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Old Jul 27, 2012, 12:01 pm
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London 2012 - Let The Games Begin


All credit to IanVisits. Well, for the photo at least - not for the whole games!
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Old Jul 27, 2012, 12:39 pm
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I'm seeing the Olympic stadium live on French TV now and it all looks great. Most of the seats are already filled.
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Old Jul 27, 2012, 1:24 pm
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Cows, ducks, horses, goats and sheep waiting for the Opening Ceremony
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Old Jul 27, 2012, 2:03 pm
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And here we go!!
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Old Jul 27, 2012, 2:38 pm
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Blimey, excellent, I have been knocked down by a feather.
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Old Jul 27, 2012, 2:51 pm
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Needless to say, our marvelous TV network (NBC) will be delaying this until 7:30pm California time tonight. Jerks!
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Old Jul 27, 2012, 4:46 pm
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I thought the whole thing was really lame. Much worse than I expected. And far too long! Mr Bean was the best bit!
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Old Jul 27, 2012, 4:52 pm
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Her Majesty makes an entrance
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Old Jul 27, 2012, 5:46 pm
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Off the scale excellent.
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Old Jul 27, 2012, 5:49 pm
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I'm very proud to be British.

The opening ceremony has been very well received by the TV commentators here in Argentina....."muy impresionante". ^
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Old Jul 27, 2012, 6:06 pm
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The French presenters were also impressed. I doubt Paris would have done as good a job. Well done Danny Boyle. Best opening ceremony ever.

The bar has been set very high for Rio, but I think the Cariocas have it in them to meet or exceed what we just watched.
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Old Jul 27, 2012, 10:51 pm
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I thought the whole thing was really lame. Much worse than I expected. And far too long! Mr Bean was the best bit!
I respect that it was a homage to elements of British history, but do agree in many ways. The Queen's entrance and Mr. Bean were my favourites.
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Old Jul 28, 2012, 1:55 am
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Wow, I thought that was truly outstanding. Clever, quirky and fun. Even the normally execrable Mr Bean proved amusing. Kudos to Danny Boyle and the army of volunteers (not to mention the army volunteers).
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Old Jul 28, 2012, 1:56 am
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(Oh, and I hope that nice Mr Cameron was watching how much the NHS is loved...)
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Old Jul 28, 2012, 3:15 am
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I thought it was great - I thought the randomness was excellent (very British) and I thought it was very well done. The forging of the rings was excellent, the Queen/007 was great (fat corgi stole the show). Even the Mr Bean bit was actually funny.

The cauldron was very well done - great idea.

But why, at the end, did they keep cutting from the fireworks to show video clips?
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