Faster Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 I have had a few days to think about the ceremony and to rewatch it. Nothing stood out to me, nothing was truly impressive or amazed me. Unlike the Fau drums from 2008 and the Olympia-Athens drum sequence from 2004. But. Good The music, truly exceptional music from start until Sir Paul showed up. I loved Emile Sande's performance and thought it was really touching. I liked Branagh and Rowling's involvement, but it was just like the literary passages from Vancouver. Anyways, just like with Vancouver for Canadians, there were parts that Britons will appreciate and understand more then an international audience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nu4m Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 Athens/London = fine food. Sydney/Barcelona = great meal. Beijing = themed restaurant. Atlanta = fast cheap food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian2004 Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 I found (and still find) the "minute of silence" for the victims of all wars and the lit-up Olympic Rings during the industrial segment very memorable and impressive. Coincidentally, I also re-watched parts of Beijing's opening last night - and I must say that the Fou drums segment, compared to London's opening, almost scares me. London's ceremony was so much more humane, relaxed and "unperfect" while that mass precision and sheer demonstration of power of Beijing now actually puts me off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 Oh my God. I definately won't read your book. Yeah, it might be a little too strong for you...or...you might've picked up a thing or two. But that's fine. It'll survive; I'll survive. . . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian2004 Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 I'm not sure whether this has been posted before -- it's an offical LOCOG interactive webpage about the contents of the opening ceremony. And that page will apparently be expanded by the contents of the closing, the Paralympic opening and Paralympic closing ceremonies. http://olympicopeningceremony.tumblr.com/ Also. some secrets about the opening ceremony have been revealed: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2180814/London-2012-Olympics-opening-ceremony-How-magic-moments.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/london-2012/9435386/London-2012-How-the-might-of-the-industrial-revolution-was-created-on-stage.html http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/news/?NewsID=3372809 Furthermore, the organisers have posted several short behind-the-scenes videos of the ceremonial preparations on their official Youtube channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/london2012/videos). Here's one: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citius Altius Fortius Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 my god - the opening ceremony was fantastic!!! I loved every second of it - I just reread the thread and it brought back my memories - for an Olympic fan it was freakin' amazing to be in the stadium during an opening ceremony of Olympic Games LONDON 2012 is one of my best life experiences - my Oz trip, Berlin 2009 and the ESC in Düsseldorf are some of my other ones, but the Olympic Games in London was something really special!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.