I’m watching the uk ceremony now with my kids to show them how it should be done.
This French effort was just boring and way too pretentious. Paris is a dump, and everyone living there hates each other.
I’ve watched the last 25 minutes with the EE hold music on instead of the sound (waiting for customer services).
Has made it even more surreal.
2012 was Peak Britain for me.
we got the queen to skydive
This whole river thing doesnt work, does it?
Can you imagine the diplomatic arguments they had over boat size?
So far it seems like they’ve done it with no real plan in mind other than sail multiple countries up the river together with a bit of a jingle going on. There is no pizazz, no money has been spent.
Hopefully the games don’t follow suit as I live watching them!
how boring is this nonsense?
at least it’s raining
It’s really boring and pretentious. What were they thinking with this lame river procession? Is the stadium not ready or something.
It feels a bit too French to claim to be the best at everything. Can we not just watch in silent smug satisfaction?
It’s a neat idea but just hasn’t really worked in practice and certainly wasn’t worth the immense expense and nuisance it’s caused Parisians. Massive amounts of restrictions to movement and public transport. This ain’t it chief
I’m genuinely really enjoying it.
But Gojiraaaaa 🤘🤘🤘
I’m watching in the US and the coverage is awful (so many commercials). I just wanted to see the bit with Gojira and they talked over the beginning, then turned the volume down. Regardless of the coverage this ceremony is a drab and boring affair.
James Bond and the Queen.
Something about the boats doesn’t quite feel right
Danny Boyle is trending
Initially I wanted everything to go just a little bit wrong but it turns out everything going right is actually just as bad
A load of random boats with everyone in ponchos is sending me
Ours and Beijing were both incredible, in their own contrasting ways. Nothing has come close before or after.
I was getting spammed by so many BBC notifications about the opening ceremony I felt obliged to watch. Pretty boring and low effort, and everyone sailing up the river took bloody forever.
My partner is connected to the games and has had to deal with some of the organisers. It seems like a real shit show. She is there now, by the river, in the rain.
What was with that VT that ended in some sort of threesome?
Feels like a poorly planned Eurovision ceremony 😂
Switched on and the first thing I see from the opening ceremony seemed to be a dramatisation of the build up to a threesome. What’s that got to do with the Olympics?
I found the whole ceremony cringy as hell, but we did a hell of a better job than Paris.
I know people loved the scale of the Beijing ceremony and rank it above London, but I kind of hated it.
Uniformly perfect soldiers in massed formations (who had been forced to wear nappies and practice constantly), a little girl who faked singing because the real singer was deemed too ugly, and the biggest ever Olympic torch that was just *too* big. It was all a bit sinister.
2012 in comparison was clever and had a heart. We didn’t go bigger in anything, we went smaller but more thoughtful.
Paris is different again, and I respect that. But yes, we did it better.
Gojira playing on the window sills was incredible. Switched it off and put them playing Rock in Rio on instead.
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Oh yes…
I’m watching the uk ceremony now with my kids to show them how it should be done.
This French effort was just boring and way too pretentious. Paris is a dump, and everyone living there hates each other.
I’ve watched the last 25 minutes with the EE hold music on instead of the sound (waiting for customer services).
Has made it even more surreal.
2012 was Peak Britain for me.
we got the queen to skydive
This whole river thing doesnt work, does it?
Can you imagine the diplomatic arguments they had over boat size?
So far it seems like they’ve done it with no real plan in mind other than sail multiple countries up the river together with a bit of a jingle going on. There is no pizazz, no money has been spent.
Hopefully the games don’t follow suit as I live watching them!
how boring is this nonsense?
at least it’s raining
It’s really boring and pretentious. What were they thinking with this lame river procession? Is the stadium not ready or something.
It feels a bit too French to claim to be the best at everything. Can we not just watch in silent smug satisfaction?
It’s a neat idea but just hasn’t really worked in practice and certainly wasn’t worth the immense expense and nuisance it’s caused Parisians. Massive amounts of restrictions to movement and public transport. This ain’t it chief
I’m genuinely really enjoying it.
But Gojiraaaaa 🤘🤘🤘
I’m watching in the US and the coverage is awful (so many commercials). I just wanted to see the bit with Gojira and they talked over the beginning, then turned the volume down. Regardless of the coverage this ceremony is a drab and boring affair.
James Bond and the Queen.
Something about the boats doesn’t quite feel right
Danny Boyle is trending
Initially I wanted everything to go just a little bit wrong but it turns out everything going right is actually just as bad
A load of random boats with everyone in ponchos is sending me
Ours and Beijing were both incredible, in their own contrasting ways. Nothing has come close before or after.
I was getting spammed by so many BBC notifications about the opening ceremony I felt obliged to watch. Pretty boring and low effort, and everyone sailing up the river took bloody forever.
My partner is connected to the games and has had to deal with some of the organisers. It seems like a real shit show. She is there now, by the river, in the rain.
What was with that VT that ended in some sort of threesome?
Feels like a poorly planned Eurovision ceremony 😂
Switched on and the first thing I see from the opening ceremony seemed to be a dramatisation of the build up to a threesome. What’s that got to do with the Olympics?
I found the whole ceremony cringy as hell, but we did a hell of a better job than Paris.
I know people loved the scale of the Beijing ceremony and rank it above London, but I kind of hated it.
Uniformly perfect soldiers in massed formations (who had been forced to wear nappies and practice constantly), a little girl who faked singing because the real singer was deemed too ugly, and the biggest ever Olympic torch that was just *too* big. It was all a bit sinister.
2012 in comparison was clever and had a heart. We didn’t go bigger in anything, we went smaller but more thoughtful.
Paris is different again, and I respect that. But yes, we did it better.
Gojira playing on the window sills was incredible. Switched it off and put them playing Rock in Rio on instead.