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Makes sense snoopcester Send a noteboard - 29/07/2012 01:39:13 AM
If we follow what the commentators were saying (reading from the official program), the reference to Tolkien (and his source of inspiration) in the forging of the rings sequence was intentional.


He was pretty much covering what Tolkien had already done, just without the Orcs.
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So, who watched the Opening Ceremony? Stephen - 28/07/2012 01:07:52 AM 1009 Views
currently watching. it certainly is... interesting... wolfsister - 28/07/2012 01:12:34 AM 776 Views
Only seen some still photos Isaac - 28/07/2012 01:26:23 AM 699 Views
Not as bad as I feared Wibble - 28/07/2012 01:46:56 AM 760 Views
I think it was a re-imagining of Saruman transforming Isengard into an Orc-production facility. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 28/07/2012 01:53:01 AM 346 Views
Dude, I felt like I was watching LotR the WHOLE time. Mats Gambling Buddy - 28/07/2012 06:21:13 AM 779 Views
More of a de-imagining, I think, given what inspired Tolkien. *NM* snoopcester - 28/07/2012 11:09:33 AM 373 Views
Re: More of a de-imagining, I think, given what inspired Tolkien. DomA - 28/07/2012 09:09:58 PM 682 Views
Makes sense snoopcester - 29/07/2012 01:39:13 AM 683 Views
Re: Makes sense DomA - 29/07/2012 03:58:57 PM 1125 Views
I liked the forging of the rings. Not a huge fan of the extended 80s dance party. *NM* Ghavrel - 28/07/2012 03:09:39 AM 358 Views
I caught snipits... Jedi Wolf Sister - 28/07/2012 04:19:18 AM 793 Views
It was on the whole great, very british DomA - 28/07/2012 06:13:07 AM 698 Views
It blew.....very disjointed. Anonymous2000 - 28/07/2012 06:14:16 AM 695 Views
Did you watch the same thing we watched? *NM* Stephen - 28/07/2012 01:31:44 PM 343 Views
It seemed like a glorified Super Bowl halftime show - no scale and scope Anonymous2000 - 28/07/2012 04:35:28 PM 716 Views
I thought it was charming and enjoyable, not stuffy and boring. *NM* Beqi - 28/07/2012 07:30:32 AM 346 Views
every minute and it exceeded expectations Foxhead - 28/07/2012 08:26:19 AM 918 Views
I didn't expect anything from it snoopcester - 28/07/2012 10:16:02 AM 721 Views
Re: I didn't expect anything from it DomA - 28/07/2012 09:03:59 PM 700 Views
Re: I didn't expect anything from it snoopcester - 29/07/2012 01:24:08 AM 686 Views
I had actually forgotten my favourite moment from it snoopcester - 29/07/2012 01:28:12 AM 757 Views
That was a bit of a mini topic on twitter while the ceremony was on. Stephen - 29/07/2012 02:45:49 PM 670 Views
Re: I didn't expect anything from it DomA - 29/07/2012 04:04:37 PM 1147 Views
Yeah, it made sense that they put so much focus on music... Legolas - 29/07/2012 12:49:50 PM 656 Views
Re: Yeah, it made sense that they put so much focus on music... DomA - 29/07/2012 03:23:28 PM 923 Views
I thought it was really good. The Mr. Bean bit was funny Orange - 28/07/2012 12:27:44 PM 709 Views
He was in it? In that case, I'm so very glad I missed it. I loathe him. *NM* Palatine - 28/07/2012 05:39:59 PM 339 Views
I thought it was surprisingly excellent. Mostly. Rebekah - 28/07/2012 01:28:56 PM 711 Views
I loved the tribute to Disney random thoughts - 30/07/2012 02:27:03 PM 734 Views
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