Olympic's opening ceremony.

[palindromicbob]

That is the best looking cauldron I've ever seen. What awesome design. Still think Wolff Olins should give back the money they charged for the logo design though.

 

[backwoodsman]

Hmmm. Thought the first half was a bit crap really. Very well staged and very well co-ordinated - but content still a bit crap. Dancing nurses as a tribute to the NHS? They should just pay them a proper wage as tribute.

But the lighting? Brilliant. Coverage should have focussed on the background more . Them LED thingies behind each seat or whatever were awesome - didn't get to see enough of them till later. The ceremonioal bit and finale much much better. Of course it was going to be Steve Redgrave who brought the torch in - but the handing it over to the youngster was a great touch. (With the theme being "inspire a generation" we should have suspected something - but of course we didn't.

Overall, could have nodded of near the start - but in the end, glad I didn't

 

[Durango]

Loved every second of it.

 

[triple_bogey]

I must be the only one who thought ''as a spectacle'' was bit of a let down.
Maybe I'm comparing it too much to the ceremony of the China Olympics.

Still it beats the usual weekend pish on TV.

 

[JustOne]

To put the cost into perspective its less than Liverpool paid for Andy Carroll lol

Glad someone put it into perspective.... people still think £1M is enough to live on forever!

 

[upsidedown]

Watched it with HID before heading of to golf and two very proud Brits here in NZ , got a bit of eye moistening at the start there.
Had had the tip off from my daughter who was at the rehearsal that it was awesome and she wasn't wrong.
Bring on the games

 

[Smiffy]

pish,waste of bloody money.

what a load of utter garbage.

And the common denominator is?

 

[AmandaJR]

I thought it was great. A bit long and kept me up way past my bedtime but overall imo a real success. Quirky and on a smaller scale than Beijing but it was never going to be on that scale. Not sure the billions watching worldwide would have got it all but hey it's London 2012 :clap:

Can't wait for the road race today and swimming tonight and and and and - on it goes for over 2 weeks - awesome!

 

[User20205]

And the common denominator is?

they'll be right behind the Stoneybridge 2024 bid !:whoo:

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Thought it was very good until Ken Dodd started singing the Beatles song off key.
Nice touch giving the flame to the kids.

 

[munro007]

And the common denominator is?

Not all of us have rose tinted glasses on :ears:

 

[Smiffy]

Not all of us have rose tinted glasses on :ears:

Nowt to do with glasses Geezer.
I saw the thread last night and said to the Missus before heading for bed that a couple of Jocks would make "anti" comments...

 

[munro007]

I must have been watching something else on TV, what a load of utter garbage. 27 Million for that, someone has been smoking to much of that funny stuff.

Smithy what part of this post is ANTI English then.

 

[Dodger]

Nowt to do with glasses Geezer.
I saw the thread last night and said to the Missus before heading for bed that a couple of Jocks would make "anti" comments...

I thought it was the GB Olympics not the English Olympics?

Isn't it?

 

[Robobum]

Great bit of story telling. Fun, quirky, spectacular in places and laced with the ability to poke a bit of fun at ourselves.

Fantastic - even got a geography lesson by learning the names of countries that I never knew existed.

 

[Smiffy]

Smithy what part of this post is ANTI English then.

I'm just assuming it was because it was held in London....

 

[munro007]

I watched the first 15 minutes and that was enough for me. Not impressed, £27 Million Pounds your having a laugh mate :rofl:

 

[munro007]

I'm just assuming it was because it was held in London....

I think you should know better than to assume Smiffy:temper:

 

[Fish]

Excellent.

Great tongue in cheek moments, superb acknowledgements to our history and institutions.

Take a bow Danny Boyle.

 

[Robobum]

I watched the first 15 minutes and that was enough for me. ........

Shame, you missed all the good stuff. Chins up, 2 weeks and you can moan at the closing ceremony.