OT: Paris Olympics 2024 - Jeux de la XXXIIIe Olympiade Thread

[Non Player Canadiens]

sick crossover SGA

 

[tazsub3]

sick crossover SGA

He is insane and so calm . Love that kid .

 

[themilosh]

3) I don't watch WWE, but I am against gratuitous nudity in popular films and shows, particularly those aimed at kids. There are contexts where nudity can work, for example in a war film, or in an earned sex scene in a film, but in general it's a cheap gimmick.

i think any sex scene in any film is "gratuitous" and almost always unnecessary.... unless said film is The Terminator, in which case it is pivotal to the plot.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

i think any sex scene in any film is "gratuitous" and almost always unnecessary.... unless said film is The Terminator, in which case it is pivotal to the plot.

Or if the movie has sexuality as a major theme. Crash from David Cronenberg would be a good example or sexual/erotic thrillers.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Basically eliminated them without eliminating the remaining games. Everyone is happy except Canada.

Stupid move by Canada's coaching staff. It's not even needed. Exaggerated punishment though.

Team should just tell them to eff themselves and take the next plane home.

 

[SergeConstantin74]

I'm not Christian, but I find that disgusting. Especially coming from people who are pretending to be woke, mocking a religion in from of millions of people is not very inclusive...

It wasn't about Christianity but about Greek Gods. It represents The Feast of the Gods painting by Van Biljert.

Philippe Katerine, the french singer in blue at the front, represents Dionysus, the god of wine-making, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, etc... as in the painting you can see Dionysus in the front with grapes. At the center of the table with the crown, it isn't Jesus but Apollo.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Mr Bean was the best.

 

[Mrb1p]

Organized religions deserve to be mocked.
Shoving people sexualities in your face? When you see bikini wearing-babes in the arms of men in WWE shows, or in movies, wherever, do you find that heterosexuality is shoved in your face? Or does it only go one way for you?

Basé as usual, Toene.

 

[Mrb1p]

The Marie Antoinette part was disgusting

It was disgustingly beautiful ya.

-That's your opinion. I'm sure you have things that are important to you that you don't think should be mocked. Should LGBT people be mocked? Maybe that's your sacred cow.



-Bikini-clad babes at WWE shows (as an example, since they don't really do that much anymore) are meant to appeal to the target demographic, which is primarily men. No one complains about them because the audience actually want to see that.

-As to mockery of religion, cool. Go burn an effigy of the prophet Mohammed at a pro-palestinian protest in downtown Montreal and see how that goes.

-I choose which movies I watch. I don't tune into a the opening ceremony of a sports competition expecting to see some dude's nutsack hanging out.

Did you just equate ones sexual disposition with another's faith?

The pro-palestinian part is just whataboutism.

 

[CristianoRonaldo]

It wasn't about Christianity but about Greek Gods. It represents The Feast of the Gods painting by Van Biljert.

Philippe Katerine, the french singer in blue at the front, represents Dionysus, the god of wine-making, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, etc... as in the painting you can see Dionysus in the front with grapes. At the center of the table with the crown, it isn't Jesus but Apollo.

This is a B.S they came up with after the backlash, even France TV confirmed it was la Cène, in a now deleted tweet.



At 1:22, a participant confirming it was indeed inspired from la Cène...

 

[Rapala]

This is going to be McIntosh's Summer.

 

[SergeConstantin74]

This is a B.S they came up with after the backlash, even France TV confirmed it was la Cène, in a now deleted tweet.

If you want to stay angry about something you didn’t understand, go on.

Everything about the show was french. What is french about la Cène? Also, Philippe Katerine is dressed as Dionysus. As far as I know, Dionysus isn't in la Cène!

I think the main problem is that TV broadcasts around the world didn’t receive the description of each part of the show and people were just left guessing.

 

[the valiant effort]

I’d like to hear from Sideshow Joel Osteen

 

[CristianoRonaldo]

If you want the stay angry about something you didn’t understand, go on.

Everything about the show was french. What is french about la Cène? Also, Philippe Katerine is dressed as Dionysus. As far as I know, Dionysus isn't in la Cène!

I think the main problem is that TV broadcasts around the world didn’t receive the description of each part of the show and people were just left guessing.

We have a participant confirming it was inspired from la Cène, maybe he did not receive enough informations too...

 

[SergeConstantin74]

We have a participant confirming it was inspired from la Cène, maybe he did not receive enough informations too...

We’re both right though! At the beginning when there are only drag queens it’s about la Cène and when the guy in blue arrives it’s about the Feast of the gods.

As a Christian, I’m not offended by art and drag queens.

 

[Scintillating10]

The ceremony was not nearly as demonic as some of you made it out to be. Sloppy, not particularly aesthetic, somewhat boring… sure.

The French Republic is built on her severed head, of course they’ll celebrate it any chance they have.

It was tasteless

 

[themilosh]

Or if the movie has sexuality as a major theme. Crash from David Cronenberg would be a good example or sexual/erotic thrillers.

Yeah Cronenberg films tend be way out there, but i still think simulating sex on film never works. It's simply not believable, almost always cringeworthy and basically ruins it. If you've spent any time on a movie set, everyone including the actors are looking to get it over with asap..

 

[Paddyjack]

Basically eliminated them without eliminating the remaining games. Everyone is happy except Canada.

Stupid move by Canada's coaching staff. It's not even needed. Exaggerated punishment though.

Imagine being the team and not aware that the coaches were doing this..... If I were a player in such a situation, losing my chance at an olympic medal I would kick all the coaches in orbit around planet Mars.

 

[crosbyshow]

It wasn't about Christianity but about Greek Gods. It represents The Feast of the Gods painting by Van Biljert.

Philippe Katerine, the french singer in blue at the front, represents Dionysus, the god of wine-making, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, etc... as in the painting you can see Dionysus in the front with grapes. At the center of the table with the crown, it isn't Jesus but Apollo.

Frenchs knows culture, art and history way more than us and the French kids knows history a lot from a young age.

Americans understood s....and they were upset by all of this...

Religious MAGA watch porn like us..Don"t worry....

 

[MXD]

Frenchs knows culture, art and history way more than us and the French kids knows history a lot from a young age.

More importantly, they know THEIR history and THEIR culture more than us. Well, more than MOST of us anyways.

The whole show was about France being France. Or French being French.

 

[Shred]

So what about those Olympics guys? Any sports and medals?

 

[Shred]

It's almost as if something's overshadowing the sports themselves. Wonder what?

Certainly not going to reopen this thread to find out, gonna wait for the Olympics: Sports and Medals Discussion Thread.

 

[TRG]

It was tasteless

It was great

So what about those Olympics guys? Any sports and medals?

Good win in Basketball

 

[ReHabs]

Women's beach volley is simply sublime. ITA vs SPN right now is peak sport.

8:8 in the final set as of writing, young girl on ITA (Gottardi) is incredible, SPN's duo of Liliana and Paula work very well together and are ferocious.

Wife isn't as impressed as I am but my young boy can't take his eyes off the screen...

 

[LaP]

The opening ceremony was probably the best troll job i've ever seen in my life.