***OLYMPICS OPENING CEREMONY - In-Running***

youth of today...not listed

Let The Games begin!

good point

quite pumphol. up until the lighting of the cauldron, there were bits i liked and bit i didn't like, but the lighting of the cauldron itself as well as the magnanimous gesture from the elder olympians was absolutely epic.

that should have been the end.

unfortunately it wasn't and has left a bitter sh1tty taste in my mouth.

101 viewing could be a recored for the early am

DAVID KNEW !!!! Well done for staring thread mate ,did any bookies go ANY OTHER ??

cauldron was great - fantastic way of doing it

Jul 28, 2012 -- 12:48AM, Team_GB wrote:

What happened to Trevor Nelson

I think they got rid of him after he laughed at the capital Ouagadougou and then said he didnt know where Sao Tome and Principe was.

lineker looking a bit, er, tense

Well done London. Superb stuff. Done us proud.

bacon butties and coffee to be served

Ortis Deely pissing his pants at Trevor's performance

Poor old Queen,only had two late nights all year and Macca,s ruined both of em!

think I will give the rest of the olympics a miss
that was bizarre

did you punt it Fishwick ?

Is it really only on for 2 weeks? We didn;t do all this for just 2 weeks did we

Enjoyed that.  Now COME ON CAV!

The torch part was genius imo

Mr Boyle thanks for not having Thatch, you saved my telly

nope

chemistry between Lineker and Barker severely lacking though not quite as bad as Colin Murray and Peter Allen on 5 Live

Well now, now then....was it worth 27 million?

oh well

wasnt that flame fantastic though?

Let's face it, ever since 2005 we could have fecked this up.  Doing alright so far.

Chit Chat a rip roaring success tonight

GoOnThen 28 Jul 12 00:49 

Poor old Queen,only had two late nights all year and Macca,s ruined both of em!

Very good, GOT!

Thought it was going to be a bit let down, but was pleasantly surprised by that other than the pillock at the end, remeber we have a closing ceremony as well


He couldn't could he

Let's face it, ever since 2005 we could have fecked this up.  Doing alright so far.

agree berto ,bar the korean incident all looking good so fa

Hes booked

I really reckon we have hey Jude to come in 17 days

Please tell me that's incorrect, tictacman1!

NO!!!!

Very funny, Pumpy!

Thing is TT all joking aside I think he will be back

ali was in no state to be there

it was quirky---loved daniel craig/james bond

should of ended with flame not mcartney

crisps comments were gold medal

enjoy olympics all

beach volleyball starts 855am

Rumour has it Macca will close the games with a duet on bonkers with Mr D Rascal, leading in to a Steps medley

Started quite well, regardless of some  well-meaning but fairly embarrassing moments, but I thought the show became too dumbed-down after about an hour.  Thought the cauldron lighting sequence was good and rescued it a bit. The Arctic Monkeys were a pleasant surprise.

....for their mums...

nite all

Mr Bean, Chakrabatty, a 94-year-old Beatle with orange hair ... it's what this nation's all about.

wouldnt like to go 10 rounds with ali's nurse and after initial sound troubles thought macca finished night off quite well,

Shall we invade China...?

should have had the Quo rocking all over the world

the queen looked ill to be honest

I must say, I enjoyed it all - even the "what the hell is going on here now?" moments!

Even McCartney's tragic warbling was somehow fitting - just because it showed what Britain is really like: 'Be kind to the elderly'!

Bloody good advert for musical Dignitas imo

Very diplomatic Tommy, i thought he was ****

Hehehehe, HRH!

sh1te

plus its the first friday night ive been able to walk my greyhound at 10.30 without running the gauntlet of yobbos ,even a british yob loves an opening ceremony

macca got going when the na na na narrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr bits started

1.01 you saw a female or male athlete(there must be some chit chat bumders out there),you thought id do him ore her

Get a proper dog and walk the bugger when you want!

He was, Mincepies, but I think because Pumpy (in particular) made so many funny comments about him at the Queen's thing last month, when Macca turned up again tonight I just couldn't stop laughing - talk about Groundhog Day!

lol @ naydam

least the youts were setting fire to something they were supposed to this summer. nice little touch that Boyley

lol@ dweasy, the irony

the cauldren should have been in the shape of a shop front

Who the hell is this bird on BBC news 24 now saying "Sir Paul was the ONLY person to end the show tonight"??!!

compared to what China spent I think we did a good job

lol, just cos he ran a few tracksuits up for free on their stella's singer dont mean he should get the gig

Reading the closing ceremony line up Tommy, should be funny and we have all the sport in between, a great couple of weeks .

hey just thought of a joke you can text ,whats the difference between stella mccartneys sewing machine and her dad paul, least her sewing machine is a decent singer !!

Phil the Greek heard saying he wished his bladder had flared up again after dodging the McCartney dirge at the jubilee concert.

2 of the black guys who were in the show died after one stabbed the other over a piece of olympic memorabilia the police said it was a local turf war

Mincepies, I love the Olympics. You won't get any naysaying about it from me regarding the sport!

after that thinks its my bedtime ,goodnight

alun2005     28 Jul 12 00:59 
Started quite well, regardless of some  well-meaning but fairly embarrassing moments, but I thought the show became too dumbed-down after about an hour.  Thought the cauldron lighting sequence was good and rescued it a bit. The Arctic Monkeys were a pleasant surprise.

