Olympic Opening Ceremony, London 2012

[Corax]

Oh bollocks. I like it.

My lack of sneering cynicism is terribly unBritish.

 

[DRINK?]

The Afro-Carribean performers participating in the pre industrial scenes must represent Britain's role in the slave trade

 

[agricola]

The scousers have arrived!

 

[mrs quoad]

Plenty of suffragettes & chimneys, not much in the way of brutal suppression of the natives.

Didn't realise pre-industrial England was so multicultural either

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

The scousers have arrived!

and the Windrush

 

[Boppity]

The Afro-Carribean performers participating in the pre industrial scenes must represent Britain's role in the slave trade

I made that comment to my dad just.

 

[DexterTCN]

Ah the english olympics 2012...what a year...

 

[Lord Camomile]

To the people moaning it ain't Beijing, Beijinghad buckets more money to waste

And, as I said at the time of Beijing, we shouldn't compete with what they did, we should do something different. Which we have done

 

[Big Gunz]

To the people moaning it ain't Beijing, Beijinghad buckets more money to waste

But looks like the blew the lot on the set, where's the fun factor? I don't need the abridged history lesson.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

I love it! It's just so....British!!

 

[mrs quoad]

What bit of this goes on for 3.5hrs?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

But looks like the blew the lot on the set, where's the fun factor? I don't need the abridged history lesson.

There's apparently quite a few funny bits that weren't revealed in the rehearsals

 

[Gerry1time]

I have literally no idea what's going on right now. Other than someone, somewhere, has a bigger budget than they do an understanding of British history.

 

[8ball]

Address?

i can direct you from nottingham station - more than 5 and you'll need your own 3d glasses though

 

[prunus]

What bit of this goes on for 3.5hrs?

All of it I think.

 

[agricola]

I like the way the iron fist of capital has been represented by electropop beats.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

What bit of this goes on for 3.5hrs?

The athletes take forever to come out. That's what takes the longest, and if you want to see GB, then they're right at the end

 

[Barking_Mad]

Why are they all doing the haka?

 

[quimcunx]

Are we on this one now?

 

[pseudonarcissus]

Here in brazil we have the same commentators that to the Samba competition and you can sense they think it's all very worthy and interesting but when is something exciting going to happen....

 

[prunus]

The commentators should just keep shtum.

 

[Fez909]

The Olympics rings, forged by industry. We are forever in their debt. Praise be to maccy d.

 

[mrs quoad]

It reminds me of my summer as a drag queen working in Manumission, only with more antiquated costumes and more ambient music.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Are we on this one now?

I dunno. My poll's gone

 

[Lord Camomile]

But looks like the blew the lot on the set, where's the fun factor? I don't need the abridged history lesson.

It gets more fun in a bit.

 

[Belushi]

Okay so the shire has been turned into mordor, what next?

 

[Barking_Mad]

who is responsible for the music, i quite like it.

 

[quimcunx]

I thought we were all on the your thoughts thread then loads got bumped and now i'm all over the shop.

 

[mrs quoad]

The athletes take forever to come out. That's what takes the longest, and if you want to see GB, then they're right at the end

That must depend on whether our admin registered our lot as GB or UK.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Edwards should definitely shut the fuck up.