mancabbage
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what you guys make of that opening ceremony? tons of very brittish references was wondering if it alll made sense to everyone. Loved the nod to music, bean was great as was james bond and the queen, only thing i'd have added was some monty python and del boy. Other than that pretty fun i thought,
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SFR announcement
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Can't say that I plan on watching any Olympics stuff. I'll wait for the highlights reel I suppose. |
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Fri Jul 27, 2012 7:28 pm |
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futuristxen
Joined: 01 Jul 2002
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I missed it. Wha happened? |
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Fri Jul 27, 2012 7:59 pm |
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Captiv8
Joined: 25 Aug 2006
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I'd almost rather have no fanfare for the Olympics, and then a big celebration once it's all over. There's this big fucking to-do like so many people care, when I think most people are more concerned with trifles and other bullshit. They might put the Olympics on while vacuuming or paying the bills, maybe even while making dinner, but it's not a serious sit down with the family over a bowl of popcorn kind of thing. It's a niche thing, where only hardcore sportophiles and actual athletes of the given event tune in. |
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Fri Jul 27, 2012 8:10 pm |
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JohnSchwan
Joined: 05 Dec 2005
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Location: Baton Rouge, LA/MA |
Captiv8 wrote:
I'd almost rather have no fanfare for the Olympics, and then a big celebration once it's all over. There's this big fucking to-do like so many people care, when I think most people are more concerned with trifles and other bullshit. They might put the Olympics on while vacuuming or paying the bills, maybe even while making dinner, but it's not a serious sit down with the family over a bowl of popcorn kind of thing. It's a niche thing, where only hardcore sportophiles and actual athletes of the given event tune in.
That's actually not true, it's historically one of the top rated events in all Nielsen metered markets. It's a pretty big deal. |
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Fri Jul 27, 2012 8:43 pm |
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mancabbage
Joined: 29 Jun 2005
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Yeah, if you think worldwide, its massive.
futuristxen wrote:
I missed it. Wha happened?
directed by danny boyle and he smashed it... The queen parachuted in with james bond and mr bean played chariots of fire. Tim berners lee got a big scene too. Aswell as nods to the industrial revolution, immigration, fairy tails, nationalised healthcare, childrens hospitals and a 70ft lord voldermort being defeated by 200 mary poppins
Whilst i wont be watching it much i gona def check the 100meters, boxing and swimming
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link to bean - http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f73_1343439895 |
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Fri Jul 27, 2012 8:44 pm |
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Jesse Custer
Joined: 01 Dec 2006
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Also, Becks looked cool as fuck driving a flaming speedboat down a canal to bring the flame in. |
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Fri Jul 27, 2012 8:59 pm |
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Loserface
Joined: 22 May 2008
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the American team coming in looked like a Apple commerical.
So many phones |
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Fri Jul 27, 2012 10:04 pm |
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AdamBomb
Joined: 05 Mar 2004
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Mr. Bean. That is all. |
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Fri Jul 27, 2012 10:42 pm |
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mlanifesto
Joined: 16 Apr 2006
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Have to agree that they missed a trick. Having Del Boy self-immolate and then fall through a bar onto the cauldron would have been better.
I went in to it cynical, but in the end it did make me a little homesick.
Seemed like Boyle had some good ideas, a bit for the NHS, Abide With Me, all that good stuff. Proper wound up a few Tories. I'd say it was a job well done.
Some concrete good came out of it too, a fascist prick of an MP stitched himself up. Aidan Burley tweeted "Thank God the athletes have arrived! Now we can move on from leftie multicultural crap. "
That confused the fuck out of me, because the athletes arriving meant a parade of people from every culture participating in the games.
Looks like he'll be out of a job soon enough.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/jul/28/olympics-opening-ceremony-multicultural-crap-tory-mp?newsfeed=true
Any truth to the news that he managed to get the first lesbian kiss broadcast on Saudi Arabian TV? People seemed to miss it on the NBC broadcast, but it was there. |
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Fri Jul 27, 2012 11:16 pm |
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mancabbage
Joined: 29 Jun 2005
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apparantly the USA broadcast edited out the lesbian kiss and 7/7 tribute for some adverts? booooo |
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Sat Jul 28, 2012 7:41 am |
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reintroducing
Joined: 06 Nov 2002
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Man I forgot Danny Boyle was directing it, I missed both airings, the queen parachuted in!? James Bond?! Mr Bean?! God damn it to shit. |
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Sat Jul 28, 2012 8:34 am |
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mancabbage
Joined: 29 Jun 2005
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Location: london |
mlanifesto wrote:
Have to agree that they missed a trick. Having Del Boy self-immolate and then fall through a bar onto the cauldron would have been better.
I went in to it cynical, but in the end it did make me a little homesick.
same i was mad cynical about all this, but gotta take my hats off to danny boyle a lot of that took balls, really do wish this got on there somewhere tho
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Sat Jul 28, 2012 8:34 am |
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Captiv8
Joined: 25 Aug 2006
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People really watch the Olympics? That's crazy to me. Only a few of the events are actually engaging. I don't say that to disparage the athletes. It's just hard for me to believe that most people care to watch a sport that isn't in the big five. |
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Sat Jul 28, 2012 12:02 pm |
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Eric B
Joined: 30 May 2005
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Location: Omaha, Ne |
mancabbage wrote:
Yeah, if you think worldwide, its massive.
futuristxen wrote:
I missed it. Wha happened?
directed by danny boyle and he smashed it... The queen parachuted in with james bond and mr bean played chariots of fire. Tim berners lee got a big scene too. Aswell as nods to the industrial revolution, immigration, fairy tails, nationalised healthcare, childrens hospitals and a 70ft lord voldermort being defeated by 200 mary poppins
Whilst i wont be watching it much i gona def check the 100meters, boxing and swimming
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link to bean - http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f73_1343439895
All the Mr bean links keep getting removed. That part was hilarious |
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