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<blockquote data-quote="Redrobes" data-source="post: 4447756" data-attributes="member: 40793"><p>Thought Id give a british angle on things. I always get excited by the olympics and think that the politics should not get in the way of the sport. The opening ceremony was magneficent but it really was chest beating on an epic scale though why not. Apart from the goose stepping flag bearers I thought it was excellent and agree with the firework + CGI and with our collective opinion on dubbing the girl - very poor. Not as poor as the rampant xenophobic TV commentating on it tho.</p><p></p><p>I reckon Phelps was outstanding and the man of the games. Bolt too maybe though not by half as much.</p><p></p><p>Our medal count was amazing given our country's pathetic attention to sport generally. About the rankings, we have always had gold, silver bronze listed by golds first but we get the total count too. I think its quite cool that the US won using their method of counting and that China won using theirs. All happy bunnies and nobody has to get nailed to anything.</p><p></p><p>BBC covered evry event as though it was a UK thing. Last UK person goes out, no more coverage. Its a global phenomenon and it sucks. I would like to see the best people regardless of country. At least show most of the finals.</p><p></p><p>The end ceremony was fabulous except for about 8 minutes. Big red London bus - yeah ok. Jimmy Paige and some nobody singer - slightly dodgy. Young girl trampling over bunch of hoodies - not good at all. Beckham... what again ! We were terrible at olympic footie and havent even qualified for euro finals. Mayor of London, shirt out hands in pockets slouching down next to emaculately dressed IOC and Chinese president - just embarrasing.</p><p></p><p>2012... I just hope to watching it from another country. Give me strength, its going to be bad. Just look at the Lisa Simpson logo.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Redrobes, post: 4447756, member: 40793"] Thought Id give a british angle on things. I always get excited by the olympics and think that the politics should not get in the way of the sport. The opening ceremony was magneficent but it really was chest beating on an epic scale though why not. Apart from the goose stepping flag bearers I thought it was excellent and agree with the firework + CGI and with our collective opinion on dubbing the girl - very poor. Not as poor as the rampant xenophobic TV commentating on it tho. I reckon Phelps was outstanding and the man of the games. Bolt too maybe though not by half as much. Our medal count was amazing given our country's pathetic attention to sport generally. About the rankings, we have always had gold, silver bronze listed by golds first but we get the total count too. I think its quite cool that the US won using their method of counting and that China won using theirs. All happy bunnies and nobody has to get nailed to anything. BBC covered evry event as though it was a UK thing. Last UK person goes out, no more coverage. Its a global phenomenon and it sucks. I would like to see the best people regardless of country. At least show most of the finals. The end ceremony was fabulous except for about 8 minutes. Big red London bus - yeah ok. Jimmy Paige and some nobody singer - slightly dodgy. Young girl trampling over bunch of hoodies - not good at all. Beckham... what again ! We were terrible at olympic footie and havent even qualified for euro finals. Mayor of London, shirt out hands in pockets slouching down next to emaculately dressed IOC and Chinese president - just embarrasing. 2012... I just hope to watching it from another country. Give me strength, its going to be bad. Just look at the Lisa Simpson logo. [/QUOTE]
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