| leatherhat said: I had a chance to watch the whole thing. Terrible. Just terrible. Where was the English culture? And I don't mean pop culture. Billions of people saw this and England was represented by facebook addicted modern retards and gangster rap (a wholly shitty, wholly American invention). Where was the great moments of English history? Where were the explorers? Where were the knights? Not even a guest appearance by Richard the Lionheart? I did not enjoy it and Bejing blew it out of the water both in spectacle and cultural significance. No wonder the Queen looked bored. |
Oh stop being so negative. I agree, some of the choices to celebrate were...odd...but other parts (Industrial Revolution, the Queen and Bond etc.) were very good, and very British. There was no war, no conflicts. That's the point of the Olympics, so that couldn't be shown off. Explorers I expected, and the Rap was invented in West London (it said so during the ceremony).
Beijing wasn't better. It was different. I really didn't like Beijing. It felt so fake, so drilled, so heartless. This at least had charisma and was light-hearted; very British indeed.
