2010-02-13, 06:41 PM
Living in Vancouver, its hard NOT to follow it. It's taken over the city and most people have "Olympic fever". Myself personally, I'm cheering for team Canada, the host country and will probably watch a bit of everything, either through replay or live. It's really convenient that all the games are going to be available online.
As for the opening ceremony, I thought it was marvelous, the way they made mediocre BC place into this cool looking ice palace. While some of the performances werent that interesting to me, the whole thing was artistic and well done, with glitches aside. While China's opening ceremony overwhelmed with numbers, Canada's wowed with art, the music, the scenery, the content (not to mention at a quarter of the cost; 100 mill vs. 25 mill). I found the guy reciting the poem about Canada amazing because everything he said, it epitomized what Canada is, down to the clothing he was wearing. I thought ld Lang was amazing as well and ithe beginning was really cool, with the guy snowboarding through the olympic rings.
Sure, there are parts of Vancouver that arent really that great, but the Olympics are here, and I'll personally be enjoying them while they're here, as they'll probably enver be here again.
So...
What are your thoughts on it?
Are you following it?
What country are you cheering for?
What events will you watch (if any)?
As for the opening ceremony, I thought it was marvelous, the way they made mediocre BC place into this cool looking ice palace. While some of the performances werent that interesting to me, the whole thing was artistic and well done, with glitches aside. While China's opening ceremony overwhelmed with numbers, Canada's wowed with art, the music, the scenery, the content (not to mention at a quarter of the cost; 100 mill vs. 25 mill). I found the guy reciting the poem about Canada amazing because everything he said, it epitomized what Canada is, down to the clothing he was wearing. I thought ld Lang was amazing as well and ithe beginning was really cool, with the guy snowboarding through the olympic rings.
Sure, there are parts of Vancouver that arent really that great, but the Olympics are here, and I'll personally be enjoying them while they're here, as they'll probably enver be here again.
So...
What are your thoughts on it?
Are you following it?
What country are you cheering for?
What events will you watch (if any)?