...Congratulations to Danny Boyle and the thousands of volunteers who put on a magnificent trip through time. It was a brilliantly conceived and carried out idea.

...I was also happy to hear some of my favorites from the world of music in the background. They included: David Bowie, Queen, Pink Floyd and Muse.


...Well done, the UK has much to be proud of with the Opening Ceremonies. Quote

I watched with some trepidation as these things can sometimes be embarrassingly dire.

I thought the Opening ceremonies were fantastic, made be feel proud that the UK can host such an event and carry it off so well. It was a truly grand spectacle but personal with some poignant moments and some quintessentially British silliness thrown in (Loved "HRM" parachuting in with Bond and also Rowan Atkinson in Chariots of fire). It remembered our past and our great achievements (loved the NHS part) but also our present and future.

According to the Newspapers and the Social networks seems to have got generally a massive thumbs up from those in the UK, apart from some silly Politician who thought it was "multicultural crap" but then again I have no doubt he believes that in events such as this, only UK history before 1945 should be covered.

Interested to know what those outside of the UK made of it, some concerns that it was perhaps too insular for all watching to "get it".

I need to watch it again....





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Love the Olympics. So will be spending less time online these next two weeks. London gave a great show last night to start things off. Each Games' Opening Ceremonies is a way for that nation to express itself. Some shows may be bigger and others more personal but all tell a story of the host nation. Well done London and now for the real show, the athletes doing their individual and team best while insiring new generations to pick up the baton and aspire to sports dedication and excellence. Quote

it was beautiful... i have a friend that could watch it in 3D ... amazing... Quote

...Congratulations to Danny Boyle and the thousands of volunteers who put on a magnificent trip through time. It was a brilliantly conceived and carried out idea.

...I was also happy to hear some of my favorites from the world of music in the background. They included: David Bowie, Queen, Pink Floyd and Muse.


...Well done, the UK has much to be proud of with the Opening Ceremonies.



Great to hear these comments, Phil

After I saw the spectacular Olympics Opening Ceremony in Beijing in 2008 I was already starting to feel a bit nervous for our home team. How could we follow that? Like sAPPP, I started watching last night with a bit of trepidation, but quickly realised it was something totally different and uniquely British. We loved it here. Glad that you did too, Phil, Asti and William Quote

Watching the openning ceremonies was great: good to see another Commonwealth country put on a spectacular show. Quote