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agree with all of that

...have to say , the Chav was under represented ,not the UK in it's true light without the feral mum and offspring

That was bloody marvellous! So many great touches, Bond, Atkinson, Beckham, , the wall of remembrance, recycled ticker tape, and best of all saying no we're gonna let the kids do it at the end. The Yanks are going nuts for it. Best ever.

yes coach ,before i hit the sack i agree and a few devil dogs instead of sheep would have been better

yorky

all in all  not a bad ceremony ,funny at times - won't beat the jubilee concert though for a classic forum read ,that was pure gold

Woohoo!

Ladbrokes have paid out on ALL of the British Olympians who 'nominated' the teenagers who lit the caludron.

Had 20/1 on Daley Thompson

Well done Mr Nibbs!

Thanks Tommmy.

Drifted in and out of the opening - as one does.  The Shipping News is a sadly underrated film - gloom, incest, incoherence, ship-wrecking and hardship can make this country great again.  Some cracking Family Guy also.  Not to mention Conan and some good 80s Horror Channel bloodfests.  Just a few impressions.  It was pleasingly multicultural and multiracial - and TMP must have been orgasmic when Chuckabutty carried the flag.  Loved the German rep waving just like Adolf H used to do the Nazi salute - spirit of '36 and all that.  When they lit all the torches I actually screamed 'think of the gas bill.'  We have produced some great music over the years - and some not so great.  Good to see both in abundance.  And when did we become a nation of vigorous but not very talented dancers?  It did get turgid and overblown towards the end (and this from someone who watched less than half) - why does everyone remotely connected have to get a face/name-check?  Thought the Queen looked suicidial at times.  McCartneys face will soon be down around his knees.  Like my moobs eventually (my knees, not his).  It was OK I guess.  The Chinese will be so damned puzzled they'll have no idea if it was better or worse than their effort.  It was different for certain.

I really liked them starting off with 'The Shipers' - made me warm to it instantly.

"McCartneys face will soon be down around his knees.  Like my moobs eventually (my knees, not his)" really made me laugh!

Well I really enjoyed that, mrbean made me laugh, but all good.  Purposely didn't read the forum because I didn't want a load of cynics moaning about everything (did that happen? Haven't read) .  Best ever.  Well done nibbs.

There were some cynics for 20 mins or so (mainly because we are expected to rip the p1ss), but gradually the thread warmed to it.  There was so much going on there are always bits people will pick fault with.  Overall excellent, even better looking back at the edited highlights this morning.

Good bits
Flame lighting superb
Workers who built stadium being involved (great to see these fellas weren't overlooked)
Lighting was great, those things on the seats created a great atmosphere
The overall concept had coherence
Loved Bond and the Queen
Last but nit least, Crisps commentary

Bad bits
Ali, feels a bit like we exploited him
Went on a bit too long
Macca just can't sing.  Use the Beatles music but he can't sing it.
Trevor Nelson
Trevor Nelson
Trevor Nelson

Overall, proud of what they all did.  Well done all.

Shami Chakrabarti carrying the Olympic flag was an obvious highlight

Yes bond and the queen was great, was really looking close, surely that's a lookalike, but no it was her.  And I hate James bond films and am not a monarchist.  But really loved the queen for getting involved.

Yes that was a bit of a surprise  Rob, when she was at the desk & turned round you just expected a double to be taking her part, bit of a shock when it was the real thing !

I thought they should have gone for it big time, and got her to recreate the opening titles sequence from Octo****

* pu$$y for Bobs sake!

Will be totally forgotten about in afew days these ceromonies are by en large a hideos marathon of bilge.

Good to see they had to give 1000's of tickets away...£10.000 for a ticketmr arse!

All in all it was decent for it's type.

One thing that comes to light in these events though is our seemingly total and utter lack of high class presenters? the likes of Linekar and Barker are very lightweight and what in the name of tokenism was Trevor "is it because" Nelson doing there?

I was half expecting Garth to be given arole

Yes....where is Susannah Reid....!

I really loved it apart from the bit after the teams walked on (Macca, Arctic Monkeys etc)

the whole thing reeked of the politically correct ideology which says:

"we are all really well integrated and multi-culturalism is a really good... just look how lovely it is and anyone who does not think so is an ignorant, poor, racist pleb whose values and opinions are so beneath contempt to not being even worth discussing..."

it was a good show but I resent having someone elses views rammed down my throat especially when it's being done by a bunch of super wealthy, hand wringing luvvies with a guilt complex

You're spoiling it for me now, Judo, I didn't see it like that at the time.

It was shyte see China 2008 on how to do a ceremony...some little Englanders very easily pleased.

I liked our Opening Ceremony and I am certainly not a 'Little Englander'.

orioles
Shami Chakrabarti carrying the Olympic flag was an obvious highlight

She was holding that so that a sniper couldn't get a clear shot

Was Flabbot there?

It's not that far from her house

First 25 minutes were good. Bond/Queen skit was fun. Mr Bean's appearance was a laugh.

Trevor Nelson was awful. He actually said "My niece (or was it cousin?) is in there somewhere" during the NHS routine (which was nauseating). Who cares mate?

Didn't care much for the music part

And if I ever hear Hey Jude again, it will be too soon.

YouTube playlist with 45 songs from the opening ceremony:

http://goo.gl/Ws4DB

Wonderfully Ethnic Opening Ceremony

i dont remember all those songs being played last night.

just reminded on the news - the young kid singing Jerusalem solo was superb.

ReaseHeath
28 Jul 12 22:16   
just reminded on the news - the young kid singing Jerusalem solo was superb.

He was in the English choir, you can tell that by the number of grevilles seated around him

Look at the Scots, Irish and Welsh choirs for a comparison

Mark Sutton,who parachuted into the Olympic stadium dressed as James Bond,has been killed when he veered off course into a mountain while wing-diving in Switzerland.

Tragic news. RIP.