Olympic Torch Relay

Post by **Eraser** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:27 pm

I'm waiting for the goth's cauldron. That's the only thing that kept me watching, but I may just turn it off now.

Post by **vesp** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:51 pm

Something to do with the Cauldron of Plenty/Arthurian holy grail ? : )

phantasmagoria wrote:That's classified.

....tho you're not far off :/

is Avaggdu isn't going to crawl out of it? (not sure if Danny Boyle is a fan of Slaine - 2000AD)

I'm a bit disappointed we never got a Dr Who reference... maybe at the end. I'm debating whether to record this and fast forward through the marching athletes tomorrow.

Post by **phantasmagoria** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 12:56 am

Good eh? faghats.

I was mainly involved in the petals but i worked on the machine itself on site.

Made the beam engines and the waterwheel too.

Post by **Eraser** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 7:29 am

I didn't see it. They took bloody 15 minutes to march the A countries alone, so by the time they hit B, I turned it off.

Post by **vesp** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 7:36 am

Cauldron was awesome, and seemed to all work without a hitch! Good work on the beam engines too - I got some funny looks from my other half when I cheered for them popping up :P

It was a wee bit dismaying to see the engineers portrayed as the brutal displacers of rural life... it looked a bit like they were marching in and destroying Hobbiton!

Post by **seremtan** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 9:58 am

so they slipped a bit of very late regret over parliamentary enclosure and the industrial revolution into the olympic ceremony?

how quaint

Post by **Plan B** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 3:35 pm

Good post.
Just realised I desperately need a cheap nfl jersey

Post by **Tsakali** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 7:28 pm

Congrats brits, you have officially put on the gayest olympic opening on record.

Post by **seremtan** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 9:06 pm

the whole concept of the olympics is gay. you're gay. your dad is gay. your mum is gay. jesus was gay. the universe is one big gay experiential event, made up of a veritable rainbow of quantum gayness

BASICALLY, EVERYTHING THAT HAS EVER EXISTED IS GAY

Post by **Tsakali** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 9:45 pm

That's because it was so gay, space and time split into a new parallel universe in order to contain the gayness within...guess what universe you're stuck in now...

Post by **HomerJ** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 9:53 pm

man, that opening ceremony was boooorrring!
this basically sums it up

haha "The Queen looks on proudly, I'm sure..."

Post by **Tsakali** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 9:58 pm

wait...she cleans her own fingernails?

Post by **seremtan** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 11:03 pm

Tsakali wrote:That's because it was so gay, space and time split into a new parallel universe in order to contain the gayness within...guess what universe you're stuck in now...

the same one you're in?

Post by **losCHUNK** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 2:31 am

Was kinda alright ! (the opening ceremony), liked the bit at the beginning with Brunel n shit, acting all pimp, couldve prolly done more but Mike Oldfield ?, please and Mccartney ?, he may have lived on but his voice died many years ago !, they sucked.

also funny how Underworld helped with the music selection n all and one of their tunes ended up alongside the likes of the Beatles and Queen, for shame !

How long these things usually go on for ?, loving the bicycle crashes >: D

Post by **phantasmagoria** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 8:14 am

Post by **LawL** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 8:36 am

Eraser wrote:I didn't see it. They took bloody 15 minutes to march the A countries alone, so by the time they hit B, I turned it off.

The A countries were all that mattered anyway (besides America).

Post by **Tsakali** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 8:49 am

BREAKING NEWS
"A 30 year old white male was reported vandalizing local businesses and assaulting tourists in and around the olympic park area, with what looked to be the olympic torch, which no earlier than 3 hours ago was used to deliver a message of peace, hope , and unity in front of millions of viewers worldwide."

Post by **Don Carlos** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 11:08 am

The opening was epic! Well played Danny

Post by **losCHUNK** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 12:59 pm

phantasmagoria wrote:[img][img]

Well done mang !, glad it went off without a fuck up, very fine job you did us proud

, spose anything with flames has the potential for disaster

Post by **plained** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 3:05 pm

losCHUNK wrote:
phantasmagoria wrote:[img][img]
Well done mang !, glad it went off without a fuck up, very fine job you did us proud , spose anything with flames has the potential for disaster

well said chunk!

i feel the same!

Post by **GONNAFISTYA** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 11:29 pm

phantasmagoria wrote:

Congrats. You worked on the Olympic Games...how cool is that?

Post by **GONNAFISTYA** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 11:32 pm

BTW...I hear Paul McCartney did the show for free.

Post by **DRuM** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 5:25 am

I just watched it on iplayer. Thought it was really good. Disappointed they didn't include a piece on the london riots last year. Phantasmagoria could have built some mock up currys and pcworlds to loot and burn down. Show the world how cool british yoof is.

Post by **Eraser** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 5:59 am

LawL wrote:
Eraser wrote:I didn't see it. They took bloody 15 minutes to march the A countries alone, so by the time they hit B, I turned it off.
The A countries were all that mattered anyway (besides America).

America was listed under "U" I think

Post by **LawL** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 7:00 am

Just covering my bases.

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