Thursday, July 26, 2012

Olympics XXX - London 2012 (Geektastic!)

The Summer Olympics are here once again and I'm psyched! Wait... OH! I see why you're giggling. The XXX doesn't mean that this is a porn parody of the Olympics. XXX is the Roman Numeral for the number 30. This is the 30th Olympiad. The Opening Ceremony is on 27 July 2012 at 21:00 (9:00pm) London time. It will air in the USA at 7:30pm EST on July 27, 2012. Check out the link below for local times:

NBC's Coverage of the Olympics

For official news of the Olympic Games Check out this link:

London 2012 at Olympic.org

Danny Boyle, the director of 28 Days Later, Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours is directing the London 2012 Opening Ceremony. There are rumors that there will be a Voldemort vs Marry Poppins duel! Please please please let this be true!

Voldemort vs Marry Poppins Rumor at the Mary Sue


London 2012 started off geek-awesome with the Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith) carrying the Olympic Torch:

Here's another geeky Olympics trivia. During the 2004 Olympiad in Athens, the USA Synchronized Swimming Duet used music from Final Fantasy VIII. I can't remember the name of the piece. Do you know which one it is? I know it's Ultimecia's theme but I forget which part of the game it was used in:


I almost forgot to mention Olympics Basketball!
It's only my favorite event, that's all. My favorite, even before the original Dream Team. Below is a link to the USA Men's Basketball Participants:

USA Men's Basketball

Here's the USA Women's Basketball Participants:

USA Women's Basketball

Also, I read on the Metro this morning that James Bond (Daniel Craig) might make an appearance at the Opening Ceremonies. Danny Boyle is tight lipped on what is installed.

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