Any mention of Amy Winehouse whose coke filled nose revoloutionised something.
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Quote: sootyj @ July 28 2012, 10:10 AM BSTI was hoping to see 5000 ballet dancers dressed as riot police shoving 5000 big issue sellers over.
Now that I think of it, Sooty should have written the ceremony. And every other ceremony now and forever.
Quote: Aaron @ July 28 2012, 1:58 AM BSTTThat was as embarrassing and cloying as I imagined it might be. And to think there'll be another one for the Paralympics in a few weeks!
Come on Aaron, what about Kenneth Branagh as I.K. Brunnel and the pig iron smelting and the chimneys - I can't believe you didn't enjoy that as much as I did.
Dizzee Rasclart's fame and success continues to be a mystery to me however.
Aidan Burley MP relaxes to non-lefty PC Olympic opening- http://tinyurl.com/d3ehdxl
I rather like Dizee Rascal he's a passable rapper and no worse than most of the white noise that dominates these days.
And he always looks like he finds what ever pc shit he's been dragged into, as utterly ridiculous.
They did at least use the one Dizzee Rascal song that I find bearable.
I forgot it was on and ended up watching Quantum of Solace. Which has a brilliant boat chase sequence.
I'll catchup on YouTube once it's been chopped down to best bits.
Quote: Godot Taxis @ July 28 2012, 11:37 AM BSTCome on Aaron, what about Kenneth Branagh as I.K. Brunnel and the pig iron smelting and the chimneys - I can't believe you didn't enjoy that as much as I did.
The chimneys rising from the ground was certainly an interesting sight, but like I said: embarrassing.
I watched The Help which had lots of shitting in it.
Quote: Aaron @ July 28 2012, 12:25 PM BSTThe chimneys rising from the ground was certainly an interesting sight, but like I said: embarrassing.
The most embarrassing thing about it was the camera work. I can only image how hard it would be to get everything in shot. But why wasn't it all coordinated with the routines? It was just random shots, all over the place.
The only embarrassing bit for me was the weird sequence in the house with all the teenagers and the textspeak, as though he was trying to be down with the kids. Erk.
Quote: zooo @ July 28 2012, 12:30 PM BSTThe only embarrassing bit for me was the weird sequence in the house with all the teenagers and the textspeak, as though he was trying to be down with the kids. Erk.
I didn't like the pre-recorded bits. It's all looked very CBBC. I was kind of hoping the Mini at the start of that sequence would suddenly start flying around the arena, and then be joined by a whole fleet of them to the sound of The Italian Job Theme. That would have been awesome. I should have directed the 'lympicks!
Quote: zooo @ July 28 2012, 12:30 PM BSTThe only embarrassing bit for me was the weird sequence in the house with all the teenagers and the textspeak, as though he was trying to be down with the kids. Erk.
What annoyed me about that was that he was calling and texting her to tell her she had forgotten her phone.
I put it on in the background this morning. The animated Churchill statue really made me cringe. Though my favourite bit was after the Queen arrived and everyone was applauding her there was a tall man standing behind her who obviously wanted to be in shot so he crouched down suddenly. That really made me laugh. Along with Kenneth Branagh's 'admiring things' face.
It seemed like a good 90 minute show stretched out over 4 tedious hours.
Quote: Harridan @ July 28 2012, 12:51 PM BSTWhat annoyed me about that was that he was calling and texting her to tell her she had forgotten her phone.
I didn't even notice that. 
Quote: Harridan @ July 28 2012, 12:51 PM BSTAlong with Kenneth Branagh's 'admiring things' face.
He never stopped acting, bless him. Makes a change as Kurt Wallander doesn't do admiring things face.
Quote: Aaron @ July 27 2012, 8:20 PM BSTYou know how they've been promoting the Opening Ceremony as a great showcase for British culture, performance, spectacle - and how it'll really show us off to the world, and how the Government recently coughed up, what was it, £80 million?
Yeah, well it turns out that's bollocks. Apparently most countries - including America - are showing their own edited highlights programmes rather than the full thing.
I'd laugh if it wasn't so pathetic.
Hey, it's your party, so enjoy it and don't worry about the rest of the world not screening the whole thing (or Johnny Taxpayer footing the bill) (or that Paul McCartney was chosen over Chumbawamba). I wish Indonesian TV had shown an edited highlights package at a reasonable hour today, rather than the whole bastard thing live from 2.45am when I was having my kip. In years past I'd be in the pub at that hour and would've watched it. But not this year. Indonesia is bothering to broadcast only the soccer and badminton.