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Tokyo Summer Olympics 2021... I mean 2020 Thread
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AJUMP23
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This is savage.
kunonabi
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LOL, I love how Asian countries just don't give a damn most of the time.
McCheese
Member
How fucking boring, I get covid has made it a shitty year but having a low-key emo "pain" "broken" ceremony that said very little about Japan was such a let down. We could all have done with some fucking giant robots, manga, videogames and hello kitty and it wouldn't of been in bad taste, instead they completely dropped the ball with representing cool japan.
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SJRB
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Cockles & Whelks
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I remember sitting down to watch, expecting the UK to be thoroughly embarrassed, but fuck me, did Danny Boyle do us proud.
ForAcademicPurposes
Gold Member
North Korea-esque.
Tschumi
Member
This is great, free to air sports all day here.. i know allll about the scoring system in archery now
Opening ceremony just the sort of flex you want from the country that gave us Akira.. that drone globe was insane, i mean that's a new benchmark imo.. it was looking watching an anemone script in grasshopper animate... But stately and epic..
Bet the American dude in this archery competition has a bunker in Montana (jk i know nothing jon snow) they do appear to be getting schooled by Indonesia though
Kabuki kaijyu and improv pianist another real highlight, as well as the acted out pictograms, so cool haha even had one error
Opening ceremony just the sort of flex you want from the country that gave us Akira.. that drone globe was insane, i mean that's a new benchmark imo.. it was looking watching an anemone script in grasshopper animate... But stately and epic..
Bet the American dude in this archery competition has a bunker in Montana (jk i know nothing jon snow) they do appear to be getting schooled by Indonesia though
Kabuki kaijyu and improv pianist another real highlight, as well as the acted out pictograms, so cool haha even had one error
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Tschumi
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The lady on the treadmill at the start of the opening ceremony was a Japanese boxer* who couldn't compete because her qualifier got cancelled during covid, so the whole crowd of sprites encouraging her to get back up and keep going was actually pretty poignant and ghibli
* I wanna say boxer, not 100% sure
* I wanna say boxer, not 100% sure
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Revolutionary
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Hearing Song of the Ancients in an Olympic ceremony was pretty damn cool
StreetsofBeige
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This is more interesting than the games themselves.
I'm hoping someone has a recap of all the countries.
Anyone know what they said for US and Canada?
MrMephistoX
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I’m on tape delay in CA…did Japan just choose to play the Kingdom Hearts Gummi Ship theme at the damn olympics?
01011001
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ManaByte
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Apeopleman
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They played the kingdom hearts Olympus theme
Dr.D00p
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This is a much cooler way to represent the countries...by various Japanese anime artists:
Example:
More here:
Japanese Artists Reimagine Countries And Their Flags As Anime Characters For 2020 Tokyo Olympics (30 Pics)
While Tokyo is busy preparing for the 2020 Olympics, people are already psyched for it. A few Japanese artists have come together to create an unofficial promotion campaign for the big event, drawing inspiration from a subject they're incredibly passionate about. Anime.
www.boredpanda.com
ArtemisClydeFrog
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This is a much cooler way to represent the countries...by various Japanese anime artists:
Example:
More here:
Japanese Artists Reimagine Countries And Their Flags As Anime Characters For 2020 Tokyo Olympics (30 Pics)
While Tokyo is busy preparing for the 2020 Olympics, people are already psyched for it. A few Japanese artists have come together to create an unofficial promotion campaign for the big event, drawing inspiration from a subject they're incredibly passionate about. Anime.
Still less cringe than the NHL and Stan Lee's "Guardian Project"
HoodWinked
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imagine losing 0-3 and complaining about not being paid enough
spons
Gold Member
Ha, that's great. Anyone got the full list of this?
SirKicksalot
Member
Lmao Star Wars Imperial March in the fencing competition
kunonabi
Member
This year is pretty much a total farce when it comes to events.
Nobody_Important
“Aww, it’s so...average,” she said to him in a cold brick of passion
Not every Summer sport can be as badass as Winter sports like Curling.
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StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
I dont watch allstar games since the 80s when they actually tried to play a real game an scores were 4-3.
So I never saw that intro. Most retarded thing I've ever seen. It's like Fox's puck tracker in 1995. What the fuck does Stan Lee and CGI superheroes have to do with the NHL?
