Let's see how many athletes go missing in this Olympics.
2024 Summer Olympics (Paris)
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You haven’t put the far right in power yet, unlike us Americans who keep talking about caravans coming from Mexico…
It’s getting darker, and the lights are adding a lot to the festivity.
Surprised they didn't opt for a rubber dinghy
That boat rocking hard.
It’s a bit all over the shop but I like it. Very French in the respect of “we’re going be provocatively different, but also kinda half ass a lot of it”… it’s like the diametric opposite of the regimented Beijing opening, but I admire the attempt to incorporate the City like this (it helps that so much of Paris is along the river too) and some of the bits are genuinely good ideas.
The directing is pretty awful though. Just randomly cutting to bad angles or jarring cutaways to bits of videos. This fashion show for example… presumably no one there can see it very well, and theyre cutting to it seemingly at complete random for tiny amounts of time, so there’s all these people doing this thing on a bridge for almost no one’s benefit but their own. In the rain.
The directing is pretty awful though. Just randomly cutting to bad angles or jarring cutaways to bits of videos. This fashion show for example… presumably no one there can see it very well, and theyre cutting to it seemingly at complete random for tiny amounts of time, so there’s all these people doing this thing on a bridge for almost no one’s benefit but their own. In the rain.
Why is Australia at the end?
Why is Australia at this place in the parade.
Creed is going to strut his stuff.
They're hosting it after the US.
Here come Team USA.
Brisbane will host the olympics in 2032
I think the athletes look more animated than usual because we’re only seeing each team for a few seconds while they’re passing the camera, so they’re making the most of their time in the spotlight, whereas normally they spend a while walking slowly around the stadium
Paris or Tahiti, I know where I would want to be.
And surf in Tahiti. Feck. I made bad life choices
We got the bigger boat.
Fecking big boat for France.
Usually, most athletes receive zero attention. They disappear among the big delegations. Today we noticed them.
I’m not sure what you mean
It's funny when you look at the US's boat, it was clearly too small for them.
Stupid sexy French.
Where are the fireworks?
This has been pretty enjoyable
I have to say that I like this format more than the usual ones.
Now for Europop.
Not sure how they're going to drag this out for another 90 minutes.
Same here. I have watched the usual ceremonies since 1988 and got enough of that.
How nice did Tahiti look?!?
I can’t wait until Dublin hosts the olympics and the athletes all dive into the Liffey using our white water rafting facility.
Hot, sunny and sandy.
That beard though. 
Now we are talking. Some bangers being played.
Fireworks or lightening at 10 pm local?
How will USA respond to their opening ceremony after this?
Have I tuned in for Eurovision?
Must be weird for British people hearing them again after brexit.
90s classics!
LA can’t do this, unfortunately. The city doesn’t have that many landmarks like Paris. We will probably try a mix of outdoor and indoor, but mostly indoor.
That’s my guess.
Amazing playlist.
Yeah very French. Don't get the bearded woman doing bizarre moves down the catwalk. But it must be good because it's Paris and they're avant-garde. Or something. Like the whole breaking stuff with blokes wearing tradional French clothing.