Paris Olympics - opening ceremony

[fossyant]

It's propper wet now. Hats off to the performers

 

[vickster]

Le Tour Eiffel is proving a spiffing vehicle for the lights show However, the rain is making it quite groovy.

gawd knows where all the non French folk on the boat are off to with the torch

 

[Beebo]

It probably seemed like a good idea to do the boats, but it was boring.

 

[vickster]

I hope the 100 year old cyclist hasn’t been sat in the rain too long…might finish him off

 

[Cathryn]

Celine was INCREDIBLE

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Yes, outstanding, and great to see her appearance after she's been unwell

 

[lazybloke]

Okay, I've caught up.

Lurved the aquatic horse but oh boy they milked that image several minutes longer than necessary. Ditto the stroll around Paris with the flame.

I'd forgotten there was an Olympic anthem. I guess i'll forget it again for another 4 yrs!


Awesome light show.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

There've been complaints from a couple of residents of greater Paris - apparently they didn't get to have a turn with the torch.

 

[raleighnut]

WE sat watching it howling with laughter esp. the guy at the piano in the pouring rain with a fixed grin on his face.

 

[Tenkaykev]

I thought it was in Paris, not Brest.

Chapeau sir

 

[wiggydiggy]

Watched the Gojira and Lady GaGa performances this morning, bonkers and brilliant. Probably watch some more later tonight

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Enjoyed that. Not sure how it would be if you were there.

 

[MasterDabber]

Absolute crap.... like amateur night.

 

[figbat]

Lurved the aquatic horse but oh boy they milked that image several minutes longer than necessary.

I really wanted to love the horse and there was a lot to love, but it was ruined for me because they got the gait of the horse completely wrong. The order in which the legs move in the gallop is not what they represented, so it was an extended mental torture to me.

 

[Chromatic]

I really wanted to love the horse and there was a lot to love, but it was ruined for me because they got the gait of the horse completely wrong. The order in which the legs move in the gallop is not what they represented, so it was an extended mental torture to me.

They should have got Charlotte and her whip in, she'd have sorted that out.