London 2012, Opening Ceremony
Summer Olympic Games
Published by Christine Blachford
The buildup to this Olympics Games has seemed endless, but it has finally arrived, and with it comes the Opening Ceremony. Film director Danny Boyle has been overseeing the spectacle about to unfold before us and although I've personally tried to avoid spoilers, I do know there has been talk of sheep and rain clouds. There will be the lighting of the flame, no doubt plenty of dancing and perhaps even an athlete or two. Grab your snacks and settle in as the world tunes in to the opening of the 2012 Summer Games.
I can't see the tv from the computer so iPad commenting is going to be hard on two things at once!
you can put iplayer on the computer
I demand the biggest screen possible for such an epic moment in my life :)
*waves*
so many rumours going around tonight, SO EXCITED!
the build up is epic already.benedict!
ahha, kindle commenting?
There's a house in the stadium. With smoke coming from the chimney. I love it already haha
I wonder if there's a pass code on that nexus that's charging in the kitchen...
OH MY GOD
I think thats dom's drumkit. I'm sure that's his drumkit.
oooh, i need someone to test that. consider yourself the official test person.
you're a scary man
he has a new drumkit! and im sure that was it under the bell!
the beeb do love their Inception music for stuff
I rewound and paused the coverage even thoug it's not like I'd recognise it haha
:D
bassano is out for the evening, I think that's implied permission to ransack his gadgets
Sue Barker must be very confused why centre court looks so big
also why it now has a windmill
am certain that's the case.
boo, pass coded. He's far too secure, I've never had one on any of my things :)
if anyone has a spare 20mins before FP3 tomorrow.. watch the GB Mixed doubles badminton!!
we have a 1/2 decent chance of a medal!
Here's one of Lewis's mates to tell us more
thanks for letting us, dude :)
its Diizeee... saw him at fos last year!
also it's obvious who's gonna light the olympic torch. the doctor did it in the episode 'Fear Her' so it's gonna be david tennant or matt smith ;)
... he said "stars of rock and roll" ... is that Muse ?
tim is in the stadium, follow here: https://twitter.com/tccarp/
can you DM him?
oooooh
Evening all. I am feeling very Olympic today.
Usain Bolt is a bit fast
Am I the only one who is slightly uneasy by GLineker fronting the coverage tonight? :S
I like Gary, he's a good presenter in my book
i take it Sir Steve isn't doing the flaming then ? he is in the studio!!
I am already following too many people who are there :( overwhelming jealousy!
My friend who is judging there got a free ticket. Free! He's there to work, he should give it to me ;)
Hurrah for the clouds of cotton in the background
i think its going to be a team effort to light the cauldron....
flame is still hours away. Im impressed there's not even any sign of a cauldron yet.
I just got it in a text woohoo
#lurker
i think its in the big metal tower structure personally...
Making funny faces on TV is never graceful
it's in matt's guitar
heh no he sent me a text about bunting so I replied and asked for it.
ooooooh
let us know if it works okay :)
3d glasses!
http://t.co/CZKWlilB
this chap is excited too
ITV must hate the Olympics. what can you put on TV against 16 hours of olympic coverage for a month?
No arguements - I do like him, but would've liked somebody in a more traditional Olympic Sport - I've no suggestions though ;)
On the snacks front I have a bag of chips, a bag of kitkat balls and a bottle of apple tango. I conquered the co-op.
I have mini cookies and i think there are some snacks downstairs too
Jake!
Nooooo
ahhh... why have they got 2 studios ?!?
I haven't seen him all year. I was doing so well.
in the stadium for stadiumy things, out of the stadium for general things
surely, after seeing lazenby's attempts, he's a presenting god.
yaaay they've been at our velodrome :)
Good evening all, this will be the only bit of the Olympics I'll actually get to watch - hope its good!
#Thorpedo
that's quite a nice swimming pool
So, knowledgable people, when I write tomorrow's thread, I'm thinking London 2012, Day #
Is that 1 or 2, do we think?
I say day 1
I vote for today is day 0.
Tomorrow is day 1 (of competition)
This is what I was thinking.
But we've had football already???
Hello. I'm now home, wishing I was still in London.. thankful I had the chance to go and see it all decked out for the Olympics and see the torch.
I went for a walk today and lots of people were on London Bridge saying the torch was passing on the river soon, I spent 15 minutes of my precious present-buying time waiting for it only for the cops to tell us it had already been! Didn't get the present.. but I'll pick up a bottle of Port or something tomorrow. Rushing about looking for things I did have to rush to Waterloo and missed my train, my fault, also partly the fault of the tube.
On the snacks from I will have Doritos and dip but I was considering what to have for dinner first.
I turned the TV on and Huw Edwards was walking in the stadium spoiling things, so I'm watching C4 News instead. Ban-Ki Moon was on, apparently he carried the torch earlier!
as sidepodcast Olympic correspondent I call tomorrow day 1
somehow I don't even see Simon when I watch sky. It's like he's not there.
Three votes for Day 1. It's official.
that's how dull he is.
this a channe; who also has steve ryder.
*channel
Pesky footballers getting a head start.
...and football is rubbish!
they did provide a nice day out though :)
the irony of the runner just standing there for the torch run!
and having an American for such an English place!
I want to live there!
I hope it doesn't set off the smoke alarms.
I'm looking forward to the timewarp. Chris noticed that in the pub a few times on the TV downstairs, good spotting!
Two Olympicses ago, I had a giant world map on the wall and learnt where lots of places I hadn't heard of before were. The Olympics = geography lesson. I miss my map.
The Olympic app is saying that today is day 0
Yay!
the people in front of us at the football were trying to name all the flags hanging from the ceiling. There were lots I didn't know, I am going to try learn more flags this Olympics :)
There's a cloud over Sue Barker's head!
:)
Say it quietly, but I'm looking forward to this. Although I am annoyed the first proper mess up of the games happened at Newcastle.
I'm still hoping for Jonathan Edwards or... umm.... someone else from the north east, to light the flame.
Geese!!
cows!!
I just learned from @AllenWedge that NBC in the US is not covering this live, and they have exclusive rights. Not even on BBC America/News.
Actual cows??
Proper actual cows!
America is obsessed with only showing things in primetime
Steve Redgrave has suddenly disappeared for John McEnroe...
There is a countdown on the crowd!
The Red Arrows are coming over soon!
thats awesome... should have that for football..
That countdown on the crowd is good!
Now!
It looks like the crowd keeps turning into static.
Yay for the Red Arrows :)
all 9 of them too, woohoo!
9 = official showing :D
technically it's counting up,it's just a clock
it could be Twenty Twelve and their clock :D
yeah, awesome, yeah, cool
well that's all well and good.
I'm shocked how many people are in trafalgar square to watch the clock hit zero. There's not even any screens there!
Oooh fancy graphics.
Rowing venue? (I'm on mute)
Yeah, they had mapped pretty much most of london quite nicely there!
ExCel Arena.
I'm guessing laser-scanned by plane
More Inception music :)
It's started raining! we jinxed it yesterday.
Jonsi!
The torch has been kind of incredible. a few choices i don;t agree with at allllllllllll (will.i.am for example?) but i think it's been really good!
Well it just adds to the realism and experience.
Just home from a LONG day in farnham. ergh. stupid m25!
Are the rumours Benedict Cumberbatch was there true? or was my friend winding me up?
Hello!
benedict opened the BBC coverage but that's all. I saw it and was like... Lou needs to be seeing this! It was very dramatic.
I am, incedently... SO EXCITED for tonight. I can't actually control all the excitment.
he opened it??! whhhaaaa! :( i missed benedict :'( *sobs* i shall have to make sure i catch up with that. How more perfect can the build up be from the start then! :)
get the rain over before wimbles
yeess!!!
also, Amy, what time/ where shall we meet i can't remember what we decided last night.
