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Opening ceremony
- Thread starter Rascal
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BimboBob
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Watched most of it in a drunken haze but I do remember things that I enjoyed.
The Queen bit. Atkinson. The rings. The towers. The music (apart from Arctic Monkeys and McCartney). Abide with Me brought a few tears. The final flame thingy (until someone told me it was done by the bloke who did the "B" which means it's going to fall apart).
All in all very well done.
The Queen bit. Atkinson. The rings. The towers. The music (apart from Arctic Monkeys and McCartney). Abide with Me brought a few tears. The final flame thingy (until someone told me it was done by the bloke who did the "B" which means it's going to fall apart).
All in all very well done.
Swales lives
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I thought it was brilliant. Not pompous or too high brow.
The petals and the way the flower came together was a superb piece of design and engineering.
A fantastic ceremony, I hope it was well received across the world, cos I loved it.
The petals and the way the flower came together was a superb piece of design and engineering.
A fantastic ceremony, I hope it was well received across the world, cos I loved it.
southern muppet
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Paul McCartney looks younger than Jarvis Cocker. Just a random observation that struck me.
laserblue
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I thought it was brilliantly produced but I'm not sure how much of the historical symbolism would have been understood in many countries around the world. It did get a bit tedious at times and the queen looked bored shitless but then she always does.
The only hiccup I noticed was McCartney fucking up the beginning of Hey Jude although Hazel Irvine should get her back doors smashed in for saying that Mozambique is on the west coast of Africa. All in all it was very well executed, especially the brilliant flame lighting sequence, and top marks to the drummers for keeping playing while competitors from all 204 countries filed past.
The only hiccup I noticed was McCartney fucking up the beginning of Hey Jude although Hazel Irvine should get her back doors smashed in for saying that Mozambique is on the west coast of Africa. All in all it was very well executed, especially the brilliant flame lighting sequence, and top marks to the drummers for keeping playing while competitors from all 204 countries filed past.
ChicagoBlue
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frothy said:and mineSparkys-Army said:nijinsky's fetlocks said:I think it is a very well choreographed and superbly executed opening ceremony.
But I am forgetting this is the parallel universe of Bluemoon,where everything is always shit,and everyone is a ****,so I must clearly be wrong.
My thoughts exactly.
+1
Greatly enjoyed!
WyongBlue
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I enjoyed it very much, thought the "chariots of fire" bit with Rowan Atkinson was brilliant.............
Shadz69
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I thought it was epic.Well done all who were involved.
andyhinch
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It was properly British loved it
Banned Tosspot
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It was ace!