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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 1036 Views
currently watching. it certainly is... interesting... wolfsister - 28/07/2012 01:12:34 AM 796 Views
Only seen some still photos Isaac - 28/07/2012 01:26:23 AM 730 Views
Not as bad as I feared Wibble - 28/07/2012 01:46:56 AM 780 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 358 Views
Dude, I felt like I was watching LotR the WHOLE time. Mats Gambling Buddy - 28/07/2012 06:21:13 AM 803 Views
More of a de-imagining, I think, given what inspired Tolkien. *NM* snoopcester - 28/07/2012 11:09:33 AM 381 Views
Re: More of a de-imagining, I think, given what inspired Tolkien. DomA - 28/07/2012 09:09:58 PM 706 Views
Makes sense snoopcester - 29/07/2012 01:39:13 AM 708 Views
Re: Makes sense DomA - 29/07/2012 03:58:57 PM 1153 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 375 Views
I caught snipits... Jedi Wolf Sister - 28/07/2012 04:19:18 AM 812 Views
It was on the whole great, very british DomA - 28/07/2012 06:13:07 AM 722 Views
It blew.....very disjointed. Anonymous2000 - 28/07/2012 06:14:16 AM 727 Views
Did you watch the same thing we watched? *NM* Stephen - 28/07/2012 01:31:44 PM 352 Views
It seemed like a glorified Super Bowl halftime show - no scale and scope Anonymous2000 - 28/07/2012 04:35:28 PM 745 Views
I thought it was charming and enjoyable, not stuffy and boring. *NM* Beqi - 28/07/2012 07:30:32 AM 360 Views
every minute and it exceeded expectations Foxhead - 28/07/2012 08:26:19 AM 949 Views
I didn't expect anything from it snoopcester - 28/07/2012 10:16:02 AM 745 Views
Re: I didn't expect anything from it DomA - 28/07/2012 09:03:59 PM 729 Views
Re: I didn't expect anything from it snoopcester - 29/07/2012 01:24:08 AM 717 Views
I had actually forgotten my favourite moment from it snoopcester - 29/07/2012 01:28:12 AM 780 Views
That was a bit of a mini topic on twitter while the ceremony was on. Stephen - 29/07/2012 02:45:49 PM 700 Views
Re: I didn't expect anything from it DomA - 29/07/2012 04:04:37 PM 1177 Views
Yeah, it made sense that they put so much focus on music... Legolas - 29/07/2012 12:49:50 PM 682 Views
Re: Yeah, it made sense that they put so much focus on music... DomA - 29/07/2012 03:23:28 PM 953 Views
I thought it was really good. The Mr. Bean bit was funny Orange - 28/07/2012 12:27:44 PM 738 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 354 Views
I thought it was surprisingly excellent. Mostly. Rebekah - 28/07/2012 01:28:56 PM 744 Views
I loved the tribute to Disney random thoughts - 30/07/2012 02:27:03 PM 757 Views
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