2020 Tokyo Olympic Games Opening Ceremony - It's On Like Donkey Kong!

[just tuned in]

Bird-shaped confetti -- that's new.

 

[MsZem]

Seems a shame to have all those athletes standing or sitting on the ground with 70,000 empty seats right there

Looking at how few people are on the stadium floor, I wonder if some of the athletes were sent into the stands. Or maybe they just left?

 

[honey]

Looking at how few people are on the stadium floor, I wonder if some of the athletes were sent into the stands. Or maybe they just left?

Christine Brennan said on Twitter that many teams/athletes left after they walked into the stadium.

 

[marbri]

Surely this qualifies as voidy!

 

[Rukia]

I'm dying at this pictogram segment

 

[misskarne]

The Olympic flag is all caught up on the pole

 

[FiveRinger]

Ok....the reproduction of the pictograms is

 

[misskarne]

I assume this sort of broadcaster satire crew is a leftover from the original ceremony plans, because it's wildly out of place with everything else.

 

[Sylvia]

That was a fun segment! Loved the shark fin in the Marathon Swimming pictogram.

 

[millyskate]

Ok....the reproduction of the pictograms is

Yes that was really cool - enjoyed that

 

[misskarne]

Pictograms are fun!

 

[millyskate]

Shizuka

 

[FiveRinger]

The best part was the podium at the end. So cute!

 

[allezfred]

Shizuka Arakawa sighting

 

[MsZem]

Shizuka

Looking amazing, as usual.

 

[NinjaTurtles]

Shiza still a goddess

 

[misskarne]

Shizuka!!!!

 

[Jammers]

OMG. How many more times will NBC’s Mike Tirico say the name “Michael Phelps”?

He will keep saying his name until the Summer games in LA in 2028 when Michael Phelps light the Olympic torch which i'm calling right now 7 years early.

 

[Rukia]

We will never escape Bolero

 

[misskarne]

The pianist looks like she's having the time of her life, and I love it!

 

[millyskate]

This opening ceremony is a bit of a reset after the never-ending one-upmanship of the previous games. It’s circumstantial but it will be interesting to see what follows.

 

[misskarne]

Surprise Queen!

 

[beepbeep]

I will never not love those last legs of the torch relay inside the stadium.

 

[allezfred]

Think Hanyu is going to light the cauldron.

 

[beepbeep]

Pretty cool to include healthcare workers

 

[Spikefan]

This opening ceremony is a bit of a reset after the never-ending one-upmanship of the previous games. It’s circumstantial but it will be interesting to see what follows.

Slam poetry in Paris.

 

[MsZem]

Think Hanyu is going to light the cauldron.

I hope they give that honor to an athlete who competes in a summer Olympic sport.

 

[millyskate]

Mr millyskate thinks this “is a very depressing piece of music “

 

[MsZem]

This opening ceremony is a bit of a reset after the never-ending one-upmanship of the previous games. It’s circumstantial but it will be interesting to see what follows.

Rio was pretty modest, relatively speaking.

 

[kedrin]

Naomi!