Paris Summer Olympics 2024

Oh man, that poor piano.

Mike Tirico’s geopolitical commentary is just what we needed. (We did not need it.)

Why do I have a feeling NBC strongarmed the IOC into this Minions thing.

yes! it makes no sense

hold on the Minions aren't French guys?

I also don't get why the IOC doesn't make NBC play the full opening without breaks as a condition for the broadcast rights :(

also don't want to see the commentators.

les rita mitsouko again, Andy

People in plastic macs waving from boats in the drizzle, it's just like that jubilee, or was it the queen's birthday?

the us uniform is.. jeans?

that'll dry out the piano

Here’s a video clip on a tweet of French metal band Gojira in the opening ceremony

This part of #OpeningCeremony with French band Gojira was badass 🤘pic.twitter.com/v6dWDorPM0

— Wu Tang is for the Children (@WUTangKids) July 26, 2024

Cerrone!

Although can't quite believe this is still going on. Feels like.it started yesterday at this point

laser eiffel supernature was fantastic. fucking light the cauldron already though.

Lol @ the number of tennis stars carrying the torch.

Some of the music is so menacing lol

and now the entire population of France gets to carry the torch 2 ft each

perfect vibe for the olympics, enough of this bringing everyone together shit, let's celebrate chopping heads

so who is doing the torch thing, Emeli Sande?

Love the balloon

Atlanta 1996 Paris 2024
🤝
Céline Dionpic.twitter.com/PHnt4JOUUd

— The Olympic Games (@Olympics) July 26, 2024

That balloon/Celine combo was pretty damn spectacular, honestly.

that thing wore me out! i had to take a nap and when i woke up it was still going.

Yeah I had to run an errand for an hour halfway through but I tracked bits of it on my phone as I did. I did like the catwalk.

That balloon/Celine combo was pretty damn spectacular, honestly.

it was worth the (felt like ten hour) watch just for that, oh and the Supernature laser show bit.

Yes to that!

i hate boats

No Yelle? Not French enough for me

Subscribed to Peacock for this and now I can't fast-forward? I hit play at 7:24pm PDT and it made me wait until 7:30pm just to watch it.

Someone told me about the decapitated Antoinettes and I didn't believe them.

Couldn’t find a classical 2024 thread but the breakdancing countertenor —unidentified by NBC—was Jakub Orlinski and I think the pianist getting rained on playing Ravel was Alexandre Kanterow.

The weather, I think, curtailed some of the spectacle. There clearly was meant to be a lot more fun with the BMX riders, and I notice several people dancing in boats who didn’t want to be remembered as that one person who slipped and fell in the Seine.

I don’t think they redid the shooting script for the rain either. There was one moment where the camera panned skyward for what was clearly the time for La Patrouille Acrobatique to come through with a big tricolour, and all there was was a shot of thick grey clouds.

I appreciated the vision and taking outside the stadium to more people. Can account for the weather.

(Brisbane 2032 should do the boats thing because then we can have the first Olympian to be eat by a crocodile on live tv)

hold on the Minions aren't French guys?

That balloon/Celine combo was pretty damn spectacular, honestly.

Australian commentators bleathered on through the euro dance medley, but they were very much brought to a standstill by the blue dude under the cloche with his pouch.

I’m still making my way through this.

the flag & torch ceremonies made me cry, a knight on horseback with the flag!?!?
the final torch relay w paralympians and Coste the cyclist and then realizing the balloon IS the cauldron (!) and then it floats up and i was just crying like “my small brain cannot comprehend how this is actually happening but i dont want it to end”

GUYS PARISIAN RATS WERE WATCHING THE GOJIRA PART OF THE OLYMPICS OPENING pic.twitter.com/lGWesVhOSj

— tatoo🐀 (@nihildenial) July 27, 2024

also:

is there somewhere where i can watch a full length or less editec version of the ceremony thats not the NBC broadcast?
there were parts we didnt see bc they cut to commercial etc

would love to rewatch

Enjoying the multiview option when not watching a specific event. Just select preferred audio and you’re good.

I couldn't understand a word Gaga said.
Loved the boats.
Very cool to see Nicky Doll and friends, I'm sure a lot of countries had to blur that. And Philippe Katherine haha.
Juliette Armanet, who I love, singing "Imagine" was so cliché.
I don't understand what the 90's eurodance medley has to do with France or the Olympics.
The horse was super cool, but went on forever.
Céline totally killed it.

this entire thing was demented but fun (except for the minions and the terrible prefilmed stuff), ending was exquisite.

people losing their minds about 'drag queens re-enacting the last supper'...this ... didn't happen? the US broadcast didn't show the Dionysis part of this for whatever reason (ads I guess), cut in when it was done and they were standing behind a catwalk. This didn't look like a Last Supper thing at all?

TIMES WHEN CHRISTIANS CARED WHO RECREATED THE LAST SUPPER:
Once… because, drag queens

TIMES WHEN THEY COULDN’T HAVE CARED LESS: pic.twitter.com/oxmQRXKFdn

— Dr. Kevin M. Young (@kevinmyoung) July 27, 2024

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Italian athlete lost his wedding ring in the Seine during opening ceremony lol #oops

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy68w3z8vdxo

I was wondering how many phones were dropped in the Seine.

phones are more expensive and irreplaceable than men’s wedding rings

watching women's surfing!

rugby sevens is awesome because of the time limit. everyone playing goes nuts! very exciting.

i can't believe where they ARE for the surfing. holy moly. so amazing looking.

men's cycling time trial (please stop saying 'TT' ffs) was kinda harrowing on uneven streets in the rain

when they got full aerodynamic and held the middle forks (terminology?) seeing their hands shake was alarming. unless you're a fleming i guess

I was about to say, the Low Countries kinda live for that.

Loving a lot of stuff today. Fencing melodrama remains next level. Rugby sevens final great! And whenever there’s a lull with anything, just chill with some surfing.