Here's my thoughts.
I never rate an Olympics low since they take so much work to deliver so the lowest rating would be a B, as in the Rio's games. This one I give a B+ rating. The Olympics are something I always look forward to and after a few weeks can't wait for them to finish. In the Winter games USA seems to be going backwards at least in medals, but credit the other countries athletes..
The Good::
This was the year of the dog but for the USA it was mostly the year of the women. There were firsts (in a long time) for the Women's hockey team with a fitting shootout ended with one of the best deke moves I have ever seen to win it. And a new win in Cross country
There was also a gold medal for the old crowd with Men's curling. I woke up to glimpse the 5 point inning.
The most impressive athletes I have seen were the free style acrobats like Shaun White and I was glued to the TV when they were on. I think I might have done one of the flips unintentionally in my minor skiing days.
And the USA showed its diversity of culture with medal wins and participation of the Shibutani kids (the Shib Sibs). In the ice skating of Chinese -Americans, in the representation by Black Americans in Speed skating and others.
I'm a techi guy so the opening and closing days presentations were great especially the use of lighted drones to animate figures in the sky. But what seemed missing was the historical tale of Korea.
The K-Pop acts added some fun even if it seemed a throwback to Disco days and boy groups.
The not so good.
This had the problem of having an undertone of politics . There was the looming North Korea -USA problem, and some in the USA team showed us as a nation that has become divided politically by using the Olympics spotlight to spout their dislike of the present President. Did any of these guys win anything with that, including medals?
As to the filming the coverage was very good. However the commentary was a little underwhelming and sometimes over the top. The announcing was mostly solid but NBC seemed to be aiming at glitterati with Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir. The latter at the end with his up sweep pompadour, tiara, and Kimono like sleeves, screamed about Pandas. I thought I was watching Madame Butterfly.
The time difference killed some of its immediacy and that will continue as we see the next 4 years in a continued Asian Venue: North Korea to Japan to China.
I never rate an Olympics low since they take so much work to deliver so the lowest rating would be a B, as in the Rio's games. This one I give a B+ rating. The Olympics are something I always look forward to and after a few weeks can't wait for them to finish. In the Winter games USA seems to be going backwards at least in medals, but credit the other countries athletes..
The Good::
This was the year of the dog but for the USA it was mostly the year of the women. There were firsts (in a long time) for the Women's hockey team with a fitting shootout ended with one of the best deke moves I have ever seen to win it. And a new win in Cross country
There was also a gold medal for the old crowd with Men's curling. I woke up to glimpse the 5 point inning.
The most impressive athletes I have seen were the free style acrobats like Shaun White and I was glued to the TV when they were on. I think I might have done one of the flips unintentionally in my minor skiing days.
And the USA showed its diversity of culture with medal wins and participation of the Shibutani kids (the Shib Sibs). In the ice skating of Chinese -Americans, in the representation by Black Americans in Speed skating and others.
I'm a techi guy so the opening and closing days presentations were great especially the use of lighted drones to animate figures in the sky. But what seemed missing was the historical tale of Korea.
The K-Pop acts added some fun even if it seemed a throwback to Disco days and boy groups.
The not so good.
This had the problem of having an undertone of politics . There was the looming North Korea -USA problem, and some in the USA team showed us as a nation that has become divided politically by using the Olympics spotlight to spout their dislike of the present President. Did any of these guys win anything with that, including medals?
As to the filming the coverage was very good. However the commentary was a little underwhelming and sometimes over the top. The announcing was mostly solid but NBC seemed to be aiming at glitterati with Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir. The latter at the end with his up sweep pompadour, tiara, and Kimono like sleeves, screamed about Pandas. I thought I was watching Madame Butterfly.
The time difference killed some of its immediacy and that will continue as we see the next 4 years in a continued Asian Venue: North Korea to Japan to China.
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