Closing Ceremony & Olympic Inspiration

[Kenai]

UK opening ceremony
- Documentation of a vibrant, important history
- Excellent music spanning many generations
- Instantly recognisable idols and icons
- Genuine humour

Rio opening ceremony
- People nobody knows playing drums
- Pretty colours

Right, well. That'll be..good.

If you'd made assumptions about our opening ceremony from our bit in Beijing it'd have sounded even worse than what you've just summed up for Rio.

 

[Caseh]

Fine, some British folk did well at a few sports. However, this Olympics hasn't made me proud to be British in the slightest.

I wonder what I've missed...

If you don't care about the Olympics, why are you here? Did you get lost on your way to the General Discussion forums?

 

[mp3duck]

If you don't care about the Olympics, why are you here? Did you get lost on your way to the General Discussion forums?

 

[fini]

Wow. How spectacularly insular and egocentric. You think many people round the world give a crap about the UK industrial revolution and the NHS?

The industrial revolution was a European-wide achievement that had its roots in the UK. It's celebrated and studied to this day. Brazil doesn't have anything similar. The NHS is arguably the best, most universal, healthcare system in the world. For that reason it is discussed and revered world-wide. Again, Brazil has nothing similar.

 

[lemonkettaz]

I've definitely got a bit more patriotic..

You have definitely missed something if you have come away from the Olympics with gaining no more pride in the UK.

 

[Logsi]

Brazil should have put Sepultura on stage.

 

[Firestar_3x]

?

If you can't see even a small amount of national pride after the last 17 days you should find pastures new.

 

[Vonhelmet]

Uh.... yes.

The industrial revolution transformed industry globally, and the NHS is regarded work wide as the best national health offering of any country.

You are just permanently bitter aren't you?

Are you sore because I told you imagine is crap?

Maybe my point is more that madtoady is being very narrow minded if he's going to refer to our ceremony as including "important history" while Brazil's ceremony will include "drummers no one has ever heard of". I mean... Come on.

 

[Creature]

Officially over

 

[Ahleckz]

If you don't care about the Olympics, why are you here? Did you get lost on your way to the General Discussion forums?

What? This is about the closing ceremony, which I do care about. Hence why I'm here.

Clam down sweetheart.

 

[NZB]

Always annoys me that they have to read the speeches rather than memorize.

 

[oldbag]

Awesome stuff with cauldron.

 

[iamtheoneneo]

What's with the bbc trying to milk to we were the best? Give it a rest!

 

[fini]

Can you imagine the British Gas bill when it comes in?

 

[dante6491]

Gary Barlow is there :'(

 

[mp3duck]

Always annoys me that they have to read the speeches rather than memorize.

They are more important things to do that memorise speeches!

 

[londonbairn]

Nice

 

[explicit4u]

Take That

 

[iamtheoneneo]

Robbie?

 

[Helios1234]

UK opening ceremony
- Documentation of a vibrant, important history
- Excellent music spanning many generations
- Instantly recognisable idols and icons
- Genuine humour

Rio opening ceremony
- People nobody knows playing drums
- Pretty colours

Right, well. That'll be..good.

In their 15 minutes, they put a far better show than we did in Beijing so how can you say their opening ceremony won't be good. Also, Pele is pretty damn famous.

They might not have a plethora of recognisable people like we do but isn't the point of this so that we learn more of their culture...