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
The 3x3 event doesnt even have a men's USA team.
Ballthyrm
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Overall the London 2012 ceremony was far more spectacular.
Nobody will ever top that
ManaByte
Member
This is a much cooler way to represent the countries...by various Japanese anime artists:
Example:
More here:
Japanese Artists Reimagine Countries And Their Flags As Anime Characters For 2020 Tokyo Olympics (30 Pics)
While Tokyo is busy preparing for the 2020 Olympics, people are already psyched for it. A few Japanese artists have come together to create an unofficial promotion campaign for the big event, drawing inspiration from a subject they're incredibly passionate about. Anime.
Man that's so 2021.
Cyberpunkd
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Nobody says shit about curling and gets away with it, this sport is fascinating. Did you know all curling stones in the world are made in one factory in Scotland?
Cyberpunkd
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Not a single girl, Japan is truly lost.More here:
Japanese Artists Reimagine Countries And Their Flags As Anime Characters For 2020 Tokyo Olympics (30 Pics)
While Tokyo is busy preparing for the 2020 Olympics, people are already psyched for it. A few Japanese artists have come together to create an unofficial promotion campaign for the big event, drawing inspiration from a subject they're incredibly passionate about. Anime.
AJUMP23
Member
They demanded to be compensated like the men, and that was offered to them, and they turned it down.imagine losing 0-3 and complaining about not being paid enough
SJRB
Gold Member
I have to say watching this fucking sucks, straight up. No crowd, no reactions. Face masks, social distancing. It's surreal, borderline uncomfortable.
Not to mention an increasing number of athletes dropping out because of Covid contaminations, it's crazy.
They should've delayed to 2024, fuck this shit.
Not to mention an increasing number of athletes dropping out because of Covid contaminations, it's crazy.
They should've delayed to 2024, fuck this shit.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Womens soccer penalty kick for Chile vs Canada. Replay review took forever.
Chile scored.
Chile scored.
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StreetsofBeige
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I dont care about Olympics as its 95% filler events where half of them are slight variations of the same core event, so delaying it makes no difference to me. Imagine if they had soccer and there's 6 different versions based on adjusting number of players or length of a match.
But if it's delayed what happens to Tokyo going through all the costs? Olympic cities are set 8 years in advance? Maybe promise Tokyo can have it back 12 years from now?
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SJRB
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The most obvious answer is "skip a beat" and delay every city +4 years. Compensate Japan for some costs and soft reboot in 3 years.
There are athletes winning medals in empty stadia, having to put up their own medal because people aren't allowed near them. This is dogshit, for both host country, athletes and spectators.
StreetsofBeige
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Olympics is a business. They arent skipping anything with big moolah on the line. Gate and food receipts might be zero, but there's billions of TV and advertiser money on the line and there's no way execs are giving that up. Better to make small profits than no profits.
j0hnnix
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Team USA gets no medals to open Summer Olympics for first time in decades
Team USA athletes suffered multiple upset losses in the first official day of competition at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday, the first time in decades the U.S. has walked away with no med…
thehill.com
Damn..
Go_Ly_Dow
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It's like one of those Japanese anime concerts, where everyone in the crowd is doing the same repetitive thing with glowsticks.
Nobody_Important
“Aww, it’s so...average,” she said to him in a cold brick of passion
You are talking to someone that loves curling at the Olympics lol
Nobody_Important
“Aww, it’s so...average,” she said to him in a cold brick of passion
The cowboy boots are a nice touch. But the lack of a gun is really disappointing. Also he isn't overweight.
Man that's so 2021.
So really unrealistic.
Porcile
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Without crowds this is just too weird. The only enjoyable one to watch so far is the cycling because there are actually people there generating a tiny bit of atmosphere.
The weightlifting is like > twenty seconds of guy doing everything to prevent himself shitting his pants > drops the weight > a few seconds of silence > a computerised GOOD LIFT announcement > silence lol
The weightlifting is like > twenty seconds of guy doing everything to prevent himself shitting his pants > drops the weight > a few seconds of silence > a computerised GOOD LIFT announcement > silence lol
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Gp1
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It happened on the Brazilian game too.