Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony
 

I've just spent the last 2 hours watching the live TV coverage of the Opening Ceremony from the Olympics in Beijing.

I'm not sure what level of coverage it will get in the UK, but if you get the opportunity to see it, you cannot fail to be impressed.

The London 2012 team will certainly have a hard act to follow.:hothothot

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Just spent2hours avoiding it and will for the next 2 weeks:hidewall::sleep8::sleep8:

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Me too beni I'v been watching Cricket:D

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make that 3,:D

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.....me too......
and football starts soon as well :(

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I can predict you'll spend a lot longer than 2 hours avoiding it and being a helpful and loyal friend I'll share the effort of not watching.

P.S. I have declared my house an Olympics free zone so don't call around here to discuss it, I will show you something heavier than a Chinese tank to take your mind off it!
:p

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I give you all fair warning, if someone comes on here when the gymnastics are on and say's something along the lines of, "Miss Baggypants was a wonderful performer", they will be reported to the authorities!:eek:

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Not much of an effort,you 'aint got a telly.

I may tune in to watch the Iraqi pass - the - parcel team:uzi:

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Bad timing for them there olly-imp-ics...do they not realise that the beautiful game returns tomorrow......?:confused:

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... and that the hockey season is just around the corner:D

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What a load of grouchers you are !

I admit to watching the whole 4 hours of it and was absolutely magnificent, the lighting of the torch was the ultimate finale and very emotional.

You cannot but admire the enthusiasm of the Chinese population to welcome the world to their city. Ok.. know they have been sheltered against any political ramifications, but the costumes, fireworks and technical images were 5-star.

I am not sure that it is all necessary though, seems a little exorbitant sometimes, and very competitive between the host cities. I am sure we will make a decent contribution in 2012 with not so much military precision of thousands of bodies (15,000), which was a little over the top at times. Felt proud of Sarah Brightman .. lovely performance.

Eric .. you can watch your ice hockey every year, this is only 16 days, every four years of the world's best athletes.. :p

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Well i watched it for 5 mins & totally enthralled the cat was too:DIt meeowed to me that the fat china man couldnt keep up with the unfurling banner type thing 100ft in the air....then the banner could'nt keep up with him:eek:Nice fireworks though .....cats estimate over 5 million quids worth over here....£25 over in Bejing.Whens the dominoes?

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you folks are lucky , you have been given the chance to watch it live or not , here in the "land of the free" the TV company with the broadcasting rights have decided only to show the opening ceremony on tape delay in prime time , that is this evening , meaning the folks on the east coast (New York) will get over 12 hours late , and us on the west coast (California) will have to wait over 15 hours ........what a load of rubbish .....this from a country who's President is calling for human rights and more freedom . Just prooves that censorship is okay providing greed and money is involved. :mad: :mad:
reminds me of watching the newsreels in the cinema during the 50s.

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Well, Bush and his lady got to see it live at least ... :D

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London cant compete with Beijing in 2012 they will have some guy shouting ready, steady, go. and that will be it.

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Can't imagine how London will top that!

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Apparently Michael Barrymore will enter the stadium on a giant jellied eel, accompanied by 112 Pearly Kings and Queens, followed by Peggy Spencer's Latin American dance troupe from Penge.

Should be quite a spectacle.

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I sat and watched the whole opening ceremony which i also thought was brilliant.afterwards thought to myself how we are going to top that in 2012 with all our pomp and ceremony its gonna be hard.

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Of course we will match it Bonnyboy .. albeit in a slightly different, more classy format ... not Cockney .. just British History, talent, industry, etc. Pride in our heritage.

Will be wonderful .... be positive ... :D The only way it will fail will be due to the cynics ... herewith ... no names mentioned like. :D

Anyway, will try my best to watch the sports stars ... and 'UP THE ATHLETES OF U.K rah, rah, rah' :alright:

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Apparently there are 56 different 'cultures' in China (yes, I watched a lot of it too), so when it comes to London 2012 they could represent all the different counties in the UK - all different cultures. We could have the pearly kings and queens for London, then we could have clog dancers for Lancashire and bagpipers - any other suggestions?

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Just a little serious question before I lapse back into cynicism and wait for the hockey season to start: Will the 2012 Olympics be English or British?

