Did You Enjoy the Olympics Opening Ceremony?
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2012/07/28 17:37:10
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The opening ceremony for the 2012 summer Olympics aired last night and was a sight to be seen! The production values and imagery may have been the best in Olympics history. Taking place at the sight of the Olympic games in London, England, the ceremony featured some of the most memorable characters and public figures in the country's history.
Viewers saw Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling read a short tale before the appearance of England's most infamous villains--including her own creation in Voldermort (100 foot tall version). Then, we a fleet of Mary Poppins, not Harry Potter, come to the rescue and fight off Voldermort and the gang of villains.
Millions also watched Rowan Atkinson reprise his role of Mr. Bean on the grandest stage imaginable, complete with the hilarious facial expressions that made fans fall in love with his character nearly two decades ago. As usual, it didn't end well for Mr. Bean, who couldn't keep up with the orchestra or the runners from Chariots of Fire.
Perhaps the most memorable entrance of all was that of Queen Elizabeth, who jumped out a helicopter piloted by the current James Bond, Daniel Craig. OK, maybe she had a stunt double, but it still looked cool! In a fun twist, we saw a brief musical on the new age of social media, complete with Facebook statuses and tweets popping up as the performers presented a young love story. Overall, an impressive show visually!
But, what about you SodaHeads: Did you enjoy the opening ceremony?
Viewers saw Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling read a short tale before the appearance of England's most infamous villains--including her own creation in Voldermort (100 foot tall version). Then, we a fleet of Mary Poppins, not Harry Potter, come to the rescue and fight off Voldermort and the gang of villains.
Millions also watched Rowan Atkinson reprise his role of Mr. Bean on the grandest stage imaginable, complete with the hilarious facial expressions that made fans fall in love with his character nearly two decades ago. As usual, it didn't end well for Mr. Bean, who couldn't keep up with the orchestra or the runners from Chariots of Fire.
Perhaps the most memorable entrance of all was that of Queen Elizabeth, who jumped out a helicopter piloted by the current James Bond, Daniel Craig. OK, maybe she had a stunt double, but it still looked cool! In a fun twist, we saw a brief musical on the new age of social media, complete with Facebook statuses and tweets popping up as the performers presented a young love story. Overall, an impressive show visually!
But, what about you SodaHeads: Did you enjoy the opening ceremony?
Read More: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetorch/2012/07/28/15752...
Top Opinion
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chamchamgal 2012/07/28 18:40:25
Ever read how Mao proposed to overtake Russia ... basically throw massive waves of bodies at them ?
That same lack of concern for life is routinely demonstrated to us by a certain cult, but has the blessings of our Press + Leaders.
Frank Marshall Davis ... a name all voters should be aware of when voting.
I'm proud that the UK did not try to compete with China when China HURT its people in creating their show.
The UK went in a deliberately extremely different direction to China when 1) Human Rights is an issue and 2) the world is in a very different financial climate to what it was then.
If you want to be proud of the London opening ceremonies, why don't you try using any strengths you can find in the ceremony itself?
Making it a human rights issue and comparing the financial climate sounds like "The opening ceremonies can't be defended on their own merits so I'm going to use something else."
I found everything between the forging of the Olympic rings and the March of Nations to be like a broadway show and feeling irrelevant to the Olympics, and also at times boring.
That is a statement on the opening ceremonies, as this question asks about. Can you counter that statement (or at least offer a competing viewpoint) with the London ceremonies?
I don't think anyone in the UK believes that we were trying to one-up them, I don't think anyone BEFORE the ceremony believed we ever could.
You have opportunity to attend any of the games ?
I hear that many seats are empty to Brits because Sponsors who have seats ' Locked ' are giving tickets to people who place no value on a Freebie Ticket(s) and just don't attend, which leaves a local unable to purchase that vacant seat ... accurate ? ? ?
But yes there is some truth in the corporate tickets - McDonalds and Coke and all that had too many, but its more that it looks bad having the few, expensive, front seats empty, more than that people haven't the chance to see it
No, you can't really scalp them - I sold my tickets back to the olympics for the face value.
I think it's supposed to be a sports deal, not a political spectacle.
Well that's not UK's choice.
The Parade of Nations went by quickly this year, though. Not that I'm complaining, but usually it takes forever to name all the nations involved. Then Team USA walked out and I'm like, "Take off those godawful berets! We're not French." ...nor are we flight attendants on Air France. >.>
Guess I learned my lesson.
The rest felt much like a broadway show and irrelevant to the opening ceremonies of the Olympics. It was often hard to follow and, at times, dare I say it was even boring. I can't even begin to figure out why they had American references in there. Throw in that it was impossible to watch without TV screens and the need for split screen and much of it was just a mess.
I went in with Beijing forced from my mind to be fair to London, and I was still disappointed.