Paralympics opening

Cosimo · 29 Aug 2012 at 22:36

It's still on but I'm concentrating on my tablet.

estebanrey · 29 Aug 2012 at 22:40

What's the politically correct way to wish a Paralympian luck? I presume "break a leg" is off the table.

Nymins · 29 Aug 2012 at 22:42

estebanrey said:
What's the politically correct way to wish a Paralympian luck?

Good luck.

Mik3 · 29 Aug 2012 at 22:43

Yeah the ads have killed it :/ After watching BBC's awesome coverage this is terrible.

Cosimo · 29 Aug 2012 at 22:49

Team GB with an impressive welcome!

estebanrey · 29 Aug 2012 at 23:03

At this point, I would just like to say one thing...

Doohickey · 29 Aug 2012 at 23:41

Why the **** are they interviewing someone midway through the performance? This whole thing has been poorly filmed, produced and broadcast.

I don't even really get what the hell is going on in the ceremony itself, is there an actual relevant theme?

Art · 29 Aug 2012 at 23:43

Wh.....What the heck is with the apples?

Doohickey · 29 Aug 2012 at 23:43

"Ladies and gentlemen, please get your apples ready"

:-/

Inspiring.

estebanrey · 29 Aug 2012 at 23:46

Art said:
Wh.....What the heck is with the apples?

Tribute to Sir Isaac Newton

Art · 29 Aug 2012 at 23:47

estebanrey said:
Tribute to Sir Isaac Newton

Yeah, but why did they bother giving an apple to every single person in the stadium and get them to take a simultaneous bite? All seems a little pointless for something which was immediately forgotten as they moved on with the next bit.

Doohickey · 29 Aug 2012 at 23:49

"The stadium transforms into the Large Hadron Collider at CERN"- wtf??? :confused:

dave_beast · 29 Aug 2012 at 23:51

Dance mix of Spasticus Artisticus?!

iamtheoneneo · 29 Aug 2012 at 23:53

Nice to see orbital back doing live.
Interesting opening tbh, does make you think

estebanrey · 29 Aug 2012 at 23:58

iamtheoneneo said:
Nice to see orbital back doing live.

They were there live, I doubt they were actually 'performing' though.

jonneymendoza · 30 Aug 2012 at 00:00

The Paralympic opening ceremony is much better then the Olympic opening ceremony. very touching this is. enjoying it a lot.

Mik3 · 30 Aug 2012 at 00:03

The second half has been rather good and the live musicians were better than the Olympics.

FreeStream · 30 Aug 2012 at 08:09

Not impressed with the opening ceremony (turned off and went to bed in fact). It was topped off with CH4 making a complete hash of it.

BBC should have bid for the relatively cheap rights, but being the cash-strapped BBC from not being able to raise the licence fee we all get **** paralympics coverage.

estebanrey · 30 Aug 2012 at 08:28

The creator of the Paralympic Opening Ceremony said it would "make you think".

Well it worked, it made me think the BBC's coverage was much better than Channel 4's

iamtheoneneo · 30 Aug 2012 at 08:56

Concorde Rules said:
Not impressed with the opening ceremony (turned off and went to bed in fact). It was topped off with CH4 making a complete hash of it.

BBC should have bid for the relatively cheap rights, but being the cash-strapped BBC from not being able to raise the licence fee we all get **** paralympics coverage.

oh please, the less money the BBC has the better. From what I have read BBC practically made no effort to get the rights.
The c4 coverage got a lot better when they took Jon Snow off the mic.

The performance in generally last night was interesting and had good motives/ideas behind it, I would rate it considerably better than the olympics opening.