London 2012 Olympics/Paralympics

[energizerspark]

WHAT. THE. HECK.

Spoiler : Spoilers for those who have not seen it :

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, INFLATABLE VOLDEMORT, CHILD CATCHER, MR BEAN, JAMES BOND, PAUL MCCARTNEY, TIM BERNERS-LEE, DAVID BECKHAM. ONLY IN BRITAIN.

That is all.

[GuardianDreamer]

... This exists? No, seriously. I hadn't even heard of this until someone mentioned it on the AAO xat yesterday. I guess my opinion on this is the same as Truf's.

[Holhol]

... This exists? No, seriously. I hadn't even heard of this until someone mentioned it on the AAO xat yesterday. I guess my opinion on this is the same as Truf's.

You mean you never heard of the Olympics before, or am I reading this wrong?

[AABattery]

I left after the part with the creepy giant baby. It was creeeeeeepy~

That was suppose to be Voldemort... I can't believe it... Voldemort taken down by a nanny...


I didn't think it was great. Compared to China, every country's opening ceremony is crap.

[enigma]

If you guys missed Mr. Bean, you missed the best moment of the whole ceremony.

Eh...I'll Youtube it.

[Meph]

I can't believe you all didn't like it. It was awesome! I loved how the tree flew into the air and coal miners came out of the pit underneath. But the best bit was when the Olympic rings were forged.

And the design of the flame cauldron was brilliant. Each country has a flame representing it, and they all converge to form one big flame. That's got to be better than one big fat cauldron in each previous Olympics had. And the fact that it was lit -- not by one famous person -- but by a few generation of young hopefuls was just inspiring.

Sorry England, but I gotta say this...

What about the rest of the UK?

Spoiler : :

Even the queen was not amused...

What do you mean? She always has that expression when watching any performance.

To be honest, I saw the part with the music through the ages thing and thought "WTF?" then I turned the TV off.

I left after the part with the creepy giant baby. It was creeeeeeepy~

ARE YOU DISSING THE NHS!?!?!?

[AABattery]

You liked it because you know the history. Not everyone would know what was going on because we wouldn't know the history as much as you do. The most understandable part was the industrial revolution because that happened around the world. I needed the announcers to explain the rest to me (oh, god, those announcers... we are such terrible people... XD)

Also, I didn't like the fact that one circle of people would be doing one thing, and right next to them, another circle of people would be doing another thing. I would call that "organized mess"... :\

I did see the whole thing, though, and I did like the cauldron part. The cauldron and the industrial parts are the ones I enjoyed most. The James Bond and Mr. Bean parts gave me a few chuckles. Beijing still rocking, though.

[Bad Player]

I agree that the opening ceremony was pretty meh...

I started watching it at the part with... the children's hospital or orphanage or something? Because everyone knows that those are a ton of fun.

Then I think it was less "Music Through the Ages", and more "A Tribute to the Fashion Failures of Previous Generations". And the thing with the girl who loses her phone and the guy who picks it up was just silly.

The Mr. Bean bit was funny. Well, the orchestra bit. His daydream within it was predictable and boring.

At that point I turned my attention to something more worthwhile (VLR )

[Meph]

But what about the very start and the very end? They were the best bits!

[SuperGanondorf]

Michael Phelps lost. All I can say is daaaaaayum. That almost never happens.

[energizerspark]

Michael Phelps lost. All I can say is daaaaaayum. That almost never happens.

To his credit, it was by like a hair.

Also, everyone getting on that Ye girl's case because she's doing well. Just because she broke the world record doesn't automatically mean she's taking steroids.

EDIT: YES WE FINALLY GOT A GOLD MEDAL.

[Dr.Cookie Master]

I know this probably go on Member's Phtoto's AND I'm probably late for this too but...



I had a brilliant day watching the Womens Hockey on Sunday.It was hiliarious how they literally stole ALL the England football chants and replaced the "ENG-LAND!" with "GB!".
I also got footage of the BBC interviewing the torch bearers/apparently legendary ice skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean UP CLOSE because their seats were near mine in the Riverbank arenaNOW I HAVE A CHANCE TO GET VIEWS ON MY YOUTUBE ACCOUNT BWAHAHAH

[energizerspark]

YES. WE ARE NOW 5TH. TEAM GB FTW.

[Meph]

OH MY GOSH YOU WERE ACTUALLY THERE THAT'S SO AWESOME NGFHDFDSACVBCXGVC!11!1!!!!!111!!ONE

I'm so jealous. I'd have loved to have been there to see the BMX or the velodrome events.

[E.D.Revolution]

Just watched the Men's Singles Tennis Semifinal Match 1: Roger Federer (SUI/Switzerland) VS. Juan Martin del Potro (ARG/Argentina)

Spoiler : :

Damn, 4 hour 25 minute match, and that third match would not stop. 19-17 on the third to Federer. I have to hand it to both of them: that was some high level play at the ending hour. I feel bad for del Potro... He's got a mixed doubles match right after this one.