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APerfectCircle said:

It was a woke demonic joke mocking god disgusting compared to the one in the 90s idk what's going on man but as a Christian that was a slap to the face

There is no evidence of a God. Any God. It should be open to be mocked.
If that offends you, that's on you... You could try and pray to your God for us to stop for what it's worth... It wont do anything, but you can try.



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Ryuu96 said:

It's funny cause I was watching BBC at the time and literally as it happened, BBC was like "ah yes, this is The Feast of the Gods and this is the Greek God Dionysus" so I'm not sure if they were informed beforehand or they are just smarter than American media, meanwhile I look over at America and they're up in arms about how it's mocking Christianity, Lol.

A lot of Europe isn't as religious as America is...

The Canadian coverage from the CBC was terrible. They just fell silent during the whole drag queen part and quickly cut the feed away when Dionysus showed up. Long commercial break to cover the 'risky' content.

@Nostaldub That would have made it so much better to have that commentary instead of the garbage on CBC. I guess I should have watched it on the French Quebec station instead but my French is very rusty.

For example the menage-a-trois segment the broadcasters only comment was, "oh look at that, well ok". You could feel their ears burning lol. It actually added some entertainment value to hear how lost the commentators were lol.

"The republican garde (composed of professional military musicians) then made a show with a popular teenager pop star Aya Nakamura. She is popular in our "bad neighboorhoods so it mixed both the military and old school France with the more urban culture. I felt proud to see two world mixed and united. "

That was a very cool segment, looked so good on TV even without explanation. I rather enjoyed the burlesque sequence as well.

Never saw the end though as my cable provider is an idiot (only recorded the first 3 hours)



I didn't watch any of the ceremony because I was visiting family out of state. I heard some of them say the dinner party scene was mocking the last supper. My response at the time was, "That probably wasn't a good idea." Then I found out it had nothing to do with it. I'm not surprised at all by the overreaction.



It was pure degeneracy, a joke, ugly, the worst ceremony in history and an insult for christianity



Lukas85 said:

It was pure degeneracy, a joke, ugly, the worst ceremony in history and an insult for christianity

It wasn't mocking Christianity. I do understand the confusion because the spokesperson made an assumption it was based on The Last Supper, but it wasn't and the artistic director clarified this afterwards.  It was based on the first Olympic festival in Greek Mythology Paganism. The costumes should make the clear, especially the blue guy dressed as Dionysus. It should be noted, Christianity has borrow many elements from paganism so when you look up the painting "The Feast of the Gods" it looks similar to "The Last Supper." 



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Lukas85 said:

It was pure degeneracy, a joke, ugly, the worst ceremony in history and an insult for christianity

To be fair, Christianity doesn't hold any punches when insulting and attacking other demographics like... Gays, Lesbians, Transgender, Single Parents and more.

You receive what you dish out. But, it wasn't about Christianity anyway.



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I more or less watched all of it (while doing something else) and it was hit and miss. I do like them trying to do something different and special, but this was trying a bit too hard (also to be funny, but that's always the case).
My favorite part was the Eiffel light show. And Dion pulled off a good act. I never mind some metal, but I'm not sure that kind of act fit well the occasion.
As for the Last Supper thing, that was an unnecessary and pointless provocation. Couldn't think of a famous French painting to do?



jvmkdg said:

the west is lost, Russia is right, woke culture ended the western world

Ayla said:
jvmkdg said:

the west is lost, Russia is right, woke culture ended the western world

Yup

APerfectCircle said:

It was a woke demonic joke mocking god disgusting compared to the one in the 90s idk what's going on man but as a Christian that was a slap to the face

Lukas85 said:

It was pure degeneracy, a joke, ugly, the worst ceremony in history and an insult for christianity

You guys are weird and sensitive as fuck, it wasn't even about Christianity, Lmao and Jesus, to defend Russia of all countries, a country which uses Christianity as an excuse for brutality and murder, really a glowing endorsement for your Christian faith. God will live, if he even exists, I'm sure he doesn't give a fuck, or maybe the all loving father will mass murder France in another flood.

You're coming across more mad at France supposedly mocking a painting of The Last Supper (an artists interpretation) more than them mockingly holding the severed head of Marie Antoinette, not that I care about Marie, but these priorities from Christians are hilarious, mocking a painting = the biggest sin ever, mocking a woman who was decapitated = I sleep.

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Kaunisto said:

I more or less watched all of it (while doing something else) and it was hit and miss. I do like them trying to do something different and special, but this was trying a bit too hard (also to be funny, but that's always the case).
My favorite part was the Eiffel light show. And Dion pulled off a good act. I never mind some metal, but I'm not sure that kind of act fit well the occasion.
As for the Last Supper thing, that was an unnecessary and pointless provocation. Couldn't think of a famous French painting to do?

Like I explained above, they did just that. It's not The Last Supper, but The Feast of The Gods, a painting which is owned by the French state. Hence why Bacchus shows up at the end of that section.



Bofferbrauer2 said:
Kaunisto said:

I more or less watched all of it (while doing something else) and it was hit and miss. I do like them trying to do something different and special, but this was trying a bit too hard (also to be funny, but that's always the case).
My favorite part was the Eiffel light show. And Dion pulled off a good act. I never mind some metal, but I'm not sure that kind of act fit well the occasion.
As for the Last Supper thing, that was an unnecessary and pointless provocation. Couldn't think of a famous French painting to do?

Like I explained above, they did just that. It's not The Last Supper, but The Feast of The Gods, a painting which is owned by the French state. Hence why Bacchus shows up at the end of that section.

Here's the painting.



https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jul/29/olympic-last-supper-scene-based-painting-greek-gods-art-experts

A controversial tableau in the Olympics opening ceremony denounced by Christian and conservative critics as an offensive parody of The Last Supper was in fact inspired by a 17th-century Dutch painting of the Greek Olympian gods, art historians have said.


Leonardo da Vinci’s much-parodied The Last Supper portrays the final meal Jesus is said to have taken with his apostles. However, the creative director of the opening ceremony, Thomas Jolly, denied the scene, titled “Festivity”, was based on the painting.

“That wasn’t my inspiration,” he told BFM TV. “I think it was pretty clear. There’s Dionysus who arrives at the table … Why is he there? Because he’s the god of feasting, of wine, and the father of Sequana, the goddess of the River Seine.”

The idea, Jolly said, was “more to have a big pagan party linked to the gods of Olympus, Olympian, Olympianism … You’ll never find in me any kind of wish to mock, to denigrate anything at all. I wanted a ceremony that repairs and reconciles.”

Apollo, god of the sun, was recognisable by his halo, Schoonenberg said, Dionysus by the grapes, Poseidon, god of the sea, by his trident, Artemis by the moon and Venus by Cupid. Minerva, goddess of wisdom, and Mars, god of war, were also present.

“So there is no question in this tableau of an insult to Christians,” the historian said. “We’re talking about the Olympic gods in a representation of van Bijlert’s work. The Greek gods came together on Olympus – where the ancient Games took place.”