London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony - Page 3

DanaC · 07-31-2012, 05:19 AM

I actually thought his performance was more Johnny English than Mr Bean. Facial expressions less exaggerated and so on.

I am not a fan of Mr Bean. Johnny English I quite like but wouldn't make a special effort to see.

Much prefer his other work. Bean and English both came long after he'd made his name here. So that's not how most people my age think of him at all.

DanaC · 07-31-2012, 05:58 AM

Actually, though, he's most well known to our generation for Blackadder.

DanaC · 07-31-2012, 12:19 PM

And to stop hijacking my own thread...:p

Back to that opening ceremony. For those that watched it: did you notice that the USA team got almost as big a cheer from the crowd as the home team did?

Lamplighter · 07-31-2012, 12:25 PM

I just figured it was NBC hyping their own coverage

DanaC · 07-31-2012, 12:38 PM

How do you mean?

Lamplighter · 07-31-2012, 01:34 PM

Just being sarcastic towards NBC.

Too many commercials, too much coverage of "beach volleyball", completely provencial towards US, etc.
and if you want to watch anything other than the NBC TV coverage,
they want your name, address, phone, ISP account number, along
with the sex, height, and weight of your 1st-born infant.

DanaC · 07-31-2012, 01:35 PM

Ahh. yes, I hear they've been total arses about the whole thing.

Griff · 07-31-2012, 02:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

Just being sarcastic towards NBC.

Too many commercials, too much coverage of "beach volleyball", completely provencial towards US, etc.
and if you want to watch anything other than the NBC TV coverage,
they want your name, address, phone, ISP account number, along
with the sex, height, and weight of your 1st-born infant.

Really unbelievable how they make content unavailable. I don't have cable tv in my area and am completely out in the cold. Can't make a commercial driven feed available? NBC is trapped in the last century. I love how they intro events they already know the results of eliminating the agony of defeat angle to prove expertise and lower expectations. Their fascination with beach volleyball to the exclusion of everything else is really nuts. That BBC 1 feed has been a godsend. Breaking away from the event for a human interest piece is just silly. Do that when you have no content.

footfootfoot · 07-31-2012, 06:19 PM

I've worked with NBC folks a number of times. They are un-creative knuckleheads.

Clodfobble · 08-04-2012, 09:08 PM

Can someone post a link to the BBC feed? I downloaded Bruce's plugin but can't seem to actually find the stream.

Lamplighter · 08-04-2012, 09:18 PM

It works for me just by clicking on the link in xoB's post here

glatt · 08-08-2012, 12:03 PM

Can NBC suck any more? They aren't going to broadcast the gold medal match Between the US and Japan in women's soccer tomorrow.

I doubt BBC1 will show it. There must be some channel we can stream to see it.

Griff · 08-08-2012, 12:15 PM

They can suck more by finding an excuse to show beach volleyball instead of soccer. I saw a chunk of US v Canada Women's soccer while sitting in the dentists office, very impressive play on both sides.

Griff · 08-08-2012, 12:25 PM

It will be on NBC Sports Network... does anyone actually have that?

glatt · 08-08-2012, 01:03 PM

We don't.

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08-08-2012, 12:15 PM	#43
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08-08-2012, 12:25 PM	#44
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07-31-2012, 12:25 PM	#34
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	I just figured it was NBC hyping their own coverage

07-31-2012, 01:34 PM	#36
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Just being sarcastic towards NBC. Too many commercials, too much coverage of "beach volleyball", completely provencial towards US, etc. and if you want to watch anything other than the NBC TV coverage, they want your name, address, phone, ISP account number, along with the sex, height, and weight of your 1st-born infant.

08-04-2012, 09:18 PM	#41
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	It works for me just by clicking on the link in xoB's post here

08-08-2012, 12:03 PM	#42
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Can NBC suck any more? They aren't going to broadcast the gold medal match Between the US and Japan in women's soccer tomorrow. I doubt BBC1 will show it. There must be some channel we can stream to see it.

08-08-2012, 01:03 PM	#45
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	We don't.

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