Say what you will about the opening ceremonies, and it wasn't really touching China... BUT, China didn't peak with Pink Floyd blaring while the torch was lit. That was fucking killer, and a perfect choice of music to bring the whole thing to a crescendo.
Thought NBC was brutal, by the way, and the fact that the cut out the memorial to terrorist victims for the Michael Phelps-Seacrest interview is awful. Fuck Michael Phelps, go sit on a $5 footlong.