Olympic's opening ceremony.

[richart]

he's too busy on a different thread moaning about something else, give him time he'll be here in a minute

Everyone has got to have a hobby Nick.

Thought it was a superb show, and just wished I could have been there.

 

[CMAC]

It was OUTSTANDING! What a vision, what coordination, sum up Britain in a couple of hours and have the world understand it, Oh Danny Boy you did us proud!

Saddens me to hear the moaners on here, what's to moan about.
How can anyone want independence after seeing 'who we are as a nation' united we stand

 

[chrisd]

Jeez, that was good odds I would have thought it would have been at least 1-1000

i may have gambled a couple of quid even on those odds, after all, it was a pretty sure fire winner

 

[munro007]

Here are some quotes from other people on here.


pish,waste of bloody money.

Didn't bother. Isn't it about the sport?

+1
No interest.
Guess this govenment will use it as their Falklands. That is no disrespect to those involved in the conflict. But we all know why "That Woman did it".

Tell you what it got pish awfully quick ( Quote by you Chriss661)

 

[Smiffy]

Jeez, that was good odds I would have thought it would have been at least 1-1000

There were quite a lot of runners

 

[chris661]

Tell you what it got pish awfully quick ( Quote by you Chriss661)

Do you understand the significance of the smilies at the end? Or are you being purposely obtuse?

 

[Smiffy]

Or are you being purposely obtuse?

Is he fat as well then???

 

[bluewolf]

I thought it was amazing. I expected it to be a bit pompous and overly ceremonial, but it was fantastic. It highlighted everything that was great and aspirational about these islands. I watched it in the local pub with about 20-30 others and I didnt hear 1 dissenting voice. Even the 2 Aussies thought it was great.

 

[MegaSteve]

Bit of a bummer having to be at work whilst opening ceremony was on... Did manage to get it up on one of the monitors so got to see and hear some snippets... Viewed the highlights on getting in this morning...

Bit of a fan of Danny Boyles films... His 'projects' are either triumph or disaster and from what I've seen last night was the former...

 

[FairwayDodger]

Must admit to being underwhelmed by the Olympics in general and I've never really got the point in the overblown opening and closing ceremonies.

That said, this melted the cynic in me right away. I didn't watch it from the start - tuned in just before Rowan Atkinson, which was laugh out loud funny. I then watched some of the earlier stuff on the internet (while the athletes were trooping past). Very good really and excellent lighting of the flame by the "next generation".

The only negative for me was the military involvement. Nothing against our armed forces but just didn't seem appropriate in this context.

 

[Neddy]

if you went into it with the "this cost £27M, it better be the best thing ever" attitude, you were only ever going to be disappointed.

I thought the opening hour and the flame lighting was spectacular. Highly imaginative and a great representation of our country. Certain bits of it I could have done without (NHS) but it was never going to be 100% to everyones tastes.

Overall I thought it was great and I'm looking forward to the games. Have already watched some sports I have never watched before!

 

[arnieboy]

I thought it was fantastic. The best bit for me was when my 25 year old son said he was proud to be British, I never expected that from him.

 

[Smiffy]

I thought it was fantastic. The best bit for me was when my 25 year old son said he was proud to be British, I never expected that from him.

My 23 year old son said exactly the same thing this morning. So if anything has come out of it, my son is now feeling patriotic. Never thought I'd see the day...

 

[Neddy]

I thought it was fantastic. The best bit for me was when my 25 year old son said he was proud to be British, I never expected that from him.

I'm 26 and have never been overly patriotic but last night was probably the proudest I have ever felt to be british and I have read a lot of people around my age say the same thing.

On that level it was an absolute triumph.

 

[RGDave]

I thought it was superb. I'm not sure the rest of the world would have "got" it, but hey, not bad.

Shame about wheeling on Paul Macca at the end. Toe Curling.

I thought the Mr Beckham bit with him looking 007.5 ish behind the wheel of the speedboat was cool.

 

[munro007]

I don't need the Olympic's to make me feel more patriotic. I need the Olympic's to be brought back to basics. Hopefully Rio will manage that.

 

[arnieboy]

Are you a patriotic Scot or a patriotic Brit, or both?

 

[munro007]

Hahaha what do you think.

 

[Smiffy]

I need the Olympic's to be brought back to basics.

Tossing the caber, solo pipes and Highland dancing?????
;-)

 

[chris661]

I need the Olympic's to be brought back to basics.

Why?