Olympic Opening Ceremony, London 2012

[Divisive Cotton]

The Queen looked bored rigid though didn't she! It's like, come on dear at last make an attempt to look like you're enjoying it, you know, national duty and all that.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

First time a helicopter's been flown through Tower Bridge with the Queen and James Bond in it according to the papers.

 

[marty21]

Bond arrived at Buck house and collected the Queen, he and she flew to the stadium in a helicopter and when hovering over the stadium the queen (in pink) jumped and openned a union jack parachute, closely followed by Bond (Daniel Craig)..... (some of this may have been TV trickery of course

I did like it when she turned and just said something like 'ah Mr Bond' I hate the monarchy but it did make me smile

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

The Queen looked bored rigid though didn't she! It's like, come on dear at last make an attempt to look like you're enjoying it, you know, national duty and all that.

Maybe she was worried how the impact of everyone seeing her bloomers was going to play out across the world

 

[Lord Camomile]

The Queen looked bored rigid though didn't she! It's like, come on dear at last make an attempt to look like you're enjoying it, you know, national duty and all that.

I'm not sure she's got the energy to enjoy things any more, she's just grimly holding on in the hope that Charles will go first and she can hand straight over to Wembley.

Though she did seem to be smiling quite a bit through the Bond stuff I hope she's a big fan and was thinking "it's Bond! James Bond! 007, in my house!"

 

[AverageJoe]

The Italians looked slick in their Armani suits ....

But just what were the Germans thinking? :

I think I read somewhere that it was a homage to the Israeli team who were killed at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Certainly the colours of the mens outfits are the same

 

[marty21]

Danny captured the hearts of the World

 

[paolo]

With a show with a few 'fingers up at the establishment', I turned not to the Graun for my first review read, but the Telegraph. What would *they* think. In the main review, Jim White's concluding paragraph was pretty much bang on it...(even if there was just a very very tiny dig about public spending )

"Outside the stadium, the Olympics corporate message is set on ironing out local niceties, determined to homogenise us all in the supra-national state of MacCokeland. But inside, for one night only, we were given an image that was resolutely Britain. Not the Britain of Coldstream Guards and Downton Abbey, perhaps. Nor the Britain of Austin Powers and Benny Hill. But the Britain of suburbia and the escapism of pop culture. The place most of us live. This is our world, it said, welcome to the isle of wonder. Boyle’s bravery was to say, never mind if outsiders didn’t get half the show’s many allusions, enough of us will have done. Which was fair enough. Because after all, we paid for it"

 

[weltweit]

I think I read somewhere that it was a homage to the Israeli team who were killed at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Certainly the colours of the mens outfits are the same

Oh well, that would be appropriate. I just thought it looked kind of kinky in a sort of german kitsch way..

 

[Orang Utan]

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.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

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.

Where were you and what posts on here are embarrassing?

 

[Divisive Cotton]

Can you watch it again - the best bits at least - on the iPlayer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod..._London_2012_Online_Opening_Ceremony_no_comm/

 

[Orang Utan]

Where were you and what posts on here are embarrassing?

Blackheath
All the posts in which posters revealed themselves to be gullible fools lapping up propaganda and feeling all proud. 'I never thought I'd feel this way but I feel dead proud' - vom!

 

[weltweit]

... to be gullible fools lapping up propaganda and feeling all proud. 'I never thought I'd feel this way but I feel dead proud' - vom!

Propoganda is usually a Governments view.
The ceremony was the view of Danny Boyle.
Not the same thing.

 

[Orang Utan]

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

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Blackheath
All the posts in which posters revealed themselves to be gullible fools lapping up propaganda and feeling all proud. 'I never thought I'd feel this way but I feel dead proud' - vom!

Oh, that's alright then as I don't recall myself saying that

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

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

Would you rather have something that made us feel ashamed?

 

[Orang Utan]

Would you rather have something that made us feel ashamed?

I dunno.
Probably.
I hate everything at the moment.
Anyway, shhh, I still have another 23 pages to read.
Has anyone mentioned how some of the ceremony was reminiscent of Every Sperm Is Sacred in The Meaning Of Life? Was it deliberate?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Oh do fuck off The Daily Mail

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

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

and a good article here

Somewhere in the cacophony of last night, during what might have been the world's largest Twitter storm, this nugget emerged: Hey Jude was No. 1 on the charts the day Smith and Carlos raised their fists -- and that single's B-side was Revolution.

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/olympics/2012/writers/alexander_wolff/07/27/london-opening-ceremonies/index.html#ixzz21vGmjaSI​

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

 

[paolo]

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

Bet you're fun at parties.

(As it happens, I've heard you are. But on here you're a fugging misery guts at times. LIGHTEN UP OU )

 

[smmudge]

I missed the first hour and a half but I was dead chuffed they got Daniel Barenboim to carry the olympic flag.

 

[Gingerman]

What idiot thought to advertise welfare Britain by putting on a special NHS show to encourage more scroungers to come to this country.​

- Mike, Oxfordshire, 28/7/2012 13:41​

Posted under a Daily Wail article about the opening ceremony :face palm:​

 

[paolo]

and a good article here


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

Nice piece

 

[paolo]

What idiot thought to advertise welfare Britain by putting on a special NHS show to encourage more scroungers to come to this country.​

- Mike, Oxfordshire, 28/7/2012 13:41​

Posted under a Daily Wail article about the opening ceremony :face palm:​

Had to happen. DM Comments is 'a sign up sheet for the morons'

 

[Orang Utan]

Bet you're fun at parties.

(As it happens, I've heard you are. But on here you're a fugging misery guts at times. LIGHTEN UP OU )

You've been taken in too.
For the next two weeks, this country will be like Invasion Of The Bodysnatchers!

 

[paolo]

You've been taken in too.
For the next two weeks, this country will be like Invasion Of The Bodysnatchers!

Maybe post on twitter, something like "I'm Moving To Canada!"

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Loads of pictures of the nurses after the ceremony

http://london2012.blogs.nytimes.com...-ceremony-the-nurses-head-home/?smid=tw-share

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Had to happen. DM Comments is 'a sign up sheet for the morons'

and The Telegraph's

 

[paolo]

Loads of pictures of the nurses after the ceremony

http://london2012.blogs.nytimes.com...-ceremony-the-nurses-head-home/?smid=tw-share

Lovely... that was one of my favourite moments, if only because it would baffle some other countries and in particular infuriate republican nutters.