Originally Posted By gadzuux You need to watch more badminton, mark. No warriors - no battle skills - just shuttlecock diplomacy.
Originally Posted By Ursula <Actually, the west coast is on delay. In mountain we're on a one hour delay, and we looked it up. East coast comes back live at 8PM, which means it should be 5PM on the west coast. > Should be using logic, but they don't air the "live" stuff until later on our coast. I don't know why.
Originally Posted By EdisYoda I don't see why they couldn't air the live 10pm (EDT) feed at 7pm (PDT) on the West coast, then move the 8-10 stuff (which is almost always tape delay anyway). Of, course, it would take some planning and logistical work at the network level, but it would make sense to me.
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn <You need to watch more badminton, mark. No warriors - no battle skills - just shuttlecock diplomacy.> Seems like some sort of Alice in Wonderland game doesn't it?
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <NBC has every event free online. Beware of Olympic addiction!< too late - already have it -- ( and USA network running some events also very late at night )
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <Disney 2016!< I sure hope Mayor Daley ( Chicago ) calls themashe is there and I figure when he getshome he's got to be thinking,what the hell are wegoing to do for opening ceremonies ? 1920's Chicago speakeasy's ? Cubs 2008 World series ? Show clips of the old stockyards ?
Originally Posted By Mr X You don't need to worry about that. Tokyo's going to get the nod over Chicago.
Originally Posted By Mr X We'll see... (actually, most folks around these parts don't even WANT the games, fwiw)
Originally Posted By Elderp I'd love to see the winter olympics here in Crestline. The only problem is Lake Gregory is only 3 miles around. The ice skating arena in Blue Jay can only sit like 400 max (Michelle Kwan I heard practiced there). I guess we could convert the slides into tobagan runs. Although, it would be one heck of a high jump off Pilot Rock!! JK.
Originally Posted By DAR Six medals in swimming last night. A bronze in men's gymnastics. All in all a good night.
Originally Posted By DAR And the Water Cube where they hold all the swimming events is awesome looking.
Originally Posted By Khiori ElderP, I live in Lake Arrowhead and I'm cracking up at your statements :lol: Don't forget we have the Grass Valley Lake for rowing!
Originally Posted By plpeters70 Thought this was kind of funny, but not surprising... <<Olympic child singing star revealed as fake>> <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080812/ts_afp/oly2008chinaceremonysongfake_080812123027" target="_blank">http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20...12123027</a> <<The little girl who starred at the Olympic opening ceremony was miming and only put on stage because the real singer was not considered attractive enough, the show's musical director has revealed. ADVERTISEMENT Pigtailed Lin Miaoke was selected to appear because of her cute appearance and did not sing a note, Chen Qigang, the general music designer of the ceremony, said in an interview with a state broadcaster aired Tuesday.>> Also, some of the fireworks we saw in the opening ceremony were also fakes: <<Supposedly live pictures of fireworks depicting footprints moving from central Beijing's Tiananmen Square to the Olympic stadium in the north of the capital were actually partly computer-generated or pre-recorded for TV, organisers have admitted. Wang Wei, vice president of the organising committee, Tuesday insisted the fireworks had actually exploded on the night and that most of the television images used were genuine. "However, because of the poor visibility of the night some previously recorded foots may have been used," he said.>>
Originally Posted By Mrs ElderP they clearly anounced on the show I was watching that the "footprints" were cgi, that doesn't bother me. I do think it's funny that in all of China they couldn't find a little girl who was both cute and had a decent singing voice!
Originally Posted By Elderp I hate to break it to you but in the begining those fairy muses they were talking about were actually on wires!! Oh, and that part with the school teacher around the tai chi masters, that wasn't a real leason the teacher was giving. I thought the opening ceremonies were awesome. The opening ceremonies are an artistic interpretation, they are not a competition.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>I do think it's funny that in all of China they couldn't find a little girl who was both cute and had a decent singing voice!<< Maybe if they didn't abort so many girl babies so quickly...
Originally Posted By plpeters70 <<I hate to break it to you but in the begining those fairy muses they were talking about were actually on wires!!>> Really??? And here I thought the Chinese had invented Magic along with gunpowder and fireworks. Thank goodness you've set me straight... And I really don't have any problem with the little girl being dubbed - that happens all the time in live shows. But I do think the fake fireworks for the television audience are a bit much. I was fully aware that the fireworks in the "footprints" to the stadium sequence were fakes, but wasn't aware that all the other long shots of fireworks exploding over Beijing were also faked. What if they did the same for the fireworks on New Years Eve or the Fourth of July? Personally, I don't want to watch digital fireworks instead of the real thing.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>What if they did the same for the fireworks on New Years Eve or the Fourth of July?<< Coming in 2009: Wii Pyrotechnics.
