Olympic opening and closing ceremonies

TRR

The closing ceremony is fecking brilliant. Didn't want to say it at the time in case I sounded like an uneducated heathen but the opening ceremony was absolute monkey balls in my opinion.

Jesus I'm delighted to see the spice girls back. I was a big fan of posh back in the 1990's. A few burgers and warm pints of ale could restore her to former glories.

RayCun

:pac:

The athletes all look like they've had a few drinks and are having great crack - what more could you ask for than well-known faces playing pub hits?

sideswipe

TRR wrote: »

The closing ceremony is fecking brilliant. Didn't want to say it at the time in case I sounded like an uneducated heathen but the opening ceremony was absolute monkey balls in my opinion.

Jesus I'm delighted to see the spice girls back. I was a big fan of posh back in the 1990's. A few burgers and warm pints of ale could restore her to former glories.

Just to clarify- is 'Monkey Balls' good or bad?

rom

Jessie J singing Queen is a low point though. She is al over it like a rash. Scary spice did look very scary too.

TRR

sideswipe wrote: »

Just to clarify- is 'Monkey Balls' good or bad?

The last time I had contact with monkey balls they were bad.

BobMac104

I gotta disagree. Loved the opening this is a bit all over the shop. Not hating this but much preferred the opening. Plus this means its all over...

M cebee

I usually avoid them like the plague
I've tuned in accidentally to opening and closing and they've been awesome
Britain playing to it's strength-Music

Kurt Godel

TRR wrote: »

The closing ceremony is fecking brilliant. Didn't want to say it at the time in case I sounded like an uneducated heathen but the opening ceremony was absolute monkey balls in my opinion.

Jesus I'm delighted to see the spice girls back. I was a big fan of posh back in the 1990's. A few burgers and warm pints of ale could restore her to former glories.

You're like bizarro Road Runner, got it all backwards. I'm attacking the poster on this one, it's worth a lifetime ban: you're an uneducated populist simpleton who wouldn't recognise Art or Theatre if it gave you an arse rash after a fumbling Coppers performance. A pox on your lousy judgement and taste, sir, and may the Spice Girl you end up toadrimming be the Granny transvestite one.

TRR

Kurt Godel wrote: »

You're like bizarro Road Runner, got it all backwards. I'm attacking the poster on this one, it's worth a lifetime ban: you're an uneducated populist simpleton who wouldn't recognise Art or Theatre if it gave you an arse rash after a fumbling Coppers performance. A pox on your lousy judgement and taste, sir, and may the Spice Girl you end up toadrimming be the Granny transvestite one.

Bring it bitch

Ill admit i have as much culture as the arse pocket of Bertie Aherne's jeans but the opening ceremony was like a cheap ass college production. Very arty farty and the commentators had to continually explain what the feck was going on. At one stage I thought they were recreating lord of the rings (very badly). The highlight was the forging of the Olympic rings and the lighting of the copper petals to form the olympic flame. They even managed to feck that up in my opinion as well. I don't want to see 7 snot nosed gits light the flame, sure I could have filled in for one of them. I wanted to see an Olympic icon such as Redgrave light it.

The music and lighting of the closing ceremony was great in most places. I'll admit the spice girls were a bit crap but I've got rose tinted glasses on for my Victoria

BeepBeep67

TRR wrote: »

The closing ceremony is fecking brilliant. Didn't want to say it at the time in case I sounded like an uneducated heathen but the opening ceremony was absolute monkey balls in my opinion.

Jesus I'm delighted to see the spice girls back. I was a big fan of posh back in the 1990's. A few burgers and warm pints of ale could restore her to former glories.

Burgers for her and at least 8 pints of Ale for you I presume!

BeepBeep67

From a family entertainment perspective the kids were glued to the closing ceremony, whereas we couldn't get them to sit down and watch the opening.
I enjoyed both, but the closing was a better all rounder.

Thought the closing ceremony was utter drivel. Bad karaoke, though at least in karaoke they get the sound pretty right. Was turning over and back, but once I saw Russell Brand mime the Beatles that was that for me.

Though the opening ceremony was very good though. Chimney stacks appearing out of the ground, Underworld doing the music, far better.

macinalli

Kurt Godel wrote: »

and may the Spice Girl you end up toadrimming be the Granny transvestite one.

You'll need to be a bit more specific....

Brianderunner

Seriously, who c*ck is Emili Sande sucking? A minor name in pop music appearing at the opening and closing ceremonies.

robinph

Never heard of that Emili Sande before and why did they let George Michael play a new song?

Thought both the opening and closing were good. The opening was a bit confusing, although that may have been to kids watching it with us and being equally confused and talking over it so I missed Trevor Nelson explaining what was going on.

Doesn't matter what the opening was actually meant to be about though. It had Bond and Bean and they were both awesome. When the Chariots of Fire started someone else said at the start, "They forgot the nah-nah-nah-nah-nah.........Ah, there it is..... ". Then we all burst out laughing and the kids were even more confused than they had been with the rest of the show.

Brianderunner

Brianderunner wrote: »

Seriously, who c*ck is Emili Sande sucking? A minor name in pop music appearing at the opening and closing ceremonies.

I had heard of her.

I didn't recognise a group called One Direction, and was wondering why Ricky Gervais was singing (my wife told me they were Elbow) and who was some red haired guy called Sheerin who covered a Pink Floyd song.

walshb

I enjoyed bits of the ceremony. But there was a hell of a lot of nonsense on it too. As for the acts. Has beens most of them, and looking like has beens. Even the youth of today, One Direction, well, the less said the better. Useless!

G-Money

For those who want to re-watch the opening ceremony, I believe it's repeated on BBC One on Saturday at 1pm.