PaintBoss
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I was not available to watch it live. But I was keeping up to date on my phone with periodic checks of the coverage. And of course I heard about the downpour and how awful it was. And so many bad reviews. You couldn’t hear the performers properly. The performers couldn’t hear properly. It was very disjointed and fractured. And the rain rain rain rain rain. Disaster! Some people thought it was too much history. And that Paris tried to think out of the box but this was a failure.
I almost never watched the replay. I was watched the CBC which is the Canadian broadcasting Corporations coverage of the Olympics which is always fantastic.
Well yes it can be slow and long getting all the athletes they’re welcoming in from all the countries. But… It was fabulous! Absolutely fabulous, and it will be very hard to beat this. It reminded me of Greece’s mesmerizing opening ceremony. These countries have so much history to build on. I liked Britain’s, China’s, and liked Norway’s- which was much quieter and intimate. Not so much the blowup hockey players of my own country.
It is a long watch but it is well worth it. Wow the creativity and the history was a magical mix. And they used everything. The river in different ways, the architecture in different ways, just amazing. It’s very artistic. I feel sorry that they were being called an embarrassment or Les Miserable in some papers. They should be proud. They all persevered through the rain, tricky for many performers.
I don’t know if you can get the CBC. If you have a VPN and change it to a Canada location, Gem is their streaming channel and is free to use. You might have to give an email. Whether that would indicate your are outside Canada, I don’t know. And I think probably in a week or two, if not sooner, we will see the whole ceremony on YouTube. It eventually gets there. It’s really worth watching. As a commentator said, it surprised us and kept us entertained and was quite remarkable. It just gets stronger the longer it goes on.
I almost never watched the replay. I was watched the CBC which is the Canadian broadcasting Corporations coverage of the Olympics which is always fantastic.
Well yes it can be slow and long getting all the athletes they’re welcoming in from all the countries. But… It was fabulous! Absolutely fabulous, and it will be very hard to beat this. It reminded me of Greece’s mesmerizing opening ceremony. These countries have so much history to build on. I liked Britain’s, China’s, and liked Norway’s- which was much quieter and intimate. Not so much the blowup hockey players of my own country.
It is a long watch but it is well worth it. Wow the creativity and the history was a magical mix. And they used everything. The river in different ways, the architecture in different ways, just amazing. It’s very artistic. I feel sorry that they were being called an embarrassment or Les Miserable in some papers. They should be proud. They all persevered through the rain, tricky for many performers.
I don’t know if you can get the CBC. If you have a VPN and change it to a Canada location, Gem is their streaming channel and is free to use. You might have to give an email. Whether that would indicate your are outside Canada, I don’t know. And I think probably in a week or two, if not sooner, we will see the whole ceremony on YouTube. It eventually gets there. It’s really worth watching. As a commentator said, it surprised us and kept us entertained and was quite remarkable. It just gets stronger the longer it goes on.
