Paris Olympics 2024

[Rita_Poon]

Thought the heavy metal part of it was a particular highlight

Can't have been that heavy, didn't even sink...

 

[Eggs]

…..love hearing Edith Piaf on the Olympic soundtracks, what a voice.

 

[jazzy]

Worst opening ceremony ever and I've seen a few crap ones. Reminded me of Eurovision Song contest on steroids.

 

[Moomin]

Worst opening ceremony ever and I've seen a few crap ones. Reminded me of Eurovision Song contest on steroids.

I liked the light show at the end.

 

[jazzy]

I liked the light show at the end.

Bravo for sticking with that drivel for 4 hours to get to it mate.

I had Stockholm syndrome by then.

 

[Connor mcloud]

There were a few flashes but I think they may have been drag queens

Im sure there where drag queens on some of the boats, some dodgy looking characters about.

 

[SLAVEN BILIC]

Garbage ceremony that! London set a new benchmark that hasn’t been reached since.

 

[Jamiednm]

The setting for this BBC conflab (little Parisian square) is either incredible CGI set design, or they’ve found the most perfect quintessentially French square, with no people walking around on a Saturday morning.

The cobbles on the floor look too ‘flat’ compared to the chairs they’re sat on so I’m going to say it’s brilliant CGI.

But if it is, the BBC are product placing Renaults.

 

[Moomin]

The setting for this BBC conflab (little Parisian square) is either incredible CGI set design, or they’ve found the most perfect quintessentially French square, with no people walking around on a Saturday morning.

The cobbles on the floor look too ‘flat’ compared to the chairs they’re sat on so I’m going to say it’s brilliant CGI.

But if it is, the BBC are product placing Renaults.

It is CGI, they showed it the other day on the One show.

 

[john jako]

Is this hockey match live on the bbc? It’s abit naff hockey

 

[davek]

 

[longers]

My overriding thoughts whilst watching niche sports in the Olympics is…

How do so many of these guys/gals make a living ? Take a sport like water polo for example, where the hell is the money coming from to pay them a living wage ?

No one watches the sport, it doesn’t get televised on any meaningful channels so how is anyone making money from it ?

Same goes for countless Olympic sports, I just don’t get how you make a living from sports which no one watches and thus generate no money.

Is it all just government funded purely for the sake of the olympics coming around every four years ?

 

[john jako]

Got the badminton on but no commentary. Looks like it’s 21 points to win a game. Literally haven’t got a clue how many games you need to win to win the match though. Heads wrecked as the Olympic website leaves that key bit of info out

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Pffft

 

[Connor mcloud]

I'm sure ive just seen Tom Daley knitting while watching the diving.
Bit random like