I'll Take the Fins for a Fin, Please?

Team USA men's hockey... totally blew goats at the Olympics... totally... I'm not all that disappointed. Well, I wanted them to do good... for my country... but I hate Chris Chelios more than possibly any other hockey player... besides Tod Bertuzzi.

Team Canada... gone... They lost to a better Russian Federation team... well, maybe not a "better" team... but Team Canada hadn't looked "on" since the beginning couple games. Seems like they didn't get the puck to Joe Sakic nearly enough... and after he got his face busted (fractured cheekbone, anyway), the gave it to him even less, even though he was on the ice a lot... Sakic is THE MAN, for crying out loud. Crikey!

So... before the Olympics started, my prediction was the Czech Republic taking the gold... they're just deep as deep can get. After the round robin play... they're not looking as good as I thought they would, but they're still doing better than the US and Canada. The other team I'm looking at is Finland... of course. I can remember them being "powerhouses" when I was a youngster... and nothing's changed.

I have to say, though... as crappy as the United States and Canada ended up doing in Olympic hockey, I saw some extremely high-paced, entertaining games... and I'm sure there's a couple more to come.

P.S. - I was kinda joking about a US Curling medal before... but it's a possibility, at this point. Awesome!

Best Team Ever?

Before the Olympics started, I kept seeing this commercial talking about how the United States was sending the "best team it's ever sent" to the Winter Games... if that's the case, then why all the mediocre stuff? I mean, what the HELL was the deal with the girl showboating and doing the method air off the last jump at the gold medal run of the women's snowboard-cross... and subsequently falling on her ass and losing a sure gold medal? Everyone couldn't seem to shut up about mogul skier Jeremy Bloom... and he totally blew at the games... totally. Bode Miller? Not even on the radar. The speed skaters have been doing rather well, thus far... which is good, because it is probably my favorite thing to watch. The men's hockey team has been doing rather poorly (1-1-1 is NOT what I was expecting from such an "elite" team). The women's hockey team losing to Sweden? Never happened, before... wouldn't have predicted it happening.

I'm just missing some of that "total dominance" I was kinda led to believe existed... Well, in the snowboarding events, okay... but big deal. Snowboarding? That shit's for the X-Games. Well, okay, maybe not... but it's not one of the bigger sports at a Winter Olympics, I don't care what you say. I'm still waiting for a biathlon medal or a curling medal... lol. In all seriousness, I love both events.

Un the upside... Krissy Wendell and Natalie Durwitz are two totally gorgeous hockey players... and they're pretty damn good, to boot.

I'm a little concerned that Hollywood is becoming less and less capable of making ORIGINAL MOVIES. It seems like every time I turn around, there's another remake of a classic hitting the theaters. It just doesn't make sense. I've always liked Steve Martin... but him and Beyonce Knowles in a remake of The Pink Panther??? Well, I suppose it has to be better than Cedric the Entertainer doing Ralph Kramden The Honeymooners... I can almost understand the Disney remakes to a point... I mean, updating Herbie the Love Bug and The Shaggy Dog so that little kids of today will enjoy them kinda makes a little sense, but the kids should still see the originals and bask in the glory that was Disney at its most glorious, and not the strange machine it has become in recent years...
There always has been and always will be remakes... but the pace at which they are appearring is becoming a bit disturbing in that I think Hollywood would rather just rehash old movies that come up with fresh ideas... Time to stock up on my book collection, I guess.