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  • Danny Boyle risking embarrassing the nation… the opening ceremony thread
  • donsimon
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    What would you have done?

    Said bollocks to the pomp and ceremony and got on with the games?

    LeeW
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    Even if everyone thinks it’s cack, it’s still going to be spectacular.

    unklehomered
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    Its a bit like The Wall…

    landcruiser
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    For anyone who whines, I’ll just pose this:

    What would you have done?

    Thats a thread for tomorrow

    IHN
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    Trevor Nelson? Really?

    Junkyard
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    i Have never watched an opening ceremony before are they all this mixture of dull and WTF?

    restless
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    Mary Poppins might appear next flying over those chimneys

    plumber
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    Must be notherners. Londoners don’t work that hard in my experience

    singletrackmind
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    can we see some small children mangled by machinery , or making gas shells?

    brooess
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    it does remind you how GB has been at the forefront of most of the western world’s developments over the years
    but maybe that’s a bit too highbrow for this occasion?

    smogmonster
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    You miserable gits…its bloody great so far.

    donsimon
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    That’s all a bit sexual, isn’t it? Giant columns thrusting up from mother earth.

    kimbers
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    crop rotation in the 14th century was considerably more widespread after….

    BlindMelon
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    Fred Dibnah up next to knock the chimneys down

    matt_outandabout
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    I like it.

    deadlydarcy
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    I can just picture the scene…

    Danny: “I want chimneys”
    Art Director: “How big Danny? Around 20 foot or so?”
    Danny: “**** off, I want them the height of the stadium. And they’re gonna grow out of the **** ground”

    kimbers
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    theyve raised the shire!

    thegreatape
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    I think I rather like it, nice and mental. Makes a change from 1000’s of children prancing about which everyone else does.

    plumber
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    Kimbers. Brilliant that’s going back a bit

    Daddy’s got a porche

    stuey
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    I wonder how many folk are in the control room?
    weird.

    paulosoxo
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    The call centre scenes are going to be fantastic.

    chiefgrooveguru
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    For every whining Internet bore having a moan there’s a thousand people thinking this is awesome. Very clever.

    unklehomered
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    There was a moment when I thought KB had just brought about the end of days…

    I like it. Though I am hoping that bit where KB went and stood turns out to be a giant steam powered tarantula.

    I recommend everyone turn the commentary off. its much better.

    MSP
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    We can tell the Americans it was meant to be ironic, that will just confuse them, but what will we do to stop the rest of the world from laughing at us?

    What would you have done?

    Well how about something modern and British rather than a hollywood cliché of a little England that never really existed.

    davosaurusrex
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    This is Spinal Tap.

    Rorschach
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    What would you have done?

    The quintessential british experience….
    Get everyone to queue in the rain for 7 hours then tell them it’s been postponed till next year.

    landcruiser
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    What do I know ! Mrs L likes it !

    blades2000
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    The have raised the Titanic

    beej
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    Fire!

    plumber
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    Oh funk me the Beatles have arrived

    Junkyard
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    For every whining Internet bore having a moan there’s a thousand people thinking this is awesome. Very clever.

    counters outlandish claim with equally made up piece of hyperbole

    landcruiser
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    Quirky and different. Good or not.

    SamCooke
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    For anyone who whines, I’ll just pose this: What would you have done

    admitted that the job was beyond me, not taken the money and not made an embarrasing spectacle which shamed my whole nation.

    Swelper
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    I think it quite good so for, but will the rest of the world understand British history. It should be multi cultural not singular cultural. In my opinion should be celebrating all nations coming together and putting their differences aside in the name of sport

    Rorschach
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    For every whining Internet bore having a moan there’s a thousand muppets thinking this is awesome. They’re not very clever.

    daftvader
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    just turned it on… so far so good. i am quite impressed with the set changes. has leslie garrat been on and raped another song yet???

    Wookster
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    I reckon it will be good!!! Just hanging it out there!!! 😆

    stuey
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    Where’s Dr Who? 🙂

    nealglover
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    crop rotation in the 14th century was considerably more widespread after….

    John.

    JAG
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    I’m loving the history lesson – but I think the rest of the world will lose interest.

    Much as I did through all their Olympic opening ceremonies 😯

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