Olympic Opening Ceremony

[Alfa_75_Steve]

Bloke running around the top of the stadium was called.....

<drum roll>

Li Ning

<ba-dum.... tisch>

[dan1981]

20bn quid they reckon for that little lot.....

thats alot of money.

[fastfreddy]

[geekmode] I wonder how many LEDs were used during that show? [/geekmode]

[Marc W]

dan1981 said:

20bn quid they reckon for that little lot.....

thats alot of money.

20Bn for the opening ceremony?! Or the entire games?

[Timmy35]

dan1981 said:

20bn quid they reckon for that little lot.....

thats alot of money.

Most of it was petrol for that feck off great flame at the end I reckon.

[s,one]

Amazing effects at start, now I'm bored with it shan't look again.

[Neil_H]

I thought it was Luong We Dow

[XJSJohn]

Timmy35 said:

dan1981 said:

20bn quid they reckon for that little lot.....

thats alot of money.

Most of it was petrol for that feck off great flame at the end I reckon.

petrol is actually cheap in china

[dan1981]

Marc W said:

dan1981 said:

20bn quid they reckon for that little lot.....

thats alot of money.

20Bn for the opening ceremony?! Or the entire games?

BBC said:

The choreographed show took seven years to plan, and costs are estimated to have hit a record-breaking $40bn (£20bn).

7 years to plan!!! and then 20bn quid - on an opening ceremony!!!!!

[Marc W]

I didn't see it as I was at work, was it worth the £20 billion then?

[Timmy35]

XJSJohn said:

petrol is actually cheap in china

I know.....that's why it's so sodding expensive here

[XJSJohn]

Timmy35 said:

XJSJohn said:

petrol is actually cheap in china

I know.....that's why it's so sodding expensive here

split the difference

[Neil_H]

dan1981 said:

Marc W said:

dan1981 said:

20bn quid they reckon for that little lot.....

thats alot of money.

20Bn for the opening ceremony?! Or the entire games?

BBC said:

The choreographed show took seven years to plan, and costs are estimated to have hit a record-breaking $40bn (£20bn).

7 years to plan!!! and then 20bn quid - on an opening ceremony!!!!!

Sounds like BS to me, given that the cost of the whole Olympics is estimated at $43 billion.

[speedchick]

Perhaps when it is our turn, instead of this having to outdo the previous one, we go back to keeping it simple, pie and peas, beer (or tea) and then light the flame,(1/2 hour tops) simple and cheap and maybe start a new precedent

[Timmy35]

XJSJohn said:

Timmy35 said:

XJSJohn said:

petrol is actually cheap in china

I know.....that's why it's so sodding expensive here

split the difference

Hey John mate.....I'm sitting next to a chinese chick I quite like, know any chinese? I want to impress her. How do you say "you have lovely hair. Is your lady garden that colour?"

[Jasandjules]

C'mon, how can you spend £20 billion on an opening ceremony in China.. Had it been in London, I suspect at least 5 Billion would be spent on the wine list for the organisers, but this is China.

[Neil_H]

From http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic...

WP said:

Organizers have kept the cost of the ceremony a secret, but estimates range from $100 to $300 million. Even the lower figure would put the bill at twice the cost of the opening ceremony at the 2004 Athens Games.

Sounds much more believable.

[Saskia7]

I thought it was absolutely amazing, spoilt by some stupid commentary from Huw Edwards and some woman China-bashing at every opportunity and letting us know of every country that had been under another country's rule..(Apart from countries that used to be under our rule strangely.."Here comes the USA, under British rule until 1776")

Edited by Saskia7 on Friday 8th August 18:34

[eccles]

speedchick said:

Perhaps when it is our turn, instead of this having to outdo the previous one, we go back to keeping it simple, pie and peas, beer (or tea) and then light the flame,(1/2 hour tops) simple and cheap and maybe start a new precedent

We'll end having to make small talk whilst two boy scouts try to get the flame going with a couple of flints...

[speedy_thrills]

speedchick said:

start a new precedent

"Budget" Olympics? I like the idea but where will we find enough tents, sandwiches and lemonade?