Comments on the opening ceremony...

[jim]

I can't stand Paul to be honest and listening to his awful racket at the end of the ceremony only reinforced this. Would have been much better to have Florence and the Machine or some other good British group instead.

He probably has more relevance to the world as a whole though.

After totally confusing the entire planet for 2.5 hours it was probably good to give them something they could actually recognise as British.

[ladcrooks]

Soooooooooooooo glad i was a sleep, ha!

[OilSheikh]

I agree with Kal... you best explain that one pls.

Well, the distasteful bit wasn't the mixed marriage but it was what Danny was trying to portray. Or was I the only one who got that secret message ?

[kalniel]

Well, the distasteful bit wasn't the mixed marriage but it was what Danny was trying to portray. Or was I the only one who got that secret message ?

Must have passed me by, what was the secret message?

[Andeh13]

I enjoyed it thoroughly, the texting and lost phone was plain stupid and the general house/suburb was the only low point IMO. I do love underworld though!

I was also pleased there wasn't a 'green/environmental' agenda as well.

[peterb]

Well, the distasteful bit wasn't the mixed marriage but it was what Danny was trying to portray. Or was I the only one who got that secret message ?

Must have passed me by, what was the secret message?

The only 'secret' message I took from that is that mixed/inter-race marriages are now regarded as normal and acceptable in our society. I can't see anything distasteful in that.

[Saracen]

Seeing as I (deliberately) didn't bother to watch it and only caught a few highlights, there's not much I want or feel able to say, beyond :-

- how long???
- good on HM Lizzie for getting into the spirit
- the NHS bit will probably have confused the hell out of the part of the planet that isn't this country
- the cauldron bit was very clever, but personally, left me very, well, ho-hum
- HOW flipping long?

I admire the fortitude of those that watched the whole thing, even if I have a few doubts about their sanity.

[santa claus]

The most pertinent word I can think of to describe the ceremony is 'twee'. The chimney bit with Brunel was ok but much of the rest was a jumble. And Paul McCartney....omg.

And another thing; the medals are hideous. Too big and like chocolate money (reflecting the state of the economy I suppose). We could have minted some refined medals.

I like the cauldron but, y'know, turn some off and power a village for free.

None of the Olympic achievement will eclipse Bradley and Team Sky's win in the Tour. That is 3 weeks of hell.

[Smudger]

This was on Frankie Boyle's Twitter:
frankieboyle: McCartney upset that Beckham wasn't selected. I'll tell you who else picked the wrong man. Mark Chapman.

[santa claus]

This was on Frankie Boyle's Twitter:
frankieboyle: McCartney upset that Beckham wasn't selected. I'll tell you who else picked the wrong man. Mark Chapman.

I wouldn't go quite that far. But turning up and doing a shouty 'Hey Jude' was irrelevant, old, tired and got in the way of new talent that could have fired the Olympic spirit. Come on Paul, call it a day. You used to be.