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what time are they going to light the torch? that's the only thing i want to see

8/8/2008 8:57:55 PM

Bob "I know everything there is to know about baseball, and I cant WAIT to tell you" Costas


I hate that guy

8/8/2008 8:59:35 PM

we turned it. boring to us...and the commentator was annoying

8/8/2008 8:59:48 PM

now its "Attack of the Clones"

8/8/2008 9:03:26 PM

i wish they would stay with wide shots more rather than zoomed ones

i don't wanna see one Joe China doing karate, i wanna see ALL OF THEM


[Edited on August 8, 2008 at 9:06 PM. Reason : fhdsf]

8/8/2008 9:05:20 PM

These guys are pretty cool.

This would be so much better with no commentators.

Just put captions at the bottom of the screen telling us what this is supposed to represent.

8/8/2008 9:06:08 PM

^seriously


The waterfall part was sweet

8/8/2008 9:08:44 PM

Quote :

"BigMan157 All American 76185 Posts user info edit post you know london's shitting themselves that have to upstage this in 4 years"

they will have a bunch of dudes running around with red noses saying Jolly Ho



alright now, how the fuck?

[Edited on August 8, 2008 at 9:11 PM. Reason : oh, wires]

8/8/2008 9:11:12 PM

Quote :

"now its "Attack of the Clones""

Ha, that globe coming up out of the ground looked exactly like the spherical ships in the ground at the end of that movie.

8/8/2008 9:12:26 PM

^^

Teakettle!

8/8/2008 9:15:08 PM

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=3525842

Quote :

"The only people who didn't enjoy the awe-inspiring Opening Ceremony of the XXIX Olympic Summer Games had to be the folks with the London Olympic organizing committee. They host the 2012 Summer Games, meaning they have to follow the greatest show on Earth -- and, for my yuan, the greatest show in Opening Ceremony history. If I were the Brits, I'd punt and go with Monty Python reruns. Unless they can top a gold medalist elevating and running on air around the entire circumference of National Stadium to light the torch."

8/8/2008 9:16:14 PM

London = pwnt.



The people walking on the globe =

8/8/2008 9:17:43 PM

I dont even remember shit about the Athens games

8/8/2008 9:20:54 PM

why the hell are they playing bagpipes for Yemen?

8/8/2008 9:24:36 PM

because bagpipes are awesome?

[Edited on August 8, 2008 at 9:26 PM. Reason : hfds]

8/8/2008 9:25:24 PM

yeah, I am not getting that....

Madagascar look like plantation owners

8/8/2008 9:25:41 PM

kill the prime minister of malaysia!

8/8/2008 9:26:15 PM

damn thats some black women... bitches spit coffee

8/8/2008 9:26:46 PM

HAHA

I like the cayman islands outfits

[Edited on August 8, 2008 at 9:28 PM. Reason : fhds]

8/8/2008 9:28:16 PM

Quote :

"http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=3525842"

Don't read this link -- it spoils the torch lighting, which sounds baller

8/8/2008 9:30:10 PM

yeah i already saw it.

fucking espn guy didn't use spoiler warning

the "spoiler" is posted on this page anyway a few posts up

it will still rock

[Edited on August 8, 2008 at 9:33 PM. Reason : hfds]

[Edited on August 8, 2008 at 9:35 PM. Reason : fds]

8/8/2008 9:32:29 PM

Damn Jamaica's got 3 million people and 54 athletes!

8/8/2008 9:33:06 PM

Not as many boos for japan and taiwan as I expected

8/8/2008 9:35:53 PM

FUCK YOU BOB COSTAS

NOT FUNNY

SHUT THE FUCK UP

(re: central african republic or w/e)

[Edited on August 8, 2008 at 9:42 PM. Reason : hfsd]

8/8/2008 9:36:56 PM

The flag bearer for Denmark is a beast.

8/8/2008 9:39:29 PM

The chinese probably got threatened to stfu when Japan came out. It was a cool reception. They got really quiet then they actually cheered a little for taiwan.

