Winter Olympics 2010 - Page 4

Soon · 02-13-2010, 09:58 AM

Why exclude women from Olympic ski jump?

Female Ski Jumpers Frozen Out of Olympics

(real answer? [imo] an American woman--Lindsay Van--has beat the men's record--on the same Whistler, BC ski jump that the men will be competing on in this Olympics--and that the women are being excluded from!)

Second Video:

Watch the paternalism and sexism of this male Canadian member (over 20 years) of the IOC who comments that if the women keep this up (their fight to be included in this sport), they just may have to wait even longer! Bad girls!

He also states that the Olympics don't include squash and rollerskating and those people are disappointed too! (umm...but those events don't exist for either gender!)

Oh, and the [Swiss] President of the International Ski Federation who thinks that jumping down so far and so frequently just doesn't seem "appropriate for ladies from a medical point of view" !!! (yep, the ol' uterus may fall out argument!)

p.s. There are 17 female members out of 108 on the IOC!

Toughy · 02-13-2010, 11:16 AM

Was it my imagination or did they just not want to show a close-up of KD Lang singing.............she was in a men's suit with an open collared shirt..............I think there were maybe a total of 5 seconds of close ups of her singing.....it was all crowd shots..........

oh yeah...............Linus.........I watched CBC for the last O games........thanks for the CTV link............I will be using it......

Soon · 02-13-2010, 11:30 AM

So, a female Australian snowboarder brings in the flag for her country's team. Matt Lauer comments (paraphrase): "She'll be getting married this year...blah blah"

I don't know if anyone noticed last summer's Olympics, that with SO many female athletes, the commentators would mention something about their marital and/or motherhood status.

---

Toughy,
I'll have to look again about the KD footage. I was just so happy to hear her sing that beautiful Cohen song (in her spiffy suit!), that I didn't notice the camera shots.
Interesting.

Soon · 02-13-2010, 12:10 PM

Winter Olympic medals made from recycled e-waste

Rockinonahigh · 02-13-2010, 12:20 PM

On K.D.Lang

U r right they barely had anything like a close up shot of her,if it hadnt been for the voice I herd I prolly wouldnt have known who it was till they got a better pic of the singer.Her voice is still fantastic...
Rockin

BestButchBoy · 02-13-2010, 01:54 PM

Lindsey Vonn.

Need I say more?

Just_G · 02-13-2010, 02:13 PM

I thoroughly enjoyed the whole program last night. The effects on the "canvas", as they called it, were absolutely amazing. I am with Diva, the whales were awesome!

I don't really care if they shoed KD up close or not, I just thought it was cool as shit she was even singing there.

I love all the stories that go with the olympics, the background and history, and what it all means, is one of my favorite things.

I didn't really care about the "live" thing, as I DVRed it so I could start it from the beginning when my friends all got to my house and we got the pizza ordered. We fast forwarded through a majority of the commercials, and could rewind it if we wanted to catch a name or see something that one of us missed. (We did watch the "We are the world" video twice.

)

I had a blast watching it with my friends....it was a great night for us.

Diva · 02-13-2010, 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Linus

Uh.. Not US Hockey. Canada will kick yer butts, especially the Women's Hockey.

<giggling> Oh I don't doubt it for a minute.....

Tommi · 02-13-2010, 03:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rockinonahigh

On K.D.Lang

U r right they barely had anything like a close up shot of her,if it hadnt been for the voice I herd I prolly wouldnt have known who it was till they got a better pic of the singer.Her voice is still fantastic...
Rockin

Fantastic voice. A brand new K D Lang collection is just out.Looking forward to getting it soon.

The Opening Ceremonies was wonderful.. The Totem poles to the roof, the whales and the snow globe were stunning...LOVED IT.

What time does Apollo skate> anyone know?

Galahad · 02-13-2010, 04:23 PM

The opening and effects were really neat. What I loved was seeing kd lang in a suit on natl/world tv. There was no mistaking there was a masculine looking female in a masculine suit up there singing. I've watched it about 3 times now and can't fault the cameras. They showed the beautiful spectacle of lights and still showed off kd. I was really excited to see it. I don't watch much more than the highlights of the events after this.

