Euro 2008 Final–The Preamble Is, Er, Not Going to Win Over Skeptical Americans
Jeff VanderMeer • June 29th, 2008 @ 1:38 pm • Uncategorized
Okay, they had twirling balloon Christmas-tree creatures that reenacted the results of the entire tournament along with waltzing Mozarts in white-face and a pretty lame pop band. At times, the scene from above looked like some odd version of twister being played by limbless if colorful one-celled cone organisms.
Anyone else find this a bit odd?
And, er, now the match has begun…why is it Giants versus Tinies?
Jeff
June 29, 2008 at 2:55 pm
And the Tinies are kicking ass.
June 29, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Yes, it was a little surreal. I kind of watched in a mix of awe and horror…
June 29, 2008 at 4:16 pm
LOL! Yeah–Michael. Most definitely. It was like a pre-game show from an alternate universe created by Thomas Ligotti and some surreal circus. The only comparable train wreck I can think of is the year the Oscars did intepretative dance for each of the nominated films for best picture.
June 29, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Well, remember Izzy from 1996? That’s about the only thing I’ve seen that approached that level of kitsch I saw on display. At least the match itself was enjoyable to watch.
June 29, 2008 at 6:00 pm
In this EuroCup, David kicked Goliaths arse! Go España!! Torres and Casillo are my all time fav players this year ;-)
June 29, 2008 at 6:25 pm
I really enjoyed Spain’s style of play!
jeff
June 29, 2008 at 6:53 pm
(I really enjoyed Spain’s style of play!)
And me! They won me the Interzone Mag sweepstake! Woohoo!