This is much how I feel while watching the Olympics opening ceremony
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Fri 27 Jul 2012, 21:13,
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So its not just me standing here thinking, honestly, what in the name of fuck is this all about?
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Fri 27 Jul 2012, 21:51,
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Summary :
English countryside with nostalgic bit about when Britain was all quaint and yokelish.
Industrial Revolution, when the ordinary people got screwed over and the wealthy bosses got very rich (much like the Olympics organisers).
More dancing. A few dozen Beatles clones mixed in there for some reason.
Big dance number involving a giant Voldemort and Mary Poppins clones.
Something slightly funny with Rowan Atkinson being a bit Mr. Bean-ish and pulling the same faces he's been pulling since the 80s.
Some more WTF London/England stuff. I have no idea what's going on anymore.
Nice to see Mike Oldfield is still going, though.
They should get David Tennant to light the torch while wearing his Dr. Who costume.
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Fri 27 Jul 2012, 21:57,
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Industrial Revolution, when the ordinary people got screwed over and the wealthy bosses got very rich (much like the Olympics organisers).
More dancing. A few dozen Beatles clones mixed in there for some reason.
Big dance number involving a giant Voldemort and Mary Poppins clones.
Something slightly funny with Rowan Atkinson being a bit Mr. Bean-ish and pulling the same faces he's been pulling since the 80s.
Some more WTF London/England stuff. I have no idea what's going on anymore.
Nice to see Mike Oldfield is still going, though.
They should get David Tennant to light the torch while wearing his Dr. Who costume.
Yeah, I got the bit about the industrial revolution, maybe I was thinking that it would have been a bit more, erm, fun, rather than quite frankly sinister.
I mean, WTF was going on with the evil things and the floaty bed shit??
The celebration of the NHS / Great Ormand St being summed up with floaty beds, vague references to some fucknugget out of Harry Potter and the child snatcher out of Mary Poppins.
Was Danny Boyle on extra fucking massive drugs when he dreamt this shit up?
+1 For Mike Oldfield though, thats agreed.
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Fri 27 Jul 2012, 23:54,
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I mean, WTF was going on with the evil things and the floaty bed shit??
The celebration of the NHS / Great Ormand St being summed up with floaty beds, vague references to some fucknugget out of Harry Potter and the child snatcher out of Mary Poppins.
Was Danny Boyle on extra fucking massive drugs when he dreamt this shit up?
+1 For Mike Oldfield though, thats agreed.
This must be the biggest load of old bollocks I have ever seen!
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Fri 27 Jul 2012, 21:59,
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But you must admit
It's very well choreographed old bollocks.
Edit : Arf! Their token clip of Scotland in that montage : Trainspotting, the shoplifting scene. Very representative.
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Fri 27 Jul 2012, 22:03,
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Edit : Arf! Their token clip of Scotland in that montage : Trainspotting, the shoplifting scene. Very representative.