Wife had never seen the Beijing opening ceremonies and I had downloaded a copy of them 4 years ago.. so we watched it two nights ago. It will be very tough for the London ceremonies to top them in my opinion.
Danny Boyle (producer of 28 Days Later, 127 Hours, Slumdog Millionaire, etc) is the director for the opening ceremonies.. so I'm sure it will be good.
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TiVoing it. This has "made for TiVo" written all over it.
"Ohhhh the team from West Kalbatunistnarun. Yay!"
dukefanjohn
Drunk Monkey
posted: Jul. 27, 2012 @ 2:15p
i am predicting David Beckham kicks a flaming soccer ball to light the torch
airtommy
0k
posted: Jul. 27, 2012 @ 2:15p
Grant Hill offers a look back at the 1996 Olympics:
It was actually pretty funny — nobody on the team wanted to be the leading scorer in those games, in the Olympic games. Because whoever was the leading scorer, ended up having to be drug tested.
And the reason for that is the drug testing process, you'd be there for two hours after the game. And so nobody wanted to be there and have to go through that whole process.
So if you watch those games and you watch the highlights at the end of the games, everyone is being super unselfish passing the ball. Because no one wants to shoot (laughs). link
Not all details are known (but there are plenty of predictions) and Danny Boyle no doubt has some surprises in store for the 62,000 people in the stadium and those watching at home. His chosen title was inspired by a speech in Shakespeare’s “The Tempest.” “It is about the wondrous beauty of Caliban’s island and his deep, deep devotion to it,” Boyle told The Guardian.
Boyle has crafted a special short film featuring actor Daniel Craig in the role of James Bond along with Queen Elizabeth II, who will naturally play herself, according to The Sun. In the film, Bond reportedly arrives at Buckingham Palace where he is knighted and then sent on a special mission to open the London Games. Bond boards a helicopter that will fly up the Thames, under Tower Bridge and drop the British Secret Service agent at the Olympic stadium.
The official ceremony begins with the ringing of a bell – the largest bell ever cast in Europe – that will hang at one end of the stadium.
The stadium will be transformed into a British countryside scene featuring fields, meadows and live animals including sheep, horses, cows, chickens and goats. According to the Daily Mail, there’ll be a cricket pitch and synthetic clouds will reportedly hang above the bucolic pastures. Four giant Maypoles will represent England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.
The green will give way to an industrial landscape featuring the Houses of Parliament and Royal Albert Hall. Performers will then recreate the Jarrow march of 1936 when 200 walked to London to protest poverty and unemployment in the north east. There will be a tribute to the suffragette movement and the British National Health Service will be honored by real nurses pushing hospital beds around the arena.
More than 10,000 volunteers will take part in the performances. And soccer star David Beckham will be in there somewhere.
The 86 musical tracks selected for the ceremony were mixed by techno group Underworld and will include the theme from “Chariots of Fire,” "London Calling" by The Clash, "Firestarter" by The Prodigy, the Eton Boating Song, and the theme from the English drama series “The Eastenders.”
So far, they have: -had some tour de france winner ring the bell -done that history thing representing the industrial revolution -did the james bond thing implying that the Queen jumped from the helicopter. She later walked in with the IOC head. -kids in pajamas singing the national anthem -doing something representing children's literature. -a organ performance of Chariots of Fire. Must be some joke as the guy looks like he is doing social media and blowing his nose. -something representing British music. -showing the guy who invented the web. -montage of the torch relay. Beckham was in a boat approaching the stadium. -performance of a song that is supposedly often used in championship finals over there. -now is the long (probably an hour or more) march of nations. -during the march, each nation is lead by the flag bearer, somebody holding the name of the country, and somebody holding a copper container. Mystery is what is the significance of the container. -Queen looks bored when GB comes out. -Artic Monkeys perform -big-shot speeches -Queen wakes up to formally open the games -Olympic flag is brought in and raised. The Greatest is there. -scene turns to the boat with Beckham with the torch. -oath speeches -younger group (7) representing future athletes take the flame around the track. -the 7 light up individual flames which are attached to all the copper conatainers that were placed on a hillside. The individual containers lift up and form one big flame. -fireworks -Paul McCartney sings. Not sure how a song about John Lennon's kid is related to the Olympics though.
0AfterRebates
Senior Member - 2K
posted: Jul. 27, 2012 @ 5:09p
It's the XXX Olympics.
ganda
Senior Member - 1K
posted: Jul. 27, 2012 @ 5:50p
0AfterRebates said: It's the XXX Olympics.
People from the 1970's are wondering why none of the white girls got fro's.
ETA: ON THEIR HEADS!
lordoffire
Senior Member - 4K
posted: Jul. 27, 2012 @ 5:51p
0AfterRebates said: It's the XXX Olympics.
viewership would be at an all time high
"here's the one you've been waiting for folks...the pole vault up next!"
linrick
Anymoo?
posted: Jul. 27, 2012 @ 7:17p
London's opening ceremony is pretty boring. bejing hands down!
In Beijing, the big climax was lifting somebody up to the top of the stadium and "running" around it to the background of previous Olympics before lighting the flame. In London, their big finale was Paul McCartney.
lordoffire
Senior Member - 4K
posted: Jul. 27, 2012 @ 7:46p
Look out! It's Voldemort!
SilverII
Denied!! - Fruitcake
posted: Jul. 27, 2012 @ 7:48p
Just saw the unsynchronized raising of the flag. And children pretending to sleep with brightass lighted blankets
SilverII
Denied!! - Fruitcake
posted: Jul. 27, 2012 @ 7:49p
Big creepy baby.
Funny mr bean
lordoffire
Senior Member - 4K
posted: Jul. 27, 2012 @ 8:48p
SHUT UP APPLE, I don't want your garbage.
Senturon
*chuckle-sticles*
posted: Jul. 27, 2012 @ 9:07p
lordoffire said: SHUT UP APPLE, I don't want your garbage.Genius...
"You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means"
lordoffire
Senior Member - 4K
posted: Jul. 27, 2012 @ 9:08p
since when is Hong Kong a country?
SilverII
Denied!! - Fruitcake
posted: Jul. 27, 2012 @ 9:17p
Khazaxtan is using their iPad to record video on their parade!!!
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