Closing Ceremony

[Cripps_orig]

Great ending to a great event tbh

Both Ceremonies were awlsome

Olympics

[Marc Overmars]

GB.

London.

Olympics.

Gutted that's it's all over, a brilliant 2 weeks that will live long in the memory. We should put in a bid for 2020 tbh.

[LDG]

What a brilliant two weeks.

I was sceptical I must admit, but I think this is the best thing I've ever seen our nation do. Just amazing.

GB

[McNamara That Ghost...]

This sums it up best.


What the hell did vapid fashion shows, pointless rappers, screechy warblers, a procession of cars, a **** on a bus and Anita Dobson's lesser half embarrassing himself for the five thousandth time have to do with sporting achievement? And in what realm would this be a celebration of one's rich culture?

At least it's guaranteed none of these 'stars' will infest Brazil.

Pele to do a two-hour closing concert interspersed with call and response chants of how shit Messi is?

A Pele and Cripps duet.

[Rors]

Never mind that tot.

BBC1 showing the Opening Ceremony again at 1PM. So when Coe and co talk about "the next 16 days" in it, that will mean the Olympics are restarting right?! Right????!! RIGHT????????!!!!!!!

[Marc Overmars]

There was talk during the week that London could launch a bid for 2028.

I'll be 40 then.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Never mind that tot.

BBC1 showing the Opening Ceremony again at 1PM. So when Coe and co talk about "the next 16 days" in it, that will mean the Olympics are restarting right?! Right????!! RIGHT????????!!!!!!!

Don't watch it, Macca will be on.

[Rors]

Don't watch it, Macca will be on.

"The love you take/is equal to the love you make". [Pause].. [Look of ill-deserved glee on face] "Heey Jude[plonk plonk]don't make it bad.."

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Got better after that though.

[Kano]

Never mind that tot.

BBC1 showing the Opening Ceremony again at 1PM. So when Coe and co talk about "the next 16 days" in it, that will mean the Olympics are restarting right?! Right????!! RIGHT????????!!!!!!!

Danny Boyle is re cutting the opening ceremony

Danny Boyle is cutting a feature-length version of his magnificent Olympics opening ceremony. The film will be released on a DVD and will make clear any of the mysteries surrounding the production, which got the Games off to a flier and was watched by a TV audience in the UK of 27 million. It will have all the Boyle trademarks, using the ceremony's music (by Underworld) as well the tunes of Dizzee Rascal and the pop montage that has already topped the iTunes downloads chart.

Boyle has also revealed to me that he will be using the film clips he inserted into the show, which include Ken Loach's Kes and two slices of his film hero, Nicolas Roeg. Boyle told me he "hopes to make things clearer" on the DVD, giving people time to spot the references and links that passed by in a flash and which weren't always picked up by the TV cameras. Boyle says there were many other movie clips in his montage but feels that, because of the pressures of getting the show delivered on time, some of the items got lost. "It will make more sense in this version," he promised. Not that anyone minded any faults in the live show, which has generally been acknowledged as the finest opening ceremony in the history of the Games. And yes, I have it on good authority that the entry procession of the athletes will be speeded up, though it will still use the live DJ set Boyle and Stuart Price oversaw on the night itself. If the film isn't eligible for the usual awards of Oscar and Bafta etc, I hope someone will at least give Danny a gold medal.

i don't buy many dvds but this is a definite purchase