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Did You Watch the Closing Ceremony?

Yuban3 — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 17:21:39 GMT

I did. It was okay. I probably would have liked it more if they didn't keep yapping over what was happening, and cutting away every five minutes.

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Qwackertoo — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 17:31:49 GMT

Most of it. Considering how they started out with the news of the accommodations, which sorta died down, or at least we didn't hear about it as much. AND that no terrorist attack and or deaths occurred because of them . . . that was a relief as the threat level was pretty high and many chose not to have their families attend. All in all, a good event. I watched quite a variety of the events and competitions. Probably 30 hours worth, guesstimate.

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chrystaltree — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 17:32:15 GMT

I didn't watch. I planned to but I didn't. I knew I wouldn't enjoy it. I knew the commentators would blab blab blab over everything and cut away to more....curling or hockey or whatever.

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faeriemoon — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 17:35:38 GMT

No. This is the first Olympics ever that couldn't have ended soon enough for me.

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hennypenny — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 17:37:40 GMT

No, I found the coverage to be dull and badly presented during the whole olympics.

By the time all was said and done I was convinced the athletes were taking a back seat to Putan's back patting and the cutesy NBC crew. Very sad in my opinion

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TaxyLady — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 17:37:47 GMT

It started to bore me so I went to bed. Not the best closing ceremonies I have seen.

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Cranberries — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 17:40:01 GMT

No, I barely watched the olympics anyhow. I did watch some of the womens snowboarding the night that was on and a bit of some ice skating on in the beginning.

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MrsLorraine — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 17:41:37 GMT

For the first time, I didn't watch any of the Olympics. I heard from someone that it was very heavy on the commercials, along with complaints that they had to sit through an hour or so of "filler" before they actually got to the events.

No thanks; I didn't watch and I don't feel like I missed anything. And evidently I'm not the only one. This year's ratings were the lowest ever.

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Yardlie — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 17:46:39 GMT

Didn't watch any of the Olympics this year. Heard enough on the news.

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RedHeadedWench — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 17:53:10 GMT

No, I didn't watch any of the Olympics.

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Linders Back — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 17:59:09 GMT

The daily coverage by NBC on NBCSN was very good. Knowledgable commentators: (Al Trautwig/cross country skiing and Biathlon; Tara and Johnny Figure skating; and those covering Bobsled, luge, etc. Long presentations of singular events without multiple interruptions. You could actually follow the events and watch many athletes you never heard of or saw otherwise. Many of these presentations were devoid of the rah/rah Go USA jingoism of the evening snippets. Much more balanced.

That said, the evening shows on NBC were terrible starting with the Opening Ceremonies and Matt Lauer and ending with Al Michaels and Chris Collingsworth (who I LOVE on Sunday Night Football). Horrid. A mash-up of one or two athletes in one event with a quick cut to another event and then 15 to 20 minute filler pieces on subjects that had nothing to do with the current competition (ParaOlympic swimmer and 2011 Hockey plane crash). All with way too many advertisements!

If it hadn't been for the daily LIVE presentations, this would have been a complete bust.

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JeanLouiseFinch — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 18:01:35 GMT

We didn't bother. We'd been looking forward to The Amazing Race anyway, but these Olympics were probably the worst I've ever seen.

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BellaPaprika — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 18:03:27 GMT

I liked the closing ceremony very much. The coverage didn't go on and on and Vladimir Posner, the Russian journalist, was a welcome addition as he provided knowledgeable commentary so the presentation made sense. It was obvious the two Americans knew nothing at all about Russia!

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Cakers1 — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 18:06:03 GMT

No - we watched nothing this year for the Olympics.

I just want Reddington back! lol

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Pqfan — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 18:11:38 GMT

No,I watched RHOA and Downton Abbey.

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serenity4ever — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 18:13:51 GMT

No, the Olympics didn't capture my interest this year....so the closing ceremonies weren't on my radar...

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JustJules — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 18:17:41 GMT

On 2/24/2014 Qwackertoo said:
Most of it. Considering how they started out with the news of the accommodations, which sorta died down, or at least we didn't hear about it as much. AND that no terrorist attack and or deaths occurred because of them . . . that was a relief as the threat level was pretty high and many chose not to have their families attend. All in all, a good event. I watched quite a variety of the events and competitions. Probably 30 hours worth, guesstimate.

I watched the closing ceremonies Qwacker, they kept to the ceremony and didn't cut away to anything. I thought overall, Russia did a good job in spite of the bumpy start. I preferred the summer games in London 2 years ago, so watched more of those events, but this is probably the most I've watched any winter games. Like you, I am so happy and relieved that there were no bombings or terrorist activities, it must have been so nerve-racking for all the athletes and the families that attended to wonder if it would be safe. As for the closing ceremonies, I was impressed with those computer graphics that were used, and the Russian ballet performances. I did appreciate their humor and tribute to the one Olympic ring that didn't function during the opening ceremonies.

It will be interesting to hear more of the stories and experiences by the athletes once they are home and have a chance to settle back in. Sochi looks like a beautiful place, and now that they have all these facilities in place, hopefully the world will visit there, and it will become a location for more sporting events. I learned a lot from the stories and the coverage.

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Qwackertoo — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 18:21:21 GMT

On 2/24/2014 Jules5280 said:
On 2/24/2014 Qwackertoo said:
Most of it. Considering how they started out with the news of the accommodations, which sorta died down, or at least we didn't hear about it as much. AND that no terrorist attack and or deaths occurred because of them . . . that was a relief as the threat level was pretty high and many chose not to have their families attend. All in all, a good event. I watched quite a variety of the events and competitions. Probably 30 hours worth, guesstimate.

I watched the closing ceremonies Qwacker, they kept to the ceremony and didn't cut away to anything. I thought overall, Russia did a good job in spite of the bumpy start. I preferred the summer games in London 2 years ago, so watched more of those events, but this is probably the most I've watched any winter games. Like you, I am so happy and relieved that there were no bombings or terrorist activities, it must have been so nerve-racking for all the athletes and the families that attended to wonder if it would be safe. As for the closing ceremonies, I was impressed with those computer graphics that were used, and the Russian ballet performances. I did appreciate their humor and tribute to the one Olympic ring that didn't function during the opening ceremonies.

It will be interesting to hear more of the stories and experiences by the athletes once they are home and have a chance to settle back in. Sochi looks like a beautiful place, and now that they have all these facilities in place, hopefully the world will visit there, and it will become a location for more sporting events. I learned a lot from the stories and the coverage.

Yes, loved the ballet and the two "curtains" they had set up that represented so much in the rich history of Russian ballet.

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lulu2 — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 18:27:16 GMT

I watched a bit of it live, online. That was a heck of a lot of fireworks.

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traveler — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 18:30:55 GMT

I agree the chattering of the NBC announcers was extremely annoying. Then to trot out the Nancy Kerrigan/Tonya Harding was too much. But what really kills the Olympics for me was the edits. watch part of skating then skiing then back to skating. The closing ceremony was the same with chattering, editing.