Well it's going to be an amazing show, why not opened it properly with an awesome dude? ;)
Now, the important predictions. Who to light the flame. Place your bets now.
gotta be Sir Steve.
although I do hope it's THE DOCTOR!
(all because of that terrible olympic dr who episode)
Which regeneration would you want vs which do you expect? ;)
Oh no! Gary Linekar is in the stadium, get out Gary!
The queen. I really want it to be the queen :D
I think we're all ready beating Beijing's ceremony before even starting because we have sheep
I hope it's tennant! Because he lit the giant candle thing.
then I died from the criinnggeee.
Ledley King. Or Roger Bannister, they're pretty similar on levels of greatness.
Ohhh sir steve is back.
amazing!! glasto torr!!
Frank turner is on a hill performing.
i already love this
huh.. is like a LOTR musical...
The windmill is my favourite bit :)
No wait I mean watermill.
this is all VERY weird..
I still don't really know what I'm doing :(
I just plotted a journey to get me there at 8.30am, no idea what time my friend wants to meet. She's thinking and will get back to me later. So I'll get back to you later!
with an organiser like Danny, its to be expected. its cool tho :)
the perfect eccentric person to represent an eccentric country!
Its all gone Jane Austen
Lukeh, I think muse will appear out of that hill later on... like teletubbies or something ??
Nooo dom;s drums are definitely under the bell. I'm SURE of it.
i haven't seen the bell yet... :-/
hehe okay! Well i think i'm gonna try get there for 9/9:30ish.. but text me later so we can sort things + i can get your number :)
They showed it earlier coz' no one knows what it's supposed to go and there was a little stage under it with what appeared to be dom from muse's drumkit.
I could be horribly wrong but it just looked super familiar!
Although in all honesty I'm still not 100% convinced they're actually performing. But we shall see!
Its like a history lesson!
ok! I do want to get there pretty close to gates opening at 9.30 as I reeeeeeally want to see some of Clijsters on ct 2 and ct 2 is going to be super popular all day so getting a seat won't be easy
i like how they've found a role for every BBC presenter! even that guy from the snooker!
but thankfully not fearne cotton.
now who can call people named John Jim?
that sounds ideal then :) hehe well we can always see the Clijsters match and then set up camp there for the day, i don't mind :)
So odd seeing the different between then and now :)
you want to know what she's doing now ??
a tweet from our national badminton association earlier..
Amazing celeb spot at Hyde Park live site this evening as @Fearnecotton is embraced by #playbadminton activity team!! pic.twitter.com/aewbrYlk
/sigh ....
aw Fearne is cool.
link : yfrog.com/h6jycnbwj
you might have to if you want to see the Murray doubles!
I also want to see things on ct 7, 14, 18, 19 and possibly 12
I think London is a lot nicer this summer.
i'm off now for a bit.... be back later..
See ya lynchie
hehe, as i say, i dont mind :)
hehe i'm happy to embrace any tennis match thrown at me tho :)
most I want to see are doubles which is strange for me! I'm sad the kiwi girl is playing Sunday :(
Plus there's no rule saying we must stick together, we can separate! Save me a seat if you are at the Murrays match, I want to see at least one change of ends ;)
Now we are over here!
sir steeeeeve, stop fooling us. You are the most olympicest man ever, it has to be you!
Right, TV on.
No call yest for SirSteve
here we go people!
Woah, that is cool!
Trevor Nelson ?!!!
I had a similar reaction.
hehe! well i'll happily watch the Kim match with you any we can take it from there :)
Yaaaay, go time! Is this thread free of Olympics downers?
I can see that maypole dancing going very wrong!
I will delete anyone who is grumpy!
If anyone is grumpy they have no soul, I swear! This is FAR too exciting to be grumpy
Now doesn't seem to be the time for the shipping forecast.
I hear they are going to raise a stone henge up from under the stadium like on Spinal Tap.
Thanks for coming crowd, we won't let you watch while we cover you up
<3
it's like, I get it, you hate it, just don't watch it!
Hooray, I'm fed up of hearing from them, this is brilliant.
Mandatory Enjoyment!
It also makes me very proud :S
That should be a :D
hello all :)
To use a metaphor that isn't sporting, I'm all in!
I like understated orchestra start.
Must turn the lights off, I need this to be theatrical!
thought that was a super tall bassist but it's just because he was sat next to kids/
really that...stage...is amazing..
I hope the ceremony ends with Boris Johnson on a jetpack by the way.
Love how alive and green it is..
Wait, its the f1 Minute!
The Who
the whooo!
The Who!!
Hehe!
Love the countdown
I missed what 21 was. Tell me it was from Baker street.
There'll be a David Walliams in there somewhere.
When we win the eurovision, can we get danny boyle to organise it?
Is there really a stone there?
I don't think any of us will be around when that happens.
yes
Pink floyd refe
rence :D
That is awesome.
Not a fan of the audio, but the video's good.
I need Mr C to be my cultural reference guide! I am so stoopid :)
Eastenders drums!
:(
This would be cool in one of those theaters that surround you and you have to try staying standing up.
MUSE
Muse!
I'm too slow.
intro is awesome.
Another countdown!
Looks like you were right Luke.
i cant believe they have ANOTHER muse song to kick off the ceremony :) :)
Balloons that pop themselves!
i already love this.
I am :D
I just got goose bumps.
WIGGO!!
The Wiggler!
woo for wiggo!
what an honour!
I wonder who they would have used if he didn't win last week
Jerusalem. :)
Chris Hoy? He's reliable.
Bets on how many times I cry? I reckon at least 5
Wooh, thats a lot of pressure.
Do we think that is the actual kid though? :)
Keira knightley is gonna walk out in a second in full victorian corset
I know the orchestra is prereorded,he probably is too
:) my guess 7!
Miming is fine, as long as it's the right voice belonging to the right body.
I find the sound of children's choirs terrifying
hopefully they learned from Beijing!
Oh Danny Boy(le)
:D
Horsies!
Yaaay for the gower where that choir is :)
is this eurovision?
i feel like this is a film, not a ceremony!
on steroids
It's Sherlock Holmes 3
"you're not singing any more"
stadium tv's are magnificent.
The clouds are freaking me out a bit.
is that the guy who plays Wallander???!
Rugby posts randomly on that hill
FLying sheep?
I like that they're getting some rugby in there for no reason
He looks like Bruce. Here's here to save the world.
I didn't want to say anything, but I was wondering about the rugby.
IT IS!!! Wallander guy!
is that kenneth branagh?!
I think it is! Kenneth Branagh!
Looks like it.
holy crap!!
Now that is pressure!
wallander! :)
quite the audience to have
I have no idea who he is. Big in britain?
Evening
Just seen the last few minutes. Wonder how this is going down with people who don't understand English
I want kenneth branagh to be the doctor one day. Now is a good time, Moff.
Shakespearian actor, plays Wallander.
How are they doing the clouds/
He's like a proper actor that does Shakespeare and stuff too.
Famous actor /director. Does lots of Shakespeare stuff
good choice for a Tempest it then
Oh wow.
Yes, and he's brilliant. Been in lots of things.
Was in chamber of secrets too.
The tree is taking off!!
It's the follow up to shuttles.
ohh i can't remember her name... Suzi... something?
Tree people!
Teletubbiiieeesss.
:)
Suzi Quatro
Makes me want to read the sequel to Fall of Giants. Hurry up with that Ken Follett!
Really digging the victorian look :)
It's cool to think all these people are just ordinary folk
Think they will build a train track through the place?
Wish I had better speakers to get teh full effect.
I wondered how they'd transition fom the grass to the stuff underneath, great making it all part of the spectacle.
I wish I could take my car apart and store it in my house for the night. Much safer.
oh my god!
They coulda got the Wimbledon rain cover people, it'd have been done in half the time :)
:D amazing!!!
W O W
Love it. I wondered if they'd put all the athletes on the grass later, but this is brilliant, they're turning into London.
WHERE DOES THAT EVEN COME FROM
Ooh, this is cool.
