http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=46073 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Sat, 18 May 2013 22:07:20 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=46073#post-133302 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 08:29:14 +0000 stefanm 133302@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I personally loved the whole entry ceremony. It was a totally different approach and I think that is what stands Britain for. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=46073#post-133071 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 22:17:51 +0000 Iscariot 133071@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>The traditional British pastimes of queuing and rioting (not necessarily unconnected, in my view) were also absent. The slave trade was nodded to, albeit ironically and deliberately - there was a black mill owner/industrial boss in his suit and topper.</p> <p>The pop music bit was rubbish, I could have done a better mix tape, and Pauls voice has deffo gorn. The athletes stroll went on for far too long.</p> <p>On the whole, though, arise Sir Danny. Or Susan. Or Frankie. Or Law (did you see what I did there) </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=46073#post-132980 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 09:48:38 +0000 Al OPecia 132980@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Are they saving a slave trade intro for the Commonwealth Games? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=46073#post-132979 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 09:43:47 +0000 tedweasel 132979@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I'm free for the final day, if it helps </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=46073#post-132963 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 08:55:28 +0000 dvo4fun 132963@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Good point ted. There must have been at least some, out of the thousands of volunteers, willing to be chained up and whipped. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=46073#post-132956 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 08:22:31 +0000 tedweasel 132956@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I must admit I enjoyed the celebration of our heritage but it failed to make reference to what made this wonderful nation so wealthy and powerful: the slave trade.<br /> Clearly an oversight or it may feature in closing ceremony. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=46073#post-132949 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 08:05:41 +0000 dvo4fun 132949@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I'm not sure whether Sirpaul's voice improved towards the end, the crowd joining in on the 'Nah, nah, nah, na-na-na-nah Hey Jude'drowned him out or my ears had just become anaesthetised to the pain. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=46073#post-132943 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 07:39:09 +0000 Gary Stanton 132943@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I can't listen to Hey Jude without launching into that Fry &amp; Laurie sketch where Hugh Laurie sounds like he's on helium and Fry has a voice deeper than a foghorn. But all in all, very good. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=46073#post-132941 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 07:24:22 +0000 Al OPecia 132941@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I knew that I could flush you out in the end, Scroat. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=46073#post-132875 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 12:19:28 +0000 Scroat 132875@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Hate to say it, but it was brilliant. Loved it. </p> <p>Apart from Paul of course. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=46073#post-132566 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 19:35:30 +0000 Ironduke 132566@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I thought it was brilliant. Tuned in prepared to be unimpressed after the bus and jimmy page/leona lewis in 2008.</p> <p>However, totally brilliant I thought, so many of the aspects highlighted (industrial revolution, cosmopolitan ethnicity, armed forces, shakespeare, music, acting, NHS+Great Ormond St and the Web inventor- made me genuinely proud to be British. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=46073#post-132564 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 19:27:28 +0000 Actual Size 132564@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>But why Trevor Nelson? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=46073#post-132550 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 15:09:49 +0000 dvo4fun 132550@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I got to see the end of 'Quantum of Solace' (on another channel) for the first time, so it wasn't an altogether wasted evening.</p> <p>Thought the theatrical stuff was quite impressive, but the manic trawl through decades of popular music left me somewhat stunned and mrs 4fun, who can normally manage most things, went for the early bath. Flicking back &amp; forth from Q.o.S. meant I missed not only the full majesty of 'lighting the bar-b-q' but also Television X 10 minute freeview. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=46073#post-132546 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 13:34:38 +0000 riesler 132546@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Even Beckham fitted in well. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=46073#post-132544 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 13:13:38 +0000 button 132544@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I was also expecting it to be a bore, but really enjoyed it.</p> <p>Tantamount! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=46073#post-132543 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 12:47:48 +0000 Clucksy 132543@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I expected to hate it and only watched it to see what Danny Boyle would do - I loved it! Only Danny Boyle could pull off James Bond, a parachuting Queen and Mary Poppins in one show! </p> <p>Not sure what some of the non-Brits would make of it though! But PLEASE no more Paul McCartney - ANYWHERE! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=46073#post-132541 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 12:13:16 +0000 beau-jolly 132541@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Fell asleep when the atheletes came in. Woke up later and they were still on C so back to sleep. Saw the end on iPlayer this am. Glad I missed P McC. Loved the skydiving queen, which other country would, makes you proud, etc. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=46073#post-132540 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 11:57:14 +0000 Golgo13 132540@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Agreed. Righteous. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=46073#post-132539 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 11:56:40 +0000 Sinnick 132539@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>When it started with Glastonbury Tor on stage, I thought it could only go downhill rapidly (pun unintentional, but WTF), and would have given up when the folk singing started. But I was persuaded (ie, forced) to continue watching, and the rest was great. Liked HM's bizarre cameo of Oneself, would love to know how she was talked into that.</p> <p>Turned off when Paul McCartney appeared, obviously. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=46073#post-132538 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 11:55:51 +0000 bonjonelson 132538@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I was expecting it to be shite. It wasn't. It was excellent. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=46073#post-132536 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 11:20:27 +0000 Al OPecia 132536@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>... </p>