The 2008 Summer Olympics : Beijing, China

[smartarse]

The Beijing Olympics surpassed my expectations...
from highs to lows and back to highs ...
from personal tragedies to the most controversial games to date ...
for me this has got to be the most memorable olympic games.

 

[PrinceOfCats]

Who is Leona Lewis? Who is she? Screw all this choreographed stuff, Britain should of just got the Stones to play a gig, or failing that Led Zeppelin minus Leona Nobody Lewis.

 

[lozz]

I was waiting for the Stones haha! ^

 

[kezme44]

nicely said smartarse and FA. we surely all had a moment there during the closing ceremonies. but if we had olympics every year it wouldn't be special, so it's good like this. londod 2012 doesn't seem THAT far away. and who said it was all over?? we can all follow the special olympics in beijing which start in september with the same enthusiasm and excitement...

 

[TheGlassAngel]

I was waiting for the Stones haha! ^

I was hoping for a Ringo and Paul reunion

 

[*Kristina*]

I can't believe that it is already all over, it seemed to go by so fast.

The closing ceremonies weren't that spectacular, especially with the London bit. I don't understand why they had a new singer like Leona Lewis do the music bit? I loved the Chinese music with those girls singing and the man made tower.

What a great Olympics!

 

[make_me_whole]

^I feel the same.I never understand why they chose Leona Lewis though I like some of her songs.But I doubt if she really can represent London.

 

[Diamond Star]

Who is Leona Lewis? Who is she? Screw all this choreographed stuff, Britain should of just got the Stones to play a gig, or failing that Led Zeppelin minus Leona Nobody Lewis.

Boris Johnson was hilarious, he looked so scared waving that flag

There's no way 'we' can better China's opening ceremony

 

[eternitygoddess]

Leona Lewis? What? Who is she? Why did Leona Lewis get to perform? Doesn't Britain have some other much more famous singers?

 

[*ana*]

i still don't get it either. everyone i talk to says "leona who???"

 

[MeMe7]

ya when i was watching i was thinking , if there was anyone else more famous then her in England. I don't get why they chose her

 

[MyNameIs]

I didn't see the whole closing ceremony, but from what I saw, London kinda emberassed themselves, no? I mean, you have the Chinese with their traditional and uber formal show and then English come in with people in funky outfits dancing and Leona Lewis screaming her lungs out. Not to mention London mayor with that jacket unbuttoned, lol.

But I love the Olympics and I loved watching it. Wish it was like 2 months, lol. I was so happy that Ukraine finished in the Top 10 in total medals. SO PROUD.

 

[sweetpop]

Ahh my parents were also going on about how the London Mayor's jacket was undone, mum was trying to give him an excuse like "Well, I guess it is pretty hot... maybe he's getting a bit stuffy" and my dad would say "That's no excuse! he can be stuffy for a little while! the cameras are all on him! It doesn't look good" Blah dad!
This is the first time I've been able to watch a bit of the rythmic gmynastics, I only saw the final 2 rotations and I must say I love Evgenia Kanaeva and Anna Bessonova! Talented and pretty I was a bit sad for Anna when she didn't score as well as she thought she would on clubs, I thought it was amazing but then I'm no expert at judging.

I thought these olympics were great ('cept our main broadcaster on television were being extremely selective and still had that damn 3 hour slot for stupid AFL on saturday when the olympics were on! Much abuse was hurled at them), there were some squicky bits I wasn't so sure about, like the obviously forced large smiles on the little girls' faces in the Closing ceremony, clearly they were given the instructions smile largely and wave or else...

What really impressed me with these Games is that the Opening Ceremony especially was something that I have not ever seen before, it was phenomenal; the man (and women) power they realise they can use and can harness to transform it into something truly spectacular.
I don't London has quite that ability, but we shouldn't judge until we've seen the final product! B)

 

[Ziegfeld Girl]

Ahh my parents were also going on about how the London Mayor's jacket was undone, mum was trying to give him an excuse like "Well, I guess it is pretty hot... maybe he's getting a bit stuffy" and my dad would say "That's no excuse! he can be stuffy for a little while! the cameras are all on him! It doesn't look good" Blah dad!
This is the first time I've been able to watch a bit of the rythmic gmynastics, I only saw the final 2 rotations and I must say I love Evgenia Kanaeva and Anna Bessonova! Talented and pretty I was a bit sad for Anna when she didn't score as well as she thought she would on clubs, I thought it was amazing but then I'm no expert at judging.

I thought these olympics were great ('cept our main broadcaster on television were being extremely selective and still had that damn 3 hour slot for stupid AFL on saturday when the olympics were on! Much abuse was hurled at them), there were some squicky bits I wasn't so sure about, like the obviously forced large smiles on the little girls' faces in the Closing ceremony, clearly they were given the instructions smile largely and wave or else...

What really impressed me with these Games is that the Opening Ceremony especially was something that I have not ever seen before, it was phenomenal; the man (and women) power they realise they can use and can harness to transform it into something truly spectacular.
I don't London has quite that ability, but we shouldn't judge until we've seen the final product! B)

When was Anna Bessonova on? She's one of my favourite rhythmic gymnasts and I didn't catch any of her routines on tv. The only rhythmic coverage I saw for the individual competition was Evgenia Kanaeva's rope and ribbon routine. The rhythmic coverage was very disappointing on Channel 7. I wonder if there is somewhere online I could watch the routines.

 

[sweetpop]

It was really late at night, definitely past 12 midnight... and I think it was also on SBS? No actually, in fact I was pretty sure it was SBS, because I don't remember having about 234587698 ads after 5 minutes of Olmypic coverage. You could try Youtube?

 

[Ziegfeld Girl]

^ Thanks sweetpop.

 

[Verene]

haha when i looked at it the dolce & gabbana belt was the first thing that came to my mind too, but i didn't say anything because i thought i'd sound like a fashion obsessed - i was having dinner with my family so it was a bit out of context - then i looked at my sister and she just said "uhum, dolce and gabbana" lol

Haha I am pretty obsessed. I said that outloud to my family and they were like whatevuh. I was thinking that one of the female folk singer was wearing Elie Saab HC gown, or at least inspired.

According to Zhang Yimou, the closing ceremony is supposed to be a huge party. In that case at least the athletes seemed to be having fun. Not so much for the audience...

I don't listen to her music, I always thought that Leona Lewis are American.




The Olympics is the only time I follow sports that closely! (well maybe World Cup finals) I was very very pissed about my local channels coverage, but as soon as the game started all my anger just evaporated. But I still gotta b*tch about how minor-celeb-obsessed my local media is! I don't need to see the celeb-anchors' face and I don't care about how their comments on... well anything! The broadcasting companies wasted so much precious game time (especially track and field) for some vapid celebrities exposure. Uh I need to stop now.

The Olympics left a void! Now I don't have anything to look forward to after a long day...

 

[Ziegfeld Girl]

The Olympics left a void! Now I don't have anything to look forward to after a long day...

Me too. I'm having Olympics withdrawals.

 

[lozz]

I met Steph Rice and Eamon Sullivan today hehe xx

 

[Ella Petrovsky]

^ omg how?