http://2006turinolympics.com/20060216-mens-figure-skating-results-and-commentary/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:34:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://2006turinolympics.com/20060216-mens-figure-skating-results-and-commentary/#comment-323 Mon, 20 Feb 2006 14:01:34 +0000 http://2006turinolympics.com/20060216-mens-figure-skating-results-and-commentary/#comment-323 Wow, that's cool. What year? Wow, that’s cool. What year?

]]> http://2006turinolympics.com/20060216-mens-figure-skating-results-and-commentary/#comment-320 Mon, 20 Feb 2006 07:27:35 +0000 http://2006turinolympics.com/20060216-mens-figure-skating-results-and-commentary/#comment-320 I am actually a good skater and have competeted in the olympics with the sucsess of a gold medal! I am actually a good skater and have competeted in the olympics with the sucsess of a gold medal!

]]> http://2006turinolympics.com/20060216-mens-figure-skating-results-and-commentary/#comment-271 Sat, 18 Feb 2006 19:11:00 +0000 http://2006turinolympics.com/20060216-mens-figure-skating-results-and-commentary/#comment-271 Hm. I don't lose the music when the commentators talk, it just goes a little lower. As a non-skater, I appreciate their technical information, and I don't agree they "delight in every error." They're skaters, and they like to see young skaters doing well as much as any of us. Several times, they pointed out good choreography as opposed to the one-two-three stunt skating Plushenko typifies, and spoke very appreciatively indeed of Johnny Weir, Jeffrey Buttle, Daisuke Takahashi and (especially) Shawn Sawyer, who all bode very well indeed for the future of the sport. Hm. I don’t lose the music when the commentators talk, it just goes a little lower. As a non-skater, I appreciate their technical information, and I don’t agree they “delight in every error.” They’re skaters, and they like to see young skaters doing well as much as any of us. Several times, they pointed out good choreography as opposed to the one-two-three stunt skating Plushenko typifies, and spoke very appreciatively indeed of Johnny Weir, Jeffrey Buttle, Daisuke Takahashi and (especially) Shawn Sawyer, who all bode very well indeed for the future of the sport.

]]> http://2006turinolympics.com/20060216-mens-figure-skating-results-and-commentary/#comment-269 Sat, 18 Feb 2006 16:36:45 +0000 http://2006turinolympics.com/20060216-mens-figure-skating-results-and-commentary/#comment-269 I totally agree with how irritating the commentators are during a performance. These are people who have given up a lot, have trained for many years, obviously they are talented, because they made it to the Olympics. Let them have their day without all the negativity from the three stooges! They might be on that day, and they might be off that day, they still deserve the respect of making it to the Olympics. Let the judges make the final call. Enough is enough already! I totally agree with how irritating the commentators are during a performance. These are people who have given up a lot, have trained for many years, obviously they are talented, because they made it to the Olympics. Let them have their day without all the negativity from the three stooges! They might be on that day, and they might be off that day, they still deserve the respect of making it to the Olympics. Let the judges make the final call. Enough is enough already!

]]> http://2006turinolympics.com/20060216-mens-figure-skating-results-and-commentary/#comment-262 Fri, 17 Feb 2006 20:28:41 +0000 http://2006turinolympics.com/20060216-mens-figure-skating-results-and-commentary/#comment-262 I can not believe that two men who fell on their butts ended up with medals. I think their "new" system really stinks. I can not believe that two men who fell on their butts ended up with medals. I think their “new” system really stinks.

]]> http://2006turinolympics.com/20060216-mens-figure-skating-results-and-commentary/#comment-254 Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:06:22 +0000 http://2006turinolympics.com/20060216-mens-figure-skating-results-and-commentary/#comment-254 I have to agree. They're pretty annoying. You could always mute it and just watch the skating. Of course then you'd miss the music, altogether, but it's always an option. I have to agree. They’re pretty annoying. You could always mute it and just watch the skating. Of course then you’d miss the music, altogether, but it’s always an option.

]]> http://2006turinolympics.com/20060216-mens-figure-skating-results-and-commentary/#comment-251 Fri, 17 Feb 2006 05:53:04 +0000 http://2006turinolympics.com/20060216-mens-figure-skating-results-and-commentary/#comment-251 I am ready to take a sledge hammer to the 3 NBC commentators on figure skating. What malevolent *sses! And they are so wrong in their merciless hypercriticism of programs which they trash and the judges reward with high scores. Pompous loudmouths! They delight in every error and fall or missed jump, and show every fault in slow motion, but never the triumphs and gorgeous details of the performances. Worst of all, they never shut up! The blather on inanely right through every program, and they have the nerve to lower the music so that we can only hear their snarky jabbering. Is anyone else irritated by these idiots? Is there any way to get them to just shut up? I am ready to take a sledge hammer to the 3 NBC commentators on figure skating. What malevolent *sses! And they are so wrong in their merciless hypercriticism of programs which they trash and the judges reward with high scores. Pompous loudmouths! They delight in every error and fall or missed jump, and show every fault in slow motion, but never the triumphs and gorgeous details of the performances.
Worst of all, they never shut up! The blather on inanely right through every program, and they have the nerve to lower the music so that we can only hear their snarky jabbering. Is anyone else irritated by these idiots? Is there any way to get them to just shut up?

]]> http://2006turinolympics.com/20060216-mens-figure-skating-results-and-commentary/#comment-249 Fri, 17 Feb 2006 03:06:02 +0000 http://2006turinolympics.com/20060216-mens-figure-skating-results-and-commentary/#comment-249 Thank you. Sorry about morphing skaters. Perhaps if they could have been morphed, they would have been able to win a medal. Thank you. Sorry about morphing skaters. Perhaps if they could have been morphed, they would have been able to win a medal.

]]> http://2006turinolympics.com/20060216-mens-figure-skating-results-and-commentary/#comment-247 Fri, 17 Feb 2006 02:53:00 +0000 http://2006turinolympics.com/20060216-mens-figure-skating-results-and-commentary/#comment-247 Weir, not Weiss. Michael Weiss didn't make the team. ;) Weir, not Weiss. Michael Weiss didn’t make the team.

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