Beijing 2008 Olympiad

[Gimpymoo]

The live stream is up of the opening ceremony for those with no TV access:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/7534964.stm

Is running a little jerky at the moment though.

Well, will Team GB deliver the goods this time around?

 

[Gimpymoo]

That countdown is AMAZING

 

[lemonkettaz]

What a countdown

 

[mmj_uk]

Gave me goosebumps that countdown, very impressive.

 

[dunker]

reckon the c4 countdown timer on a big screen with 10,000 chinamen breakdancing to it would have been better $40b? nah tenner jobs a goodun.

 

[The_One]

The drumming after the official opening was amazing!!

 

[The_One]

Thoese firework giant footprints walking to the stadium OMG!!

 

[rojones]

That drumming was awesome. must say i dont usualy think much of these openings, but very impressive so far.

 

[LPL]

Most likely wont watch any of the sports involved in the Olympics, but the opening ceremony is really hood so far!

 

[Mad_Jay]

The raw feed is on the BBC interactive channels, Shame its just lost the sound (Unless its me).

Watching it with commentary on BBC 1 now.

That drumming countdown was amazing!

 

[Zip]

Will the London Olympics be the XXX Olympiad

 

[The_One]

That scroll is amazing

 

[lemonkettaz]

Doubt we could beat this

 

[dunker]

we'll just do a cockney knees up around a piano, ave a banana! hey!

 

[Memphis]

Doubt we could beat this

It will be more embarrising than it's going to be if we even try.

 

[ken1307]

Doubt we could beat this

no chance tbh thats 4000 years of history in the opening ceremony

 

[nikebee]

Will this be on iPlayer at all? I missed most of it.

 

[skullman]

Doubt we could beat this

I'm watching it now - amazing.

...and no, we wont top this, not a chance!

 

[Ezyryder]

It is going to be a feat to beat this by any future Olympic events. You are definately going to suffer ... should have gone to Madrid instead

 

[Mad_Jay]

GB have no chance of doing better than this in 4 years time