:D :D
wut?!
how??
this is amazing, can't believe this.
the tardis is under the stadium.
That tardis is the stadium.
Kenneth is proud of himself
Is that a time machine?
I can't believe Amy didn't know who Keneth Branagh was!
Looks like the thing from Children of Earth
How do you even begin to organise/direct/create something like this. ah-maz-ing
matrix effect?
Man that was a good movie.
Danny Boyle should teach history.
yes!
Incredible.
Unlimited budget
i like how they are leaving patterns with the grass as it removed so it doesn't look awful.
the only Shakespeare I've seen is in my little local theatre!
Torchwood: Children of Earth
Woah.
the Thames is in there somewhere
I think they should have started this presentation at 1066, that'd been fun.
really nice touch :)
He was Shackleton the explorer, and Wallander in the remake of the Danish thing, and all sorts of things which I can almost remember
Oh I was thinking of Children of Men. Children of Earth was really good too. They knocked it out of the park with that one.
I really like the accompanying music
I am going to need a behind the scenes documentary and a soundtrack.
YES!
I want the DVD of this.
I'd like a soundtrack so I could listen to it on some descent speakers to get the whole effect.
Danny Boyle's commentry will be quality
where did that even come from?!
his filmography on Wikipedia is epic and I've seen exactly zero of the things on it
the beatles!
You already answered that with the TARDIS
AWESOME!!!!
Ringos!
Mr c, look away
Ah shipbuilding.
amazing!
chelsea pensioners :)
Wooh.
i'm getting emotional already. so proud.
is that molten iron? damn convincing.
So that part of the floor is a map of London, right?
Kenneth Branagh still looking smug.
Good spot - the iron i on the thames then
It's so so so different to beijings and I love it
Think that is an olympic ring they are forging?
Danny Boyle said no its not when the aerial pictures came out but it's so clearly the Thames that it has to be
I wanted this to be good, and boy it is :)
who knew the victorian era was so well synchronised?
Music is great.
the yellow one by any chance?
Vicky demanded perfection. ;)
kenneth is so freaking cool as lord brunel.
good shout.
Here comes the other rings.
4 more ...
Sure, said my history teacher, the most exciting part of British history was the 1906 election...
Who knew it came back after the Beatles?
I hadn't twigged that, but makes total sense.
stunning.
*floored*
HOW are these things going up?!?! Isn't it an open stadium??
they really are forging them? live.
*dies*
wait for the ring to lift up
the poppys are a really sweet touch.
lord of the rings?
incredible!
Astonishing
:O
open jaws
Eat your heart out Beijing. This is EPIC!!
there's more rigging than you've ever seen in your life
Doubt it is real, health and safety.. effects are cool nowadays
and to think, wembley wouldnt allow muse their own ufo. they need to play here instead ;)
I think some of them are crying.
a.m.a.z.i.n.g.
Speechless.
and it's only been 20 minutes!
:) :) :')
Everyone said the opening bit is the emotional bit that makes you cry. Maybe I won't hit 5 because that didn't do it to me.
To be fair, it takes two hours for all the countries to get around.
I got misty and I'm a Yank.
I'm feeling emotionally patriotic right now.
brazil!
Didn't cry but got really quite proud
JAMES BOND!
James Bond!
Bond!
I was going to say something about Bond earlier, but I thought that would be a bit silly of me..
No way
Actual... Queen...
maybe that's key, i thought it was super duper cool, but I ain't British :)
WHAT
NO WAY!!! THE QUEEN!!
REAL QUEEN
Lizzy!
Mind = BOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM
That is one tall dude.
She's a fabulous actress. Oscar worthy.
Love the Corgi's
Queeny for the flame!
It's interesting reading the comments but not being able to watch the ceremony :)
The corgis are so cool.
THEY ARE GOING TO SHOW UP AT THE STADIUM!!
Or was taht apparent.
If the queen lights the beacon i want it known i tipped it from the beginning.. comments never lie :D
The queen is the first head of state to ever open the games twice
its all gone a bit eurovision again..
I still think it might be brian blessed
What will it look like now? the stadium?
Hah Hah!
It will be crazy.
Could only ever have been our Queen.
Here she is!
Gosh, it got dark quickly.
I would have loved to have been there when Seb suggested that she do a scene with Bond
A bit commercial for her and Olympics though
Or Queen.
if Freddie mercury lit it, that'd have been a scoop.
Must have stopped off for a pint and a pork pie.
Now I know why they had to have the missiles placed
What?!
No way!
NO WAY!
Is he going to jump??
HAAHAHAHAH
hahahah
ahahahahahah!!
Not the Queen = double
LOL!
Ohhhh Britain. :)
continuity error with the day/night thing.
Oohi thought they couldn't do that because of all the cables
:)
I'll be honest, I didn't know we were THIS proud of James Bond :)
I'm telling you, the Queen loves a pint and a pork pie.
johnny english was busy
There she is!
YAAYY for the Queen!!!
The queens brother continues to look good for his age.
I see rowan williams too.
What about Rowan Atkinson/
Go Navy!
Even though it is your Navy, but I can relate...
with this mound of grass, will we be celebrating the tellitubbies too?
:D
Why are they doing the French bit first?
No idea, they did at Cardiff too
I know right? I thought English was the international language of something something now...
:) :)
French is the official language of the IOC
A cappella anthem
Oi!!!
Because they invented the modern olympics?
Interesting choice to do it with no music
Oh. What's with all the Greeks then?
can hear the words. first time ever.
*applauds*
Olympics are French
Didn't know that verse!
Makes it a bit more human too...
Danny Boyle - give that man an Oscar.
They invented the old one?
oooh, twilight zoney.
Tubular Bells
tubular bells.
No. :P
I was going to say Mike Oldfield!
I had this album in High School! I didn't figure out until a few months ago that it was Alan Rickman on there.
Ohh, actual mike oldfield!
Love it when languages have no words and soo English in parts :)
Reminds me of a line that came out of a China Mieville book I just read.
GOSH are great at what they do, but they have twice been so slow at accepting my son, he's had to go elsewhere, once as a life threatening matter, remember there ate other hospitals that need support too! :-)
If Bond is there the Doctor has to show up!
The Doctor isn't British though :(
isn't it?
Rant over.
Galifreyan?
He isn't, no ;)
That's it! I didn't want to risk spelling it :)
it's interesting that they're so very good at media/branding/etc.
I googled it before I hit submit.
Wait, does this mean great ormond street is closed tonight?
ohh now i see.
:)
Need water. Don't want to get up.
JK Rowling!
JK!
yes! Very good at it. Save Royal Brompton's children's services! X
harry potter!
wow, daniel's made a few key changes :)
aww. i actually couldn't name another, but i'd never noticed that before.
My guess is for the Childcatcher
Are they Incubi?
400 million books and she still doesnt come to a sidepodmeetup like other authros, psh :)
And Yorkhill in Glasgow
Oh wow
someone get alan rickman!!!!
VoldemArt??
ooh, pink floyd?
i thought that but it's voldemort
Music is SO good!!
Just wait for MUSE to appear
So far, I count two sentences from Trevor Nelson.
ahhh
Shut up Trevor Nelson!!!
I tell you, the Doctor could totally fix this, British or not.
mary poppins!
figured it would be "leave those kids alone"
MARY POPPINS!
Shouldn't he be on Olympics coverage XTRA?!
you should be one of them :p
By the hundred
heheheheheh!!!!!
sshh you.
Timelord in disguise.
Gotta love Mary poppins!
what about sherry bobbins?
Leave it to MPo to save the day.
i want an umbrella with lights on.
*dances to music of childhood*
I love this particular tune!
For a second I thought the intro was 'I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts'
How difficult must it be to decide which parts of the culture to share when there is so much.
:) :) :)
Had Mary poppins, now we need peter pan!
hahaha
wait.. they can move the lights?!?! they stole coldplay's idea and made it better!
so when do spinal tap come on?
