Olympic Opening Ceremony (LIVE THREAD)

"These dark satanic mills".. was just quoted by the anchor. The music is titled "Hell".

Did the announcer just comment on the "satanic factories' of the industrial revolution?

Wow.

ararisq is right, it was "satanic mills"

Originally posted by ararisq
A speech recited from Shakespear's Tempest by the guy who got out of the carriage. Now the industrial revolution is starting.

The Industrial Revolution obviously had a lot of drummers and ugly workers..

The guy that got out of the carriage was the actor Sir Kenneth Branagh

reply to post by alldaylong

oh its ok im watching it on the idiot box now

love and harmony
Whateva

Here's a video from the future... I guess lol.

A nod to Women's Suffrage and a pause to remember the dead of the two World Wars. Starting back up again...

I could do with not seeing the "dancing industrialists" and their weak moves again. They're like dads dancing at a wedding

did anyone see earlier the guy gets in a circular structure and the lights begin to move around him... creepy UFO symbolism?

Holy pop-up and download prompts Batman! Is this even worth it? I can't find one stream that doesnt require registration, downloads, plugins etc...

they opened the show with the song 'jerusalem', which is about zion.

Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand, Till we have built Jerusalem In England's green and pleasant land.

hmmm.....

I am getting a 'farewell' sense from this so far...

I found a livestream link here: www.vipbox.tv...

just ignore the download stuff and close those out - it's just layers over it.

Now they are dressed in multi-color suits for the "age of the Beatles" and the social revolution in the 1960s. A fire of molten metal is forming a circle (looks like a sperm)....??

why is it 3.5 hours long again?
im not sure what to make of it some, theres some good effects.

Christ, this is embarassing. British people aren't really like this. Honest!

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same deal at work and don't wanna go D/L all these different things to my work comp. damn thing runs slow enough as it is. But the updates from all are much appreciated....

SaneThinking

Originally posted by detachedindividual
I'm in the UK and watching this live, all I see is a lot of really bland and boring stereotypical imagery that doesn't actually relate to the UK in reality.

A lot of this is more embarrassing that interesting.

Oh but I don't think they are missing a single stereotype I think of from how you're presented in media. Yikes.... Yeah, this must be interesting to watch there.

Its moving so fast, I'm sure this will be torn apart on YouTube later on. Just trying to remember what I see from this. The 'forged rings' are now being lifted up above (sort of UFO looking now). They'll make the rings of the Olympics but keeps reminding me of Lord of the Rings.

Originally posted by speculativeoptimist
I am getting a 'farewell' sense from this so far...

I am too... I have a horrible unsettling feeling just from watching this.

there u go those big gold rings can be the ufo's lol