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Originally Posted by tevake
Guys, it about spectacle, theater, Drama, the Big Show. I'm watching now, just got thru the forging of the rings, and haven't heard anything that seemed off to me yet.
Relax and enjoy the show or tune it out easy choice.
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I'm watching practice from the Hungaroring
The problem (imho) is that it was "small". The video bits were far better than the live ones, in part because the director understands the medium of film but frankly seemed lost in the big space of a stadium show. One of the comments of my fiance was that the show was written and designed to play well in a Broadway theater. But it didn't really translate to the larger scope. If you contrast that to Zhang Yimou - that's a guy who gets how to take a huge space and use it to his advantage and create something that is compelling to the person in the upper deck without needing a jumbotron or some interstitial video bits.
As for NBC - the commentators are the typical clueless morons who have no context and get into trouble when they go off script. The "creepy" comment illustrated that Lauer doesn't really know anything about British aesthetic. Has he ever seen Brazil?