They do that and the screens would have gone blank very quickly.
2024 Summer Olympics (Paris)
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The absence of spectators makes it very odd. Seems like it should have been done in 2020.
This is really fecking weird, even for French people.
France ain't what it used to be.
Oh dear, it’s pissing it down
There are spectators, it's just people are congregated along the river. They're not exactly involved, nor seeing all that much though.
Godzilla would have killed everyone
Supposed to be a love heart..but looks like a pair of bollocks.
What will they show about WW2?
The camera directing is woeful.
@hobbers get in here. We need some of your famous positivity to lift our spirits.
It's often the same.
Should have Marc Dorcel involved in opening ceremony.
So music is terrible in French right now too then.
I tuned in saw 10 seconds of Gaga's grim little act and turned off again.
How they are going to fit us or china in the parade? Using a destroyer?
This is … straight up weird
I am actually enjoying the Assasin's Creed bits.
China and Canada were on a same boat.
Why is the main guy with the torch like an Elden Ring NPC?
Is it just the BBC with the awful acoustics and constaint rainpour or is it on other broadcasters too? Sounds shite
I like it. It's flawed but cool. The french are celebrating their city and culture, better than the boring usual stuff.
My take exactly. Usually, you have some show and then like 2 hours of athletes marching, which is boring.
Today, the athletes look like having a good time too.
Gojira was cool
Yup. First time watching the athletes or being forced to watch them.
Good job this isn't the Thames they'd be sinking the boats.
They managed to fit the Chinese and their mountains of PEDs on one of the earlier boats.
Which one of you nicked the Mona Lisa?
I much prefer this aspect of it.
It seems more efficient but not leaving much time to spot and talk about athletes representing each country.
With Canadians in same boat and one other country.
Enough small boats on the Seine to trigger the reform voters this evening.
They already celebrated their culture hours ago when they disrupted the public transport.
Jesus it’s lashing down. You think they would have covered the piano player
Just realised it's pissing it down as well now.
The guy on piano looks like a football player but I cannot make out who.
Here we go!
I appreciate that point.
But, many would skip this part in a usual ceremony while today people are watching a show and the athletes at the same time, thus making you stick longer.
GB coming.
Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Why is there Chinese guy in Ghana boat?