do much.

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Originally Posted by IcSyU

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a single facepalm would have been sufficient

Most of the entertainment will happen after the athletes are seated.

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Originally Posted by st8

a single facepalm would have been sufficient

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maybe just a tactical facepalm
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w...2/Facepalm.jpg

I'm totally cheering for Apollo Anton Ohno. That dude has to be the most laid back person I've ever seen interviewed in television history. He looks and acts like a guy that you would think have issues passing certain 'smoke, smoke, cough, cough' drug tests....

god i love the winter olympics....i can't wait for the actual events (like curling :wink:) to start.

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Originally Posted by Cyclonepride

You had to know that they couldn't even attempt to match China's opening ceremony. But yeah, snooze fest.

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I think it's gonna be a very long time before anyone can match the Beijing opening and closing ceremonies.

god#### mongolians!

Is it me or did the Morrocan guy just do a hitler salute by accident and then all of a sudden realize what he was doing? hahahaha