(Rant) American coverage of the Olympics

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by August

Curling is cool. I love sports that don't require a special physical ability.

I think you are selling curling a bit short. It is a sport of finesse, where winning is measured in fractions of degrees and ounces of force. It is not a sport where one can brute strength your way through.

[August]

Originally Posted by Platapus

I think you are selling curling a bit short. It is a sport of finesse, where winning is measured in fractions of degrees and ounces of force. It is not a sport where one can brute strength your way through.

Never said it was though. What I meant was that old, fat, out of shape guys like me can curl just as well as the young and fit as long as we have the right "touch".

[Gotland]

To answer the OP's question:

Here where i live (Sweden) i feel is kinda the opposite.

The national channel (SVT, a public service channel) shows the olympics live through out the day (and night).

For me, who dislikes winter and being currently in one of the snowiest, longest, and coldest winters in Sweden for 20 years, and having virtually no interest in winter sports, i get a little bit tired of the Olympics.

SVT's regular shows and movies are cancelled alot in favor of olympics live coverage. But not only for the game itself, they show "experts" making analysis, afteranalysis, slowmotion inspection of footages, discussing "tragedies" of athletes hurt knees and cold infections and etc. I wish there was this much coverage and discussion during the Nobel Prizes.

The newspapers main articles also revolve around the Olympics.

Im a little tired of it, as you can see.
SVT should have a temporary seperate channel for the olympics, and keep the regular programming on the original channels. Because SVT1 and 2 have basically become "Olympics channel".

[ReFaN]

Originally Posted by Platapus

I think you are selling curling a bit short. It is a sport of finesse, where winning is measured in fractions of degrees and ounces of force. It is not a sport where one can brute strength your way through.

watched curling once or twice, feel asleep both times.

[Highbury]

Originally Posted by Platapus

I think you are selling curling a bit short. It is a sport of finesse, where winning is measured in fractions of degrees and ounces of force. It is not a sport where one can brute strength your way through.

It’s not just a rock. It’s forty-two pounds of polished granite, with a beveled underbelly and a handle a human can hold. In and of itself it looks like it has no practical purpose but it’s a... a repository.. of human possibility. And when it's handled just right, it exacts a kind of poetry. As close to poetry as I ever want to get. The way it moves. The way it can be moved, for ten years I've -- well, I've been around. I've drilled for oil on five continents. I’ve been in 93 countries and not once have I ever done anything that equals the grace of a well-thrown rock as it slides down a sheet. Seeing the sort of effort that a rink puts into guiding that stone. Not once, in everything I've done, have I ever felt the same wonder and humanity as when I'm playing the game of curling.

~ Men With Brooms

[August]

Originally Posted by Highbury

It’s not just a rock. It’s forty-two pounds of polished granite, with a beveled underbelly and a handle a human can hold. In and of itself it looks like it has no practical purpose but it’s a... a repository.. of human possibility. And when it's handled just right, it exacts a kind of poetry. As close to poetry as I ever want to get. The way it moves. The way it can be moved, for ten years I've -- well, I've been around. I've drilled for oil on five continents. I’ve been in 93 countries and not once have I ever done anything that equals the grace of a well-thrown rock as it slides down a sheet.

Ok, is it just me or does anyone else find this incredibly hot?

[Highbury]

I never thought of it that way.. considering the line in the movie was spoken by Paul Gross...