Watching the Olympics opening...

[Bewolf]

I thought it was a fun opening. Now the Queen/Bond scene was....well, let's just say I seriously did not expect the Queen taking part in this. Like the Pope suddenly appearing in a Rambo movie.

And there was only one small left hand Nazi salute and a smiling Churchill, so the UK really makes progress in this regard, no hard feelings there whatsoever. Rather was slightly amused by that, hehe.

What got me going was the musical references. Now that was fun!

[flyingblind]

Technically it was reasonably awesome. I suppose they were always going to have to tread a pretty fine line between 'Hey, look at us, we're British!' and offending the rest of the world. There seemed to me to be endless opportunities for things to go seriously wrong but they never did. I mean, what if a fuse had blown or they forgot to pay the lecky bill?

It leant a bit towards camp and kitsch but then that is what we British are under our stiff upper lips.

Just pleased to see my pound for the Lottery ticket I bought last year was well spent.

[Sternjaeger II]

other than the weak Nazi salute did you guys notice the French athlete giving the fingers? It was deliberate as he then turned his hand to to the victory gesture..

[baronWastelan]

The lack of offensiveness offends me.

[5./JG27.Farber]

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

other than the weak Nazi salute did you guys notice the French athlete giving the fingers? It was deliberate as he then turned his hand to to the victory gesture..

Hey thats our gestgure to use against them!

[mcler002]

Originally Posted by kristorf

Anyone else notice that fella doing a weak Nazi 'salute' (with his left arm) when the German team entered the arena????

HAHA hell yes! whilst boo'ing in the back ground!

[Robotic Pope]

I'm sorry but this just makes me laugh
security paranoia.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuokRSX2wOs

[5./JG27.Farber]

Lets face it the whole thing has become a fad. Once an event hosted at Mount olympia and basically taking place in a field now needs grand stadiums and loads of Jazz. Its just a comercialised former shadow of itself... Its a crock. Why not just do it in Greece ever year? pfff.

[MB_Avro_UK]

Hi all,

It was a Marxist script, some say.

Why?


Best Regards,
MB_Avro.

[Blackdog_kt]

Originally Posted by 5./JG27.Farber

Lets face it the whole thing has become a fad. Once an event hosted at Mount olympia and basically taking place in a field now needs grand stadiums and loads of Jazz. Its just a comercialised former shadow of itself... Its a crock. Why not just do it in Greece ever year? pfff.

Because if it happens like you say, various corporate interests will be unable to bankrupt entire countries to make money for themselves.

P.S. Small correction, Olympia is a town in SW Greece, Mount Olympus is a few hundred km to the NE.