Olympic

[owlmoose]

I have mixed feelings at best about the decision not to cancel the Olympics (it seems terribly risky to Japan and the athletes without a whole lot of upside) but I did end up watching part of the opening ceremonies tonight, through the Parade of Nations. Imagine my surprise when the third or fourth nation in the parade, Ireland, walked in to the tones of the Final Fantasy battle victory theme. Apparently, all the music played during the parade came from Japanese video games. I also caught "Melodies of Life" and both Olympus themes from Kingdom Hearts; Polygon has the complete list. (One noteworthy absence from that list: anything from Nintendo. Lots of Square Enix games; I wonder if they are a sponsor?) It was a fun tribute and a nice surprise.

I'm sure I'll watch more of the games, despite being less enthusiastic about them than usual. T told YouTube TV to record everything, so I'll have plenty of options!

Comments

[ladythmpr]

We're not very enthusiastic about the Olympics this year, either. I think that the Olympics should have been cancelled. However, I'll probably watch the gymnastics, and F wants to watch some of the equestrian events. I don't think we'll go out of our way to watch much else.

[heavenscalyx]

it seems terribly risky to Japan and the athletes without a whole lot of upside

Especially given that all stories indicate that the Olympic Village is a nonstop sex party...

[lassarina]

I haven't watched anything either, not necessarily because I'm actively boycotting but I just have had too much on my mind. I'll probably go back and watch at least the gymnastics, though.

Nintendo probably felt they had done their due diligence with the handover in Rio? I remember Mario stuff featuring prominently there.