Olympic Opening Ceremony, London 2012

[Badgers]

time for bed

Sleep well x

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Not bad, not bad at all. The cauldron is a stroke of genius.

I missed the first bit, before the parade of athletes, but my daughter tells me it was pretty good. Mary Poppins fighting Voldemort and all.

A couple of questions: one, to Jacques Rogge - "Britain, the home of modern sport?" Wtf?

To Paul McCartney: "what happened at the beginning of 'Hey Jude'? It was like two people were singing.

To the torch lighter junior athletes: "Whats with the being 'sponsored' by Commanders of the British Empire etc. Can't you leave that pompous gentry out of it?

I will always have a fondness for our opening ceremonies, because it meant so much, and had so much in it, for us as Canadians.

But this was damn good.

 

[Bernie Gunther]

Who do you think I meant when I said the people's princess?

Boris?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

All I managed to get of the fireworks

 

[ShiftyBagLady]

I'm convinced I heard the fireworks

 

[equationgirl]

Ok I skipped two hours in the middle but I'm still very impressed. £27 million quid? A fucking bargain.

Plus we'll get some back on the scrap value of the copper from the cauldron. Win for GB

 

[quimcunx]

All I managed to get of the fireworks

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From here? That's pretty impressive. I'm at the wrong angle. You get all the best views.

 

[Jon-of-arc]

ratings. If they just fucked the sport off, did something similarly epic once a month, every month, for the next 4 years, I would be a happy bunny. Would cost a lot less, as well.

I'll be rewatching tomorrow. The first 90 minutes anyway.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Is that the real PC?

i am sure it's as genuine as the posts from HMQ

 

[2hats]

Are those olympic rings really in space?

Almost - apparently they were the ones attached to the balloons released at the start...

 

[ska invita]

A couple of questions: one, to Jacques Rogge - "Britain, the home of modern sport?" Wtf?
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most sports were invented in england weren't they?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

From here? That's pretty impressive. I'm at the wrong angle. You get all the best views.

Battersea Power Station to er... didn't realise Stratford was where I was taking photos of. Bends in the River making it more confusing

 

[Firky]

*corrected for you*

Can't see what you did, am going to blame staring at the TV for four hours!

 

[weltweit]

What impressed me most about the openning ceremony was how quickly the industrial revolution's smoking chimneys seemed to dissapear after they had extended from the ground. It seemed like in the very next shot they had dissapeared to make room for the dancers.

 

[quimcunx]

Almost - apparently they were the ones attached to the balloons released at the start...

They are going to strangle wild animals!

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Aw crap, the jet stream is coming South again.

Rain is good for our athletes. Hot weather is not.

 

[Lord Camomile]

All I managed to get of the fireworks

Wow, did a much better job than me

 

[Miss-Shelf]

All I managed to get of the fireworks

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Wowzers minnie

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

most sports were invented in england weren't they?

I wonder why they start the flame out in Greece?

 

[Badgers]

What impressed me most about the openning ceremony was how quickly the industrial revolution's smoking chimneys seemed to dissapear after they had extended from the ground. It seemed like in the very next shot they had dissapeared to make room for the dancers.

Fred Dibnah?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I wonder why they start the flame out in Greece?

Because their fire is hotter than Great Britain's fire

 

[ska invita]

most sports were invented in england weren't they?

trying to think what ...wiff waff...snooks...footie...running ...darts...shooting at johnny foriner....darts... etc

 

[ddraig]

Not bad, not bad at all. The cauldron is a stroke of genius.

I missed the first bit, before the parade of athletes, but my daughter tells me it was pretty good. Mary Poppins fighting Voldemort and all.

A couple of questions: one, to Jacques Rogge - "Britain, the home of modern sport?" Wtf?

To Paul McCartney: "what happened at the beginning of 'Hey Jude'? It was like two people were singing.

To the torch lighter junior athletes: "Whats with the being 'sponsored' by Commanders of the British Empire etc. Can't you leave that pompous gentry out of it?

I will always have a fondness for our opening ceremonies, because it meant so much, and had so much in it, for us as Canadians.

But this was damn good.

did you miss Dizzee?

 

[story]

I'm convinced I heard the fireworks

You did. My housemate was all "Wow! Wooh!" whilst hanging out his window.

 

[Lord Camomile]

What impressed me most about the openning ceremony was how quickly the industrial revolution's smoking chimneys seemed to dissapear after they had extended from the ground. It seemed like in the very next shot they had dissapeared to make room for the dancers.

During the Bond VT I think.

 

[ska invita]

I wonder why they start the flame out in Greece?

they just wrestled in oil and that

 

[equationgirl]

*nominates thread for library archive and thread of the year 2012*

 

[equationgirl]

No Wombles though

 

[Espresso]

To the torch lighter junior athletes: "Whats with the being 'sponsored' by Commanders of the British Empire etc. Can't you leave that pompous gentry out of it?

All the sponsors were gold medal winning Olympic athletes who were given their titles in recognition of their Olympic successes.
Not a lot of point giving them such titles and not using them at an actual Olympics, now is there?

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

did you miss Dizzee?

I must have. I can watch all that beginning stuff later. I'm sure they'll play it more than once.