The media acts like the opening ceremony of the Olympics was a disaster but I personally thought they put on a pretty good show. It was obviously from their perspective but still a very good show.
They should have said that the screw up with the Olympic circles was a representation of global warming and the media would have loved it.
I agree, they put on a good show for the opening ceremony.
I thought the opening ceremony was fine. They are always over the top and bizarre, but Russia's efforts seemed very much in keeping with all others that I have seen.
Sure, one of the olympic rings didn't open up -- not a big deal. At the Vancouver Olympics, 1 of the 4 stations for lighting the Olympic Cauldron did not rise out of the ground. That's a 25% failure rate for the big signal that the games have begun. No one really cared. The Cauldron still got lit, and life went on.
But Russia?? A software glitch?? An electronic ring had a problem?? Boy, that Putin sure is a dictator, huh?