General Chat

oh youuuuu :-S *rolls eyes* :-D

;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)

*gentle reprimand......Mau, sweetheart, the correct phrase is 'wind YA neck in'...remember that for next time and on no account say 'swivel on it' cos that is mine all mine! :-D :-D <3

I do believe I coined Jog on :-D

LOL ....s'okay :-D.........You know I'm just a learner in street talk BC.......what d'ya mean 'for next time'? :-S...I'm not used to infighting
it's not my style ;-)

*sighs deeply...yes alright I know 'swivel on it' is all yours....innit :-( :-D <3.....* puts cap peak on sideways...and jogs on ;-)

I though you birds from the NorthEast were all 'ard as nails Pet :-D

why i man, we are like :-D

No Hayley the phrase is 'the Pet birds have hard nails'.....as in budgies 'n eagles :-S ;-) :-D

Well I watched the lot with my son & daughter. :-D

What a great evenings family entertainment. We laughed at everything to laugh at, from Mr Bean to some of the countries were were sure had made up obscure names. Sang along to the songs, marvelled at the lighting of the flame, felt incredibly sad seeing Mohammed Ali so ill, embarrassed when Paul McCartney sang .

And was very, VERY thankfull it didn't rain & Cliff Richard didn't start a sing along :-D :-D :-D

RULE BRITANNIA !!! <3

DET


If that was the reason for the late start ............... it certainly didn't work for the North American market.


Both the Canadian and US networks opted NOT to show the Ceremony live. Both went with taped shows starting at prime time ............... 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm.


I think Nz'ers saw it in real time. Not sure about Aussies


and no idea what happened in China or India.


The reason was probably the need for darkness to show off many of the effects


BUT ....... the real reason for the Opening Ceremony is to open the Olympics for the ATHLETES ....................... and that is where I think little thought was given!

All the recent ceremonies (Winter and Summer) have concentrated on entertainment of the "masses". The athletes seem to be largely forgotten.



But many of you know my feelings on that ....... after having had the 2010 Winter Olympics here.






sylvia

The opening ceremony was shown live on TV in West Australia very early in the morning long before the sun got up. After that it was just a replay of selected segments.
Radio announcers seem to have thought it was very cleverly done and showed British humour and notable achievements in all fields including sporting, industrial, literary, musical and demonstrated what it is to be human with the NHS segment.
Britain has a very long history and has achieved a lot to be proud of including spreading the English language around the world. I wonder why there are so many knockers?

Disappointed to read that US network NBC omitted the tribute to the dead of 7/7 and the memorial wall to broadcast an interview with a competitor.

I'm told the lesbian kiss was also edited out.

Shame on NBC, say I.

Gwynne

Did anyone else find Roger's original post hypocritical, going on about his freedom of speech whilst trying to deny others their's by telling them to stop complaining.

ChAoTic Mmmm! But he seems to have disappeared now. :-)

Strange my last two replies have not appeared!

I commented about Paul McCartney's poor performance at the Opening Ceremony. His last two performances - Jubilee & Opening Ceremony have not been good and I am a Macca fan (or was) !

We watched the ceremony live here on the east coast of Australia. Wonderful - the British sure know how to throw a party :-) The lighting of the cauldron was breathtaking - it truly brought tears to my eyes.

Freedom of speech means having to right to complain. I'd like to complain about having a late breakfast because I couldn't stop watching the ceremony long enough to make porridge :-(

The ceremony was shown later in the States apparently because of the adverts, as they wanted maximum coverage. - jl

Shame they cut out such an important part of it though, jl, don't you think?

Gwynne

Gwynne

The Canadian carrier, CTV, did show the lesbian kiss.


Remember, for the US ............. nothing beats 9/11.


In actual fact ................. NBC is being berated even in the US for most things to do with the Olympics.

no live events, all taped for later showing

talking heads

overly patriotic, and expectations of winning everything


...................... but that is actually nothing new for American coverage.

We were in San Antonio during the Atlanta Games, and I thought it would be great to see live coverage for once .............. I did see afternoon events. BUT the coverage was horrendous ........

........ coverage during a race, for example, being only of the US competitor(s), very little of any others. Followed by in depth interview of the American(s) ........ even when they had come 4th or worse. Sometimes, I wouldn't even know who HAD won the race.

Pathetic!!!!




and, of course, it is all due to wanting to be able to sell ad time at the very highest price .............. which means prime time.


They have to do that because of the obscene prices they have paid for the privilege of being the "Official Carrier"


and the IOC can be partly blamed for that, as they are the ones who conduct the "auction" of rights for each country around the world.


TV and radio stations from other countries then have to negotiate with the TV station of the country holding the Olympics to carry feeds ................... thus, only the BEEB is allowed to film and record the events.


Other countries record voice coverage over the BBC's tape.





sylvia

I see Paul McCartney was paid £1 for his performance - just the right amount as far as I'm concerned - pathetic rubbish from a has been who never was in my opinion - he's had his day, he should disappear along with Cliff