mayhap: Johnny Weir's swan costume with text talk to the glove (talk to the glove)
mayhap ([personal profile] mayhap) wrote2010-02-18 01:21 pm
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GIP!

I cannot even wait for the men's free skate tonight! Personally, I'm rooting for Plushy to win, Johnny to flip off the judges, and Evan Lysacek to wash his goddamn hair.

God, I wonder how many hours of Olympics coverage I've watched in the last 18 years. I even feel sort of warm and fuzzy about neverending Visa McCoke commercials and Bob motherfucking Costas.
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[identity profile] coercedbynutmeg.livejournal.com 2010-02-19 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
You know something else? And this kills me. I live in California, which means the "live" events on TV are three hours delayed, but the internet doesn't know this. So, for example, at 9:30PM (or 8:30 in the MO equivalent) I already know who won the gold medal in men's skating but it hasn't even aired yet.
It was even worse with Beijing, where if I hadn't been plagued with first trimester quease, I probably wouldn't have watched any of it, since I knew who won for about 12 hours before the stuff was aired on TV. Major buzzkill. NBC should provide a channel of live-as-happening Olympics coverage.
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[personal profile] mayhap 2010-02-19 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
Spoiler: he didn't wash his goddamn hair. I am disappointed with this outcome.

Absolutely ridiculous that they're not doing that. It's not like this is the dark ages where there were only three channels and broadcasting was a scarse commodity and you were lucky to be getting any Olympics at all; they could give us some actual viewing options Your time zone, particularly, should rise up in revolt.

[identity profile] coercedbynutmeg.livejournal.com 2010-02-19 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
Oh I hit the MSN page and know, you know. Last night the half-pipe winner was all over Facebook. So. But yeah, when I know who wins, who loses, who surprises, and who wipes out dramatically, I can get through 4 hours of coverage in under 90 minutes. Like, "fast forward through this girl because she gets 4th in downhill. Oh, this one will wipe out right at the end, let's watch her." Etc.

I suppose they do it the way they do is so the 35% or so of Californians who are actually employed can watch the Olympics after work. The rest of us get to settle for soap operas and Glenn Beck.
It doesn't make sense though, because NFL/MLB/NBA/NASCAR/etc games are live here, and I don't get why the Olympics are so special as to be yesterday's news by the time they air.
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