11
With Stone Henge!!
:)
heheheeh!!
I still can't quite believe the Queen's entrance. what a legend.
aw!!
sweet!
I know, how cool that she did that?! Made me like her a little more!
Person - I see a person
I wish they had used modern nurses uniforms. Too much unnecessary harking back
Those rings have been my favorite so far.
Wouldn't be enough nurses if we had modern ones.
Chariots Offiah
:D
:D
:D
Hehehe
jwcrummett: I'm curious as to how you're watching the ceremony, aren't you in the states?
I hope the sheep got home on the tube ok.
Not him then en.wikipedia.org/…iki/Martin_Offiah
:O!!!!
OHHMYYOOGODD
Oh that would be brilliant.
HEHEHEHEHEHEHE
I am typing this v slowly :)
I am. I'm watching it on vipbox.tv
WOWOWOW
BEAN
LOL!!!!
There's rowan atkinson, whoever asked earlier :)
XD
Thanks!
OMG
Mr Bean FTW
Let's hope he doesn't wreck his Mclaren F1 again!
he just stole the show
XD
jpancoast: you are in colorado?
Apple product placement
yes, but at *ahem* "work" and about to leave.
This has just made everything. even more so. that was alrready amazingly amazing.
So between you and me...is Wyoming.
Love Bean!
Where is teddy?
i've died.
Which ain't small!
MATT!!!
Heh heh
He's getting soo much attention, yet not playing.
He is going to be in here.
Was too slow.
poor mr bean.
What a poor time for my mum to Skype me. We couldn't even live comment the show as new Zealand's broadcast is about 5 minutes behind!
I wondered where you had gone!
Should have been his mini!
:)
amazing :d
great.
Awe and then some.
MINI!
There's a mini
Did not think I'd be giggling so much tonight! Love it!
Archers!
Italian Job perhaps
Archers - your other national anthem
oooh
Not great parking
rain!!
BOOM Michael Fish GOTCHA
This seems a bit more modern!
not a mini, a BMW, could have got a real one ;-)
Have you all seen this image: newnownext.mtvnim…mpics-special.gif
ha
Michael Fish?
If I had had a million guesses of who would be in this ceremony Michael Fish getting the weather forecast wrong would not have been in it
haha
great comedy
british comedy :)
OMD song about dropping the atom bomb? Hardly appropriate
Did mr c enjoy that brief moment of sugababes
Rizzle Kicks!
trevor, shhhh
i did! proper sugababes
TrevorN is here for this bit :)
hazel says we should try and guess them all. ok!
The Jam
going underground
Yet whenever I hear this song I get the London Underground version.....
:)
ERIC!!!
The video on the crowd LED's is just brilliant
i also like how they got a 3ds in there too, yay for the 3ds ;)
briefly
the who!
GENERATION
SATISFACTION
How do you dance in a lampshade?
rolling stones!
This is definitely the social media olympics
You start with a bottle of vodka
oooh, umm...
I just realized that I am wearing my Aresenal strip today...
:D
YOU REALLY GOT ME
beatllleeessss
hahaha!
Beatles duhh
Booo. (Natural reaction, sorry).
Must have been subconscious.
*learned "strip" from sidepodcst.
Mud - Tiger Feet?????
awesome
don't know that one
i really do love how they have video in the crowd
SQUEEZE
bowie!
BOWIE
also, jetpack!!!
Sorry I picked Arsenal when I was playing U12 and had just read Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Wuzza wuzza wuzza
There's a rocket man!
QUEEEENN!
QUEEN!
Queen
Even I can do that one!
We've already seen her!
waynes world!
Boris flying it?
I must be on SKY, cause Luke is predicting the music again.
Loved the Muppets version of this song.
Dr Who
DR WHO
I HEARD THE TARDIS
sex pistols
they have the footwear things they wear in the lionking!
Jumping turnips!
who knew disney were so punk :D
Matt Smith or DT or one of the others? ...
So many good things have come out of Britain
amazini
who knew???
I fancy some Country Life Butter
i <3 my country on days like this :)
very proud.
smiley face!
I've got so much British music on my playlists on Spotify I've noticed...
Blue Monday
If I ever get a time machine I am going back to the late 70s and betting at the next British Olympics the Pistols get 10 times as long in the opening ceremony than Clapton
choooooon
i want to be able to dance like that.
Frankie :)
I can't wait til they get to the boy bands ;)
frankie
I hope Trevor Nelson's mic goes out any time soon.
frankie goes to hollywood
Soul2Soul
i wouldnt mind just being to dance in general, that'd be a start for me :)
Annie
*prays with you*
ANNIE!!!
ah this is so so cool.
& dave!!
Fire starter
Who?
firestartah!
dave, the other eurythmic ;)
Prodigy!
Liam Howlett had to be there somewhere!
Prodigy!
The present day? But I don't want to listen to Cheryl Cole
Saw them in Seattle.
UNDERWORLD
coldplay and muse, thats all we need ;)
Trainspottign footage.
I saw trainspotting :)
born slippy! danny's anthem.
pliggage from danny :D
*pluggage
and one direction
THey are really trying to sell the stadium to West Ham
how could I forget
*shudder*
Are the Wombats not big enough?
United, united!
Hugh grant awkwardly falling in love with someone
You'll never walk alone soon?
Song II
I wonder if the Wombles will make an appearance... too much?
Blur!
dizzee rascal!
BONKERS
Wait, do Gorillaz count as British?
HE IS THERE LIVE?
DIZZY!
they'll be at the closing ceremony so we'll both have one band there we think is rubbish #coldplay
From Mrs TM: "£50 to whoever cuts Trevor's mic."
WHat about Florence + The Machien?
Coldplay are at the paralympics ;)
ah yes. Too terrible for the main event.
you are mean.
poor lou!
dizzee the only british artist available, with no plans for the 6 months of rehearsals.
Dizzie looks so calm
unless she's Chris Martin I didn't insult her!
MUSE
ARI
MUSE again :P
you just don;t like people who look like JB ;)
:)
ooooh maybe you've cracked it!
Luke did I send you the video I made with this song?
Tincheeeeeee
nope but you must!
Enough with the bonkers!
If I hear "call me maybe" I may have to mute.
more muse.
ahem.
Its kind of silly. It is for our Science Fiction convention next year, Theme is The Resistance.
blurgh not a patch on jb!
altohugh why it was mixed with all the rap was odd :)
WHAT
wow!!
:O
No way!
Tim Berners-Lee
No nod to Alan Turing?
east 17 should be represented, if we're plugging dizzee.
Our hero!
i cant believe sir tim is there. holy crap.
our god ;)
Amazing vision
:D
Pretty cool. Thanks to him we are all watching this together.
NEXT computer!!
The lights on the seats look so cool
Biggest cheer of the night for Tim
he's there with steve's machine.
#ChooseLifeChooseWWW
It says a lot that there's all that fun and games but what Britain boils down to is just a guy sitting in front of a screen :)
Nice touch to get tim in there.
And many, many others :)
The fact he looks younger than my dad really drives home how new the net is
:D
:)
He is 57. Like Heinz
Comment of the night
is beckham a sir yet? or is he just still mr david?
:)
After the Olympics
:)
james mcavoy?`
ooh he's younger than my mum too!
Why did my parents not invent anything that cool.
wait.... was that James McAvoy?? it wasn't was it? I'm seeing things...
I KNEW IT!
yep! i thought i was going mad too!
Hey its that place I live in.
blimey, same age as my dad!
MUSE AGAIN
Ok just got teary eyed.
And again.
#sirdannyboyle is trending ;)
9 Red Arrows?
Oh that injured serviceman always makes me tear up. He was so determined to walk with that torch!
Some of those relay runners make me all misty eyed.
:')
Live flame?
This is Muse too Luke?
oh... wait... tell me David Beckham ISNT going to light it?
