Olympic Bullshit

IdleRich

IdleRich
I dunno, The Beatles had some other big tunes didn't they?
Thought that what I saw of the ceremony was pretty good. It's obviously not something for the likes of people who post on here to enjoy but I think if I had to curate a thing that was gonna represent Britain to the rest of the world then I would rely on things such as The Beatles which are known round the world and recognisably British. It's not exactly a time for subtlety, it's broad brushstrokes that can be understood by anyone all the way. I also like the angels on bikes or whatever they were but I guess that's just cos I like pretty, bright lights.
 

IdleRich

IdleRich
Fuck! Just read the Daily Mail response. Absolutely incredible.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/a...ing-ceremony-NHS-disgracefully-glorified.html

Some choice phrases

"And how long did this shameful propaganda last for? A whole 15 minutes at the top of proceedings before viewers dozed off to the procession of banana republics and far-flung destinations nobody has ever heard of or even cares for."

"But it was the absurdly unrealistic scene – and indeed one that would spring from the kind of nonsensical targets and equality quotas we see in the NHS - showing a mixed-race middle-class family in a detached new-build suburban home, which was most symptomatic of the politically correct agenda in modern Britain.
This was supposed to be a representation of modern life in England but it is likely to be a challenge for the organisers to find an educated white middle-aged mother and black father living together with a happy family in such a set-up.
Almost, if not every, shot in the next sequence included an ethnic minority performer. The BBC presenter Hazel Irvine gushed about the importance of grime music (a form of awful electronic music popular among black youths) to east London."
It's written on purpose to get a rise I guess so I probably shouldn't give 'em the satisfaction but fucking hell this is horrendous.
 

rubberdingyrapids

Well-known member
i always find the mail hilarious. until i see someone else reading it.

macca should have done something more joyous. not plodding like hey jude. at the jubilee he did all my loving - he could have done that here. unless they felt a song with a name like jude in the title was more 'british'. reason i hate hey jude is that its epic and big but never really moves you unlike a song like in my life, which i think would have been perfect, seeing as the lyrics are about history, memories, change, location, etc.

one of the best bits in the ceremony was the nhs bit where they were dancing to some old jazz tune. made me think of dennis potter or something. really brilliant moment.
 

IdleRich

IdleRich
I'm not surprised - that was too much even for them wasn't it? What with Leveson and all they probably decided that they needed to keep their heads down a little bit.
 

Bangpuss

Well-known member
Rick Dewsbury has quickly shut down his Twitter account. Something tells me this article is going to get the Mail into a lot of shit. Even Mail readers in the comments below the article are horrified, which makes sense, since the Mail's predominantly older readership relies on the NHS even more than the rest of us.
 

benjybars

village elder.
yeah i have to admit the ceremony was quality.

although they really should have got Wiley to spit some bars over Eskimo, even if it was just a quick 16..
 

IdleRich

IdleRich
"Rick Dewsbury has quickly shut down his Twitter account. Something tells me this article is going to get the Mail into a lot of shit. Even Mail readers in the comments below the article are horrified, which makes sense, since the Mail's predominantly older readership relies on the NHS even more than the rest of us."
Plus, most of them probably liked the ceremony - they don't want to be told they've just participated willingly in some kind of Stalinist act of anti-British socialism.
 

crackerjack

Well-known member
Plus, most of them probably liked the ceremony - they don't want to be told they've just participated willingly in some kind of Stalinist act of anti-British socialism.

ON which note, reposting this AA Gill quote that I put on FB earlier


"When we saw Ban Ki-moon, Doreen Lawrence and Shami Chakrabarti carrying the Olympic flag, I could hear the gasps of half the Tory party and the Daily Mail’s commentariat swallowing its collective tongue with apoplectic rage. They were madly tweeting that it was all a bunch of leftie multicultural propaganda and they were right: it was. And it was right to be, because leftie multicultural propaganda is what most of the country is most proud of."
 

vimothy

yurp
I dunno if I'd describe the ceremony as "good"--it made me think of T4: The Musical--but the whole thing is fascinating.
 

Patrick Swayze

I'm trying to shut up
Either this is a genius irony triple somersault I'm not clever enough to understand or idiocy that makes Aidan Burley look astute and informed.

WTF's the matter with you lot? It was brilliant beyond words. Get a grip.

It was also, whatever you might think of the corporate sickbag that accompanies everything touched by the Olympics, the best piece of socialist mass entertainment in memory.

socialist mass entertainment with lots of flags, national anthems and james bond. a national socialist rally for children.
 

crackerjack

Well-known member
socialist mass entertainment with lots of flags, national anthems and james bond. a national socialist rally for children.

OK, seems I was right first time - you are an idiot. Guess it's one of the iron rules of dissensus that some numpty squeals about Nazism the minute they see a national flag.
 

Patrick Swayze

I'm trying to shut up
OK, seems I was right first time - you are an idiot. Guess it's one of the iron rules of dissensus that some numpty squeals about Nazism the minute they see a national flag.

and there was me giving you the benefit of the doubt and thinking you were joking when you said it was 'brilliant beyond words'

you must have wet yourself with excitement when you saw the new batman film
 

Leo

Well-known member
i was out at the start of the opening ceremony and missed the queen/james bond thing, anyone have a link to a video? either the tv network or olympic committee seem to have cracked down on postings, all i could find online was an excerpt on the bbc site.
 

baboon2004

Darned cockwombles.
Can't understand the praise for this. I only saw the trailer for it, but it looked like It's a Royal Knockout, only a bit more embarrassing.

Apparently when the Rwandan team came out the commentator said something along the lines of "They've done well to get here. Maybe they can be known for something other than genocide now"

I do feel proud to be British because someone cycled quite fast yesterday, though.
 
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