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Maybe if Londoners started burning coal again they could at least match the Bejing smog;)

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British I presume.

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What I want to know is why Britain never enters a football team - a combined British team could stand a chance.

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U.K. of course Eric. Go back to your world of deep rooted cynicism, and don't slip on the ice and bruise yer bum (well, could knock some sense in you) ... ;)

Ok Gayle .. feel an outline forming here .. could start off with the varying periods in history (Stuarts, Tudors, Victorians, etc .. costume delight), then moving on to the black puddings (hot pot if you insist) and jellied eels, yorkshire puddings throughout the different counties later. What a variegated country we are.

Maybe, finishing up with that wonderful scene from 'My Fair Lady' at the Ascot races ...'Every Duke and Earl and Peer is here' (could use Zara's horse .. will probably be better then.. LOL) .. all attired in Black and White. We have the best theatre in the world ... eeew ...maybe could do Shakespeare's plays too in some form.

Who needs Sebastian .. get back to the Lords sir ... LOL

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What about music - think we should go through the ages with that too. A few madrigals, followed by some choirs followed by some charlstons followed by some 40s swing music and a bit of brit pop.

If they start off with We are the Champions - I will be boycotting the whole 2012 Olympics.

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Anyway, will try my best to watch the sports stars ... and 'UP THE ATHLETES OF U.K[QUOTE]

Couldn't have put it better myself.He He!!

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I don't enjoy the athletics quite as much - love the boat races, the heptathalon and fencing - but usually have to be up at a ridiculous hour of the morning to watch that.

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[quote=Benipete;616654]Anyway, will try my best to watch the sports stars ... and 'UP THE ATHLETES OF U.KGo away you small minded, negative, modern Guy Fawkes traitor ... Gayle and I are having artistic visions here. (By the way, can you play a game called something like 3 'n 4's .. cant remember .. dominoes ..:D)

Music .. yes, brilliant !! .. Beatles, Billy Fury, Stones, Queen and Elton John are a must to finish with linked with bands from the Welsh, Scottish, Irish, English Army Units. (Notice there was a bagpipe band at Beijing today ... Brill .. Chinese love 'em apparently)

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[quote=katex;616666]That would be a brilliant finale in 2012 - Blowing the Houses of Parliament up.Well thought out:D

It's 5's and 3's by the way.:hidewall:

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[quote=Benipete;616702]Oh yes, could be .. what's a white spot between friends :p Can P.M. me with rules if you wish. Tried to explain to Mez & Co. when we were in Blackpool, they looked at me as if I were making it up.

What would you build to replace the Houses of Parliament Benipete ?.. have always got to have an alternative plan when criticism abounds.

However, to get back on thread:-

Go comrades GO:-

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Best of luck.

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Go comrades GO:-

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Best of luck.

And It's Good Luck from me also.

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OH i can, have a cauldron where the final olympic flame goes place Thatcher in it n even cashy will watch then.:D fer the whole fortnight.

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And that is the attitude why the next 100 years does not belong to the West .. :p

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no try owners profits, without re-investing n ya may just be talking sense.:p

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Well done Nicole Cooke ... gold medal for cycling all that way in the rain .. home from home .. :D What a star . such fitness !!!

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Not an Olympic fan but hey !!!!! we got our first gold on day 2.... go guys well done Nicole...

Olympic GOLD!!!
 

First there was the Cycling...and NOW WE HAVE WON A GOLD IN SWIMMING!!

Yes, Rebbeca Adlington has won gold in the 400m freestyle and to even sweeten the pot, fellow GB swimmer Jo Jackson wins the Bronze!!


YAY!!!!

Is this a sign of good things to come? I like to think so :D

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Yeah great news hopefully the first two of many!

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Prepare for a slap on the wrist from Less
Last week he declared this forum an Olympic free zone :D

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Well you can't help but miss it really Margaret as the Breakfast program has moved to the Digy channel, If Les see's the post he doesn't have to click on:D but he will just to have a pop:D

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lets see now, is the olympics a sport?:confused: is this the sports section?:confused: what sort of intellect puts this in general chat?:confused: i'm not going to mention........... a LEEDS FAN.:D

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Well i was considering putting this in the sport section, but i figured much more people use the general chat thread rather than the sport. And i dunno, maybe it is considered a sport. But saying that, i see it more as an global event, so maybe it should get more of a mention.

