You know.... I watched the opening ceremony......

[WCGreen]

Why did they have to focus on the American Athletic every time something happened on stage....

So we could see the event through their eyes.....

I mean it was just so.....

Crass.....

[KitchenWitch]

1. Because the world revolves around Amurrkkka

[WCGreen]

6. It certainly does doesn't it........

Or at least one would think...

[KitchenWitch]

7. That is why we are all so dizzy

and so many of us vote stupid.

[WCGreen]

12. I guess it spins faster the further away from big cities you get....

[Floogeldy]

2. Because it was broadcast in America?

Hurray for our team! :)

[WCGreen]

8. Nothing against the team....

I guess it was NBC trying to put a face with the names to help boost ratings...

Truly in the spirit of the games....

[Maddy McCall]

3. Are you watching it on NBC?

I guess they have more interest in showing American atheletes than in showing Luxembourg's. :shrug:

:hi: WC.

[WCGreen]

9. Luxembourg has atheletes.....

I jusat get all antsy when I see stuff that is too nationalisitic... It's scarry when you have people in power who would exploit that feeling of national pride for their own ends...

MAchavelian, really....

Good old Nico would be proud....

[LynneSin]

18. Yes but we're not in Luxembourg watching the show

:D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Because we're the only country that counts, right?

Crass is just the right word, IMHO.....

[WCGreen]

10. I was expecting Toby Kieth....

And they instead brought out that fat guy who can't even sing in English....

What it up with that......

[GoddessOfGuinness]

5. I had to turn it off.

I started suffering from disco overload...

[WCGreen]

11. That was wierd.....

Sylvia Pajolie was on NPR describing the ceremony... She was laughing about that.... And also said the snow ball people reminded her of the sperm in Woody Allen's movie Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex.....

She dropped her line and the last word she said was Shit.....

[GoddessOfGuinness]

27. Hahahaha!

Attack of the Sperm People!

[leftstreet]

15. IRAN + ISRAEL + OLYMPICS = Disco Inferno.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

28. Infernal's a good word for it.

:rofl:

[Lady President]

13. Because it's NBC coverage

I'm guessing (or at least hoping) that most of the other countries had their own coverage of the games and focused on their own athletes. Seeing the ceremony through the eyes of the U.S. athletes is fine with me. It also makes business sense for NBC-- you have to see Bodie Miller to keep Nike happy.

Now about the disco music.... That I can't understand. Even one of the U.S. announcers joked that we had to be running out of disco songs and thanked everyone for not doing the "YMCA".

[devilgrrl]

14. I didn't think they were all that Italian...

:shrug:

[terrya]

16. That's a big reason why I won't watch the Olympics

I can't fucking stand that "USA! USA! USA!" stuff. The Olympics is not supposed to be all about the United States of America. It's supposed to be about athletes from nations around the world competing in the Olympics. Not solely about how American athletes think or feel or see. Couple that with the Bush regime and its "the United States is the biggest, baddest motherfucker on the block and don't you punks forget it! shit and seeing even anything close to that at the Olympics is, well, nauseating.

[LynneSin]

17. Here's an idea: WE LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES!!

I mean, if we were watching from Chile I'm sure we'd be seeing the Chilean atheletes all the time just like if we lived in Germany we'd see the German or if we lived in Australia we'd see the Australian.

I mean, I agree with you too that I would love to have seen more of the ceremony itself then shots at team USA but hell I'm watching it on NBC what the hell did I expect to see?

[GalleryGod]

23. I said it was the American Team's "Denmother Cam"! The Cermony was Great!

Gabriel got the nod to do "Imagine" because of his Amnesty International work...I would've gone for Bocelli..but he'll, no doubt, be the "Closer" in 2 weeks!...it was creative, very eclectic, and surreal as well it should be. The Maestro Pavarotti-well, nothing to add,there.

BUT THERE WERE WOMEN EVERY-WHERE ! Excellent !:woohoo:

[CatholicEdHead]

24. CBC coverage is different

They show as many countries as possible and tone down the nationalistic material. CBC's broadcast is mostly the events straight up showing the truly global parts of the olympics.

[GalleryGod]

26. CBC is not available to us. I thought Carillo was fab.

They short changed her,badly. Jeeez...here's a member of your broadcast team that actually LIVED in Milan and Bologna !:wtf: And can speak Eye-Talian ! Damn, Vern, get her on the air!

[tyedyeto]

19. I thought it was very cool but then...

I was watching at a very loud place with no sound. No comments made their way to my ears. :applause:

[Evergreen Emerald]

20. What was the crowd reaction when USA walked in?

I missed the opening ceremonies.

[GalleryGod]

21. They Roared. Props to NBC only ONE Laura and Cherie Shot !

[Evergreen Emerald]

22. thanks for the info!

I am surprised that they roared as we are not very popular beyond our borders.

[GalleryGod]

25. It is Italia..they love us!

They actually can separate our Government from our Athletes and Tourists.