tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post5127842660409109120..comments2024-01-05T06:16:49.932+00:00Comments on Expat Mum: NBC massacres the Olympics Opening CeremonyExpat mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-25859182741730140492012-07-30T19:48:47.384+01:002012-07-30T19:48:47.384+01:00I didn't mind the editing when it got to the a...I didn't mind the editing when it got to the athletes parading in, as a bit of speeding up was good by that point! But I didn't know that there was any reference to 7/7 or that Abide with Me was sung. I was wondering what I was missing during the commercials, of which there were many, many... even more than the usual annoying total in the US.<br /><br />(We get various US dramas on DVD, and an episode that's an hour over there is 40 mins on DVD. How annoying are those commercials?! I'd have to record everything so that I could fast forward through them if I lived there.)<br /><br />I had no idea who the commmentators were, but they were pretty inane most of the time. I still enjoyed watching it though.<br /><br />I'll have to check out the BBC version now I'm back in the UK and compare them.Mrs Baumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-3603984279189673342012-07-30T19:19:22.194+01:002012-07-30T19:19:22.194+01:00Only saw a second of it in a restaurant. I hate wa...Only saw a second of it in a restaurant. I hate watching the news or any presenters here, the Brit ones leave are so much more intelligentAbout Last Weekendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04716571630418078937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-76592129482837966062012-07-30T18:24:34.081+01:002012-07-30T18:24:34.081+01:00It is bad isn't it?! The commentary was hideou...It is bad isn't it?! The commentary was hideous, my friends on twitter were complaining that they had Trevor Nelson doing the BBC commentary but I was thinking god i'd give anything for BBC commentary around about now! <br /><br />I've taken to watching the sports on the NBC website which is slightly better - it's at least live that's one thing. After flicking through the TV channels this morning and noticing that only ONE of the sports was live it is getting ridiculous. It's ok watching it online but you have to link it up to your online cable provider.<br /><br />Makes you miss the BBC!Rachaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17128754833604987577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-17614597357854806172012-07-30T16:01:04.026+01:002012-07-30T16:01:04.026+01:00So it's about 4pm right now in London (10am in...So it's about 4pm right now in London (10am in Chicago) and I'm sitting listening to a post mortem of the gymnastics that happened YESTERDAY. Surely there's something going on right now that we can be watching rather than listening to this drivel?Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-8685861390701630002012-07-30T15:49:59.583+01:002012-07-30T15:49:59.583+01:00NBC is just a disaster, we are switching over to w...NBC is just a disaster, we are switching over to watching on the computer/ipad hooked up to the TV to get the BBC coverage. Not only are they crap at covering our events, they don't even cover their own - the US swimmer winning the world record was not shown live but saved for primetime....nappy valley girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788949037047084412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-3034498046299468452012-07-29T23:48:13.012+01:002012-07-29T23:48:13.012+01:00I waited until we could get the BBC version. I'...I waited until we could get the BBC version. I'm so glad I did. The commentary is bad enough on NBC, but the insult of omitting the 7/7 tribute (which was also a tribute to the general struggle between life and death, so hardly 'not tailored to a U.S. audience') was just too much. What a mess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-65628918453815068622012-07-29T22:09:50.927+01:002012-07-29T22:09:50.927+01:00I've been looking forward to this Olympics sin...I've been looking forward to this Olympics since it was awarded to London, couldn't wait for the Opening Ceremony. <br /><br />The New York Times was live-blogging the ceremony, and loving it. I was reading as it happened and was very excitedly looking forward to being able to finally see it a few hours later.<br /><br />Oh, was I disappointed. Even if I muted the commentary, the editing and cuts for commercials ...<br /><br />I'm sorry, but they butchered it. And I'm even more sorry that, in spite of all the negative comments about it, NBC is just happily counting their stats, unconcerned about the valid criticism from so many, and will likely ruin the Closing Ceremony too. I hope they won't ...nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14083065832485065567noreply@blogger.com