Anyone else watching the opening ceremony live? It has been pretty cool so far. The drone globe and the pictogram recreation show were both really impressive!
Yes those two segments are pretty creative. I have watched the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony and here are my takes.
1. I really need this Olympics to get away from the Big12 missile crisis, which has been depressing in the past two days.
2. Yes it has some shining moments but it just feels strange without the energy drawn from the spectators in the stadium.
3. I gave the host country Japan some credits for
1) honoring and fulfilling their obligation to holding the Olympics in the middle of the pandemic while facing huge financial losses without putting spectators in stands.
2) the decision of choosing Naomi Osaka, who is pretty much raised in the US and doesn't speak fluent Japanese, as the person to light the Olympic cauldron, in that they should have plenty of famous born and raised Japanese candidates to choose from.
4. I wish NBC could leave politics out of the Olympics. What the world needs now is more solidarity and togetherness in this tough time. Sport is a great platform to achieve this goal.
5. I hope all the athletes stay safe because the last thing they want is their Olympic dreams to get shattered by the positive Covid test results.