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Gladly (the cross-eyed bear) Posted Fri 08 Aug, 2008 1:30 PM |
| Some quite incredible stuff going on in this. |
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25dutchlady Posted Fri 08 Aug, 2008 1:41 PM |
Gladly (the cross-eyed bear) wrote: Some quite incredible stuff going on in this.
nice fireworks :-) |
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gd2923 Posted Fri 08 Aug, 2008 1:56 PM |
Watching live broadcast at home :)
Beautiful! |
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Tonie Posted Fri 08 Aug, 2008 2:04 PM |
It's on in the background, and yes, it's breathtaking.
Ken Livingstone made the charming remark on the radio today (adlib): There's no way London in 2012 will achieve anything as great as China has with their Olympics in 2008.
Thoughts? |
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Gladly (the cross-eyed bear) Posted Fri 08 Aug, 2008 2:27 PM |
| He is probably right. Its the best opening ceremony for any sporting event i have seen. |
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Frenchygirl Posted Fri 08 Aug, 2008 2:29 PM |
| shit shit shit shit..beautiful yeah, enough to blind people from the truth! |
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weirdmom Posted Fri 08 Aug, 2008 2:45 PM |
| I'm looking forward to watching this tonight. |
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Scottish Dubliner Posted Fri 08 Aug, 2008 3:25 PM |
Frenchygirl wrote: shit shit shit shit..beautiful yeah, enough to blind people from the truth!
What truth ?
The truth that we as Westerners are being led to believe by the Western Media ?
Or the Propaganda that the Chinese government is issueing ?
I reckon we will never know, or understand for that matter, what is happening in Tibet. However, one thing is certain I will keep questioning everything I hear from either side !!!
This is human nature, it's also a different culture. China have been invaded throughout history and subjected to all sorts of attrocities, then they see fit to inflict this upon others ? Hmmm that sounds familiar, Judism Israel, anyone ?
Dubz
*edit* Can the people who want to... not just enjoy the games for what they are... Games ??
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daytimeoyster Posted Fri 08 Aug, 2008 3:31 PM |
SPORTS SHOULD NOT BE RELATED TO POLITICS
and OI! there are some Chinese boardies on the board |
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qiu-jl Posted Fri 08 Aug, 2008 4:11 PM |
daytimeoyster wrote: SPORTS SHOULD NOT BE RELATED TO POLITICS
and OI! there are some Chinese boardies on the board
I agree and I've tired of those stuff
anyway,hope everyone can enjoy the game:) |
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milos Posted Fri 08 Aug, 2008 4:59 PM |
| It really looked amazing and breathtaking! You can see that a lot of hard work went into all the preparations. |
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auronsquall Posted Fri 08 Aug, 2008 5:17 PM |
| Just saw it, since i understand chinese, i noticed how the chinese Liu (something) said that there were 204 countries instead of 205, that better not be intentional lol but it was really well performed, i personally was hoping for more traditional dancing or something, but i really enjoyed it, watching it in taiwan was a big pain in the butt though, there were two commentators on both channels which broadcasted it, but the way the torch was lit was pretty cool, my most memorable one was the one with the arrow from the Nagano winter olympics so long ago |
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mili Posted Fri 08 Aug, 2008 6:06 PM |
I did taiji for a few years, and really appreciated those masters. My daughter and her friend were amazed by the masses of people moving to right places at right times. Impressive.
I don't like opening ceremonies generally, but the bits I watched were impressive. |
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paul_c Posted Fri 08 Aug, 2008 6:13 PM |
Gladly (the cross-eyed bear) wrote: He is probably right. Its the best opening ceremony for any sporting event i have seen.
They always say the current one is the best one ever, so you never know... |
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AbsGinger Posted Fri 08 Aug, 2008 6:56 PM |
I don't know who was commissionned to dress the french team but our athletes looked ridiculous.
Grr...... |
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