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.
Re: Olympic Torch Relay
Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:51 pm
by vesp
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.
Re: Olympic Torch Relay
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 12:56 am
by phantasmagoria
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.
Re: Olympic Torch Relay
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 7:29 am
by Eraser
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.
Re: Olympic Torch Relay
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 7:36 am
by vesp
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!
Re: Olympic Torch Relay
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 9:58 am
by seremtan
so they slipped a bit of very late regret over parliamentary enclosure and the industrial revolution into the olympic ceremony?
how quaint
Re: Olympic Torch Relay
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 3:35 pm
by Plan B
Good post.
Just realised I desperately need a cheap nfl jersey
Re: Olympic Torch Relay
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 7:28 pm
by Tsakali
Congrats brits, you have officially put on the gayest olympic opening on record.
Re: Olympic Torch Relay
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 9:06 pm
by seremtan
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
Re: Olympic Torch Relay
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 9:45 pm
by Tsakali
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...
Re: Olympic Torch Relay
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 9:53 pm
by HomerJ
man, that opening ceremony was boooorrring!
this basically sums it up
haha "The Queen looks on proudly, I'm sure..."
Re: Olympic Torch Relay
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 9:58 pm
by Tsakali
wait...she cleans her own fingernails?
Re: Olympic Torch Relay
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 11:03 pm
by seremtan
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?
Re: Olympic Torch Relay
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 2:31 am
by losCHUNK
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
Re: Olympic Torch Relay
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 8:14 am
by phantasmagoria
Re: Olympic Torch Relay
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 8:36 am
by LawL
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).
Re: Olympic Torch Relay
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 8:49 am
by Tsakali
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."
Re: Olympic Torch Relay
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 11:08 am
by Don Carlos
The opening was epic! Well played Danny
Re: Olympic Torch Relay
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 12:59 pm
by losCHUNK
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
Re: Olympic Torch Relay
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 3:05 pm
by plained
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!
Re: Olympic Torch Relay
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 11:29 pm
by GONNAFISTYA
phantasmagoria wrote:
Congrats. You worked on the Olympic Games...how cool is that?
Re: Olympic Torch Relay
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 11:32 pm
by GONNAFISTYA
BTW...I hear Paul McCartney did the show for free.
Re: Olympic Torch Relay
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 5:25 am
by DRuM
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.
Re: Olympic Torch Relay
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 5:59 am
by Eraser
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).
