Ironic, seeing as the original Olympic truce was between the various Greek city states - Athens, Sparta, Argos etc. that would halt any fighting in a bid to honour the gods (Zeus and Hera in particular) through sporting excellence. Saying that, they did all fit between games for control of the sanctuary at Olympia, so maybe it's not too far off. The tributes to WW1, WW2 and the tribal dance about life and death (think it was about Tibet) were fitting however.
Well said revolution i totally agree with you mate. they certainly are a symbol of the past its time they were given their P45's from UK Plc
Good God, what's the matter with you lot? It was an amazing spectacle, slightly bonkers, loved every minute of it.
My 13th Olympics I can remember following ( I think ) . How I measure the real " Best in the world " , love it !!
Some people on here sound like Mumbles residents.. ****ing moan about anything! I thought it was fantastic. Very British, Very Bonkers, very clever, And very well done.
I enjoyes it very much, danny boyle did a fantastic job and certain aspects of the show made me proud to be British
Yep, thought it was great myself! Off-topic question though, does anyone here (assuming we are all welsh) actually know the British national anthem word for word? Interested to know.
hmmmmmmmm i know flower of scotland more than i know god save the old bat and advance australia fair god save our gracious quen god save our noble queen god save the queen happy and glorious bla bla victorious bla bla god save the queen best i can do
Sex pistols was played, think it was pretty vacant though! Most people dont give a toss about the Queen and her hangers on and i bet there were many hoping her parachute would fail to open ..
I thought the opening ceremony was fantastic, the hoisting of the forged Olympic rings from the Industrial age setting was spectacular and something that nobody else will be able to follow EVER !! That will be an Iconic moment in Olympic History for sure. The Olympic Cauldren was also quite a superb site to behold, we should be proud that we can as a country still pull off great things now and again, we may not have the money and sheer volume of workers like other countires but we certainly have great vision,design and creativity. These have been the key subjects that have made us a great country,it was nice to be reminded that we as a country still have alot of postive qualities, well done to Danny Boyle for creating a wonderful spectical .
I thought the ceremony was excellent to be fair but by God the Queen was a right old misery guts. Not one smile from her.
I think most people do like the Monarchy, especially the younger royals. The anti-royalists just air their views more often. The Queen could have looked a bit more interested, admittedly, but she is getting on a bit.
Phelps barely qualified for the final of the 400 individual medley , not going to be as easy for him this time around . Going to be a lot of sore eyeball nights trying to watch all this live .
