aurora green
Tectonic
Surpass it eh? 
..can't wait!
..can't wait!
Olympics closing ceremony on TV now.
- Thread starter DJ Squelch
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"in fact, we should have old rocks stars on podiums hidden under the very streets for just such occasions."
This is a genius idea. I can imagine people monitoring banks of CCTV:
"Quick, someone isn't having a good time outside the Wetherspoons in Camden. Summon Ringo Starr!"
Matt
This is a genius idea. I can imagine people monitoring banks of CCTV:
"Quick, someone isn't having a good time outside the Wetherspoons in Camden. Summon Ringo Starr!"
Matt
Dillinger4
Es gibt Zeit
Who knew Jackie Chan could sing?
Surpass it eh?
..can't wait!
Absolute class!
Eight years ago I bet you were accusing people of being sheep for not believing the millenium dome was the greatest thing ever
Nah I wasn't.
A ten minute slot at someone else's party is hardly a national embarrassment though
Dillinger4
Es gibt Zeit
girasol
Addicted to handstands!
Im inordinately pleased by the heart displayed by our athletes, they dared to dream and achieved far beyond what we expected.
Sadly the 'creatives' who are chosen to plan our millennium events, opening and closing ceremonies and logos tend to be neither cutting edge nor traditional.
They fall consistently below the standards of independent companies who put on Manumission, Trash City, Ministry of Sound or even the frigging Jubilee celebrations.
We are good at this putting on spectaculars, but the moment politicians and Nathan Barley type nobheads get involved- it turns to liquid shit.
As for our world image editor- I dont disagree with you, but people know us for our music and artistic endeavours as well as Big Ben, Buck House and buses.
Dillinger4
Es gibt Zeit
I actually waved and shouted 'Jackie Chan!'
oh, dear
He should have done some kung fu.
DJ Squelch
King Of Insides
I think we could do a great show. It's just that there seems to be a some British thing of deciding what is good by comittee vote which means we end up with lowest common denominator stuff like Beckman & buses. Dig a little deeper & have some balls to put something on that your average Daily Mail reader hasn't heard of. We don't have to look to the past & tradition to find things that are great about the Uk. Lets look to the future & kick the worlds arse.
He should have done some kung fu.
Boris was too far away.
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
People seem to want to believe a little too hard London will fail - you know the type though, only ever likely to be upbeat at their own funeral. Fwiw, in relation to what the Chinese put on, I hope we do fail.
a few years ago, Bristol was bidding for the European Capital of Culture. The people running the big managed to ignore all the best bits of Bristol's culture and produced a clueless, corporate shambles of a bid which deserved to lose.
we just shrugged an got on with it, the people make the city, whether in Bristol or London. London represents itself to the people who visit it, it's impossible to portray the place adequately any other way.
So don't worry about it
we just shrugged an got on with it, the people make the city, whether in Bristol or London. London represents itself to the people who visit it, it's impossible to portray the place adequately any other way.
So don't worry about it
truth
Wookey
Muppet is not a slur
Our reponse to this will be a measure of what we've become - if we're intimidated by it, then we might as well join the ranks of the needy Americans, or the Chinese with something to prove. Are we not a little more mature than that, a little more self-assured?
It's like throwing a dinner party and then insisting on buying all new tables and chairs and crockery and candles. We should offer pie and mash, and be proud of it.
And Boris should defo have done his jacket up and stopped waving like a plump little girl on a fairground carousel.
It's like throwing a dinner party and then insisting on buying all new tables and chairs and crockery and candles. We should offer pie and mash, and be proud of it.
And Boris should defo have done his jacket up and stopped waving like a plump little girl on a fairground carousel.
Dillinger4
Es gibt Zeit
I don't think Britain is mature or self assured. It is infantile and insecure, always trying to convince itself of how 'cool' it is.
editor
hiraethified
Oh, get over yourself. The creative output of this country is hardly the work of a terminally 'infantile and insecure' nation.
Btw, I liked the bits of the video with the Basil Fawlty strutting guardsman and the bloke doing graffiti.
aurora green
Tectonic
totally. what's infantile and insecure is continuously pointing out how shit everything is here when the truth is somewhere between 'shit' and 'fucking great'.
some people on here are weird
Breakdancing guardsmen FTW!
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
The dancers and their newspapers were the worst bit. Comedy gold. I was pissing myself.
Yeah, it was naff, of course it was naff.
But all those speeches and the relayed comments from the Edwards reminded me of how disgusting the whole spectacle was and made me ashamed of watching even a second of the Olympics in China.
Did anyone hear the relayed comments from an official about Chinese workers being more efficient cos, unlike Western workers, they can work more than 4 and a half days a week and that the didn't have unions so no one can complain. And this was read out by the commentators with a straight face. There's no sitting on the fence with this one - a bit late for me to realise this, but how can the presenters (or for that matter, anyone working out there, including the outfits), sit there and listen to that without comment?
Yeah, it was naff, of course it was naff.
But all those speeches and the relayed comments from the Edwards reminded me of how disgusting the whole spectacle was and made me ashamed of watching even a second of the Olympics in China.
Did anyone hear the relayed comments from an official about Chinese workers being more efficient cos, unlike Western workers, they can work more than 4 and a half days a week and that the didn't have unions so no one can complain. And this was read out by the commentators with a straight face. There's no sitting on the fence with this one - a bit late for me to realise this, but how can the presenters (or for that matter, anyone working out there, including the outfits), sit there and listen to that without comment?
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
I suspect you're talking of a country you know and have experienced - it's young, it's not sure of itself. Maybe it's even what is called 'transference' in psychology.
In many respects, London is now the most successful city in the world - and none of that happened by accident.
This is serious business now with serious people behind the scenes. Sure kids - insecure and otherwise - have a role to play, but they really aren't going to characterise the effort moving forward.
TrippyLondoner
Well-Known Member
Oooh this is better music than i was expecting
DJ Squelch
King Of Insides
Fake punks dancing to kareoke Queen songs. bollox
