Olympic Opening Ceremony

[Sciencewoman]

Originally Posted by barbino

Great posts, Senruset I and KD Cat. Your two posts together sums up the London opening ceremony well. I liked it but found it hard to follow & overly long and boring in parts. I loved the part with James Bond & the Queen. Her corgis were so cute, and it was neat to see her in the palace.

But the best part for me is always the Parade of Nations. I really enjoyed seeing all the athletes in their country's special Olympic outfit.

Agreed. I also liked the Mr. Bean on the piano/Chariots of Fire part. That was funny.

The whole boy-meets-girl texting thing would be the part I'd delete.

I missed the Beijing opening because we were on a cruise and is wasn't on the satellite TV. I was pretty bummed about that.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by Mevara

I believe if it needed that much explanation it wasn't done very well.

I wonder if most of the ceremony was lost in translation.

This was my real issue with it. I felt like a lot of it had to be explained. And at some points, it seemed like Matt and Meredith had no clue what was going on..

"And here come some people in some very interesting outfits.."

I felt like the whole concept was good - the execution wasn't the best.

Originally Posted by Always AlphaGam

I think, for a country so steeped in tradition, they did a fine job staying true to their colors. I think it was great that they did something that celebrated their people instead of trying to put on a flashy show for the world.

It's their 3rd time hosting the Games in the Modern Era. Beijing needed to prove something. The British certainly did not.

They stayed true to their colors, yes. However, that's what the opening ceremony is supposed to be - a show for the world. Obviously you want to show off history and traditions, but it should be a spectacle enjoyed by all.

And I'm not so sure that because this was their third time hosting the games that they had nothing to prove. Besides, the last time they hosted was in 1948. How many people watching last night were even alive in 1948?

Originally Posted by Jen

I was glad the Brit sense of humour was so prevalent in the ceremony. I actually expected way more performances, and was kind of disappointed there wasn't more name performers - they played a ton of music, but I would've been happier to see some live performances.

This!

Originally Posted by Sciencewoman

The whole boy-meets-girl texting thing would be the part I'd delete.

Definitely.