Yeah, it made sense that they put so much focus on music...
Legolas Send a noteboard - 29/07/2012 12:49:50 PM
The UK's star may have paled abroad compared to the 18-19th centuries, but less than the average Brit seems to think. 
The comment of my neighbour afterward was that it was amazing to be reminded that before they simply remade the same movies over and over again, Hollywood were literally living off British creativity 
The comment of my neighbour afterward was that it was amazing to be reminded that before they simply remade the same movies over and over again, Hollywood were literally living off British creativity which I'd argue is the most notable field in which the UK somehow still keeps dominating the world. Although I wouldn't exactly include rap music in that, so their choice of which songs to play longer sections of, or have live performances of, was a bit odd at times...
So all and all, Boyle not only made it all british to the bone, but also succeeded at making it extremely accessible to the average foreigner.
I don't exactly think you (or I) would count as the "average" foreigner, Dom.
Or anybody at this site, for that matter. I'm not sure how accessible it all was to people who don't live in the West, or even to people in the West who don't know English and aren't too familiar with British history and pop culture.
So, who watched the Opening Ceremony?
- 28/07/2012 01:07:52 AM
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I think it was a re-imagining of Saruman transforming Isengard into an Orc-production facility. *NM*
- 28/07/2012 01:53:01 AM
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More of a de-imagining, I think, given what inspired Tolkien. *NM*
- 28/07/2012 11:09:33 AM
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Re: More of a de-imagining, I think, given what inspired Tolkien.
- 28/07/2012 09:09:58 PM
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I liked the forging of the rings. Not a huge fan of the extended 80s dance party. *NM*
- 28/07/2012 03:09:39 AM
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It blew.....very disjointed.
- 28/07/2012 06:14:16 AM
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Did you watch the same thing we watched? *NM*
- 28/07/2012 01:31:44 PM
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It seemed like a glorified Super Bowl halftime show - no scale and scope
- 28/07/2012 04:35:28 PM
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I thought it was charming and enjoyable, not stuffy and boring. 
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- 28/07/2012 07:30:32 AM
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- 28/07/2012 07:30:32 AM
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every minute and it exceeded expectations
- 28/07/2012 08:26:19 AM
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I didn't expect anything from it
- 28/07/2012 10:16:02 AM
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Re: I didn't expect anything from it
- 29/07/2012 01:24:08 AM
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I had actually forgotten my favourite moment from it
- 29/07/2012 01:28:12 AM
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That was a bit of a mini topic on twitter while the ceremony was on.
- 29/07/2012 02:45:49 PM
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Yeah, it made sense that they put so much focus on music...
- 29/07/2012 12:49:50 PM
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I thought it was really good. The Mr. Bean bit was funny
- 28/07/2012 12:27:44 PM
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He was in it? In that case, I'm so very glad I missed it. I loathe him. *NM*
- 28/07/2012 05:39:59 PM
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