Thedelldays Posted 27 July, 2012 Share Posted 27 July, 2012 Te whole thing was absolutely brilliant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleonothing Posted 27 July, 2012 Share Posted 27 July, 2012 Bit of an anti-climax. Don't think picking the "new generation" was the right thing to do. How do we know they are going to achieve what people like Redgrave has? Not for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 27 July, 2012 Share Posted 27 July, 2012 Never mind past glories, here's to our children, here's the the future. Here's to their flame. Or something..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 27 July, 2012 Share Posted 27 July, 2012 Oh Fookin 'ell. Why do they always have to wheel him out for these state-like occasions!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleonothing Posted 27 July, 2012 Share Posted 27 July, 2012 Something wrong with Macca's mic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleonothing Posted 27 July, 2012 Share Posted 27 July, 2012 Al Murray @ajhmurray Macca is at the Bellend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 27 July, 2012 Author Share Posted 27 July, 2012 It'll be Elton john on next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 27 July, 2012 Share Posted 27 July, 2012 Is Frankie Boyle's extravaganza still going ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 27 July, 2012 Share Posted 27 July, 2012 Oh Fookin 'ell. Why do they always have to wheel him out for these state-like occasions!? Probably because he is one of the most famous and most successful musicians ever in the history of the world Just a guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleonothing Posted 27 July, 2012 Share Posted 27 July, 2012 Robert Webb @arobertwebb Thank god. The crowd sound like the Beatles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 27 July, 2012 Share Posted 27 July, 2012 I bet there will be some loving going on in the Olympic village tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 27 July, 2012 Share Posted 27 July, 2012 It was all going so well - why on Earth did they have to get Macca on!? They get the new generation of kids to light the flame as a symbol of inspiring the youth, then get a man who has spent the last 40 years living on past glories on stage to get the crowd to do some karaoke with him. Sooo cringeworthy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleonothing Posted 27 July, 2012 Share Posted 27 July, 2012 Simon Peach @SimonPeach Can West Ham really afford to do this before every game? #extravagant #PAOlympics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 27 July, 2012 Share Posted 27 July, 2012 It was all going so well - why on Earth did they have to get Macca on!? They get the new generation of kids to light the flame as a symbol of inspiring the youth, then get a man who has spent the last 40 years living on past glories on stage to get the crowd to do some karaoke with him. Sooo cringeworthy! In fairness, Dizzy rascal had already been on and NDubz were on tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 27 July, 2012 Author Share Posted 27 July, 2012 Is Frankie Boyle's extravaganza still going ? stop pretending you haven't watched it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleonothing Posted 27 July, 2012 Share Posted 27 July, 2012 Robert Webb @arobertwebb I suppose this isn't quite the spirit but, y'know, **** off China. That was bizarre, inventive, warm, ironic and wonderful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSolo Posted 27 July, 2012 Share Posted 27 July, 2012 Anyone see this? Boris in the background aswell, is he laughing or facepalming i wonder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleonothing Posted 27 July, 2012 Share Posted 27 July, 2012 Anyone see this? Boris in the background aswell, is he laughing or facepalming i wonder Camilla looking shocked/appalled as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 27 July, 2012 Share Posted 27 July, 2012 stop pretending you haven't watched it all. Sorry to disappoint - after the Thin Lizzy documentary I have just watched Quantum of Solace. Have I missed anything exciting ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 27 July, 2012 Share Posted 27 July, 2012 all great, apart from the choice of kids to light the flame, The pressure on them to succeed in whatever the f88(c it is they do will be immense. Out of the seven I reckon, 1 suicide and 2 junkies within the next 5 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 27 July, 2012 Share Posted 27 July, 2012 Sorry to disappoint - after the Thin Lizzy documentary I have just watched Quantum of Solace. Have I missed anything exciting ? Yes it is still going. Up to Sweden with the athletes coming out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazlo78 Posted 28 July, 2012 Share Posted 28 July, 2012 Ali doesn't know Wtf is going on. Terrible exploitation. "Wave muhammad" https://twitter.com/#!