Let's talk Olympics here
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SmoothOperator
Gold Member
I don't have cable and I'm not huge fan of the Olympics, but I will keep my eye on basketball and swimming. My daughter's summer swim league actually had an Olympic qualifier in IM, he totally rocked. Though, he didn't actually get selected for the team. Thats the thing about the Olympics in the US or other large country it's nearly impossible to make the team even though you can beat half the world's Olympic contenders.
Olympics? Ooooo... I'm waiting for the Biathlon!! 
As you may have guessed, the Olympics aren't high on my radar and I don't generally seek them out. But I sure won't turn them off if I bump into them. We don't have cable, so streaming trumps over-the-air TV almost every time. I'm sure I'll pop in and check them out, but don't have a "must see" event. I do like "The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat; the human drama of athletic competition."
As you may have guessed, the Olympics aren't high on my radar and I don't generally seek them out. But I sure won't turn them off if I bump into them. We don't have cable, so streaming trumps over-the-air TV almost every time. I'm sure I'll pop in and check them out, but don't have a "must see" event. I do like "The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat; the human drama of athletic competition."
The Shepherd
Active Member
I don't believe events that are based on awarded points from a panel of judges should be included in the Olympics.
Fastest, highest, farthest, heaviest, etc.
The track and field events are what I would prefer to watch. They should be showing more events like the decathlon and heptathlon instead of focusing on all the hype events like gymnastics IMO.
Fastest, highest, farthest, heaviest, etc.
The track and field events are what I would prefer to watch. They should be showing more events like the decathlon and heptathlon instead of focusing on all the hype events like gymnastics IMO.
Suburbankidz
Well-known Member
Interested in the equestrian sports
Tamaefx
Silver Member
Yes ! Me too. I’m biased.
Croatian Man
Active Member
The Opening Ceremony orchestrated by the Olympic Committee presented on NBC was SHAMEFUL, Disgusting & Despicable. It was an Insulting broadcast and a mockery of Christianity to World Viewers, especially the very Young people. I CLICKED OFF. If that is going to be the "Theme" of these games, Then I will NOT watch. Look at all the Companies that are beginning to withdraw their ads! Shame on NBC too. They knew what the content was going to be. The purpose of the Olympics is to watch young athletes compete in Sports, allowing the World to watch them give their best at what They do and have trained for much of their young lives. Under normal circumstances, we (the wife and I) looked forward to watching the competitions every night for the next two weeks. Now that is in jeopardy if that "Theme" is perpetuated throughout the event. No wonder the Ratings have been Tanking for the past winter and summer Olympics.
BGDurham
Silver Member
You are exactly right! The work musicians put into their craft is no different than the work athletes put into theirs. I would expect every musician to appreciate the Olympics for at least that.
Blk Diamond
Senior Member
We love to watch the Olympics (both summer and winter games) in our household.
We also don't have cable, and were always at the mercy of whichever sports NBC (or any other OTA network) wanted to highlight on their main broadcast. Well that all changed for us this year, for we were finally able to upgrade our home internet service. So, now we have enough internet bandwidth to properly "stream" programming.
Peacock is one of our streaming services, and has a quite an extensive array of U.S. Olympic programming to choose from. So much so, that it almost seems like a overwhelming tidal wave of choices. You can pick from NBC's main broadcasts, selected highlights from various sports, complete replays of all events, follow individual U.S. athletes (like Simone Biles, or Katie Ledecky, etc...), and so on, and so on.
For example we streamed the Opening Ceremonies via Peacock, "on-demand" Friday night when we were ready to. So, I no longer had to record the whole 4 hour event on our DVR. Yesterday we watched/streamed a bit of Women's Water Polo, Men's Rugby finals, Women's Beach Volleyball, Men's and Women's Swimming, Men's and Women's Fencing, and ended the night watching Women's Surfing (from Tahiti). We've also watched some of USA Men's and Women's Soccer matches in their entirety.
Being without cable TV, it always kind of stunk in the past when we would invest our time watching the beginning of an Olympic sport/competition (shown on NBC's main channel), only to have them to say, "Tune in to USA Network, or MSNBC." just to see the continuation of their coverage. We don't have to worry about that anymore with streaming, and Peacock.