Yum Becks
To be fair it makes sense they got tim in there after they did a thing on lord brunel. the two were the driving force of the ideas that created their age.
#truestory
DBeck lit the first at lands end wasn't it?
No they just showed them running with the torch for a secnc
I think everyone should follow @timberners_lee
*second
Beckham has stolen the flame and a child in revenge for not making the football team.
Oh ok.
hahaha
they wouldn't reveal the lighter this soon
... this evening ...
Is he going round to Stuart Pearce's house?
phew. i really dont like him.
turns out it's gonna be john terry
oops quoted wrong quote.
Surely they'll do the reveal when they actually do the lighting.
Ahh the lady I met on Tuesday sent in a photo of her dad for this bit
:D
Was Alan Turing not in their anywhere?
But, but... the brand!
Sadly not
Hello Sidepod peeps :-) really please no more beckham!!
should've been. tim actually invented the web, while in switzerland, so we'll gloss over that too :)
Hour and a quarter already ? :O
hullo you!
helloo!
Even I like Beckham
Would've been cool if they did a quick thing about bletchley parkj but beggars cant be choosers :)
Hello Mr C. all the cool people are clearly here :-)
They should have got Katherine Jenkins for this
is that Emili Sande?
Remember they have cut it down so people can make the last train, but would reminding everyone about WWii be a good idea on the whole? :S
don't mention the war!
twas always thus ♥
as she's welsh she wouldn't have sung anything
hahahaha.
Eh?
more so for alan turing than the war
for reals?
none of the welsh players have sung anything so far in the football in terms of british anthems and stuff
Of course, but hard to avoid on of the reasons he was soo good etc
Only reason I'm still here is it started raining and I'd like to not spend too much of my 20mile ride home in the rain!
They couldn't have put on a few more trains?
For real.
that's so dumb that they're making it an issue. Half the kiwi players didn't sing ours either. Maybe some people just don't sing in those moments.
I thought they were'nt lighting the torch till 1am by which time I will have lost interest and wandered off probs to bed
theyre playing for tea, gb, sing the gb anthem!
You know how hard it is for them to even get trains the run ... :P
At least they are playing, rather than Scotland + NI who refused to let anyone go.
I wonder when this country will join this century. First they cut of Springsteen and McCartney because some jobsworth decided rules is rules. Now they are shortening this to suit a pre-existing train timetable.
Utter madness
Another thought too
Sir Danny Boyle following the Olympics?
yeah miserable buggers
athletes time!
Athlete parade!
Athletes time!
Push the Button - bring on the Chems!
YAY!!!
But I have to go soon.
Uh oh, prime crying time
It is really annoying my last train from london is 11.45pm how dumb is that? - you often have to miss pudding if in N London
:(
Are we going to play name that flag?
greece! ;)
everyone has a gadget!
Azerbaijan!
a copper petal???
The woman next to it is going to spoil that game!
Oh sport I'd forgotten about that!
the name sign next to it might make it too easy
Alphabetical order coming soon :P
Afga..
In Beijing the country that won the most golds per head of population was NZ
Too slow
It might be easy when it goes in alphabetical order (except for the Greeks and GB)
Albania
we are always quick to pull out our per capita medal facts
yes what is that???? copper object...
You will have to be v fast to beat the TV for telling you - that does mean no cheating though
should it be greece, france, then the rest? if they're so important
I'll just keep yelling Azerbaijan untill they come out then.
They took so long to mention Greece I thought we had a chance
they say the 'copper petal' will make a significant appearance later. Wondering if they are going to light them or something.. putting them all together to make the olympics or something.
Ah American Samoa, I remember when they lost 31-0.
Firestarters
...?
Nzl are queued behind Ned, apparently they are wearing dashing orange trousers.
Laurel wreathe ??
bless the small countries
ohhh!!
More dutchies!
Football, to Australia. It was a heavy one.
the image on the tickets was like hundreds of them all together. Building the cauldron?
:)
they should have a map so me and christine can learn geography
But where will they get a flame to light the fire ... ?
Tesco are still open
Oh yes. Google maps opening shortly!
that makes so much sense!!
@GaryPaffett Greece come out first I thought it was French!! Now really really confused!!
Tannoy: Does anyone have a lighter?
That is a good thought
the torch will arrive soon
awww!
@Lukeh and Christine: www.youtube.com/w…tch?v=IDtdQ8bTvRc
Aruba?
isnt that what kris akubusi says?
:D :D :D
A-wuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuga
Do u think now is a good time to eat a creme egg?!
That needs updating :)
@lewishamilton This is just fantastic for great britain, the Olympics are going to be incredible. The shows amazing, wish I was there to see it.
team golf course
Always a good time
Transylvania exists darn you!
animaniacs!!
Ok, I gotta run. THanks everyone!!
It is very Augusta looking.
Congrats Brits on a remarkable opening!!
I'm not a fan of all the phones and cameras the the athletes are waving
There it is!!!
azerbaijan dont want to walk with their leaders?
true
Everything I know of Azerbaijan I learned from Eurovision
First time in a long time I've heard Azerbaijan not walk out to Running Scared.
they've always done that, it just used to be film and camcorders
Things you can do in under 3 seconds - guess the country before you are told it.
those passes are HUGE!
Them drummer people are surely going to get tired by the end!
hahahaahah!! #recall
Got to love a good #callback ;)
nice bit of foreshadowing :)
I worked on that!
has Hugh got bored, he hasn't been talking for a while.
This is the ticket image. It really makes sense now. www.mobypicture.c…uth/view/13385065
I think he's hatching a plan to get rid of Trevor Nelson.
my favourite thing in Beijing was seeing the clapping girls get slower and slower
yaaaay belgium
I like his hat :)
Never heard of Benin
www.youtube.com/w…tch?v=IDtdQ8bTvRc
The shorts are back
Bermuda love their self titled shorts
Bermuda shorts!
I need an atlas
Some of these athletes are not dressed for rain or other local weather options
So when do they start giving out their points to everyone else?
So... what have I missed ? /sarcasmfont
I bet the room with all the idetically dressed girls who carry the country names looked like some sci fi cloning nightmare
Flaggy hill!
That one lady chose the wrong suit
BRAZIL!
Flaggle Rock
Drummers only using one arm. Resting the other one. Clever
:) :)
Ooh, well spotted.
imagine how scared i was at the station when i found myself in the middle of all the Brazillian olympians.. there are so many!!!
I like the scarfs!
oh my god!
...did anyone of them look li... actually no, i guess he wont be there.
*hugs*
Robert Scheidt - well done on saying that one Hazel
who knew brunei had a surname?
yay for women getting equality in countries that have never allowed it before. about time.
Was that Whitmarsh? Don't give him a mic
did anyone else spot des lynam's doppelganger leading out andorra?
http://t.co/4MtEahva
TAXI
ohhh they plant the flags. nice.
Goooogle.
Some countries have such cool national dress
imagine if wales were a single country. imagine our women walking in that national dress.
Only 23 more letters to go.
They should have dressed like that at the football
david cameron!
The is a country for every letter?
Love the Cameroon dress. Huge cheer for Canada!
Ahhh, no X...
Only 22 to go.
The drummers stopped.
google.
:)
A turtle and a pineapple! I want to go there.
chad!
Is that West End Girls in the background?
West End Girls
pet shop boys go so well with chile.
Uhoh. The Chinese have brought an army
that is quite a tall chap.
The Chinese like basketball flagmen
Love the flags on the hill
Means they can say their flag flew higher than anyone else
great idea!
Land of Juan Pablo.
usain in the membrame.
of the stadium.
Usain in the brain.
Never heard of Comoros.
comoros ?!? wtf....
They changed the rule this year so only one official per sport per country can march. Keeps the numbers down to make this quicker but it sucks for the officials who miss out!
There are 200 countries. Why are they making up names now
I'm so glad I've got you lot, you're making watching this on my own not so lonely, all my facebook mates were saying it was rubbish when I was enjoying it, so I knew just where to come :-)
I didn't realise Alistair had his own country.
