THE NLZ Olympic Thread

Chorleyclaret · **Posted:** Sat Jul 28, 2012 12:03 am

Impressed with that? I am!

Micro8760 · **Joined:** Tue May 22, 2007 7:40 am **Posts:** 387

That was a fantastic show tonight - loved the cauldron and how it came together.

foxi · **Posted:** Sat Jul 28, 2012 12:53 am

Missed the ceremony (I was at Niagara Falls all day) but looking at the highlights, it looked great.

Great British countryside, cricket, sheep. Then heavy industry and some humour. Sounds good.

shirley · **Joined:** Wed Mar 04, 2009 10:30 pm **Posts:** 81

didnt see it,
but my oppion is a complete and utter waste of our money,
whats wrong with the teams walking round the stadium with
their flags, and then someone cutting a piece of tape, then saying
i now declare these games OPEN.

seanmarshallsshorts · **Joined:** Sat Feb 12, 2011 6:07 pm **Posts:** 2670

A mixed bag really for the opening ceremony, but come on.....27 million for that !!!.

I forgot what a such great state we are in....I think that money could have gone to better use.

All for a bit of glitz and glamour, but not at any price

Mini Maureenio · **Posted:** Sat Jul 28, 2012 8:57 am

seanmarshallsshorts wrote:

27 million for that !!!.

That's still £8million less than Andy Carroll - I know which I'd prefer....

seanmarshallsshorts · **Joined:** Sat Feb 12, 2011 6:07 pm **Posts:** 2670

I Saw that joke going around Twitter last night......Doesn't compare really, does it !!!

Mini Maureenio · **Posted:** Sat Jul 28, 2012 10:42 am

Course it does - the opening ceremony was brilliant & it will be 4 years before it performs again. Andy Carroll follows the same sort of cycle.....

seanmarshallsshorts · **Joined:** Sat Feb 12, 2011 6:07 pm **Posts:** 2670

Mini Maureenio wrote:

Course it does - the opening ceremony was brilliant & it will be 4 years before it performs again. Andy Carroll follows the same sort of cycle.....

Well, me or you didn't pay for Andy Carroll !. Unless there's something you want to tell me. :wink:

Yes, at £2000 a second it was a steal :roll:

I thought some parts were great, But why does McCartney have to grab every headline act, like with the Queens Jubilee. He can't sing, well past his sell by date, and frankly he was an embarrassment to the finale.

Jon B · **Joined:** Thu Feb 14, 2008 8:35 pm **Posts:** 362

I sat down at 9pm for the opening ceremony expecting to be bored after ten minutes or so and channel hopping, instead I was amazed to find I was transfixed by it, enjoyed the whole spectacle and watched it all the way through. :shock:

Having been pretty cynical about the benefits of GB hosting the games it looks like I'd better prepare for being proved entirely wrong.

SOUTH OSSETTIAN · **Posted:** Sat Jul 28, 2012 1:48 pm

it showed what a sh*te actor Daniel Craig is, not even a raised eyebrow when the statue of Winston Churchill started waving at him.

Chorleyclaret · **Posted:** Sat Jul 28, 2012 5:29 pm

shirley wrote:

didnt see it,
but my oppion is a complete and utter waste of our money,
whats wrong with the teams walking round the stadium with
their flags, and then someone cutting a piece of tape, then saying
i now declare these games OPEN.

Because that would've been boring

foxi · **Posted:** Sat Jul 28, 2012 5:38 pm

Watching the BBC world service tv channel, the general consensus from around the world is that everyone loved it and thought the British put on a good, entertaining show. We're good at this sort of thing.

Nibbler · **Joined:** Mon Apr 12, 2010 3:23 pm **Posts:** 1292

Total waste of money,the whole lot of it,money could of been better spent on grassroots like the lottery was set up 4 originally,av ur 14 odd days of fun,then when the cutbacks start happening properly dont cry on here :twisted:

SOUTH OSSETTIAN · **Posted:** Sat Jul 28, 2012 9:51 pm

it works out at less than 50p for everyone who lives in the UK, no point having a sleepless night over it all.

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