Olympic Opening Ceremony

Destination · 28 Jul 2012 at 00:58

Von Smallhausen said:
Great to see Muhammad Ali there but heartbreaking to see him in such poor health.

Still the Greatest though.

I didn't see the point of him being there, what was he meant to represent? The sad state of social care for the elderly? Looked like he was doing pretty well, unable to move or stand, but a nurse to hold him and sort his piece.
He lit the cauldren at Atlanta, and that should have ended his involvement.

Can't see the reasoning behind including him now.

ben1977 · 28 Jul 2012 at 00:58

ste2005 said:
That was ace. Loved it all, Well done Danny Boyle

+1
An all round British show

jack.mitchell · 28 Jul 2012 at 00:58

I'm not one for this sort of thing usually, but damn. That was good.

Spenty · 28 Jul 2012 at 00:58

Once again showing the world why we once owned half of it.

Lunatic Dreyfus · 28 Jul 2012 at 00:58

It all worked and wasn't completely dreadful. Good enough.

Can't wait to see that cauldron and Stadium next Saturday.

G|mp · 28 Jul 2012 at 00:58

Hikari Kisugi said:
Thought it was great, it built well, but really, there was no need for even more David Beckham.
Has a non-olympian ever played so many roles in an Olympics before?
I truely do not understand the English fascination with that man, and why it is felt necessary to put him in the foreground of every scene.

Twas a good opening ceremony, hope he isn't there to ruin the actual events, or the closing of it.

He did a pretty good job of getting the Olympics in the first place to be fair.

Flibster · 28 Jul 2012 at 00:58

From one of my friends on Twitter.

It's like clubbing in the old days.. They always played the **** music to get you to leave.

Von Smallhausen · 28 Jul 2012 at 00:59

Reed said:
I'm sure I saw his carer/helper asking him to give a wave but i don't think he could. Was a little heartbreaking to see

I think it was his wife holding him steady. It looked like he was out of it on medication to control the shaking.

So sad but he's still the man I admire most.

Mark A · 28 Jul 2012 at 00:59

I want to watch it again

. Hopefully it'll be on iplayer tomorrow.

beachBOYken · 28 Jul 2012 at 00:59

Brilliant!

Attu90 · 28 Jul 2012 at 00:59

The whole thing was 100% better than I expected, quite amazing realy.

dunker · 28 Jul 2012 at 00:59

that was just Fantastic

Destination · 28 Jul 2012 at 01:00

Castiel said:
Blah blah blah.

He will be at the closing considering his wife is headlining it....

Well then, I'll get some rope, someone find me a tree...

Collider · 28 Jul 2012 at 01:00

Thought it risked being a cliche ridden lot of nonsense but it was actually really rather good in parts and pretty good overall. Nice one London Olympics!

Cauldron was amazing, also liked the industrial forging of the rings.

SheepBeast · 28 Jul 2012 at 01:00

9/10

like many others, i was expecting a cheesefest of cringe but I was completely blown away. The 5 rings meeting near the start and the cauldron at the end were just amazing.

One point deducted for the "texting" bit though. That was cr@p, but it was at least mercifully short.

elmuzzy66. · 28 Jul 2012 at 01:00

Castiel said:
Blah blah blah.

He will be at the closing considering his wife is headlining it....

You do have a man crush on old becks

benjo · 28 Jul 2012 at 01:02

Just realised one of the girls who lit cauldron is a sister of one of my friends at uni :

Fire_fly · 28 Jul 2012 at 01:03

It was a very good show, but if it had all had been as good as the industrial bit with the forging of the rings it would have been a great show. The Cauldron though is an excellent piece of design. I wonder what the rest of the world though of it though.

LOAM · 28 Jul 2012 at 01:03

1billion viewers

fozzybear · 28 Jul 2012 at 01:03

Highlight of the night for me was the hot Paraguayan woman in the red dress. She's apparently a javelin thrower called Leryn Franco.

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