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I thought it was very nice. Of course the parade of nations can get boring after an hour.
I was very impressed by the stadium design. The living tour of greece history was very cool too.
Parade of nations is a nice geography lesson. Kept Googling half the nations. As it turns out, the CIA has a website that gives basic information about every country in the world...
Tour of Greece was cool. Bjork was odd, as usual. Very "high art" opening.
Jammrock
“Inside every sane person there’s a madman struggling to get outâ€
–The Light Fantastic, Terry Pratchett
I LOVED it! It was very artistic, very beautiful. I loved the way they presented its history, and reminded me that ancient Greece is one of the most influencial foundation of western civilization.
I think they have put up one of the best openings I have ever seen. (at least the ones that I recall).
Congrats to the Greek with this successful opening, dispite the scandals going on there.
The lighting of the torch was pretty cool too, with how it tilted down to the runner and went back up. I still think my favorite is when the guy shot the flaming arrow at the torch to light it. When was that one... last winter olympics in Salt Lake?
Didn't really like the Athens torch ceremony. The flaming arrow was pretty cool, as was the ski jumper in Lillehammer. I have always enjoyed the Winter Olympics better than the summer games, anyhow.
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