Opening Ceremony

[KD]

...............oh dear...........

Think it was a Jimmy Saville tribute. Nice touch.

 

[GP200]

Think it was a Jimmy Saville tribute. Nice touch.

............yep.............jingle jangle.............

 

[bexleyheap]

Doreen Lawrence in there yet again.

 

[Tom the bee]

Redgrave.

 

[JBN]

WTF is Chakrabarti getting airtime for?

 

[bexleyheap]

The cauldron is something special - best bit so far.

 

[absenteebee]

Redgrave.

why not, who else?

and he let the kids do it!

 

[steve.bees89]

Hey Jude time

 

[absenteebee]

Trust Macca to **** it up!

 

[B2B]

:lol:

 

[bexleyheap]

Now it's Hey Jude - but being murdered by Paul McCartney.

 

[absenteebee]

Na na na na na na na.... Brentford...

 

[B2B]

Out of sync?..the like of brentford bob won't be happy

 

[absenteebee]

Please God no Elton or Cliff

 

[Les Beeavinu]

He should be in bed this time of night.

 

[Col T]

Good god man...its yer own bloody song!

 

[B2B]

Shocking.....la la la la la la brentford

 

[Banana]

Good god man...its yer own bloody song!

Yeah and they should be taking their lead from him, not some numpty on the PA.

 

[absenteebee]

Is he there because he performed at the last London Games opening?

 

[wibs]

Macca is an embarrassing mess.

 

[absenteebee]

Macca just collapsed with embarrassment on his joanna... oh dear.

 

[Les Beeavinu]

Are they going to finish off with everyone high kicking New York New York?

 

[Col T]

Hats off to Danny Boyle . Top work...

 

[Simon T]

WTF is Chakrabarti getting airtime for?

If they were going to have her their they should have at least announced her as the champion of terrorists everywhere. If there are any incidents they'll look remarkably foolish for inviting her.

 

[Salford Bee]

Incredible. Proud to be British.

 

[Mark H]

Redgrave.

And who would you have had?

 

[Les Beeavinu]

And who would you have had?

Probably that bloke who won six consecutive gold medals.

 

[Ken Richardson]

I have not bothered to read many of the earlier posts, but how did this make me feel. In a word PROUD. My god it was wonderful, Although i could have done without the Queen opening it. Would have preferred Wills, Kate, and Harry.

 

[Inappropriate Smilies Bee]

Macca is an embarrassing mess.

thats rich!
although he did look a bit like a lesbian granny.
arctic monkeys excellent.
cannot beleive the Queen jumped out of a helicopter. she is game as f**k.
well done Frankie Boyle for organising it all.
where are the doubters now????

 

[Simon T]

Just about the only really disappointing aspect was the lack of zombies in the NHS segment, I thought Boyle was the man behind 28 Days Later/28 Weeks Leter

 

[hobbsy]

Just got back.....Watched it on an outdoor screen in the pub so probably didn't get the real effect, however was impressed with what I saw, will try and watch it back in full tomorrow.

 

[Hullbee]

Excellent stuff proud to be a londoner

 

[Nick Hester]

Unbelievable. Incredible. Proud and thought it was a fantastic testimony of everything that was great about our nation. Also pleased to see Boyle took some big risks. Buzzing after that.

 

[Headbee]

Much more was right than wrong, even the words of the Olympic President were well considered and necessary. The cauldron was a fantastic work of art that really finished a generally excellent evening well.

 

[clad1]

Thought it was really good but why, when the countries and The Queen were being introduced, were the announcements made in French first then English? Should have been English first as the games are hosted by London, England not france.

 

[Mark H]

Probably that bloke who won six consecutive gold medals.

You have lost me. Which Briton has won 6 gold medals in consecutive games?
Redgrave won 5 gold medals and a bronze. The golds spanned 5 games, 16 years in one of the Olympics most demanding sports.

 

[mhead bee]

Surprised how much I enjoyed it to be honest, some really great imagery, loved the start with the Thames. Some wierd decisions, of all the great rock stars this country has produced how come arctic monkey and dizzy rascal got to perform??????????????
Also a bit too politically correct for me at times.