/search/wave%20muhammad Apart from that a very good show! As stated numerous times, quite a change from the perfect facade put up in Beijing - that's not what England is about! Whether you like the Mr. Bean part or not, it's just perfectly British. You could well feel proud of having your history and culture showcased for the rest of the world in such a manner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verbal Posted 28 July, 2012 Share Posted 28 July, 2012 Sorry to disappoint - after the Thin Lizzy documentary I have just watched Quantum of Solace. Have I missed anything exciting ? Not really. The only good news is it cost less than Andy Carroll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the colonel Posted 28 July, 2012 Share Posted 28 July, 2012 Bit of an anti-climax. Don't think picking the "new generation" was the right thing to do. How do we know they are going to achieve what people like Redgrave has? Not for me. They are representative of the future youth in sport not 7 individuals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_Ash Posted 28 July, 2012 Share Posted 28 July, 2012 Thought it was great, our ten year old watched it as well and enjoyed it, hopefully inspire him to get off his 3ds and do some sport. Shame macca came out though. His voice is rubbish now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonraker Posted 28 July, 2012 Share Posted 28 July, 2012 So let's have a show of hands of those who are loving it. So far we've got BTF, SaintAndy666, Colinjb and thedelldays. Anyone else? Me my 2 kids, it was excellent. The interpretation of our history was also excellent, proud British citizens celebrating it, the colour of thier skin does not distort history. Using your perverse logic would mean that the sealed knot would have to have a bar on non white members. And the cauldron was an absolute masterpiece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonraker Posted 28 July, 2012 Share Posted 28 July, 2012 all great, apart from the choice of kids to light the flame, The pressure on them to succeed in whatever the f88(c it is they do will be immense. Out of the seven I reckon, 1 suicide and 2 junkies within the next 5 years. It was not about them as individuals, they were representing the future, or is that a bit to difficult for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 28 July, 2012 Share Posted 28 July, 2012 (edited) Anyone see this? Boris in the background aswell, is he laughing or facepalming i wonder This bloke Nazi saluting when the Germans came out shocked my entire household into silence. We couldnt believe our eyes. Boris clearly thinks its f**king hillarious. I really enjoyed the opening ceremony. Highlight for me were the Pistorius Punks giving the full treatment to Pretty Vacant, also enjoyed the Arctic Monkeys and some of the video montages were great too. For some bizarre reason Jacques Rogge's speech made my eyes well up a bit.. Stupid question now. How are they going to do the Hammer/Discus/Javelin with a fook-off great torch in the middle of the stadium ??? EDIT: still having trouble accepting that Lizzie co-operated with the James Bond skit. Edited 28 July, 2012 by alpine_saint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jawillwill Posted 28 July, 2012 Share Posted 28 July, 2012 Better than the Bei Jing opening ceremony. There, I said it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K,Billy's supersound Posted 28 July, 2012 Share Posted 28 July, 2012 Cost half the price of Bei Jing, but still how and what cost 27million exactly? shame they dug up Paul McCartney at the end. He couldn't even mime right at the start of the god awlfull karaoke crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 28 July, 2012 Share Posted 28 July, 2012 It was not about them as individuals, they were representing the future, or is that a bit to difficult for you. of course, silly me, these kids will just disappear into the background and never be mentioned again, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special K Posted 28 July, 2012 Share Posted 28 July, 2012 (edited) Superb stuff. Loved it, although Macca now has a voice like a pigeons fart. Camera angles were a bit skew too, too many close ups of people instead of the overall feel. But fantastic feat nonetheless. Think the Beeb could have done a better job though. Edited 28 July, 2012 by Special K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 28 July, 2012 Share Posted 28 July, 2012 Has it finished yet? Did I miss anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightysaints Posted 28 July, 2012 Share Posted 28 July, 2012 Fantastic opening show. Getting fed up with some people from the right and left moaning about aspects of the show. Get over it, chill out and enjoy it for what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1885 Posted 28 July, 2012 Share Posted 28 July, 2012 Heads off to Britain for having the best ceremony in history in my eyes. You guys did a wonderful job ! Awful still of the German official, but he actually was waving and caught with that still in an arkward moment. He used the wrong arm for a Nazi salute, too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solentstars Posted 28 July, 2012 Share Posted 28 July, 2012 Great show and showcase of our history and talent...the UK at its best and postive .proud of my country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsbridge Saint Posted 28 July, 2012 Share Posted 28 July, 2012 Has gone down well in Oz. They think Britain did a good job with that. I thought it was great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jawillwill Posted 28 July, 2012 Share Posted 28 July, 2012 This bloke Nazi saluting when the Germans came out shocked my entire household into silence. We couldnt believe our eyes. Boris clearly thinks its f**king hillarious. If anyone else has said this, I'd assume they were joking. Clearly your entire household is equally as mental as you if you really thought he was doing a nazi salute (he was dancing to Stayin' Alive). