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

[scifisam]

Enjoyed that. Thought it went about as well as it could.

Still think it was a mistake having the ceremony on the Seine, because it really would have been disruptive to essential everyday life by closing so many roads. But it was fun to watch on TV!.

 

[blairsh]

I think the music is going for reverential or ethereal, but tbh it's coming off more creepy.

Bit Ghostbusters in a haunted library?

 

[Lord Camomile]

260 statues of men ...along the river...

10 statues of women now ..

I think there was a stat in recent years that London had more statues of dogs than women.

I genuinely can't remember if the numbers have been rectified, yet.

 

[Silas Loom]

Enjoyed that. Thought it went about as well as it could.

Still think it was a mistake having the ceremony on the Seine, because it really would have been disruptive to essential everyday life by closing so many roads. But it was fun to watch on TV!.

It’s not half way through yet.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Bit Ghostbusters in a haunted library?

Pfft, they wish.

 

[scifisam]

It’s not half way through yet.

Oh

 

[starfish]

All these small boats full of brown people...gonna trigger the gammon/vermin badly

Think the organisers missed a trick by not sending our team out in a succession of small boats.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Jaysis, imagine trying to break or skip on those surfaces in this weather

 

[Elpenor]

barf

 

[Elpenor]

Have I missed team GB

Just got in

 

[Lord Camomile]

Have I missed team GB

Just got in

Oui.

 

[Aladdin]

Apparently the athletes have been on those boats since 4pm

God help the ones on boats with no toilet.

 

[Elpenor]

Apparently the athletes have been on those boats since 4pm

God help the ones on boats with no toilet.

The Seine is full of shit I think so a few more won’t make much of a difference

 

[Lord Camomile]

Have I missed team GB

Just got in

You can scroll back through the video on the BBC coverage at the top of this page. They're in (French) alphabetical order, so should be relatively easy to wok out when you're getting close.

Olympics Opening Ceremony LIVE: times, how to watch on TV, schedule & latest news from Paris 2024

Follow for the latest news and updates to the build-up to the opening ceremony.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Silas Loom]

The Seine is full of shit I think so a few more won’t make much of a difference

It’s been cleaned for swimming events. The mayor did a John Selwyn Gummer and guzzled down mouthfuls of it.

 

[Elpenor]

You can scroll back through the video on the BBC coverage at the top of this page. They're in (French) alphabetical order, so should be relatively easy to wok out when you're getting close.

Olympics Opening Ceremony LIVE: times, how to watch on TV, schedule & latest news from Paris 2024

Follow for the latest news and updates to the build-up to the opening ceremony.

www.bbc.co.uk

Cheers, will sort out on iplayer tomorrow

 

[Lord Camomile]

I'm going out on a damp limb that he's not singing live.

 

[petee]

this fkn guy emoting

 

[QueenOfGoths]

I wasn't keen on the Baroque

 

[Lord Camomile]

I honestly thought they'd just pushed her in the river!

 

[Aladdin]

Thunder storms forecast for later

I like the concept of the ceremony...its such a pity the weather is bad.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

 

[quimcunx]

Innit? I've been trying to order a takeaway for an hour and just keep pouring drinks and watching this weird/wonderful shit unfold

I've watered the garden. What'd I miss?

 

[nottsgirl]

Is this MC Solar?

 

[QueenOfGoths]

I've watered the garden. What'd I miss?

Baroque stuff. And rain. And Nepal

 

[Aladdin]

Some old hoarse guy rapping.....

Is it getting dark very quickly there??

 

[Aladdin]

26 mins 40 seconds of the "very best of French fashion"...



Time to make a cup of tea...

 

[petee]

these fkn people emoting

 

[starfish]

Yaay Uzbekistan.

 

[Aladdin]

Yay Palestine!!!!