Ok, question time… why does NBC keep calling this the “Milan Cortina” Olympics? I mean, even in their logos? It’s like… not that, right? Because I’ve been hearing that so much I’ve actually been double checking. It’s “Milano Cortina”, right? I mean during the Opening Ceremony “Milano Cortina” was actually printed on the stadium itself, on the bleachers, in multiple places. So… it’s that, right?
I’m getting this image now of a dude in NBC headquarters with a bad keyboard who needed to come up with a logo and was like… “Damn, that fucking ‘O’ key! Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t! Fuck it, it’s good enough! Nobody will notice anyways.”
It’s really weird and jarring, in an uncanny valley sort of way. During the Opening Ceremony speeches, Milano Cortina was obviously the place everyone thought they were. Everyone, of course, except for the NBC announcers.
Huh.
Well… the quirks of language, I guess.
Other things- Damn, the USA contingent is fucking HUGE. Christ, it is so big I’ll bet it dwarfs actual countries, somewhere.
A random factoid that literally and amusingly popped into my head during the ceremony- a few years back I was browsing the local megamall for Christmas presents and popped into a clearance store tucked away into a corner. This was post- COVID, I remember. So it was a ways back, but not too far back in years. There, in a corner, I found one of the strangest merchandise finds I’ve ever seen in any store- a gigantic box of mint condition copies of Picabo Street: Downhill Dynamo. Seriously; I kid you not. How on Earth an enormous pile of this product came to exist in this location, in this time, in this place, in this condition, is beyond me, and is probably beyond rational thought. Seriously; it was unreal. I remind you- this was POST- COVID. I think they were being sold for something like a quarter each.
The internet tells me that based on what I remember of the cover, I was seeing the revised edition.
Absolutely unreal.
I was sorely tempted to buy one, and probably should have, just for the conversation piece.
The scenario I’m imagining in my head for THIS situation: Some guy starts a new job at a book depository / factory. There’s no room on the floor for this enormous box of Picabo Street books, but his office is empty, seeing as how he’s new and his stuff hasn’t been moved in yet, so, he lets the crew use his office for temporary storage. Fast forward twenty five years. He retires, and finishes moving the last of his stuff out to his car, and then… wait, what’s this? What’s this gigantic box sitting here in the middle of my office? Oh yeah, THAT. NOW I remember!
Literally, I can think of nothing else that would make sense for this.
Well back to reality- Bocelli can sure sing, can’t he? Darn tootin’. His collab with Sofia Carson was aces.
Speaking of Disney / Descendants chicks- Yes yes, I noticed it as well, and I REALLY wasn’t going to mention it, I mean I specifically didn’t mention her name on purpose in the other post by literally calling her “you-know-who-else” but since EVERYONE ELSE is practically begging me to, YES FINE, I did notice the rather obvious and vaguely blatant reference to Dove Cameron during the Opening Ceremony which I thought might be coming but frankly, even I was shocked as to how in my face it was. Which, I know, was the point of it.
And yes, I am well aware of the purpose of choosing Charlize Theron to deliver said message. This was done because of her previous behind-the-scenes mentorship with Disney Princess AnnaSophia Robb, am I correct? I mean, I get it. I just… you know, it IS the Olympics, you know? And this is about athletics, not…
But… I know. It’s not, really, although it probably SHOULD be. They’ve (The Olympics) really crafted a web, this time. It’s rather insidious. And Disney obviously has one as well.
And, unfortunately, I’ve crafted one, myself, and now everyone has been left dangling all awkward-like.
Enough of this, it’s ludicrous.
Let the games begin!
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