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Post by Jambowayoh on Aug 11, 2024 21:52:34 GMT
I was half expecting Cruise to appear in a real Iron Man suit
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Post by askew on Aug 11, 2024 21:53:55 GMT
Yeah!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2024 21:54:04 GMT
Cool as fuck.
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Post by muddyfunster on Aug 11, 2024 21:55:12 GMT
Yeah fair. This is finally good. For people born between 1976 and 1988 at least.
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Post by muddyfunster on Aug 11, 2024 21:55:59 GMT
I'd now like Will Ferrel in 'Frank The Tank' guise please.
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Post by Whizzo on Aug 11, 2024 21:56:44 GMT
Took your time with the flame, I thought you were quick?
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Post by Jambowayoh on Aug 11, 2024 21:57:13 GMT
Yeah fair. This is finally good. For people born between 1976 and 1988 at least. Yeah it's very exclusively for people our age. |
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Post by Vandelay on Aug 11, 2024 21:58:00 GMT
Boo, we are back in Paris again.
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Post by X201 on Aug 11, 2024 21:58:01 GMT
He’s only going to extinguish it.
He could have done it an hour and half ago and saved himself a long walk
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Post by Jambowayoh on Aug 11, 2024 22:00:51 GMT
God they're dragging this out. Are the IOC being paid by the minute?
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Post by X201 on Aug 11, 2024 22:02:51 GMT
They were so long winded with switching segments, the athletes thought it was over and started leaving
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Post by X201 on Aug 11, 2024 22:03:45 GMT
Overrunning by 10 mins BTW
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Post by X201 on Aug 11, 2024 22:05:47 GMT
God they're dragging this out. Are the IOC being paid by the minute? They wish. TV and sponsorship revenue is going to nosedive in 2026 and 27 when the current deals expire |
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Post by Vandelay on Aug 11, 2024 22:06:17 GMT
Ah, that classic french song about not having any regrets in your life... err... My Way.
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Post by muddyfunster on Aug 11, 2024 22:06:20 GMT
Closing ceremonies are always a bit crap and that was no exception.
Good Olympics though. Certainly the best since 2012 (poor Tokyo didn't get a fair chance).
Not a great Games for GB but by no means a bad one, so long as it's not the start of a downward trend. Gotta keep the funding up.
Pleased for France that they got to have the full experience like we enjoyed and had plenty of home success.
Think my favourite moment of the games was Pidcock's comeback. Though Marchand winning two goals in one session is something I never thought I'd see. Magnifique.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Aug 11, 2024 22:07:47 GMT
I fucking *hate* that song.
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Post by Whizzo on Aug 11, 2024 22:09:21 GMT
So weird the French would use a song that "borrowed" the music from a French song and then sing it, in English.
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Post by X201 on Aug 11, 2024 22:11:14 GMT
I fucking *hate* that song. Context: Bongo’s day job is funeral director |
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Post by Whizzo on Aug 11, 2024 22:19:44 GMT
Not sure LA 2028 will be quite as memorable as LA 1984.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Aug 11, 2024 22:26:19 GMT
Shame the breaking was one and done. That really caught everyone’s attention. The girl liked it so much she’s spent the last few days trying to find Japans breaking uniform online but nowhere seems to sell it.  |
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Post by cubby on Aug 11, 2024 22:29:36 GMT
Not a great Games for GB but by no means a bad one, so long as it's not the start of a downward trend. Gotta keep the funding up. This Olympics had an astounding number of upsets for Team GB. So many world champions going into the finals just fell at the last metaphorical hurdle, it was quite hard to watch it happened with such frequency. But that's the Olympics for you, world championships don't always convert into Olympic golds. I'm hoping LA will have a few more golds for us, but USA are going to be absolutely hoovering up so many golds there probably won't be that many the rest of the world can win. |
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Post by muddyfunster on Aug 11, 2024 22:36:13 GMT
It definitely impacted my enjoyment a bit. The standout memories of previous Games are those winning moments and then the immediate emotional interview with the athlete whose dreams have come true. Silver and Bronze medals are just not the same (unless the athlete genuinely didn't expect to medal at all).
You still get those moments occasionally with non GB winners but obviously if they don't speak English or just don't fancy talking to our media, we miss them.
Externally I get that the Team GB chiefs have to talk up the success and secure more funding but I hope privately they recognise that there was a greater than previous level of underperformance.
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Post by JuniorFE on Aug 11, 2024 22:37:12 GMT
Assassin’s Creed: Hellenic, confirmed! They did that about six years ago  (Christ, has it really been six years since Odyssey?) Now if you're thinking "AC: 1821 Revolution" or something, I'd be down for that... |
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Post by Danno on Aug 11, 2024 23:04:35 GMT
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Post by hicksy on Aug 12, 2024 11:39:07 GMT
7/10
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Post by Bill in the rain on Aug 12, 2024 14:24:55 GMT
Caught up with most of the closing ceremony... though fast forwarding through the long boring bits. Not heard of Phoenix, but they seemed ok-ish. I assume they're french? Was happy to see Kavinsky, though I thought it was funny at the end when they said he was from Belgium . Air is a weird choice for a big sporting ceremony, what with their genre being fall-asleep-gently. |
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Post by rhaegyr on Aug 12, 2024 14:30:48 GMT
Phoenix were great in the mid-late 2000s. Not so much nowadays.
It's Never Been Like That and Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix are great indie/pop-rock albums.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Aug 12, 2024 14:34:27 GMT
They were obviously Teeny In Japan |
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Post by Danno on Aug 12, 2024 14:46:22 GMT
They're Canadian
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Post by hicksy on Aug 12, 2024 15:00:10 GMT
LA dropping Breaking. For most of us probably a blessing but then I’m old.
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(Christ, has it really been six years since Odyssey?)
