About one hour too long.
It's a bit depressing.. to think all that build up for 7 years and now it's all over
The open was much better than the close. The younger generation over here liked the close better. The world id lost on the young.
Robder;1434864HUGE embarrassment minus Lennox said:despite its awfulness[/B], popular culture 'is' a part of Britain too and therefore deserves a stage. Who am I to critique something that others genuinely revel in?
Whilst the opening ceremony had its subversive aspects, Kim Gavin's closing ceremony was much more conformist in tone, pretty much a pop concert with added frills - a ‘disco at the end of a wedding', as Gavin had described it himself. He'd boasted it would be the ‘playlist to beat all playlists', but it fell a long way short for me, and many others it seems, failing to stir that sense of legacy that Danny Boyle had evoked. Going by the hyperbole of the news reports that followed, backed-up by interviews with people coming out of the stadium, you'd have thought it was the equal of the opening ceremony, when, as far as I'm concerned, it left a lot to be desired. It's ‘highlight' was the return of the Spice Girls, with their phony brand of ‘girl power' – all a bit outmoded when we'd witnessed true girl power, not the ‘zigazig ah' variety, during the games. Although it did have its moments, overall I saw the closing ceremony as a timely reminder that, despite all the cultural riches Britain has unearthed in the past half century, we're currently at the arse-end of a cycle where, as I lamented in a previous blog post, mediocrity is celebrated:
from; http://www.gregwilson.co.uk/2012/08/putting-the-black-in-the-union-jack/
Absolutely bang on the money.
Found this on another forum. Which are you?
5 days until the opening ceremony. What kind of Olympic follower are you?
1. You hate the hype and fail to see what the fuss is about these minority sports. You might watch the football and some athletics, and that's about it.
2. You're pretty excited about it, but only about a limited range of sports which you'll follow closely, whilst ignoring the rest.
3. You're looking forward to seeing some sports that you rarely get to watch, and will watch anything, within reason, especially if there's a chance that we might pick up a medal.
4. You can't wait, will watch as much of everything as you can, and are reconciled to the fact that you'll probably fall asleep every night watching highlights of the badminton. And then be up at dawn to watch a preview of the day's equestrian events.
I'm an unashamed category 4
haha I had forgotten about that post. I still love the Olympics as much! GB is smashing it again.Category 2. Can't say I'll stay up to watch weightlifters from Kazakhstan. Week 1 always feels like a preamble to the athletics though.
*gutted about Cornelius - big fan of his music. the stuff I've read is pretty shocking
For the minority sports yes. Track and field will be shown fully live.Shame the BBC have lost most of their broadcasting rights to the Olympics
Cor, if you want to tell those weightlifters they’re a minority sport, you go ahead! Rather you than me! ;-)For the minority sports yes. Track and field will be shown fully live.
For the minority sports yes. Track and field will be shown fully live.