Olympics opening ceremony: poor España

[Sysman]

I'm quite impressed with the opening ceremony so far .... Danny Boyle seems to have delivered. I thought the first Hobbiton scene looked a bit cheesy at first.

Ditto. I started out thinking "Gawd this is going to be awful" but it got better.

The choreography was excellent. The way they got one large group of performers out of the way and replaced by the next without it all turning into a shambles was impressive.

The video editing was good too.

[Sysman]

yes that really was the queen guarded by Daniel Craig as Bond. Her first starring role.

Dunno about anyone else but I was dying to see Craig/Bond give one of the corgis a sly kick.

There was one bit where he could have definitely booted one through a window.

[Sysman]

Ah celebrating the deep musical and dance culture that is the nhs

I didn't realise the NHS were sponsors.

[Sysman]

How come there are 204 Olympic teams but only 196 countries in the world? Seems dodgy to me.

Did you spot the team of 3 representing no particular country?

"Independent something or other"...

[Sysman]

What's with the Czech wellies? It's not bloody raining.

Odd you mention that. I saw two young lasses wearing wellies on the train last week.

Or perhaps they've heard about British summers and came prepared ?

[Sysman]

So, giving the OP's post, are we remembering to evaluate the outfits?

Spain is so broke that the athletes have to serve burgers between events?

[Sysman]

See here Choose number five at the bottom.

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Miserable feckers!

[Doggy Styles]

I got to see the country I've never heard of that I drew in the clientco "who'll win the most medals" sweepstake.

Tuvalo

[Sysman]

The commentary is awful.

Got the Swiss commentary here.

They were obviously enjoying the chance to get back at Gordon Brown slagging off Switzerland for being a tax haven.

"<country name> A British Tax Paradise"
"<country name> Another British Tax Paradise"
"<country name> Yet another British Tax Paradise"



Don't you love the Olympic Spirit?

For some reason the Swiss team was about the only one that didn't get any close-up camera shots.

[Sysman]

.the only country with a single vowel.

Very glad I watched the Swiss version :