The Opening/Closing Ceremony Thread

by Shelsey93 Fri 27 Jul 2012, 10:39 am

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So, is everybody as excited as I am?

I literally can't wait for 9.00 tonight - just a shame that I'm going to be round with family who'll probably have it on but will probably talk.

I hope that they put on something spectacular rather than just following the way other Games have done it. Apparently HM The Queen's entrance is weather-affected (surely she can't be parachuting Shocked

), and then we have the question of how the flame will be lit. The more I think about it the more I think it won't be a famous sportman - more likely it'll be something to do with legacy (a young kid from the East End maybe, or a sport's coach), or it'll be lit by more than one person. If it is a famous sportsperson surely it has to be Sir Steve Redgrave - nobody can match him as a British olympian. If its Beckham I think it would be a travesty; luckily it almost certainly won't be.

by Ent Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:20 am

Wonder if they will turn the electric out on sir Paul again...

by Super D Boon Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:21 am

This Olympic flag carrying is a bit heavy going.

Oh no they had to wheel out Ali didn't they!

by Ent Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:22 am

For god sake let the great man be at peace, he is a shell of himself...

by mystiroakey Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:24 am

boxing is bad

by Super D Boon Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:24 am

Exactly. We don;t need to see him like this.

by mystiroakey Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:25 am

redgrave lol

by Super D Boon Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:26 am

It was always going to be him.

by Ent Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:27 am

Being ferried around by a nurse, this has gone south very quickly after a great opening.

Redgrave...

by Super D Boon Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:29 am

Ent wrote:Being ferried around by a nurse, this has gone south very quickly after a great opening.

Redgrave...

Yes that Muhammed Ali scene was awful wasn't it? And that coach wanted to p*** himself laughing so the camera panned away very quickly.

by mystiroakey Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:30 am

lol redgrave has a gut on him these days

by mystiroakey Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:31 am

Get over the Ali thing he obviously wanted to be there..

by Super D Boon Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:31 am

So a bunch of kids are lighting the flame wtf!!

by Ent Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:32 am

Super D Boon wrote:
Ent wrote:Being ferried around by a nurse, this has gone south very quickly after a great opening.

Redgrave...

Yes that Muhammed Ali scene was awful wasn't it? And that coach wanted to p*** himself laughing so the camera panned away very quickly.

In 96 it was sad but in some way a triumph over adversity, this was just upsetting imo.

Great for these kids at the moment.

by mystiroakey Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:34 am

them singers are kinda mellow- thats mad the way so many are singing over each other

by Super D Boon Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:34 am

I think they gave it to the kids because Redgrave and Thompson were gonna cause a civil war over it.

by Ent Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:34 am

Damp squip alert!

by mystiroakey Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:35 am

could this like not work!

by mystiroakey Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:36 am

thats awesome

by whocares Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:37 am

nice piece of engineering

by Super D Boon Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:37 am

I don't like it. It should be in a cauldron.

by Ent Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:39 am

So anyway now thats done time to heap pressure on Usain Bolt, break the 100m world record and it's a great olympics, fail to do so and it's rubbish.

by Ent Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:39 am

Lol would be great if who the bell tolls played and the undertaker randomly came out.

by mystiroakey Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:39 am

oh dude- why did you call that

by Super D Boon Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:40 am

I damn well told ya didn't i???!!!

by whocares Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:40 am

here we go...

by Thomond Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:40 am

Who said Hey Jude would be played?

by Super D Boon Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:41 am

Thomond wrote:Who said Hey Jude would be played?

GUILTY!

by mystiroakey Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:42 am

Is mcartney high? he sounds messed up

by Ent Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:42 am

Damp squib.

Come on muse....

by Super D Boon Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:44 am

I BLOODY KNEW IT!

Yeah he's old and losing it. Time to go to the Seaview Retirement home for burned out old rockers.

by Ent Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:44 am

Bloody awful this

by mystiroakey Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:46 am

he was great for the queen- hopefully he will sing another better

by GSC Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:47 am

How long before Terry gets photoshopped lighting the flame

by GSC Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:47 am

Overall, thought it was very good in patches and not so great in others

by Super D Boon Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:48 am

Macca is seriously losing it though. I never liked Hey Jude anyway and that was a weak performance.

Nice greenery. I like the bit when Coe and Rogge stood on the green hill. That was well different.

by Ent Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:49 am

Come on muse, this has all been a bit Poopie for the last 2 hours.

by mystiroakey Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:49 am

overall brilliant for me. cant fault it- quirky and arty- not the typical extrvagance. Perfectly british

by TwisT Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:50 am

Is anyone else disappointed with how the flame was li? Usually its a big show. Like up a waterfall or shot from an arrow. And how can it stay right in the middle of the field when u have the javelin for instance

by Pot Hale Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:50 am

Wow! Just wow!

Great Britain does the world proud. What a brilliant opening ceremony. Full credit to the Brits - organized with their usual military precision and timing.

Danny Boyle knows how to do extravaganzas.

by Ent Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:50 am

Had they ended it after the first hour I would have said brilliant, but for 2 hours or so it was boring.

by Super D Boon Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:50 am

Why Muse? They aint there. It's over man.

by mystiroakey Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:51 am

Super D Boon wrote:Macca is seriously losing it though. I never liked Hey Jude anyway and that was a weak performance.

Nice greenery. I like the bit when Coe and Rogge stood on the green hill. That was well different.

you see - all about the greenery..

anyway macca had to end it- at least it got better towards the end- better to end with him even if he lost it abit

by Thomond Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:51 am

Wasn't a fan of the parts I saw (I didn't see all of it though) but some of it was magnificent towards the end in particular.

by mystiroakey Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:52 am

TwisT wrote:Is anyone else disappointed with how the flame was li? Usually its a big show. Like up a waterfall or shot from an arrow. And how can it stay right in the middle of the field when u have the javelin for instance

it was brilliant and different- loved it

by Ent Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:53 am

TwisT wrote:Is anyone else disappointed with how the flame was li? Usually its a big show. Like up a waterfall or shot from an arrow. And how can it stay right in the middle of the field when u have the javelin for instance

its gonna move, but yeah, a few torches moving into one didn't do it for me.

by Super D Boon Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:53 am

TwisT wrote:Is anyone else disappointed with how the flame was li? Usually its a big show. Like up a waterfall or shot from an arrow. And how can it stay right in the middle of the field when u have the javelin for instance

They said they are gonna move it. I don;t like the flame. Good engineering but it should be in a cauldron not a bunch of copper poles. And it's too low. Should in in a big bowl on top of the athletics stadium like usual.

by Ent Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:54 am

Super D Boon wrote:Why Muse? They aint there. It's over man.

Heard they wrote the theme and were going to close it out, instead we got a man whos best days were 40 years ago ho hum...

by TwisT Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:54 am

Yeah its got to move. I loved everything else but I just thought the biggest part of the show was a bit of a let down

by mystiroakey Sat 28 Jul 2012, 12:55 am

bahhh

by Super D Boon Sat 28 Jul 2012, 1:00 am

That flame. I don't like it. Decent production though overall.

That flame is all wrong I cannot get used to it.

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