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Alison Sparks (X) 
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| The French seemed to like it. | Jul 28, 2012 |
We watched it on TF1 last night, and the commentators seemed to think it was excellent, as did I.
Again on the lunch time news, the French commentators were saying they had thoroughly enjoyed it, and were impressed with the sense of humour "Oh so British". The sequence with Rowan Atkinson, and that of James Bond with the Queen, seem to have made a huge hit. 
| | | | Giles Watson
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In memoriam | The Italian papers liked it | Jul 28, 2012 |
Most of the Italian articles I've seen have been positive.
The sequence with Rowan Atkinson... seem(s) to have made a huge hit.
The headline in one of the Corriere della Sera's main articles focuses on "Mr Bean", as does Καθημερινή in Athens, but I think that says more about headline writers than it does about anything else!
| | | | Tom in London
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| Suzan Hamer
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| Was it just me? | Jul 28, 2012 |
I couldn't help but think while watching how many wells for clean drinking water could have been dug, hospitals and schools built, starving people fed for even half of the £27m that the opening ceremonies cost.
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that logic applies to pretty much anything that costs money. I think there is a place for spending money on a public spectacle for an event that brings the world together in a peaceful way.
Suzan Hamer wrote:
I couldn't help but think while watching how many wells for clean drinking water could have been dug, hospitals and schools built, starving people fed for even half of the £27m that the opening ceremonies cost.
[Edited at 2012-07-28 15:05 GMT]
| | | | Ty Kendall
United Kingdom
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Suzan Hamer wrote:
I couldn't help but think while watching how many wells for clean drinking water could have been dug, hospitals and schools built, starving people fed for even half of the £27m that the opening ceremonies cost.
Over-hyped, over-priced, over-produced and totally overboard. Money well and truly down the drain. In a double-dip recession it's nothing short of criminal.
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Tom in London wrote:
I have no idea what it was like but I've heard negative comments.
I was much too busy to watch this very expensive spectacle, whose purpose escapes me but makes me deeply suspicious.
Now that the actual sporting activities have begun, I'm more interested.
[Edited at 2012-07-28 12:15 GMT]
Ditto! For me it was too much, too expensive; waste of money.
But today I'm happy about Silvia Bogacka's silver medal
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Suzan Hamer wrote:
I couldn't help but think while watching how many wells for clean drinking water could have been dug, hospitals and schools built, starving people fed for even half of the £27m that the opening ceremonies cost.
Yes! Ditto again! Exactly my thoughts!
[Edited at 2012-07-28 19:25 GMT]
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Tom in London
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| Debord writes.... | Jul 28, 2012 |
"..... the proliferation of the prefabricated 'pseudo-events' flows from the simple fact that, in the massive reality of present social life, men do not themselves live events"
(Guy-Ernest Debord: "The Society of the Spectacle")
[Edited at 2012-07-28 15:28 GMT]
| | | | Ania Heasley
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Reading some of the comments above made me realise that there was one glaring omission during yesterday's presentation of quintessential Britishness, namely this very British epitome of grumpiness Victor Meldrew.
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In memoriam | Too much Meldrew in this topic | Jul 28, 2012 |
Like Ania, I am surprised at so much negative reaction here from British people. Staging the Olympic Games has been a financial burden to some cities and a financial benefit to others.
I didn't like all of the ceremony, but it was bold, imaginative, and so different from Beijing as to make direct comparison impossible.
There will be a considerable "legacy" from the Olympic Games, not only in terms of permanent sporting facilities, but also accommodation and facilities for athletes w... See more Like Ania, I am surprised at so much negative reaction here from British people. Staging the Olympic Games has been a financial burden to some cities and a financial benefit to others.
I didn't like all of the ceremony, but it was bold, imaginative, and so different from Beijing as to make direct comparison impossible.
There will be a considerable "legacy" from the Olympic Games, not only in terms of permanent sporting facilities, but also accommodation and facilities for athletes which will become available to Londoners.
Suppose the games make a profit?
"I couldn't help but think while watching how many wells for clean drinking water could be dug, hospitals and schools built, starving people fed for even half of the £Xm profit that the Games make".
(from someone rather older than Victor Meldrew)
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| | | | Suzan Hamer
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| Call me a grumpy old woman, | Jul 28, 2012 |
Daina Jauntirans wrote:
that logic applies to pretty much anything that costs money. I think there is a place for spending money on a public spectacle for an event that brings the world together in a peaceful way.
but something bothers me about ostentatious extravagance as the relatively "privileged few" come "together in a peaceful way" while the rest of the world is suffering. Surely there must be a middle way.
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| Mexican media did a great job. | Jul 28, 2012 |
With skilled, knowledgeable, well-informed commentators, and NO commercials, we could see a complete Olympic Games inauguration full of history and a very sweet piece of fun and prank: when Queen Elizabeth II was taken from the Buckingham Palace by "James Bond" into a helicopter, from where "she" jumped in a parachute!!, just to appear shortly afterwards in the stadium. That was a great scene, specially when most people think that the Queen has no sense of humor. (Obviously she has a lot!)
... See more With skilled, knowledgeable, well-informed commentators, and NO commercials, we could see a complete Olympic Games inauguration full of history and a very sweet piece of fun and prank: when Queen Elizabeth II was taken from the Buckingham Palace by "James Bond" into a helicopter, from where "she" jumped in a parachute!!, just to appear shortly afterwards in the stadium. That was a great scene, specially when most people think that the Queen has no sense of humor. (Obviously she has a lot!)
In general, Mexican media accomplished their mission.
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| | | | Tom in London
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| Debord, again | Jul 28, 2012 |
Ania Heasley wrote:
Reading some of the comments above made me realise that there was one glaring omission during yesterday's presentation of quintessential Britishness, namely this very British epitome of grumpiness Victor Meldrew.
Grumpiness implies impotence. But anger denotes something else.
"The spectacle presents itself as something enormously positive, indisputable and inaccessible. It says nothing more than 'that which appears is good, that which is good appears.' The attitude which it demands in principle is passive acceptance which in fact it already obtained by its manner of appearing without reply, by its monopoly of appearance. "
Debord again. Everyone should read him.
Oh - and about 30% of the British people want to be rid of the monarchy and have a republic instead. You didn't hear that at the Olympics spectacle.
[Edited at 2012-07-28 17:04 GMT]
| | | | | In modern Britain? | Jul 28, 2012 |
Suzan Hamer wrote:
I couldn't help but think while watching how many wells for clean drinking water could have been dug, hospitals and schools built, starving people fed for even half of the £27m that the opening ceremonies cost.
None. None at all. Had the money not been spent on an opening ceremony, it would doubtless have found its way to lining to the pockets of people whose pockets are already fairly well lined. So we should consider ourselves lucky to have been thrown the sop of a spectacular show.
I am definitely in the cynical camp (that also applies to foreign aid, FWIW). Much of what has gone on surrounding these Games makes me either ashamed or angry, sometimes both. I still wish Paris had won it. But taken as a show, I thought it was great and actually cheered me up about the next 2 weeks. Maybe that was the point.
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