Should the BOC spend £52m on he London Opening Ceremony?

[London_Calling]

Well thank you, nice to know that for once on these boards people dont think I'm talking complete bollox!

Another idea I had was maybe they could utilise the network of beacons that were set up years ago for one of the jubilees, maybe once the Olympic flame was lit the baecons all around the UK could be lit so the whole country could have some sort of ownership of the games!

Except the beacons were built to warn of invasion. Poss not the ideal message to send during an opening ceremony . . .

 

[twistedAM]

maybe once the Olympic flame was lit the baecons all around the UK could be lit so the whole country could have some sort of ownership of the games!

wanna help pay for it?

 

[1927]

wanna help pay for it?

I personally dont mind paying for it. Not all of it of course!

 

[TwentyThree]

Why would the Boards Of Canada want to do that in the first place?

Somebody had to say it.

 

[1927]

I'm going to enjoy watching it turn into a massive fuck-up, which it so obviously will.

mmmm!

 

[skyscraper101]

Fwiw my idea for lighting the flame.

Although not the usual thing but every team entering the stadium has a torch carrier along side a flag carrier, lets say 200 torches.
Twenty torch bearers then light a mini flame, so we have ten of them and then each of those ten is carried by a legendary British Olympian to light the bigger flame. It is sort of symbolic of every nation having lit the flame bringing the world together!

Well you were on the right path.

We outdid Beijing on a fraction of their budget. It's not all about impressiveness and grandiose statements of might. Boyle created a much better ceremony and we didn't need CGI fireworks or lip-synching children either.

 

[DotCommunist]

mmmm!

Don't wave your hindsight at me!