I thank you :)

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You were wrong

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well then if its such a problem you may respectfully request an admin staff to either delete it, or simply move it to the sports section.

oki doki? Good.

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need i say more?:D:D:D:D:D:D

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ok smart ass, it is a sport, but i still think it deserves more of a mention than your everyday football match, you know?

( Jeeeesus christ, why the hell dont you discuss the matter rather than debating whether it should be in the sport section of general chat. DOESNT GENERAL CHAT mean GENERAL ie, TALK ABOUT ANYTHING!??? )

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question 1.....no
question 2.....no

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... i give in.

GO TEAM GB!!!

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Well not exactly a sport more like about 50 different sports all rolled into one really:rolleyes:

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I think it's fantastic and well done to all the British GIRLS!

By the way - the diver who partnered the young 14 yr old lad was not the best loser in the world!

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i'll say lol he blamed the poor kid for them not winning, something about being more interested in the press than his diving

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What a load of Botox.............bad loser

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I agree with you.

The Olympics is not in itself a sport. It is an event and as such, the event can be talked about in the “General Chat” folder.

But then as your opinion differs to that of some other members you are wrong, even if you are right, and they are right even if they are wrong.

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Quite a large sporting event at that

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for every 10 minutes of actual sport , we get 50 minutes of advertisements for junk food (mcDonalds being a major sponsor) , athelete profiles including crippled idiot savant siblings, and senile grandparents , not to mention uneducted boorish/racist commentators whose knowledge of world geography is zero. All this on a 15 hour tape-delay which reminds one of cinema newsreels during the 50s :eek: :eek:

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Sound bites really bore me and I dont watch much tv because of them. It seems these days that every prog is punctuated by them. How this person entered this that or the other contest because they lost their parents at an early age and they are doing it for them!! Its all hype and spin and its a real put off!!
As for the Olympics, individually I wish all the athletes good luck but as far as the money spent on the opening ceremony and all the other bunkum that goes with these things I think its obscene. Its money WASTED. Its not supposed to be a competition of which country can spend the most money on costumes, fireworks etc.
I wont be watching it if I can help it.

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We have definately won another medal. Dont know which one yet though. Theres 2 men to go in the Canoe Slalom. And we are currently in 1st. Its on BBC 1 now.

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We got silver! Well done to David Florence.:D

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Just wait another 4 years, then it'll be our money that's being wasted. The London Olympics budget has already risen from the original sum of £2.4bn to £9.35bn...want to bet it won't rise even further with the likes of Harriet Harman at the helm? Still, never mind, we can afford it - after all, our economy's in such a healthy state at the moment. :rolleyes:

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one thing is certain,sport or no sport, if whinging was in the olympics you would win Gold.:rofl38::rofl38::rofl38:

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Is that the best that you can do?:tongueout

Words like “sad old git” fit in nicely here.:tongueout

Now be a good little boy and trot off and get your Gold medal.:dummy2:

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Well i like it...You don't have too. its obviously served its purpose.:rofl38::rofl38::rofl38:

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Did you enjoy the fireworks for the opening?

Well they were faked

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yeh ken i know the feeling.:o:D

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You mean women organise the olympics :D

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I can get into enough trouble on my own, I don't need you to exaggerate!:D

It wouldn't have taken much to do a proper quote.


If folk are enjoying the Olympics good luck to them.

I accidentally put it on the other day and watched the archery, excuse me they had bows with pulley's and sites all artificially enhanced ways of being more accurate, (there wasn't 'owt like that at Agincourt) and yet they won't allow athletes that have used drugs that improve their performances to compete against each other.

Perhaps rather than ban people from competing because of their preference to reach a peak, we should have the 'free range', athletes, (no ,drugs etc.), and also the games for those that want to be the super athletes, we'd save a fortune in drug testing and lot's of embarrassment taking the medals away years later when the results come through.

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Sorry about the misinfo Less - I remembered it wrong - senior moment

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Yay!! We just won gold in the Cycling - Mens Team Sprint!! I'm amazed at how into that race I got! lol. Congrats to the lads!:D