We also don't have cable, and were always at the mercy of whichever sports NBC (or any other OTA network) wanted to highlight on their main broadcast. Well that all changed for us this year, for we were finally able to upgrade our home internet service. So, now we have enough internet bandwidth to properly "stream" programming.
Peacock is one of our streaming services, and has a quite an extensive array of U.S. Olympic programming to choose from. So much so, that it almost seems like a overwhelming tidal wave of choices. You can pick from NBC's main broadcasts, selected highlights from various sports, complete replays of all events, follow individual U.S. athletes (like Simone Biles, or Katie Ledecky, etc...), and so on, and so on.
For example we streamed the Opening Ceremonies via Peacock, "on-demand" Friday night when we were ready to. So, I no longer had to record the whole 4 hour event on our DVR. Yesterday we watched/streamed a bit of Women's Water Polo, Men's Rugby finals, Women's Beach Volleyball, Men's and Women's Swimming, Men's and Women's Fencing, and ended the night watching Women's Surfing (from Tahiti). We've also watched some of USA Men's and Women's Soccer matches in their entirety.
Being without cable TV, it always kind of stunk in the past when we would invest our time watching the beginning of an Olympic sport/competition (shown on NBC's main channel), only to have them to say, "Tune in to USA Network, or MSNBC." just to see the continuation of their coverage. We don't have to worry about that anymore with streaming, and Peacock.
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Juniper
Gold Member
Not going to go into the whole religion thing as it’s a banned topic on here, but a word of warning.
Don’t be a sucker to fall into the trap of being offended by what the media is telling you to be offended about.
Seen a lot of commentary online about the opening ceremony from America about their perceived depiction of the Last Supper
Apparently it was a depiction of Greek mythology in ‘The Feast of Dionysus (see below painting) as the games originate from Ancient Greece after all.
The half naked blue dude was supposed to depict Dionysus himself, seen below with little attire also.
Might have been in poor taste to some in America but it’s a good thing it’s being held in another county/continent using elements of its own Culture and Ancient Greece.
Be a shame to not watch any of it due to being offended.
You might miss out on a lot of good stuff!
I bet you this here shiny new nickel that we can have the rest of this conversation without again mentioning religion (or politics, or any other proscribed topic). Last time I read the rules they said violators will be shown the door, permanently, no exceptions.
Hey, how about those amazing athletes?
Hey, how about those amazing athletes?
I heard a rumor somewhere that we were talking about the current Olympics and not politics, past or present.
Something something strike two.
SmoothOperator
Gold Member
It's hard to believe so much Dynomite can be packed into such a small package. Saw Simone last night. Wow.
I will say though the coverage and commentators was really annoying. They kept showing replay's of the landings. Tsk tsk she stepped right there. I get it it's an important part of the sport, but when they show highlights of basketball they don't show people stepping out of bounds. The bound lines are no less important, just not what people like to watch. Tsk tsk that was a turnover, no they show the dunks and tough plays. We all saw it the first time around, don't need to replay the step on the landing. I want to see the double pike with a turn.
The Olympics were in full force a few years ago and a gal at work was telling us about her 75 YO father and his favorite Olympic sport - Women's Beach Volleyball. She said he was glued to the TV set and pretty much ignored the world around him until a commercial advert broke in. We all smirked and giggled and I thought to myself, "Cool, the old dude's still got it!"
Fast forward to this afternoon. I was streaming some YouTube content when a thunderstorm rolled in and knocked out the internet, so I switched to over-the-air TV. Just in time to catch Beach Volleyball! I was glued to the TV set with my mouth agape until a commercial ran. I think I just found my new favorite Summer Olympic sport!
Fast forward to this afternoon. I was streaming some YouTube content when a thunderstorm rolled in and knocked out the internet, so I switched to over-the-air TV. Just in time to catch Beach Volleyball! I was glued to the TV set with my mouth agape until a commercial ran. I think I just found my new favorite Summer Olympic sport!