London 2012 - Opening Ceremony

[seanoff]

let the stars light the thing. this is too PC. i want to see them, not some random kids

 

[Hairy Lager]

What a bunch of ametuers, these guys dicovered the free world ****ing poms

 

[TheStinger]

DSOTM to finish it up. Nice.

 

[Plugger35]

So in the end it was just a bunch of no name youngsters that lit the flame.

Pretty cool the way they did it though.

 

[TheStinger]

There's no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact it's all dark.

 

[Lyttelton Ranger]

Torch lighting process...meh. The dude launching a flaming arrow at the cauldron from 100m away in Barcelona - now that took balls

 

[rickyp]

something go wrong with the audio there? Or was it just me...

 

[ChappyUK]

What is it with McCartney technical **** ups. Just like Live Aid.

 

[Plugger35]

What was going on with Paul McCartney there? It was all out of synch

 

[iDon]

7 no bodies light the olympic flame. No thank you.

Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Jude

 

[mattys123]

Good opening ceremony, not great though IMO.

The lighting of the cauldron/flame was unique, but really, will anyone remember that when you compare it to Ali lighting, or Cathy or the archer in Barcelona? NO.

 

[Quinz]

Na Na Na Na.

 

[seanoff]

that flame is going to make the field events interesting.

 

[Spirit Level]

Cauldron: meh, that was ok, but Sydney was awesome, and so was Barcelona.

Paul McCartney: absolutely ridiculous, past his prime. Reminds me of meatloaf at the Grand Final, not quite as bad of course

 

[Plugger35]

McCartney isn't bad for a dude that's 70 yrs old, the old guy can still rock

 

[TheStinger]

The flame lighting is either going to be loved or hated. You can never please everyone.




Unless you get Ali to light it. Then everyone just goes WOW.

 

[screw in stud]

The bookies would be loving the idea to get some random kids to light the flame.

 

[funk44]

meh

 

[Hairy Lager]

Something not right about that ceremony, lacking self pride like a drug addict or something, can someone else elaborate...

 

[Plugger35]

Something not right about that ceremony, lacking self pride like a drug addict or something, can someone else elaborate...

It wasn't as spectacular as Beijing, it was a bit uneven, it had some really good parts but some dull parts as well.

I would probably give it a 6 or 7 out of 10.

 

[imadodgyumpire]

Tbh, I thought Athens has been the best OC in recent years.

 

[Korn]

I don't have a problem with McCartney, I just have a problem with him singing Hey Jude for the millionth time. Why does he always sing this song?

 

[Hairy Lager]

It wasn't as spectacular as Beijing, it was a bit uneven, it had some really good parts but some dull parts as well.

I would probably give it a 6 or 7 out of 10.

For country with so much history they were very politically correct by glossing over their history,... was that it? Ashamed, very careful and racially aware, which in the end really sums up their demise as well, hhhmmm not sure about it all.

 

[Hairy Lager]

Nailed the British comedy, and the music was Epic.

 

[BACCS]

I loved it, especially the Mr Bean part. McCartney still has it, can't believe I saw someone even mentioning Meatloaf in the same sentence. Fireworks stuff was good, and the Olympic ring display was done really well.

Also really enjoyed the music montage part going through all the eras from the 60s.

All in all, well done Brits.