8/8/2008 9:41:50 PM

haha

it looked like brazil was just that one guy for a sec.

then BOOM LIKE 5000 BEHIND HIM


more bagpipes lol

[Edited on August 8, 2008 at 9:45 PM. Reason : fhds]

8/8/2008 9:43:59 PM

HOT DAMN IM MOVING TO PARAGUAY

8/8/2008 9:46:55 PM

I would totally stick it to all of those chinese arm waving girls

8/8/2008 9:48:07 PM

I like how costas was talking about some guy who was a nation's best hope, and the cameraman was just focused on the hottest chick in the delegation.

8/8/2008 9:50:31 PM

man I wish they could somehow do football in the Olympics... just imagine Ray Lewis knocking the living fuck out of the Borneo slot receiver coming over the middle

8/8/2008 9:59:02 PM

What you don't know is that the USOC and IOC have agreed that American Football will be an Olympic sport in 2012.


Borneo will have orangutans for LB's, though. Nigeria and the Congenese are stacked at the Ol.

8/8/2008 10:08:52 PM

You know what's bullshit IMO?

It takes like 12 people to win one gold medal in basketball and like 20+ people to win one in soccer, but one guy can win 9 medals in swimming.

[Edited on August 8, 2008 at 10:36 PM. Reason : fixed]

8/8/2008 10:20:12 PM

Quote :

"It takes like 12 people to win one gold medal in soccer and like 20+ people to win one in soccer"

wat

8/8/2008 10:35:07 PM

anyone know which tennis players are competing? i saw davenport, blake, federer & nadal there.

all the serbs are there - tennis is gonna rock!

[Edited on August 8, 2008 at 11:12 PM. Reason : k]

8/8/2008 10:43:35 PM

these athletes need to run in

unibrow

[Edited on August 8, 2008 at 10:49 PM. Reason : z]

8/8/2008 10:46:24 PM

That irish chick they focused on was ridiculously hot

8/8/2008 10:53:24 PM

we need less countries

8/8/2008 10:53:54 PM

THAT WAS ALMOST A FUNNY MATH JOKE COSTAS.

FAIL.

[Edited on August 8, 2008 at 10:57 PM. Reason : hfdsf]

8/8/2008 10:57:14 PM

I wish the Mongolians had some busting through the wall in the side of the stadium in samurai suits, that would've made the entire summer games for me.

8/8/2008 11:24:12 PM

why the hell would they have been in samurai suits?

8/8/2008 11:26:05 PM

whatever, ancient mongoloid attire, i'm trying to paint a picture here.

8/8/2008 11:28:33 PM

all the other countries are like "omfg its kobe bryant!!!"

8/8/2008 11:39:46 PM

HOLY

FUCKING

SHIT

8/8/2008 11:56:16 PM

motherfucker ran in the air above the audience around the entire stadium to light the flame

8/8/2008 11:56:46 PM

WOW

8/8/2008 11:56:58 PM

That was fucking amazing!!! Damn, when the Chinese host an event, they fucking go all out!! I thought the games in Atlanta were awesome....the opening ceremony and the attention to detail was INCREDIBLE!!! DAMN!! Kudos to all of the Chinese folks who worked their ass off to put on such a spectacular show!!

8/9/2008 12:05:18 AM

Quote :

"I thought the games in Atlanta were awesome"

The games in atlanta and everything about them was a huge embarrasment. Weakest shit in olympic history. I mean, we had a guy with parkinsons light the torch in a city that cheated to get the olympics in the first place. Worst city ever to host the olympics

SYDNEY
BEIJING
ATHENS
LOS ANGELES
BARCELONA
MOSCOW
TOKYO
SEOUL
MONTREAL
MUNICH
ROME
MEXICO
atlanta?

give me a break

[Edited on August 9, 2008 at 12:24 AM. Reason : might as well have em in raleigh-durham]

8/9/2008 12:23:41 AM

the atlanta olympics were da' bomb

8/9/2008 12:28:21 AM

^

8/9/2008 12:28:36 AM