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Re: Paris Olympics 2024 Thread
« Reply #42 on: July 26, 2024, 10:45:39 AM »
And I think they must be replaying it in the evening, because I see it listed again at 6:30 or 7 central.
Yup. This has traditionally been the US broadcast strategy (hold everything for primetime), but has gone out of vogue with the advent of fast, worldwide Internet.

One appeal of my dumpy Seattle apartment in the summer of 2008 was watching all the Beijing Olympics live on CBC.

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« Reply #43 on: July 26, 2024, 10:48:42 AM »
Unless it's a team game like soccer or basketball, I actually prefer their little "packaged" bits they run in primetime.  They usually do a good job of showing sports/athletes that are relevant to the US, and they also provide helpful backstory and commentary as to WHY it's relevant to the US.

So for MOST of the events like swimming, gymnastics, sprint/hurdle races, decathlon, etc.  I actually prefer the primetime packaged viewing over live viewing at odd hours throughout the day.

But again, that's definitely not true for the team sports.

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« Reply #44 on: July 26, 2024, 10:52:14 AM »
Yup. This has traditionally been the US broadcast strategy (hold everything for primetime), but has gone out of vogue with the advent of fast, worldwide Internet.

One appeal of my dumpy Seattle apartment in the summer of 2008 was watching all the Beijing Olympics live on CBC.
This year it seems like they are showing them both live, and then the evening package.  Agreed though, knowing the results takes the fun out of it

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« Reply #45 on: July 26, 2024, 10:54:49 AM »
Above I specified "relevant to the US" which isn't necessarily the whole of what I mean.

I also like when they focus in on someone who's about to do something monumental like shatter an Olympic record, even if they're not American.  Or if it's a really hot chick from some other country. :)

But in general my primary interests are going to be in events that are important to US athletes.

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Re: Paris Olympics 2024 Thread
« Reply #46 on: July 26, 2024, 02:17:45 PM »
My wife has been watching, I went to the pool.  When I got back, she said a lot of stuff was just weird.

I gather it's a spectacle.

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« Reply #47 on: July 26, 2024, 02:20:04 PM »
What's up with the train system? I saw where part of it was down due to fire.
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Re: Paris Olympics 2024 Thread
« Reply #48 on: July 26, 2024, 02:22:15 PM »
What's up with the train system? I saw where part of it was down due to fire.
Sabotage apparently.

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« Reply #49 on: July 26, 2024, 02:30:46 PM »
My wife has been watching, I went to the pool.  When I got back, she said a lot of stuff was just weird.

I gather it's a spectacle.
I was looking forward to seeing all the different countries march in but leave it to the French to do something completly out of tradition viva la blah
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Re: Paris Olympics 2024 Thread
« Reply #50 on: July 26, 2024, 04:17:37 PM »
My wife watched the whole thing, mostly shaking her head and sighing when I passed by.  She wanted me to see the US float, which I did briefly.  I like the Rose Bowl parade floats better, or vanilla and Coke better.

I cannot imagine being there in person and suffering through all this, but I am pretty sure I could have found a bar not too far away.

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« Reply #51 on: July 26, 2024, 10:56:23 PM »
Family wanted to watch some of it.  I actually like that they changed it up somewhat.  Dont need to watch people walk in a circle for 4 hours, which is the norm.

The worst part was the broadcasters.  Tirico is as overrated as ever, Manning clearly did zero prep, and Kelly Clarkson never shut up

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