♥
are you an olympic encyclopaedia ?? like Karun-opedia of F1 ??
i hope danny wallace's country Lovely was given a chance to qualify
Yes
I'm mildly obsessed ;)
Hehehe!
true that, on my book there are so many -ve comments compared to my twitter feed... hmm...
genius :)
I wonder if the queen feels smug seeing how many flags still have the union flag in the corner
oh wow, just realised i have to leave the house at 6:30 am tomorrow O.O I am gonna fall asleep on the train i'm sure.
What about Sealand? I mean they have their own football team now.
Either that or she is sitting there saying 'that one used to be mine......and that one'
woot.. watching croatia handball...
It is quite glorious how happy the athletes are.
0930 start for me ;) commute to the TV
oh wow. least we're on C, halfway there.
kind of.
Marcos!
hahaha!
we're gonna need another thread.
Can I just say - Hurrah for the silly hats of the world
Amy... i may not get there for 9ish after all..
Not a bigger boat?
Czech Republic is quite long for that girl carrying the name.
That is a real highlight every time
I like that if the cook islands win I get to hear my anthem.
right flag.
Koukal.. badders player!! czech flag bearer!
Oh, I was wrong. Korea beat it by a mile.
@lewishamilton I've got to give a shout out to team Grenada too!!! That's where my families from & my roots!! #teamgrenada Much love Grenada!!
i love uber-tweety lewis.
They got the right flag this time
I'll save you a seat ;)
:)
kim jong il was a basketball pro who shot 11 shots in a row all in. I DEFINITELY believe that.
and the wellies... some came prepared!
Congo - why you no walk in a line?
yaaay gavin!
he seems to be the only f1 driver who is staying up to watch!
<3 i'm not sure i can cope with getting up at 5:30am...
And made 11 holes in one in a round of golf
dijbiuti. i think they'll do big things this year.
shake shake shake
Yeah totally believable and completely true
I wonder if the girls carrying the country names were fighting for the short names and trying not to stand too near the long ones
Thanks for the tennis ticket, Dominican republic
oh god that just makes me think of the simpsons and robot richard simmons
I remember that. *shudder*
Also they need to be done in sparklers...
Egypt is a good name to carry
I forgot it was Ramadan now. Makes it difficult to stay in condition
ooh we have a bit of adele now
Adele - everyone drink
There should be a law that a country name should only have one or two words in it.
Macedonia is the worst. Damn Greece.
Do you think the democratic people's republic of Korea is the longest?
Central African Republic is the most boring as well as a touch long...
I spent so long trying to work out which one was less insulting to people
fiji come out as beegees starts. nice.
Staying Alive - checking we're all still awake
i see a finland flag!
Beegee fiji!
Fiji, even better!
So many blondes
:)
Heh, Vijay Singh, competitive in four years...
no i was saying kiwi :)
Unusual to see one of those on here without Heikki singing it
There they are. Damn Greece.
that girls got the short straw...
Boooooo...
The French must have got their flags on the eurostar
The Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia bagsy me not carry that one!
i didn't see Tsonga :(
Ahh that closeup showed the LEDs were between seats, not held by crowd
pretty much the only tennis players there are the flag bearers. Everyone else is skipping it
we are only up to G ...
tennis player, not country :)
oh wow, kai ebel's ion charge of germany.
Hahaha!!!
I thought he was going, cause he tweeted a pic of him in a suit saying something about the ceremony?
*in
Germany have gone pink!
ahhhhh!! i assumed the lights were beamed onto the crowd from above.
Sprint canoeing is a sport?
speed sporting?
there's david cameroon and prince william.
:-) ohh
Ann, he'd be silly to be there so I hope he was just posing!
it's not as good as the slalom but yes
Held on the rowing lake - does not look comfortable
Ahh needs to stop fixing itself to ann
with all these brightly coloured clothes im expecting honda to come out in a second in their earth dream green trousers.
There's a lot of guineas
Re: girls carrying names, we actually have the longest.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
oh wow christine. look at that yellow!!
and red too!
i am not the worse anymore.
Although for some reason we like to be called Great Britain (and Northern Ireland?) in sport...
she's gone for ices. #luckyescape
i was surprised.. but..
https://twitter.c…900454912/photo/1
and
www.facebook.com/…p;id=215021952636
but he may still not be there tho :)
hong kong, china?
do they need a postcode with that?
Since when was Hong Kong recently a part of China?
1997
Hungary, well yes, now you mention it, I am.
much more recent than Macedonia being Yugoslav
What a country.
They are my favourites. How cool!
I love independents
Yellow turbans!
I'd love to hear a running commentary from Phillip.
Queen is much less amused than her son
Think I'd rather be a girl carrying a name than carrying that copper thing. Looks really heavy!
I'm still giggling at the Independent Athletes. I love that they've just decided not to be a nationality anymore!
Sonia O'Sullivan is there. She ust have retired 20 years ago
Hairdo!
Missed that due to a phone call
Italy got quite a big cheer too.
The Netherlands Antilles are no longer a country, but they don't want to compete under the Dutch flag, so... they're independent.
And South Sudan are not a IOC country.
it's mostly that their country is too new,not that they gave up :)
Thank ye!
I met Sonia O'Sullivan at the Great Ocean Road Marathon last year. She's team captain for Ireland rather than running. Definitely in retirement!
jamaica!
The Big Dog! UB
hey chappie.
Thanks
cool hat.
No Borat?
kiribati have a nice flag.
At the archery today the Korean bloke scored 699 out of 720
That's good vowel trivia
His hat was an american takeaway box
I liked it when it was just Laos.
the partially sighted guy?
Latvian women have Paddington hats
Only in one eye. I assume he uses the other one
i have just come across john barrowman live streaming his reactions to the athletes.
http://twitcasting.tv/team_barrowman
Motorsport fact: Dakar Rally winner Nasser al-Attiyah is representing Qatar in shooting at the Olympic Games
I thought there had been another flag mistake for a second when I saw the Liberian flag.
Tom daley!
Anything to be on camera
Sporting polymath
good film.
BARROWMAN *shakes fist*
I suppose if those copper things are called petals they must form a flower.
I watched the documentary on him a few days ago. Seems like a nice chap.
British team much better dressed to cope with weather and the temperature drop
The suggestions are for the flame.
The drummers have got a bit out of sync.
he made me cry in an Adidas ad. An ad!
45 minutes to go???
45 mins?!? oh goodness... i need sleep...
And then the end of the show
I might do some editing now :)
I don't mind that if I'm honest... it's just...
dear God Mexico???
sohpie is gonna be in trouble:
can't stop watching! If Frank asks....I'm asleep too!
nice tops.
Worse dressed than Germany
monaco!
are they just all gonna be f1 drivers?
hehe
Yay it's almost my turn
im pretty sure i just saw one of the chuckle brothers.
I bet they're building the cauldron or something and the camera is just conveniently not pointing that way
That was Ashley Cole for Mozambique, right?
Maybe they are making it as a volcano at the top of the hill then the hill will disappear. That looked like it was a reasonable site for the flame
100%
would need to be a lot taller
definitely dutchie.
Will the flame end up burning on that dodgy sculpture thar was erected in the park
Joanna Lumley invited the Nepal team to stay at her house?
Ooh there I am!
Ooh, orange coats.
gopro walking in :)
I mean, if they're just walking, I don't have so much of an argument against you getting one.
Nice understated teamwear
nigeria has 162 million people?! what?!
bah
It's big. really big
it really is!
That's a good thing!
some people complain we are always in black and it's boring. No, you have to try very hard to go wrong with black.
i could've had one months ago!!!
You gave him permission to get one and that was not the reaction I expected
Except in the world cup when your lot went to SA as the all whites
There's no pleasing some people.
ELO!
Mr Blue Sky
Hi.
