The London 2012 Olympic Games...

[Ns1]

this NHS section is disastrous

 

[lupi]

Oh and random country I've never heard of from the parade of nations: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liechtenstein

Population
- 2011 estimate 36,281

160 km2 (215th)
61 sq mi

Damn... that's smaller than my college town.

that's one I've known about for awhile. have a friend that lived in germany with his dad while young and knew about if from that, always makes jokes about something involving stamps but can't reacall exactly what it was.

 

[lupi]

and as if enough of this wasnt bad enough, this group hug torch lighting crap at the end is major suckage too.

 

[irishScott]

Perhaps you hit Boyle's point on the head?

So he was going for "hey a lot of us have this in common!"?

The Olympics are a time for big messages and big themes, not "hey we all party together on the weekends!".

 

[lupi]

this NHS section is disastrous

really? you don't think we stand a chance in the 100m rolling bed competition this time?

 

[Ns1]

lol

 

[zokudu]

Industrial Revolution was well done. Forget the rest of it, utter garbage.

 

[Zeze]

It's official. UK Olympic Ceremony is a terrible circlejerk snoozefest.

I remember the 2008 Beijing ceremony thread here. Nothing but woos and ahhs, I remember we were even telling Bob Costa to stfu whenever he made unnecessary political comments.

 

[Ns1]

who is this dude doing chariots of fire and why should i care?

 

[Zeze]

Is Paul gonna croak? He's terribly offkey and cracking.

 

[zokudu]

who is this dude doing chariots of fire and why should i care?

He's a famous Birtish Comedian, you may know him as "Mr Bean"

 

[Ns1]

He's a famous Birtish Comedian, you may know him as "Mr Bean"

Not Mr. Bean, the conductor.

 

[irishScott]

Is Paul gonna croak? He's terribly offkey and cracking.

It's always nice to see him though. He's an excellent performer, and all things considered he sounds pretty damn good. What I find depressing is that he's the best the UK could muster, and he's old. A throwback to a "better time" as it were. There's nothing even slightly younger that remotely touches him.

 

[Zeze]

Why do Olympic announcements always start with French? (Not just UK).

This has bothered me for decades.

Who gives a crap about French? No one speaks it except France and some fringe ex-colonies.

I believe the most widely used languages are English and Spanish. Is it just snobby politics that got French into it?

 

[mnewsham]

Seems like we were all pretty pleased with it over here. Danny Boyle is awesome and did a great job, I'm not sure how it translated across the sea as you guys probably wouldn't get some of the "Englishness / Britishness" of it all.

I enjoyed a good portion of it, though I have some bias as my dad was born in England and just moved to the states a year ago.

 

[mnewsham]

Why do Olympic announcements always start with French? (Not just UK).

This has bothered me for decades.

Who gives a crap about French? No one speaks it except France and some fringe ex-colonies.

I believe the most widely used languages are English and Spanish. Is it just snobby politics that got French into it?

Because the founder of the Modern Olympic Games was French, and the Headquarters of the International Olympic Committee is located in Switzerland.
English is also an official language of the Olympics. When announcements are made at the Games, they are made in French, English, and the language of the host country.

 

[Svnla]

It's official. UK Olympic Ceremony is a terrible circlejerk snoozefest.

I remember the 2008 Beijing ceremony thread here. Nothing but woos and ahhs, I remember we were even telling Bob Costa to stfu whenever he made unnecessary political comments.

Yes, it is all great in china, you do not have to repeat over and over and over again in this thread. BTW, this thread is about 2012, not 2008.

Oh, this is soooo great about china Olympic = http://abcnews.go.com/International...-exposing-chinas-oppression/story?id=16872274 Funny how you did not repeat that over and over and over....and.....

More goodness and greatness...by cheating = http://sports.yahoo.com/news/chinese-doctor-reveals-state-sponsored-doping-033024064--oly.html

 

[sdifox]

Macartney singing? Are they out of their fucking mind? Dude is 70, don't expect him to be able to sing! That was a horrifying end. At least the Olympic cauldron was cool.

 

[sdifox]

It's always nice to see him though. He's an excellent performer, and all things considered he sounds pretty damn good. What I find depressing is that he's the best the UK could muster, and he's old. A throwback to a "better time" as it were. There's nothing even slightly younger that remotely touches him.

Whut? He sounded like shit.

 

[irishScott]

So.. you're saying that the current culture in your country is rather trivial?

I agree that some parts were good, but some parts were just downright embarrassing/amateurish when on the global stage.

I'd put it this way:

China "conveyed" Chinese ideals.
The UK "showed" British culture.

Prime example: Mr. Bean in Chariots of Fire. I only have a vague knowledge of the man by name, haven't seen much of his work. Many others know even less. I'm sure the Brits loved this moment, but the Olympics aren't a British event, they're a world event. It's a time for big, overarching, fundamental themes. In some ways the UK show succeeded there (the early bits with the industrial revolution), then it seemed like they got desperate for material.

 

[sdifox]

Oh and random country I've never heard of from the parade of nations: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liechtenstein

Population
- 2011 estimate 36,281

160 km2 (215th)
61 sq mi

Damn... that's smaller than my college town.

Main export, Stamps :biggrin:

I used to get their and Luxemburg stamps when I was a kid, back in Taiwan :biggrin:

 

[mnewsham]

Whut? He sounded like shit.

he said ALL THINGS CONSIDERED

For 70 he sounds pretty fucking good

 

[sdifox]

who is this dude doing chariots of fire and why should i care?

Mr Bean...

 

[sdifox]

I'd put it this way:

China "conveyed" Chinese ideals.
The UK "showed" British culture.

Prime example: Mr. Bean in Chariots of Fire. I only have a vague knowledge of the man by name, haven't seen much of his work. Many others know even less. I'm sure the Brits loved this moment, but the Olympics aren't a British event, they're a world event. It's a time for big, overarching, fundamental themes. In some ways the UK show succeeded there (the early bits with the industrial revolution), then it seemed like they got desperate for material.

Mr Bean is pretty global.

wiki paste

The show has been sold in 245 territories worldwide, and has inspired an animated cartoon spin-off and two feature films.[5]

 

[lupi]

Yes, it is all great in china, you do not have to repeat over and over and over again in this thread. BTW, this thread is about 2012, not 2008.

Oh, this is soooo great about china Olympic = http://abcnews.go.com/International...-exposing-chinas-oppression/story?id=16872274 Funny how you did not repeat that over and over and over....and.....

More goodness and greatness...by cheating = http://sports.yahoo.com/news/chinese-doctor-reveals-state-sponsored-doping-033024064--oly.html

who cares, it looked good on tv is all that matters.