The only real downer of the night was the BBC commentary who just could not shut their friggin traps and blabbered throughout the whole thing. They think if they keep telling us the queen is looking on enthralled and proudly we will actually start to believe it and not believe what our own eyes are telling us that she looked exhausted and thoroughly fed up. The music bit was great but ruined by the constant talking over it....one great example "This is probably dizzy rascals greatest and biggest ever show"...well it would have been if you didn't just talk right the way through it you bastard!!!!
Also why is it when the teams came out they had to mention every war or atrocity that country had faced in the last 100 years... so unnecessary, couldn't we just keep it happy and joyful?

Finally, I thought Frankie Boyle might have thrown in a few more jokes about pedophiles, disabled people or missing kids.

 

[wayfarer172]

Thought it was really good but why, when the countries and The Queen were being introduced, were the announcements made in French first then English? Should have been English first as the games are hosted by London, England not france.

I thought the same thing myself. Still, it could have been worserer Overall though I was impressed. Job well done Mr Boyle.

 

[wayfarer172]

thats rich!
although he did look a bit like a lesbian granny.
arctic monkeys excellent.
cannot beleive the Queen jumped out of a helicopter. she is game as f**k.
well done Frankie Boyle for organising it all.
where are the doubters now????

You are so right about Sir Paul. His singing days are clearly over now. Should stick to just writing songs now.

 

[Owlsmoor_Bee]

You have lost me. Which Briton has won 6 gold medals in consecutive games?
Redgrave won 5 gold medals and a bronze. The golds spanned 5 games, 16 years in one of the Olympics most demanding sports.

I think that was Les's point.

 

[wibs]

I thought the queen undid all the good work she achieved with the James bond spoof by pickingat her nails when the GB team came out.

The cauldron bit was the highlight for me, apart from arctic monkeys of course.

Asks I thought muhammed Ali was a bit unnecessary, especially as you could see his nurse hollering "wave, wave" in his ear. Let's leave the shell of a man in peace.

 

[wanderer paul]

I thought the queen undid all the good work she achieved with the James bond spoof by pickingat her nails when the GB team came out.

The cauldron bit was the highlight for me, apart from arctic monkeys of course.

Asks I thought muhammed Ali was a bit unnecessary, especially as you could see his nurse hollering "wave, wave" in his ear. Let's leave the shell of a man in peace.

The lady with Muhammad Ali was his wife.

 

[wanderer paul]

Thought it was really good but why, when the countries and The Queen were being introduced, were the announcements made in French first then English? Should have been English first as the games are hosted by London, England not france.

It's in French because it was a Frenchman, Baron Coubertin, that re introduced the Olympics and set up the IOC in the 1890's..

 

[Les Beeavinu]

You have lost me. Which Briton has won 6 gold medals in consecutive games?

Redgrave won 5 gold medals and a bronze. The golds spanned 5 games, 16 years in one of the Olympics most demanding sports.

Exactly.

 

[condorman]

The official language of the Olympics is French. Running order has always been French then. English then Host country. Obviously we are both 2&3 this time

 

[wibs]

Frankie Boyles Tweet made me laugh shortly after the ceremony started.

"A British countryside scene. Halfway through, a woman walking a dog discovers a body."

 

[Brickie Chap]

The left wing b***ocks notwithstanding, pretty amazing show.

 

[Garybaldbee]

If they were going to have her their they should have at least announced her as the champion of terrorists everywhere. If there are any incidents they'll look remarkably foolish for inviting her.

Congratulations for one of the most inane posts the GPG must ever have hosted.

 

[BFC1997]

The best bit was that bloke singing that song that you hear on Ealing Road sometimes.

 

[GEOFFBEE]

Proud to be British!

With such a massive event, and with lots of novel and high risk creativity,it would have been impossible to please everybody.
There were also a few political tightropes to walk, with so many disparate nations involved and the world watching.
Overall, it was highly memorable, stunningly brilliant , full of character, and awesome in its creation!
I take my hat off to the organisers and everyone involved