kamekanehoomeli
08/03/12 11:15 am
I loved it all. The bucolic first part displayed their cultural basis, and then they brought in that magnificent Industrial Revolution section. They really showed just how British culture and innovation affects the world.
paul61 Arizona
07/31/12 2:06 pm
ABC carried the games for a long time, perhaps it should change to a rotation. ABC gets the next 2 summer and winter games, then Fox, then NBC. No more multi-year lock ups
paul61 Arizona
07/31/12 2:04 pm
I liked it but I think a different carrier should be allowed to provide it in the future. The IOC should look at how it is offered up. Why should the games be censored? Censorship are not a value of the games. NBC-U is not showing the games in their true spirit.
07/30/12 9:56 pm
I'm so disgusted with NBC for not airing the tribute for the victims of the 7/7 terrorist attack. They later said it was because it "wasn't tailored to US audience". I wish they'd catch more crap for doing that.
cairo2 UVM
07/29/12 10:02 pm
Not sure how you couldn't, it had just about everything you could want - start with history of Britain, climax it with arguably the two largest central characters in British culture today in James Bond & the queen, and top it off with a great performance by one of the other top 5 central characters.
14573 Scary Numbers
07/29/12 7:25 pm
I liked it. They were smart enough to realize that they couldn't match china's boom factor so they went down a different path and decided to extol the greatest parts if their country and show how important Britain has really been. Also for all of you idgi-ing it wasn't very deeply concealed messages
clarintbud
07/29/12 3:46 pm
I only watched it to see jk rowling read out of peter pan and it doesn't seem like the queen is happy much less impressed with anything.
07/29/12 1:04 pm
The best part was the industrial revolution and mr. bean
Oh and the Corgis <3
07/29/12 1:00 pm
It's hard to top Beijing that was an intimidating display. And besides that London did a great job after all each country has its own ideas and to try and top the one before it in the same manner is pointless ( and impossible) as each country has different things to offer
07/29/12 8:22 am
The U.S. media keeps blabbering about how the queen looked. Hell, she's 86 years old..She is a few months older than my dad and he can't sit still for very long. He has health problems and tires easily. She was probably tired & hurting..
07/29/12 8:15 am
Most Olympic opening ceremonies are boring. The angels on bikes was cool as hell, I SWORE the QUEEN was using a stand in for the helicopter scene (wrong? as usual) I loved the music (did they play Black Sabbath?) I could have done without the U.S. media's ignorant remarks though
barbearnj Dreaming of Banff
07/29/12 7:52 am
I was disappointed but I did like Mr. Bean and the Queen arriving by air lol. The sound system didn't do Sir Paul justice and that healthcare propaganda made me gag. They should have had a vignette of their old folks death panels!
Zod Above Pugetropolis
07/29/12 6:26 am
When I think of England, it's The Queen, James Bond, and oldies rock. They did not disappoint. There's no way they could top China, so it's good they didn't try and just seemed to have fun with it, and it was pretty spectacular. Costas and crew were even more annoying than I expected they'd be.
07/28/12 9:20 pm
@fossilman, only if you perceive it that way. Perception is reality.
If you had an open mind, you would've looked past wether I have credibility, and see for yourself what I'm talking about, instead of pointing out what the common ignorant person would point out. Just saying
07/28/12 8:47 pm
It consisted of a whole smorgasbord of symbols and rituals involving the illuminati/the new world order.
For example, the mascots represent the all-seeing eye portrayed at the backside of the dollar.
Go ahead, ridicule me. Open-mindedness is the key to a higher state of mind. So boo-yah
Priceless2
07/28/12 8:41 pm
Ali's Parkinson's is a direct result of his boxing career.
The children's scene was to honor the author of Peter Pan who pledged all of its royalties to support the children's hospital.
BTW, it was one of the shortest opening productions.
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