Anonymous
Post 08/11/2024 23:05     Subject: Summer 2024 Olympics
I was torn when I watched the part in LA. On the one hand, I guess they did nail the whole American / Los Angles vibe and aesthetic. On the other hand, it was so trashy compared with the elegant and classical albeit sometimes slow and boring French production.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2024 23:03     Subject: Summer 2024 Olympics
Anonymous wrote:H.E.R. . MURDERED the US National Anthem.


Does this mean she sang well or that it was terrible?
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2024 22:21     Subject: Summer 2024 Olympics
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Anonymous wrote:These things are always boring. It will be the last good summer games for a while. I think it’s safe to say the LA Olympics will be lousy like the last one there and Atlanta.


What makes you say that?


History. Like I said, the two Olympics I mentioned were really bad. The head of the IOC at the time of the Atlanta games even omitted the traditional “these were the best games ever” statement. I expect LA to be awful given the mega-commercialized condition of the country. There will probably be gambling ads everywhere. Maybe there will be odds on the scoreboards.


I mean -- the Atlanta Olympics were marred by a bombing that injured 111 people (and thankfully killed no one though one of the victims later had a heart attack and tragically died). That's why the IOC head didn't say they were the "best games ever" -- it's hard to call an Olympics with a terrorist attack great. It seems pretty harsh to hold that against the host city except in the sense that there was a security breach (though actually a security guard found the bomb before detonation and saved people's lives by beginning to clear people out of the area... only to then be rewarded by becoming the FBI's prime suspect and hounded by the media for weeks even though the guard -- Richard Jewell -- was a bonafide hero who did his job that day).

Anyway I think the LA Olympics could be great.


The IOC was very unhappy with the Atlanta games due to over-commercialization. It was well publicized at the time. LA will be worse. They already have big ads in the corner of the screen on tv right now. Get yourself some Autodesk!

The problem is most of the world sees these things as a national government project, and these events are largely funded that way. That’s a foreign concept over here. It needs to be run and funded privately so everything gets sponsored to the max. Same problem with the World Cup. Everything will be plastered with McDonald’s, Coke and that kind of garbage.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2024 21:52     Subject: Summer 2024 Olympics
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:These things are always boring. It will be the last good summer games for a while. I think it’s safe to say the LA Olympics will be lousy like the last one there and Atlanta.


What makes you say that?


History. Like I said, the two Olympics I mentioned were really bad. The head of the IOC at the time of the Atlanta games even omitted the traditional “these were the best games ever” statement. I expect LA to be awful given the mega-commercialized condition of the country. There will probably be gambling ads everywhere. Maybe there will be odds on the scoreboards.


I mean -- the Atlanta Olympics were marred by a bombing that injured 111 people (and thankfully killed no one though one of the victims later had a heart attack and tragically died). That's why the IOC head didn't say they were the "best games ever" -- it's hard to call an Olympics with a terrorist attack great. It seems pretty harsh to hold that against the host city except in the sense that there was a security breach (though actually a security guard found the bomb before detonation and saved people's lives by beginning to clear people out of the area... only to then be rewarded by becoming the FBI's prime suspect and hounded by the media for weeks even though the guard -- Richard Jewell -- was a bonafide hero who did his job that day).

Anyway I think the LA Olympics could be great.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2024 21:46     Subject: Summer 2024 Olympics
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Anonymous wrote:It’s the figure skating scandal again. Crooked judges.


+1 An overhaul is needed.


+2 Romanians were right and should receive the medal and Chiles should give it back.

My issue is that Romania and the US both acted within their rights to advocate for their athletes. FIG made at least two errors in their scoring. First they didn’t give Jordan credit she deserved, and then they accepted an inquiry outside the window they were allowed. It takes a lot of nerve to punish an athlete for the judges’ mistakes. There are cases to be made for any three of the athletes to receive the bronze, and the appeals will drag on. I’m in the camp that the IOC and FIG should acknowledge that THEY screwed up, and just issue medals to everyone.


100% Share the bronze. None of the athletes should be penalized


This is the only way to remedy the situation. The judges have made too many mistakes from the get-go.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2024 21:41     Subject: Summer 2024 Olympics
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:These things are always boring. It will be the last good summer games for a while. I think it’s safe to say the LA Olympics will be lousy like the last one there and Atlanta.


What makes you say that?


History. Like I said, the two Olympics I mentioned were really bad. The head of the IOC at the time of the Atlanta games even omitted the traditional “these were the best games ever” statement. I expect LA to be awful given the mega-commercialized condition of the country. There will probably be gambling ads everywhere. Maybe there will be odds on the scoreboards.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2024 18:28     Subject: Summer 2024 Olympics
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It’s the figure skating scandal again. Crooked judges.


+1 An overhaul is needed.


+2 Romanians were right and should receive the medal and Chiles should give it back.

My issue is that Romania and the US both acted within their rights to advocate for their athletes. FIG made at least two errors in their scoring. First they didn’t give Jordan credit she deserved, and then they accepted an inquiry outside the window they were allowed. It takes a lot of nerve to punish an athlete for the judges’ mistakes. There are cases to be made for any three of the athletes to receive the bronze, and the appeals will drag on. I’m in the camp that the IOC and FIG should acknowledge that THEY screwed up, and just issue medals to everyone.


100% Share the bronze. None of the athletes should be penalized
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2024 18:08     Subject: Summer 2024 Olympics
Anonymous wrote:These things are always boring. It will be the last good summer games for a while. I think it’s safe to say the LA Olympics will be lousy like the last one there and Atlanta.


What makes you say that?
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2024 18:02     Subject: Summer 2024 Olympics
Leon was walking for a long long time.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2024 18:02     Subject: Summer 2024 Olympics
Love me some RHCP!!!
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2024 18:01     Subject: Summer 2024 Olympics
OMG Flea being Flea!!! Hahahah
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2024 17:59     Subject: Summer 2024 Olympics
They all got Covid now, blowing out the tiny Paris flame at the same time.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2024 17:58     Subject: Summer 2024 Olympics
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:H.E.R. . MURDERED the US National Anthem.


Lip synching.


Everybody was. Billie Eilish was very poorly lyp synching.

I thought most of the US performers were trashy. Objectifying women in bikinis? Is that what we have to look forward to, in 2028?
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2024 17:53     Subject: Summer 2024 Olympics
Anonymous wrote:H.E.R. . MURDERED the US National Anthem.


Lip synching.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2024 17:45     Subject: Summer 2024 Olympics
Soccer mom just abandoned her SUV with the trunk door open? Yah, sure.