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    Oh dear. Someone has attacked the trains. What a shit show.

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    I just remembered how weird the last Olympics was with no crowds

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    Is that Lady Gaga?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Letters View Post
    I just remembered how weird the last Olympics was with no crowds
    Be interesting to see what the French put on by way of an opening ceremony, if it’s not both pretentious and debauched I will be disappointed

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    This is pretty bonkers

    I like how they’ve mixed the teams parading with the river and interspersed it with other bits.
    The parade of teams does go on too long so mixing it in like that is a pretty good idea

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    They just mentioned someone who they said is a bi-athlete.

    I think that’s one word, not two

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    So I think the opening ceremony is a bit rubbish to be honest, far inferior to the London one at any rate. The London one didn’t take itself too seriously but it was still a passionate embrace of Britain, where as the French seem to be doing a camp self-pastiche

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    Quote Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn View Post
    So I think the opening ceremony is a bit rubbish to be honest, far inferior to the London one at any rate. The London one didn’t take itself too seriously but it was still a passionate embrace of Britain, where as the French seem to be doing a camp self-pastiche
    Not watched this one, all I really remember from 2012 was the nurses that was peak cringe.

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    They should have gone a bit Edgy and done a bit with a Mercedes-Benz speeding off recklessly into the Pont L’Alma tunnel being chased by men on motorcycles pointing cameras

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    Quote Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn View Post
    So I think the opening ceremony is a bit rubbish to be honest, far inferior to the London one at any rate. The London one didn’t take itself too seriously but it was still a passionate embrace of Britain, where as the French seem to be doing a camp self-pastiche
    The concept was good. Using the Seine to parade the teams, using the city itself as the backdrop.
    But yeah, it hasn’t really worked. It’s been a bit of a mess
    They’ve been a bit unlucky that it’s tipped down with rain

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