Olympic Opening Ceremony, London 2012

[Orang Utan]

I need to watch it again. Is it repeated? Don't fancy watching it again on iplayer on my phone.

 

[Balbi]

Looking at it this morning, the segment about Tim Berners-Lee and the Internet with the music was my favourite.

 

[paolo]

and The Telegraph's

tbf even the stuff on the Graun's comments is mostly batshit. Between them, the make Urban look quite charming.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I need to watch it again. Is it repeated? Don't fancy watching it again on iplayer on my phone.

Lots of videos on YouTube

 

[paolo]

Looking at it this morning, the segment about Tim Berners-Lee and the Internet with the music was my favourite.

That ROCKED.

And the surrounding love story was great. Do we know who the performers were? That girl was soooo pretty. They both played it really it well.

 

[Blagsta]

It was still nonsense. It was designed to make people proud of or admiring of Britain. Well it worked.
<shudders with revulsion>

Indeed. Now to watch Triumph of the Will...

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

tbf even the stuff on the Graun's comments is mostly batshit. Between them, the make Urban look quite charming.

Not got round to them yet, busy on Twitter

Lots of complaints about NBC cutting the 7 July tribute

 

[Orang Utan]

I think that was the best Olympic opening ceremony I've ever seen.

It was the best and the worst

 

[Blagsta]

I need to watch it again. Is it repeated? Don't fancy watching it again on iplayer on my phone.

It's all on iplayer, all three and a half hours of it!

 

[hegley]

and a good article here


http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...ceremonies/index.html?eref=sihp&sct=hp_t11_a0

That's

I mean the Hey jude bit.

 

[paolo]

Not got round to them yet, busy on Twitter

Lots of complaints about NBC cutting the 7 July tribute

Non issue imho. The Americans took by far the biggest hit. I can understand their position on that, and (unusually for me) I don't think [NBC cutting the section] were being wankers on that specific point.

 

[Orang Utan]

Lots of videos on YouTube

On the telly! I said I didn't want to watch it on my phone!

 

[Orang Utan]

It's all on iplayer, all three and a half hours of it!

Read my post again!

 

[paolo]

It was the best and the worst

Let's imagine.

You're at a party, and someone says lets have a whip round for the offy trip. And they ask for too much. Let's all put twenty quid in they say. Reluctantly, you hand over the twenty quid demanded.

When the booze comes back, do you tuck in and enjoy it, or carry on moaning?

(I'm spineless - I tuck in, and fuck the principles)

 

[Citizen66]

That was a rather disgusting but shamefully enjoyable spectacle.
Everyone stood up for the queen where I was. Even sang the anthem and waved flags. I was discombobulated.
I know people were mostly drunk last night, but some posts on here are well embarrassing.

Oh come on, it's got the right wing zealots spitting feathers. What's not to like about it? They wanted the changing of the guard and a 21 gun salute but got dancing nurses and victorian mill owners acted by at least one black man. It's funny.

 

[Orang Utan]

What are you talking about?
ETA: @paulo

 

[Orang Utan]

Oh come on, it's got the right wing zealots spitting feathers. What's not to like about it? They wanted the changing of the guard and a 24 gun salute but got dancing nurses and victorian mill owners acted by at least one black man. It's funny.

Yes, it was hilarious. It was ace fun. That's why I why I need to see it again

 

[paolo]

What are you talking about?
ETA: @paulo

Nudging you into lightening up. I know you won't, but it was worth a try.

 

[paolo]

Does anyone know what the tune was when they fed into the balloon burst countdown?

 

[Orang Utan]

Nudging you into lightening up. I know you won't, but it was worth a try.

But I enjoyed the ceremony. Why do I need to lighten up? I feel perfectly jolly

 

[smmudge]

It's all on iplayer, all three and a half hours of it!

And no commentary!!

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Non issue imho. The Americans took by far the biggest hit. I can understand their position on that, and (unusually for me) I don't think [NBC cutting the section] were being wankers on that specific point.

It's totally irrelevant how big a hit anyone took really. I think it was an important part of the ceremony when you consider that the bombings happened a day after this

I think everyone in the UK remembers those two days

 

[DotCommunist]

When daniel Craig kicked the queen out of the helicopter I was well disappointed to see her parachute opening

 

[paolo]

It's totally irrelevant how big a hit anyone took really. I think it was an important part of the ceremony when you consider that the bombings happened a day after this

I think everyone in the UK remembers those two days

Yep. I don't disagree.

A friend's sister is representing Team GB in sitting volleyball. She was the last person taken out alive from Aldgate.

I just understand the American's sensitivity over mourning. It's not that their mourning is more important in itself, but that the scale difference is hideous. I also hate the term 7/7 for associated reasons.

 

[Divisive Cotton]

there's an open letter to Danny Boyle from the music journalist John Rob: http://louderthanwar.com/an-open-letter-danny-boyle/

 

[Orang Utan]

So, does anyone know it the ceremony is being repeated on the actual, real telly?

 

[editor]

there's an open letter to Danny Boyle from the music journalist John Rob: http://louderthanwar.com/an-open-letter-danny-boyle/

Is it going to be worth reading?

 

[Divisive Cotton]

i think so, or I wouldn't have posted it

 

[Orang Utan]

It's just overexcited zealousness about the music. I don't remember the music being particularly noteworthy but I could barely hear it where I was

 

[editor]

Oh do fuck off The Daily Mail

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/a...ing-ceremony-NHS-disgracefully-glorified.html

If it got the Mail upset then that makes it all the better