I was disappointed that Brazil didn't bring it at the end. I was hoping for this.
http://static.ibnlive.in.com/ibnlive/pix/slideshow/02-2009/brazil-carnival-bold/braz14_630.jpg
NBC cut the ceremony short! Can't they ever get anything right?
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olymp...remony-cuts-cause-outrage-173850497--oly.html
Where were our gymnasts and Michael Phelps? I didn't seen any Russian gymnasts, either.
As far as the ceremony, it was good but I have seen better. The models on the catwalk weren't necessary, imo. The skating nuns were cute!
I liked the Brazilian presentation; after all, the British weren't too dynamic in their presentation during the Beijing's closing ceremonies, and look how they gloriously came through.
^ It was a great lead-in to the preview of the new NBC sit-com Animal Practice, shown at 11:00. Highest rating ever for a sitcom sneak preview.
As art, I still like the Incredible Stone Man from Vancouver the best.
http://www.gamesbids.com/english/images/article/van_2010_logo.jpg
True...but...we expect the British to be reserved. I was hoping for an explosion of sound and color from Brazil. Oh well.
All I can say is, thank god I didn't watch the NBC broadcast of the closing ceremonies! They apparently cut short their prime time broadcast of the closing ceremonies to show a preview of their new sitcom. Even worse, the part they cut short was the set from legendary rock band The Who, which announcer Bob Costas had been promising all night long. This is just baffling. The whole broadcast took place many hours after the event actually wrapped. The people at NBC had hours to configure, edit and time their broadcast. If they wanted to, they could've easily cut more of the preceding musical acts out to show The Who, the headliner of the whole thing. Instead, nope, they kept in Russell Brand's awful Beatles cover and Fatboy Slim's pointless DJ set rather than show The Who. Best of all, they declined to tell Bob Costas.
If you recall, NBC did the same thing to the Vancouver Olympics closing ceremony, cutting it short to show a preview of Jerry Seinfeld's TV show The Marriage Ref. Yeah, The Marriage Ref. Boy, that sure worked out! There was some hope that after Dick Ebersol got fired from NBC afterwards, this sort of ridiculousness would stop. But nope, NBC is worse than ever.
Where were our gymnasts and Michael Phelps? I didn't seen any Russian gymnasts, either.
As far as the ceremony, it was good but I have seen better. The models on the catwalk weren't necessary, imo. The skating nuns were cute!
I really would've liked to have see the Who and not that dumb sitcom which will probably be cancelled.