The opening ceremony (the only good bit of the whole thing, in theory, although reality has not quite lived up to that billing)

[QueenOfGoths]

Is it just me or is this really quite shit?

Yeah but we secretly want it to be shit so we can say 2012 was much better!!

 

[Bingoman]

Is it just me or is this really quite shit?

I prefer the opening ceremony done in a stadium, doing it like this is like doing it on the hoof

 

[Silas Loom]

Is it just me or is this really quite shit?

It’s bad so far. And the issues with the direction suggest that even if there are spectaculars to come, they will lose a lot on screen.

 

[Lord Camomile]

The stranger looks like a combination between

and

Not sue what either have to do with Paris, but there we go, I guess.

 

[Aladdin]

My 85 yr old mum on seeing the flame bearer running across the roofs just said...
"Oh...I hope he's not a shooter"

 

[QueenOfGoths]

The stranger looks like a combination between

and

Not sue what either have to do with Paris, but there we go, I guess.

I presume he's supposed to be the Phantom of the Opera

 

[Lord Camomile]

Is it just me or is this really quite shit?

I prefer the opening ceremony done in a stadium, doing it like this is like doing it on the hoof

I like the idea, but the execution hasn't quite come off, it seems.

That said, don't think it's as bad as most seem to, it's nice just seeing all the athletes waving and the spectators having fun.

 

[Aladdin]

Some of these teams are so small...they could have used a dinghy..

 

[Lord Camomile]

I presume he's supposed to be the Phantom of the Opera

Ah, ok, is that French/Parisian? 'cause I thought I heard his theme when they were underground.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Hm, really not sure this works for the spectators across that massive expanse of water

 

[quimcunx]

Shocking display. You'd never get away with that in Korea.

 

[Aladdin]

I like that the people of Paris are getting a free show..

And here come the Can Can dancers.

 

[8ball]

Some of these teams are so small...they could have used a dinghy..

I’m looking out for Suella Braverman with a machine gun emplacement.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

The can can would be really stunning...in a stadium!

 

[Bingoman]

I like that the people of Paris are getting a free show..

And here come the Can Can dancers.

And now people dancing in water?

 

[Indeliblelink]

Some of these teams are so small...they could have used a dinghy..

Surprised the French didn't put the Refugee Team in one.

 

[Silas Loom]

This bit is better. More the kind of thing. But the riverside stuff just doesn’t work at all.

 

[Lord Camomile]

The can can would be really stunning...in a stadium!

Its traditional home, of course.

 

[Aladdin]

Open flame in Notre Dame now..


Hmmm.

 

[Numbers]

So far, meh!

 

[Aladdin]

I like it.
I love the dancing on the scaffolds..
And the music.

 

[Lord Camomile]

"Oi, fuck off me table, lad, I'm tryin'a make bags 'ere! "

 

[strung out]

I presume he's supposed to be the Phantom of the Opera

It’s the main character from Assassin’s Creed - done by a French game developer.

 

[8ball]

What’s going on with blurred face guy?
It’s like something from Doctor Who but marginally more coherent.

 

[Bingoman]

Open flame in Notre Dame now..


Hmmm.

So now we know who started the fire

 

[Epona]

Take my clothes up to my room already!

 

[Aladdin]

Whoever is carrying the flame deserves a medal.

 

[1927]

This is shit!

 

[Bingoman]

Whoever is carrying the flame deserves a medal.

His got 3 now

 

[Epona]

So far we seem to celebrating Paris's underpaid hotel porters.
(Which I am not averse to btw)