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ZiZi? Is Wayne Rooney going to come on and Meg him?
Very disappointing for him not to stick the head on someone
It had a strobe warning but it needed a gammon trigger warning too. So far we've had an implied bisexual threesome, male couples, drag queens a blue smurf in a posing pouch and they've given an award to a fella that looks after refugees.
They are Jean Michel Jarre-ing the shit out of it now
If you've got an Eiffelt tower you may as well use it.....
if it catches Venus's extensions there'll be trouble.
But where’s the bloody flame going?
Notre Dame
But where’s the bloody flame going?
<Farage> Folkestone . Turns out we have to host and pay for it. </Farage>
Been some belting tunes throughout but not heard any Daft Punk yet!?
The Eiffel Tower laser show is pretty damn good!
It was for the first 20 minutes yes. Beginning to grow a bit repetitive. Get the bloody torch lit!
I’m afraid 30 minutes of first class lasers does not equal even 5 minutes of a decent county council fireworks display let alone London 2012
That flame wasn’t transferred!
Lance Armstrong get that flame lit.
Get the bloody torch lit!
I thought that 20 minutes ago, got bored and I've now gone to bed.
Eternity
You said it.
Never get off the boat……
If there isn’t a tiger now, I’m turning it off
Have just come in from the pub and now watching half arsed BMX, skaters and break dancers slithering around on piss wet through ramps who must be wondering how they'd sold out and got involved in this shit.
They should have kept the Tdf final stage into Paris and had Pogi with a flaming bike coming down the champs elysee.
Can we have another go at knighting Danny Boyle? This is making me realise what a good job he did.
I thought they were going to push the guy in the wheelchair into the cauldron
Love the way they're pretending they didn't know where it was, given it's the size of a small planet
My wife keeps asking me questions about what is going on, sorry sweetie not got a clue!
I think they’ve actually broken the space/time continuum
Its now October
Wonder who's garden that balloon will end up?
Wonder if that's the first olympic flame that's not actually a love flame.
I jest, it's pretty cool though.
Its now October
Ah so that’s why they lit the big F off bonfire thing then, cause it does get chilly in Paris in October
Ah, Celine's on, surely the end is nigh?
Stop the small boats.
a 7m wide gas burning ring.
Greta is displeased.
My wife said it's like one of those FB videos that go on for half your life but never have a conclusion!
Let the games commence!
Wow... that was long...
Claire Balding "that was... Truly original"
Micheal Johnson "it was erm.. different..."
At least they let Celine's piano survive. Thought it was a goner for sure.
Nice to see her belt one out after all her difficulties. Not my cup of tea, but she's a trooper.
The inspiration behind the logo…
FFS I can’t get an image to load - Mrs Potato Head
Well that exceeded my tolerance for interpretative dance by about 90 minutes.
My main takeaway from this is if you want to create some atmosphere, hold the ceremony in a stadium with a crowd.
Oh and apparently they hoisted the Olympic flag up upside down.
Highlight - four sports icons looking vaguely seasick as they accompanied the flame up the river.
four sports icons
Get dressed up in your finest clobber and we'll make you wear a swim vest over the top.
Best bit for me was the minions stealing the mona lisa...........
Been pissing down all night - I hope the road is not too slippery for the ITT this afternoon. Be a shame if it just came down to bad luck.
I blame the Olympic committee they should demand games are prepared by someone creative, what happened to all the French Singers and use of language - What the hell has Snoop Dog got to do with France.
Statues of French women who fought against colonialism, followed by Gaga, Snoop and Minions.
Celine Dion knocked it out if the park but it took a reported $2M paycheck to get her.
Watching women's single scull. Question, do all the teams use standard equipment? I can see in sculling equipment could make a difference (and cycling).
Not standard equipment for rowing, but the speed differences between manufacturers is small and there is no alignment with particular nations as far as I know (unlike UK track cycling). If you are good enough to race at the Olympics, you'll have a queue of marketing guys keen to lend you a boat.
Well the misery guts are all complaining about how the ceremony disrespected christianity and supported LGBT+. So all good then.
So all good then.
[Inserts Rolly Eyes emoji]
I wouldn't have expected anything less from France.
A bit of culture, tradition, some unashamedly cheesy pop (plus some random US stars) and a good side helping of provocation. Some of it might have missed the mark or been rained off like the floating bmx ramps, but the parts that worked were fantastic; medal fabrication/notre dame, the Marseillaise, the Gojira opera revolution mashup, that horse and Celine Dion belting out Edith Piaf from the Eiffel tower.
Some stuff dragged on a bit (see what I did there) or was just way too French such as Phillipe Katherine as Dionysus on a platter singing Nu. Think Jarvis Cocker crossed with Neil Hannon and you're in the right neighborhood.
Hasn't dried up for the ITT. Looks dicey out there.
Slippery roundabouts!
USA rider (and her mechanic) having an absolute mare.
Hopefully the bike change reduces the chance of falling off.
Exciting race.
I think I'd be using a bike with full length mudguards!
Oooh. Anna Henderson fastest at time check 1. Stay upright!
Silver for Henderson. Great ride.
Nice silver medal for Anna and the GB team.
just switched over to catch the result - silver! But everyone 90s behind the winner, on a 30-something minute course? What was the trick, or just performance?
Great ride by Henderson and the other two in the top three. Australian is amazing!
Where the #### is the rugby sevens coverage?
Amazing atmosphere in those first rounds of games and now BBC coverage, at least I can't find it
They'd have probably been better off on mountain bikes in those conditions. I'm amazed anyone stayed upright
BBC are limited to one broadcast and one digital. One of the reasons I signed up for Discovery+, apart from the cycling, was they have every event live and on-demand.
That looks pretty bloody miserable out there on the TT course, just got in and switched onto it.
Edit: ooh, WvA on a front disc wheel! I knew he'd been trialling one...
I've just done that - offer of £3.99 a month at the moment instead of £6.99 for anyone interested (online - wasn't available through the Roku app)
Edit: Re: Discovery+
Josh Tarling ☹
Enjoying the canoe slalom 🙂
The coverage of the men’s tt is awful - constantly panning off the contenders for shots of buildings
TTing isn't usually exciting but it's a **** of a load more exciting than pictures of roofs in the rain
Agreed about the coverage - not worth watching live.
Agreed about the coverage – not worth watching live.
Thankfully there are about 30 other streams on Discovery+ to watch 🙂
he did an amazing job to get back in. The coverage isn't great though as you can't really see him making the time up. I would have thought that nowadays there could have been a live tracker of everyone's time and position. I'm guessing for the olympics they have to try and even out coverage across the nations but it means you miss some of the excitement