ADK Posted 28 July 2012 Posted 28 July 2012 I was expecting something cringeworthy but was actually quite impressed. Thought there were going to be live animals though, did i miss that part?
Rincewind Posted 28 July 2012 Posted 28 July 2012 Afraid Paul McCartney was a let down for me. Seemed to be struggling. Not like he was a few years ago. A pity.
orangecity23 Posted 28 July 2012 Posted 28 July 2012 I was expecting something cringeworthy but was actually quite impressed. Thought there were going to be live animals though, did i miss that part? At the very beginning there were some horses pulling some stagecoaches, and a few geese. There were some cows as well I think, to be honest they were mostly showing the animals before it even started.
ADK Posted 28 July 2012 Posted 28 July 2012 At the very beginning there were some horses pulling some stagecoaches, and a few geese. There were some cows as well I think, to be honest they were mostly showing the animals before it even started. Ah ok i didnt watch until it started, not that the animals were that important.
MooseBreath Posted 28 July 2012 Posted 28 July 2012 Don't know why anyone doubted it would be good when we had Danny Boyle on the case to be honest. It was always going to be the best part of the Olympics.
Jaspa Posted 28 July 2012 Posted 28 July 2012 Was alright, a couple of bits that embarrassed me, and a couple that annoyed me but my oh my it was some spectacle, would've loved to had been there I knew there would be a Mini, but they used a German one And what does it mean if you do that salute with your left arm, there has to be some meaning behind it still instead of people sweeping it under the carpet with ' Its not Nazi '
Super_horns Posted 28 July 2012 Posted 28 July 2012 A very good show..well directed and everything went smoothly which was the key. Interesting idea for how to light the flame. Get the young and "old" (as in ex-athletes) involved does live up to the legacy tag.
ADK Posted 28 July 2012 Posted 28 July 2012 Yeah i didnt like them using a BMW, we once had a strong automobile industry...
ADK Posted 28 July 2012 Posted 28 July 2012 Oh and the speaking in French was annoying but i guess we have no control over that.
BlueSi13 Posted 28 July 2012 Posted 28 July 2012 Great show overall. The opening segment with Kenneth Branagh and the sudden change Britain encountered during the industrial revolution was easily the most majestic and stirring sequence to any opening/closing ceremony i've ever seen. Shows what can be achieved without resorting to a wildly expensive lights and fireworks show. The following couple of segments i felt were rather standard opening ceremony fare, and really struggled to retain the momentum set by the opening, so not bad, but not memorable either. Though i did enjoy Rowan Atkinson, Bond and the Queen, and Emili Sande singing Abide With Me. The cauldron is also a work of sheer beauty IMO. Yeah i didnt like them using a BMW, we once had a strong automobile industry... BMW are one of the games major sponsors. At least they used a car that is built in the UK rather than a 3 series for example. Oh and we still have a strong automotive industry.
AKCJ Posted 28 July 2012 Posted 28 July 2012 Good bits: -The sweeping transitions at the start involving the industrial revolution. -James Bond, Rowan Atkinson, Kenneth Branagh, Vicky Windsor and Bradley Wiggins. -The lighting/rise of the 'couldron'. -The fat German's salute. Bad bits: -The fact it took an hour and a half to watch the fvcking athletes come out. -The digital age sequence. -The Arctic Monkeys. -Paul McCartney.
Finchy Posted 28 July 2012 Posted 28 July 2012 The industrial revolution section was breathtaking. Really impressive. Although my Dad just said, "it looks like Middlesbrough" Hated Paul McCartney, god knows why we have to bring him out to close every big event we do with Hey Jude. Also disappointed with T'Arctic Monkeys and their new american accents. But overall, really, really good stuff. Made Beijing's look a bit soulless, and just about extravagance, whereas this had clever and funny ideas.
Jaspa Posted 28 July 2012 Posted 28 July 2012 And what was with the Exorcist music, with the Evil guy out of Harry Potter doing in the NHS/Kids scene ?
BlueSi13 Posted 28 July 2012 Posted 28 July 2012 And what was with the Exorcist music, with the Evil guy out of Harry Potter doing in the NHS/Kids scene ? Celebrating Britain's legacy of children's literature.
kingfox Posted 28 July 2012 Posted 28 July 2012 I enjoyed it until that idiot of a british athlete decided to go brap, brap, brap at the camera. Then Artic Monkeys came on straight after and as usual they were shite, then Seb Coe with his utter tosh boring talk, then Paul McCartney performance which sounded incredibly sad like a drunk sing along, more like Hey Paul your shit, instead of Hey Jude.
Jaspa Posted 28 July 2012 Posted 28 July 2012 Also The lighting of the Cauldron was magnificent, was truly British too Made out of Copper from the length and breadth of the whole Country
stripeyfox Posted 28 July 2012 Posted 28 July 2012 Superb show. Loved the industrial revolution bit. McCartney really should retire though....
Guest shearfox Posted 28 July 2012 Posted 28 July 2012 Superb show. Loved the industrial revolution bit. McCartney really should retire though....
Mack Posted 28 July 2012 Posted 28 July 2012 Anyone who can remember 'It's a Knockout' would have had a rye smile at some of it. Leave Paul McCartney alone, he is 70 years old for god's sake.
AoWW Posted 28 July 2012 Posted 28 July 2012 Really enjoyed the opening ceremony. Didn't have high expectations - thought we'd really fvck it up - but it was stunning, and quirky, and thoroughly British. Many highlights. Shame Paul McCartney really let it down at the end. I'm sorry, but he just doesn't have the voice to take on these sort of events nowadays. It was the only part I truly cringed at. Arctic Monkeys weren't great but sounded better doing Come Together than they did their own track.
MooseBreath Posted 28 July 2012 Posted 28 July 2012 To the people saying AM were crap, get some taste. You must agree that it was a bit bizarre for them to be putting on a bad American accent in that context?
Zingari Posted 28 July 2012 Posted 28 July 2012 Those kids jumping about on hospital beds didn’t look very ill to me, and all those doctors and nurses can’t be doing very much in the hospital if they’ve got time to prance around in silly old costumes. Sack the lot of ‘em and send the malingering kids home The NHS is a fookin disgrace !!
Rincewind Posted 28 July 2012 Posted 28 July 2012 Zing, I'm sure the Ormont Street Hospital will be pleased that they have your full backing when caring for sick children.
Petchy Posted 28 July 2012 Posted 28 July 2012 You must agree that it was a bit bizarre for them to be putting on a bad American accent in that context? I'm not sure what you heard, but there definitely wasn't an 'american accent' at all. They sounded just like they usually do, unless you were expecting the sound of their first album which played heavily on Sheffield dialect.....
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