Twas my reaction!
only team that didn't lose ;)
I have this in 3D. Sky 3D is free for the next 3 weeks. Where did I put them glasses
I'm back, been melting Cadbury buttons in my microwave, did I miss anything good?! ;-)
That guy took them
i coulda walked around a meetup with one on yesterday. today is 24hrs too late.
Scotland did the same in 1974. Affinity
clearly we are ;)
It's not a blue sky - there were clouds around earlier.
Country hoppers confuse me
:) :)
Do it at the next meet up
Mr Occluded Sky
The people carrying the flags are missing out taking pictures and stuff.
Lots of tennis to come
MARIA!!
i mean... ahem.
Good to see qatar have sent all 9 people. the world cup should be great!
I like their colours.
High tech 3D glasses not working
Masha didn't look happy at her lack of fashion
9 athletes and they can host a MotoGP night race...
Those trousers are a bit... pointed.
Appears team gb has one 18 year old member and thats it.
Tim Vincent and the Grenadines? :S
ooh, f1 connection.
here's a band I put together earlier
Never heard of them.
Woah.
Trevor's facts are awful
NoDjo
Novak!
novak likes his flag
anyone thinking eurovision results would be way more fun if each country came out like this rather than via green screen backstage?
Delpo is there! He's playing tomorrow!
Almost Stanley time
I remember when it was Czechoslovakia.
I just remembered about this live thread. I was just saying to LPG that having Wogan commentate this bit would make it a bit more interesting
Nah, he'd just complain about how its all politics.
it totally would!
There is indeed a soundtrack of the opening isle of wonder ceremony
itunes.apple.com/…ening/id545454503
he is very tall!!
Nice to give the woman who is not a man the flag.
bought, cheers.
Waited months to try my high tech 3D glasses and they are a total failure. BOO Samsung
I spy ferrer and verdasco. See you tomorrow boys!
crap. are you central to the screen, the right distance away, and sitting upright?
woo!! oh amy have been looking at the schedule for tomorrow and i just cant choose who i want to see! there are too many options!
Sweden have lost.
stripey.
u2!
Where the streets have no name
most of who I want to see aren't at the same time, although I want to see lots of the days last matches.
STANLEY!!
Yep. And I tried both pairs. I will try again later with something else. I have 3D channel free for the next 3 weeks. They were free anyway so not a big deal
Yes! I was thinking... I definitely know that face...
ahh, was better when muse did it ;)
:D
matt is sooo bono.
Stanley who? ... *ducks*
i was wondering who to choose... Tsonga or Murray... or Isner...
Are the petals changing shape as it goes on?
I'm going to try hit up all of them. Think isner/Roddick is my favourite of the three
Definitely getting shallower.
Stanislas wawrinka, Rogers doubles partner
yes, these look shallower than before
Ahha :) (That also explains why I don't know him *ducks again*)
Did we run out of British bands?
I'll be happy to watch any of them, im so excited. Hoping if i arrive at the gates just after they open i'll get in in time for 11:30...
roger was meant to be the flag bearer but then he thought "I've done it twice and I couldn't have won gold without him so he should do it this time"
easily
There has been more U2 than Beatles, Stones, Bowie and Clapton combined
edge is welsh.
Might the petals look more like a pine cone when put together?
Tenuous...
perfect! yipeee! i didn't like the idea of getting up before the sun. :)
Corner
:)
:) :)
Some of those petals look like bedpans
Call back to the NHS but
Did you see that mustache? Looked like one out of a cracker!
big cheer for usa
michelle obama and fake barack
There's hundreds of them!
person in the USA team had an ipod touch. who would record a once in a lifetime event like this, with a camera that bad?
Stan is tweeting from the parade.
Saw on twitter some US TV presenter was laying into the team for choosing unAmerican berets. Then someone pointed out that American special forces wear them and he did a huge climb down
:)
0.001% of the population, or thereabouts, are in London from the US.
us aren't even broadcasting this as far as i know1
Ha :)
I reckon if we got rid of America, this would have been at least 20 minutes shorter.
no diego forlan for christine in uruguay
:D
Camcorder still king in Uruguay
dont drop the flag!
Paul McCartney @PaulMcCartney
Nearly time... http://pic.twitter.com/S0ITM1iW
@edmoore: Best twitter joke of the night. “@ade: I remember back at nine o'clock when this were all fields.”
ohhh thats horribly predictable.
Can they get around the venue without crashing?
apparently he's doing hey Jude which is a terrible choice. Na Na Na Na. Na Na Na Na.
So the crowd know the words
i'm singing along with the song in the background, but i can't work out if it's a cover of mgmt.. or not.
As brilliant as this has been, there's only so many times you can close things with hey jude
We're at Z!
I guess you can just keep Na Na Na Na ing until its the length you want.
The British team are coming. The crowd will take the roof off..... Oh!
team GB!!
yay team gb!
HEROS
bit of Bowie too
We get to go last for practise
congratulations everyone! we have won the olympics!
Bill Oddie?
Odd outfit choice
proper flag swinging!
stopp tweetung, liz.
Look like spacesuits
The Queen looks bored
What weird tops, the gold looks weird! Anyway, go GB
'lil Tom
Tom Daley looks orange
Hit & run San Tropez
Looks like the blankets people get after a marathon
Awww Ann had a flag!
Gold armpits!
gold armpits is odd..
what relation is princess anne? daughter to the queen? or sister?
(I know this has been made aware to me before but i geniunely have forgotten. the royal mail is too confusing.)
bah, royal family.
tiuredness.
Queeny's not getting to the flame from there :
The Queen's daughter.
oh Lukeh you're amazini
No-one knows he exists except at the Olympics
Chemical Brothers again - the soundtrack has looped
You can easily remember this because her sister is dead
and she's not married to her brother
Ohh wait, diff Chem.s track.
'mum i'm an olympian! ahhh'
bless.
Flame to zig zag up the mound?
sir clive woodward.
To be honest, I'd have a similar reaction.
To Mission Impossible theme
the artic monkeys!!
joey bartonthe arctic monkeysI bet that you look good on the running track!
Odd choice
very
Agreed.
oooh wow
"Hmm, who's available at short notice"
Weird. Love the fireworks!
in my head, they're trying to take out the monkeys with missiles...
And still no Muse
Paul McCartney looks different.
Having all those fireworks fall inside the stadium seems like a bad idea. We got grief for them landing on someone's onservatory before
wow!
chris tweeted he was eating a curry earlier on.
either he's just being sly... or he's eating a curry.
Pre-gig routine?
Would wanna be standing under those fireworks, I got a bit of one in my eye at Disneyworld ands it's not nice! :-)
i don't know their pre-gig routine amazingly so who knows :)
come together cover?
they are on bikes!! WOW!
Oooooo
This must be when Macca comes on..
did they not tell them red bull aren;t a sponsor?
This part was leaked yesterday. Birds on bikes is just weird.
there is still a piano and drumkit above the artic monkeys....
Good way to get the wings and the speed all working together
ehehehe
flugtag? Where is the giant ramp and they can all go off like lemmings
the arctic monkeys aren't as good as the beatles.
#revelation
i want wings like that..
Be a bit difficult getting through doors and that.
et phone home!
Who cycles through doors?
sideways :)
Seriously Lukeh, how far ahead is your TV?
Who cycles with wings??
Exactly
i am sitting in the middle of the stadium.
I keep trying to fast forward in case I rewound and forgot but it's not happening, I cannot catch up to him!
I was going to guess at you actually being Danny Boyle himself.
I;m actually that tree behind Coe. It's a really good disguise,
if he was Danny Boyle and hadn't got me ticket to this i'd no longer be talking to him :)
hehehe!
Seb's hair was never that dark before. I think the Olympics is not the only Grecian thing going on
I've had to guess the music and type so quickly to try all night :P and you know what's coming next!
RT @lexx2099: The Queen should light the flame- she's the only one that's Corgi registered
:D
Real grass or very good fake grass?
