Pevenseagull
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- Jul 20, 2003
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Danes running away with this one.
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[Other Sport] Paris 2024 Olympics & Paralympics ***Official Match Thread***
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Danes running away with this one.
Yup. Strong from the Danes.
The French team is likely to grow into the tournament though, should still be considered favorites.
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Drat! and double drat!
I totally agree! Absolutely unbelievable!!
Yeah I saw that, the Turkish girl did nothing. No idea how they awarded it to her.
Terry Butcher Tribute Act
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- Aug 18, 2013
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Discovery app is good isn't it. As is their roundup show
Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
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Not in the women's synchronised diving. They absolutely handed the bronze to GB with some reverse top bombing. Aussie tears - Marvellous scenes.
Blinkers
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- Jul 8, 2020
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Sometimes, it can get a bit passionate! Georgian (World ranked No1) sabre fencer, who the Egyptian eliminated earlier in the day, completely lost it. He was well out of order and highly disrespectful to the referee
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Blinkers
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It depends. Saber is explosive. Foil is graceful. Epee is extremely tactical. I assume you’re on about the Women’s epee final, where they deliberately tried to sort of fence but not fence (it’s called ’passitivity’) in order to force a single point winner takes all 1 minute scenario. Or, you could be being sarcastic and be talking about the cracking men’s Saber final.
- Oct 17, 2008
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Finally got around to watching the opening ceremony, and have to say I found it a little underwhelming - until the laser show at the Eiffel Tower and Celine’s performance (wow).
Truthfully, I thought we did it better in 2012. The NHS segment and the industrial drummers - and of course Her Majesty and James Bond… Danny Boyle created a masterpiece.
Paris was kind of eerie, unlucky with the weather, but it just didn’t blow me away like others have done. Felt a bit soulless and very slow to get going. I didn’t mind the weirdness, but it all felt really disjointed and the Seine setting did it no favours.
Probably the worst I’ve seen in my lifetime. They tried something and, some cool moments at the end aside, failed.
Oh and Gaga was shit, which really surprised me as I saw her live when she just broke through and she was superb back then.
Truthfully, I thought we did it better in 2012. The NHS segment and the industrial drummers - and of course Her Majesty and James Bond… Danny Boyle created a masterpiece.
Paris was kind of eerie, unlucky with the weather, but it just didn’t blow me away like others have done. Felt a bit soulless and very slow to get going. I didn’t mind the weirdness, but it all felt really disjointed and the Seine setting did it no favours.
Probably the worst I’ve seen in my lifetime. They tried something and, some cool moments at the end aside, failed.
Oh and Gaga was shit, which really surprised me as I saw her live when she just broke through and she was superb back then.
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medwayseagull reborn
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- Oct 12, 2022
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You must have been desperate for something to do if you watched all four hours on replay. It had some good segments but was far, far too long and some of it was just downright boring ( the catwalk sequences and the re-occurring person in the fencing mask carrying the torch spring to mind.)
- Oct 17, 2008
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I was doing some work so had it on in the background and looked up whenever anything interesting happened. I didn’t look up much, admittedly.
The 2012 opening ceremony was definitely better.
It was also easier...
The British were always going to keep it as traditional as possible and the French would go as "weird" as they could.
Sure, the 2012 ceremony could have easily have turned into a typical "ok which century are they stuck in?" event like your royal or political spectacles, but it was very nicely balanced and fine tuned by Boyle & co. It was British but without turning "tacky", "naff" and elitist. But it was also quite easy. People expected James Bond, Mr Bean and a 92-year-old Paul McCartney singing "Hey Jude" like he does every second week on Jay Leno Show. People got what they expected and a little more at that, like flawless choreography and Mike Oldfield bringing the goose bumps element.
The French was always going to do it a bit more wild, but they had less success in finding a balance between what they wanted to do and people wanted to see. It only met expectations in that people didn't know what to expect and when it was done they didn't know what they saw. Half-naked people, esoteric stuff, electronic music and most of all HOURS of objects slowly moving down the Seine. It was all a bit tedious and without any real direction. It was a... difficult watch.
- Oct 17, 2008
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Agree with every word. I think that’s why I rate the 2012 ceremony so highly, it gave people what they wanted and threw in some really strong original ideas.
TWOCHOICEStom
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I rate it so highly because the panning up to reveal Bean was one of the greatest moments in television history.
Is it PotG?
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Italy v Spain women's beach volleyball on the red button
Lovely Sunday morning fayre.
Lovely Sunday morning fayre.
TomandJerry
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- Oct 1, 2013
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So I'm not the only person watching
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
I must admit it's difficult to eat your breakfast like thisSo I'm not the only person watching