Rockinonahigh · 02-13-2010, 04:30 PM

Tommi..tks for the heads up non the new KDl collection,I will be looking for it.I have about all the records she has put out,one has her autograph on it..pricelessRecently a friend of mine who deals in collectables tryed to buy the whole she bang..the money was really good but my collection of records wich started in the 50's isnt for sale.
Rockin

Nina · 02-13-2010, 06:04 PM

it speaks volumes for the skill of the olympians as well as the (almost) inhumanly high expectations of what they can do that a 'hill' of over 100 feet (that's the right number I think) is called the "Normal Hill"...and what do they do on this 'normal hill' ?.. they J-u-m-p off it and they fly though the air and land without a hitch...it's amazing...

yes, I know you all know all that already...it just seemed worth being redundant about...

n

Linus · 02-13-2010, 07:35 PM

Not the end of the 1st and Women's Team Canada leading 7-0!

Hack · 02-13-2010, 09:06 PM

This may not be totally PC right now...

But I so want to luge.

There's a track a couple of hours from where I live. If I didn't have as bad of a back as I do, I would be trying it. I had a bit of a daredevil streak as a young person. I guess it never went away.

Jake

Linus · 02-14-2010, 10:36 AM

BTW for those that want to re-see the opening ceremonies can do so here. You will need your cable account info and an email address to use.

Corkey · 02-14-2010, 08:54 PM

Yeaaaaaaa Canada finally won a gold medal!!!!!!

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Peach · 02-15-2010, 08:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toughy

Was it my imagination or did they just not want to show a close-up of KD Lang singing.............she was in a men's suit with an open collared shirt..............I think there were maybe a total of 5 seconds of close ups of her singing.....it was all crowd shots..........

oh yeah...............Linus.........I watched CBC for the last O games........thanks for the CTV link............I will be using it......

You all were robbed by NBC. Here in Canada, full version, close up, VERY close up shots of kd, it was amazing. It was on Youtube for a short time, but pulled to to copywrite infringement, at least that was their excuse. CTV or CBC will have really good coverage of stuff, and here, our cable company has video on demand with a special section just for Oympic stuff, maybe yours does too?

Linus · 02-15-2010, 08:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by guest

You all were robbed by NBC. Here in Canada, full version, close up, VERY close up shots of kd, it was amazing. It was on Youtube for a short time, but pulled to to copywrite infringement, at least that was their excuse. CTV or CBC will have really good coverage of stuff, and here, our cable company has video on demand with a special section just for Oympic stuff, maybe yours does too?

Unfortunately, not that I've seen and if it does exist, it's by NBC (they got the American rights compared to CTV getting the Canadian -- I still think CBC should have had it). Which means it will still suck as far as their ability to cover it.

As a Canadian, (I can't believe I'm saying this) I miss the CBC. I really wish I could get it (like BBC America) as a specialty channel even. I know I can get it podcast but it's just not the same, eh?

Hack · 02-15-2010, 09:21 AM

Is it me, or are most of the female members of the US Ski team hot, if not crazy cute? And that snowboarder with the long blonde curly hair? OMG...she's hot.

And just an observation on Canadian TV vs. what Americans get. Back in the 1990s, I lived in a city that had CBC and CTV on the cable system. The coverage of the Olympics, and, strangely, American politics, was way better. I grew up watching Canadian TV (pre-cable, 90 minutes from a northern border). We got 2 Canadian stations and 3 US stations on our TV -- this was before cable TV existed.

There must have been some issue between US cable TV systems and the Canadian government about 10 years ago because that's when the Canadian stations started to disappear from US cable TV systems, at least here in Michigan. You can get a couple of good Canadian series on DVD to watch -- DaVinci's Inquest (sort of a pre-cursor to our CSI shows) and the Newsroom (which is a pre-cursor to The Office) and Kids in the Hall (sketch comedy). There's a few others. One show I really miss that you can't seem to find on DVD anywhere is This Hour Has 22 Minutes. That show is great fun.

Jake...who has a slight Canadian inflection, probably from all the Canadian TV he watched as a kid

ButchBowWow · 02-17-2010, 07:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toughy

Was it my imagination or did they just not want to show a close-up of KD Lang singing.............she was in a men's suit with an open collared shirt..............I think there were maybe a total of 5 seconds of close ups of her singing.....it was all crowd shots..........

oh yeah...............Linus.........I watched CBC for the last O games........thanks for the CTV link............I will be using it......

I thought it was my imagination! That was actually the only part of the opening that I had an issue with. I screamed 'what the fuck' at the tv several times while she was performing.

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