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When I heard that the opening ceremonies would include Mary Poppins running off Voldemort, I thought "bullshit."
It happened.
AND IT WAS AWESOME!!!
NBC is doing their best to ruin it - they smash cut and yap meaninglessly over the action and pepper it with ads. And the opening ceremonies are still fabulous. And her Majesty has a helluva sense of humor.
I also wish that some of our "ZOMG SINGLEPAYER HEALTH CARE IS COMMUNISM, ARGH!" would take a damned hint from a literal Olympic shoutout to the NHS. Yeah, obviously Britain feels horribly oppressed and underserved.
There is so much incredible here. Rings on the Tower Bridge! Glastonbury Tor! Industrial revolution! Shakespeare! Kenneth Branaugh! James Bond! Peter Pan! ("Fuck yeah," says England. "Your children's literature? Your escapist entertainment? Your rock music? Your friggin' factories? CAME FROM US, BITCHES!")
And although I'm no longer officially in Team Sherlocked, I am keeping the literary theme; I cast on a 221 B washcloth.
Rowan Atkinson!!!! Every time I wonder if this could get more awesome, it does. Please, please, please, please, please let the Benedict Cumberbatch rumors be true. After all, Sherlock is THE most recognized human in world literature. (Dracula is THE most recognized character of all... and he was written by an Irishman.)
Ah, not true. Ben recorded this opening for the pre-ceremony. It's a tiny share of the event, but it's a share. Good on ya, Ben.
Although... it ain't all the Anglo Saxon heritage goin' on there (On behalf of America, I apologize for Mitt. Deeply, deeply apologize.) I've seen quite a few faces of color - several colors - not to mention the signing choir and dancers in wheelchairs. Well done, Great Britain.
ZOMG, did I hear what I *thought* I heard over the 70s music? NBC's cut to another damned set of commercials. I wouldn't be at all surprised if they cut Doctor Who out at all; the brain-dead commentors have already gone on at length about "you don't know who Tim Berners-Lee is." Yes. I. Do.
McCartney's voice is gone, y'all. Yes, he's THE Paul McCartney, but he's also an old man and his voice is gone.
Was there actual footage of the Queen saying "these games are open"? Because I stayed up for that and if it exists, the NBC fuckers cut it, which is all kinds of "you must be kidding me" rude.
It happened.
AND IT WAS AWESOME!!!
NBC is doing their best to ruin it - they smash cut and yap meaninglessly over the action and pepper it with ads. And the opening ceremonies are still fabulous. And her Majesty has a helluva sense of humor.
I also wish that some of our "ZOMG SINGLEPAYER HEALTH CARE IS COMMUNISM, ARGH!" would take a damned hint from a literal Olympic shoutout to the NHS. Yeah, obviously Britain feels horribly oppressed and underserved.
There is so much incredible here. Rings on the Tower Bridge! Glastonbury Tor! Industrial revolution! Shakespeare! Kenneth Branaugh! James Bond! Peter Pan! ("Fuck yeah," says England. "Your children's literature? Your escapist entertainment? Your rock music? Your friggin' factories? CAME FROM US, BITCHES!")
And although I'm no longer officially in Team Sherlocked, I am keeping the literary theme; I cast on a 221 B washcloth.
Rowan Atkinson!!!! Every time I wonder if this could get more awesome, it does. Please, please, please, please, please let the Benedict Cumberbatch rumors be true. After all, Sherlock is THE most recognized human in world literature. (Dracula is THE most recognized character of all... and he was written by an Irishman.)
Ah, not true. Ben recorded this opening for the pre-ceremony. It's a tiny share of the event, but it's a share. Good on ya, Ben.
Although... it ain't all the Anglo Saxon heritage goin' on there (On behalf of America, I apologize for Mitt. Deeply, deeply apologize.) I've seen quite a few faces of color - several colors - not to mention the signing choir and dancers in wheelchairs. Well done, Great Britain.
ZOMG, did I hear what I *thought* I heard over the 70s music? NBC's cut to another damned set of commercials. I wouldn't be at all surprised if they cut Doctor Who out at all; the brain-dead commentors have already gone on at length about "you don't know who Tim Berners-Lee is." Yes. I. Do.
McCartney's voice is gone, y'all. Yes, he's THE Paul McCartney, but he's also an old man and his voice is gone.
Was there actual footage of the Queen saying "these games are open"? Because I stayed up for that and if it exists, the NBC fuckers cut it, which is all kinds of "you must be kidding me" rude.
