Mega Thread RIO 2016 - General Discussion Thread for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games (3rd Aug to 21st Aug)

[Quinz]

This is the Rio we all know and love. In technicolor.

 

[Gavin Excell]

Surely this guy will be honoured

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl...

 

[Barry Roundhouse]

I've always found the opening ceremonys fairly boring but this is on another level.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

I've always found the opening ceremonys fairly boring but this is on another level.

No money + padding = this

 

[danstar]

boring?

 

[The King!]

That walking from giselle was riveting

Then the geriatric singer

 

[GreyCrow]

 

[funk44]

This is all very confusing on mute

 

[Bomberboyokay]

This probably better if you speak Portuguese and know the Brazilian celebrities.

 

[raskolnikov]

Well this is underwhelming.

 

[Plugger35]

This song must be big in Brazil I guess.

 

[The King!]

Is this in Hd anywhere?

 

[The King!]

Dancing elmo

 

[brucetiki]

Is this in Hd anywhere?

7HD

 

[brucetiki]

Pele has just pulled out of lighting the flame

 

[Gavin Excell]

Given they glossed over the slaughter of the indigenous will the 7-1 v germany also be similarly ignored?

 

[The King!]

7HD

Dont get that down in tassie

 

[Gavin Excell]

Pele has just pulled out of lighting the flame

Step up David luiz or Bebeto

 

[The King!]

Pele has just pulled out of lighting the flame

Gustavo kuertin stepping in?

 

[GreyCrow]

Nick Webster

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

So if there is no Pele to light the flame will he be replaced by Zico or Ronaldo or Mario Zagallo won 2 World Cups as a player, 1 as a coach (1970) and another as the team manager/co-coordinator (1994) or maybe the best women's player in the world Marta??

 

[GreyCrow]

Oooh political

 

[The King!]

Tony Abbott helped with the ceremony

 

[JackNah_8]

That walking from giselle was riveting

Then the geriatric singer

It was last runway walk lol