2012 Olympic thread - Page 5

Jimbuna · 07-27-12, 04:39 PM

Redgrave is favourite and our very own Daly is next favourite...would be nice to see a joint effort.

How about Rowan Atkinson for an outside bet?

Oberon · 07-27-12, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Redgrave is favourite and our very own Daly is next favourite...would be nice to see a joint effort.

How about Rowan Atkinson for an outside bet?

Personally, Doctor Who aside, I'd rather have Bannister.

Herr-Berbunch · 07-27-12, 04:50 PM

The missus had it on, I watched a bit as I ate some pizza. Liked Oldfield, that's about it.

Been playing BF3 for the last hour.

Oberon · 07-27-12, 04:57 PM

Meanwhile, in a part of the news not being particularly publicised:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-19023104

Jimbuna · 07-27-12, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Meanwhile, in a part of the news not being particularly publicised:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-19023104

There were three illegal immigrants arrested whilst working as security at St James Park yesterday

Herr-Berbunch · 07-27-12, 06:38 PM

The shots I've seen of the police v cyclists didn't show any police numbers!?!?!? I thought that'd changed in the last few years.

JU_88 · 07-27-12, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

How about Rowan Atkinson for an outside bet?

Well done there

Oberon · 07-27-12, 06:51 PM

Do CSUs have numbers?

To be fair though, looking at twitter it's quite laughable to see some of the 'reports' of 'thousands of police' and the 'Olympic police state'.
Interesting use of buses to move the bicycles though

Gargamel · 07-27-12, 07:43 PM

Just turned it on, the part where the kids are falling asleep, and then there's all these monsters chasin them or something.

A giant wtf from me.

Having just finished reading the hunger games series, haven't seen the movie, I was instantly struck by the similarities between the two. I can see the olympics reaching that point some day, in the very very distant future. (as described in the books).

Multiple districts forced to send multiple athletes to a central location for death sport, all driven by over done pageantry.

Oberon · 07-27-12, 08:01 PM

My favourite part of the whole thing was the section entitled 'Pandemonium', the coming of the Industrial Era, the tearing up of the green and pleasant countryside, the chimneys rising from the ground, the suffragettes, Brunel played quite well by Kenneth Branagh. I was skeptical at first, but it won me over, the raw power behind it. The highlight of the whole show for me if I'm honest, although I still think that somewhere in there a railway locomotive should have been portrayed to highlight the birth of railways which drove the spread of the Industrial revolution at a speed which no other form of transport at the time could match.
It was very well made, and very well performed, in both music, choreography, props and special effects.

U-snafu · 07-27-12, 10:31 PM

Watching it with the missus while surfing here. Not bad of a show (tyin to ignore all the commercials).

It is what it is--a spectacle--(opening ceromony that is)---and not a bad one at that.

Just watched the torch lighting----heck of a light show they put on there at the end.

August · 07-28-12, 12:12 AM

So what was up with the Queen during the singing of God Save the Queen? Anyone catch that expression on her face? She looked really pissed off about something.

CCIP · 07-28-12, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by August

So what was up with the Queen during the singing of God Save the Queen? Anyone catch that expression on her face? She looked really pissed off about something.

August · 07-28-12, 01:56 AM

JU_88 · 07-28-12, 02:59 AM

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Originally Posted by August

So what was up with the Queen during the singing of God Save the Queen? Anyone catch that expression on her face? She looked really pissed off about something.

She always looks like that

Some one suggested on Face Book that the they should have gotten the Queen to crap teacups in to a bowler hat

now THAT would have been a spectical.

^Good one CCIP

07-27-12, 04:39 PM	#61
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,379 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Redgrave is favourite and our very own Daly is next favourite...would be nice to see a joint effort. How about Rowan Atkinson for an outside bet? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

07-27-12, 04:50 PM	#63
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	The missus had it on, I watched a bit as I ate some pizza. Liked Oldfield, that's about it. Been playing BF3 for the last hour. __________________

07-27-12, 06:38 PM	#66
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	The shots I've seen of the police v cyclists didn't show any police numbers!?!?!? I thought that'd changed in the last few years. __________________

07-27-12, 07:43 PM	#69
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,273 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	Just turned it on, the part where the kids are falling asleep, and then there's all these monsters chasin them or something. A giant wtf from me. Having just finished reading the hunger games series, haven't seen the movie, I was instantly struck by the similarities between the two. I can see the olympics reaching that point some day, in the very very distant future. (as described in the books). Multiple districts forced to send multiple athletes to a central location for death sport, all driven by over done pageantry. __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

07-27-12, 10:31 PM	#71
U-snafu XO Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 405 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	Watching it with the missus while surfing here. Not bad of a show (tyin to ignore all the commercials). It is what it is--a spectacle--(opening ceromony that is)---and not a bad one at that. Just watched the torch lighting----heck of a light show they put on there at the end. __________________ .."Some men are born mediocre, some men acheive mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them"... Last edited by U-snafu; 07-27-12 at 10:46 PM. Reason: comments

07-27-12, 04:57 PM	#64
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Meanwhile, in a part of the news not being particularly publicised: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-19023104

07-27-12, 06:51 PM	#68
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Do CSUs have numbers? To be fair though, looking at twitter it's quite laughable to see some of the 'reports' of 'thousands of police' and the 'Olympic police state'. Interesting use of buses to move the bicycles though

07-27-12, 08:01 PM	#70
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	My favourite part of the whole thing was the section entitled 'Pandemonium', the coming of the Industrial Era, the tearing up of the green and pleasant countryside, the chimneys rising from the ground, the suffragettes, Brunel played quite well by Kenneth Branagh. I was skeptical at first, but it won me over, the raw power behind it. The highlight of the whole show for me if I'm honest, although I still think that somewhere in there a railway locomotive should have been portrayed to highlight the birth of railways which drove the spread of the Industrial revolution at a speed which no other form of transport at the time could match. It was very well made, and very well performed, in both music, choreography, props and special effects.

07-28-12, 12:12 AM	#72
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,249 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	So what was up with the Queen during the singing of God Save the Queen? Anyone catch that expression on her face? She looked really pissed off about something. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

07-28-12, 01:56 AM	#74
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,249 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	__________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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