I like how this big speech is on the side of glasto tor, not a podium.
Fake
It is a very good fake then :)
London 2012 @London2012: 75 symbolic 'dove bikes' represent the traditional doves which were released at the Games in ancient times to signal peace #OpeningCeremony
Since when has he been a Dr?
I read real
And in recent games have been released and flown into the flame
Really? I would be surprised
Real Dr of what? or MD?
amazing front cover of the independent tomorrow http://t.co/dj93faPx
Rogge = Orthopaedic Surgeon
I love my twitter stream tonight
This is trippier than Dougal And The Blue Cat. Even this sensible bit's on a pretend hill full of flags.
or
I think this President is about to bring down a spaceship and kill us all...
or
And now a short Powerpoint presentation
:D
hehehehe
"In a sense the Olympic games is coming home tonight."
So... French, Greek and British now.
heheheh!!
Loved that film, but yeah...
Who knew
All it needs is a few Tellytubbies
Olympics are coming home - cue Baddiel and Skinner
oh.. shush now... light the cauldron!!
I took the chance in this talky bit to do the washing up, came back and he's still going!
From twitter
Was there a reason that Dr Jaques Rogge didn't thank G4S?
He reminded me of the demon headmaster
She's reading that.
yay fireworks!
She is 123 years old. She has to read good morning
She had to sit there a long time to say one line
Can't wait for Boris
so when does the doctor turn up to light the flame?
Jetpacks are warming up already
We heard the TARDIS earlier, so he's around.
Lots of good people with that flag
champion of the Earth?
how do I become that? It's an epic title
But I don't see Ali anywhere!
wasn't that he-man?
he defends us from asteroids i think
ali!
there he is
Shami Chakrabati struggling not to cry I think. Ali!
Ali
Umm...
he looks so frail now :(
Somebody said he was around
that hill looks amazing.
Sad to see Ali like that when you think what he was
i kinda feel it's a bit cruel to have Ali there, he looks so frail :(
in the build up when they showed him lighting the 1996 flame, even back then he was really bad. Sad what 16 more years can do
I remember him lighting the Atlanta cauldron - he looked frail then.
the olympic theme will be followed up by the austrian antheme to celebrate the win for red bull.
Ohh not rugby posts, flag poles.
It's not cruel. I bet he enjoyed it. It's not so long ago people looking in that condition would have been hidden away
ooohhhh!!!
here it comes!
From Twitter:
Oh no, that's the South Olympic flag
Now they should be playing Firestarter
Pending stewards investigation for illegal aero on the flags.
fair point.
sir steve redgrave.
Will he do the final bit as well as carry it from the boat? ...
but where is it?!
they normally have quite a few people in the final bit
Cauldron on the sculpture thingy? or under the mound?
No. There will be a handover. My guess is Rowan Atkinson will accidentally light the flame before the torch gets there
nzolympics guesses in the centre
Trying to light a cig and drops the match #oops
i reckon it's in cardiff.
the sculpture and cauldron were designed by different people so probably not
Smoke and mirrors
you should be on the bbc team. #knowledge
Amy > Trevor.
Trevor needs to lurk on more Olympics forums
Wonder if someone will take the oath on behalf of the taxi drivers or catering staff
Amy >> Trevor
wind issues.
No more beans for you
Surely someone from McDonalds will come up for sponsors.
I think the cauldron was heatherwick?
Genius
Is that an auto-correct?
no but it did try to auto correct to heather wick :)
It would be a heafty run for one man to do alone
Rumour today was Roger Bannister would light the flame
JPS tracksuits. No red bits!!!!
Any clues what this music is or going to turn into ...
:-)
They must be training for the relay.
who is that singer?
Don't rexognise the singer
Someone on twitter is saying its the lead from Two Door Cinema Club.
OHH yes, it is.
blimey
are they all lighting it?
Team effort?
I spy a Segway.
I thought it was
WOW! amazing!
Peel of bell?
Ooooooooooooooohhhhhhhh!!
I kind of hate when kids do it
oh my goodness!!!
I wanted a legend :( BUT WOW !!
that's kind of amazing.
I can't believe the image on the tickets was the cauldron all along
huh!
:') awww
it was quite a source for debate in Olympic fan circles!
britain, you brilliant bloody thing you.
Lifting :)
I'm either too tired or emotional. but :')
utter :O
wow. wowoowow.
nice!
that is an olympic flame.
Fantastic. That can't stay down there though?
Would've liked a legend, but I love the passing to the next generation.
Oh wow!
pink floyd :D
track and field says no - maybe moved aside
and Floyd to finish.
i went too soon.
gobsmacking stuff.
Space rings!!
Olympic rings on the ISS?????
sir paul.
Here is Macca
oh dammit, Mum said hed be there. ergh
Wow
I want to know where it's moving to!
he seems to close EVERYTHING. it annoys me a bit
I can't hate on sir Paul. Proper ledge.
oh dear.
out of sync paul.
There are two of him and they are out of sync
i love Sir Paul.. but i didn't want it to have a predictable ending like him. :)
The ending was almost perfect... and then they got him in.
being on the other side of the world I'm not sure I've ever seen him close anything so it works for non UK people at least!
:D
He should've closed the closing ceremony with this :)
Every time he closes a big event the sound fails. He did the same with Live Aid
live 8 was a bit dodgy too.
can't think of anyone better to be honest. not sure the song is very olympian though.
He wrote it for Julian Lennon to cheer him up about something. Not sure the relevance here
Mostly whenever they bring out Paul for some kind of 'yay we're British' thing, I just think I'm glad it's not Cliff.
tenner says he's there though :)
we have the bestest cauldron ever.
NO! I hope they are not saving Cliff for the closing ceremony. I am going to worry until the end now
eheheeh Judy Murray -
Oh Macca. U shouldn't have :).....#heyJude
:D
anyone who doesn't like the Beatles is someone to be suspicious of.
Like my mum, for one.
:D
It's only the na-na-na-na and the building crescendo, not the lyrics.
They have to play the Muse song though? It's the official song.
no he'll be at the tennis tomorrow!
I wonder if the sound is bad because he is actually doing it live
come together was a better choice, but they gave that to someone who a one hit wonder who hasn't seen the top 40 in 5 years. odd.
"we're all going on a... summer holiday, we're all going for a... week or two."
no muse then?.. :)
That side shot of the cauldron looks like the picture on the closing ceremony tickets.
IT WAS ON BOTH OF THEM. Mind explode.
You'll be hearing them everywhere else ;)
:D
Where's the cauldron being shifted to?
Sue Barker says the cauldron is going to move
It has all been WOW
Must go to sleep now peeps, thank you for letting me share this with you, you have made my evening so much better than it could have been :-)
amazing evening. really glad we got to share it. thank you one and all.
same. night all.
Thanks guys. :)
obviously not.
#yayforbeingwrong
Ditto that. Now I will write tomorrow's thread. Urh, today's thread.
Such a brilliant spectacle. Great to share it with everyone.
right, i HAVE to sleep now, I've had 8 hours sleep in the last 2 days!
Adored the ceremony and super excited for tomorrow.
Thank you for sharing this evening with me everyone!! xx
Up in 7 hours for a train, hmm. Thanks for the company everyone!
no words for tonight, just <3
Enjoyable for sure. Although I don't have to be up early tomorrow so, I'm not sleeping just yet. See ya everyone who is, and have fun tomorrow!
that's excessive for you?
only have to be up for FP3. #liein
and cycling road race men
night all.
Ooh I haven't even looked at the schedule yet. I remember thinking I'm going to have to spend all weekend watching TV.
Tomorrow is mental: www.london2012.co…july/all-day.html
I have picked my priority sports and then figure everything else is a bonus!
Seems odd to think that for some people the Olympics were over before the opening ceremony
Woah, are they holding everything on the same day? :)
spending all day at sports is far more tiring than all dayin the office. I meant 6 too so now I'm down to 5.5, much more Amy like
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