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVSaint Posted 28 July, 2012 Share Posted 28 July, 2012 Amazing. Could have omitted a few things - tosser rapper, few other gay bits, and McCartney, but overall rather stunning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 28 July, 2012 Share Posted 28 July, 2012 It was absolutely brilliant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank's cousin Posted 28 July, 2012 Share Posted 28 July, 2012 At the start I was like ...'WTF'? Expecting Bilbo Baggins to come out of 'hill', sheep, cows and geese... grazing in Hobbiton. The ring forging was pretty cool, although after Hobbiton, was half expecting Sauron to turn up, but we got Voldemort instead. NHS beds? what all that about? The child catcher? Mary Poppins? all we needed was **** Van Dyke doing Cockney and we would have had the complete set..... then the celebration of texting... and just when I though I could relax, Frankie said I could. By this time the cynic in me was beginnning to imagine international response.... But to 'get it' I guess you have to realise that we were never going to do a Beijing, impossible to out do their precison timed robotic, if spectacular show. To get it, you needed to embrace what we are about - quirky humour, a great history of industry, culture, and social justice... with a slight feel of organized chaos, but without letting this get all totally up its own arse... Not a Royalist, but hats off to the The Queen for the cameo with Bond, nice touch. The Cauldron thing? Probably in my opinion the best ever... Kids lighting the flame? Why not, its part of the theme of the games.....just a shame they went an ruined it all with Macca at the end but at least he avoided 'Mull of Kintyre' Not bad... Now onto Cavendish and a first Gold today. PS as 1885 said, Nazi salutes are with teh right hand, suspect he was doing a wave that had an unfortunate similarity.... so Boris creaming himself probably says more about him than the German rep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 28 July, 2012 Share Posted 28 July, 2012 (edited) Just had a look on a Yank chat room with hundreds of comments...I like this one.. ah man, that was amazing. It captured the wackiness of the UK with its amazing history. It was not like a whole bunch of robots like 4 years ago but this took you on a journey. How can any nation on earth compare to that. From Brunel with the birth of industry, the women vote, equality, to a great Health care program, to such a amazing literature. JK Rowling reading to the world for christ sake also remembered the sacrifice of their military. What other nation would allow Mr Bean to be involved with a world famous orchestra? and who else knew a Brit invented the Internet? then you had a journey in music. Rolling Stones, Beatles, Bowie and modern Stuff Throw in a real life Beattle, The Royal Family and hold it in the Birth place of modern society and one of the greatest cites on earth. Im glad the US is not next. sums it up perfectly for me. Danny Boyle did amazingly well Edited 28 July, 2012 by Thedelldays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verbal Posted 28 July, 2012 Share Posted 28 July, 2012 After sleeping on it, I still don't think much differently I'm afraid. But perhaps I'm the wrong audience for these kinds of grand spectacle. When I went to my one and only Andrew Lloyd Webber production I couldn't wait to hit the exit early, such was the toe-curling awfulness of the show (JCS). Still, he's made a vast fortune with this stuff, so what do I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 28 July, 2012 Share Posted 28 July, 2012 It was outstanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miserableoldgit Posted 28 July, 2012 Share Posted 28 July, 2012 I think that I might enjoy Olympic coverage more than I thought that I was going to! Supporting role: Cavendish's partner, former Page 3 model Peta Todd Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2179701/Olympics-2012-cycling-road-race-London-Bradley-Wiggins-Mark-Cavendish-gear-itll-hell-motorists.html#ixzz21uAoH2Qr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 28 July, 2012 Share Posted 28 July, 2012 I'm almost speechless - I was quite tearful at times (very unlike me) - especially at the cauldron bit. I am so, so proud to be British and I thought it was unique and a celebration of our phenomenal contribution to advances in the world. But oh dear me - Macca. No - it was cringeworthy. And I do think HMaj could have tried to look interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 28 July, 2012 Author Share Posted 28 July, 2012 When I went to my one and only Andrew Lloyd Webber production I couldn't wait to hit the exit early, such was the toe-curling awfulness of the show (JCS). Still, he's made a vast fortune with this stuff, so what do I know. Good god it pains me to agree, but I felt the same when I saw my one and only ALW show - Aspects of Love. I've been to the theatre several times and if this had been the first time it would have been the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 28 July, 2012 Author Share Posted 28 July, 2012 I'm almost speechless Cue an essay on the subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonraker Posted 28 July, 2012 Share Posted 28 July, 2012 A quote form the New York Times might cheer Dune up "Britain offered a display of humor and humbleness that can only stem from a deep-rooted sense of superiority." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 28 July, 2012 Share Posted 28 July, 2012 "Cameron and his gang will surely not dare to continue the dismemberment of the NHS after this." from http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jul/28/richard-williams-olympic-opening-ceremony?CMP=SOCNETTXT6965 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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