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Paralympics - Opening Ceremony

Mendonca In Asdas
Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,652
edited August 2012 in Other Football and Sports
On c4 now!
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  • ME14addick
    ME14addick Posts: 9,765
    Can't even get through the Opening Ceremony without ad breaks. Why give the coverage to Channel 4? Should have been on the BBC. Jon Snow is awful as a presenter.
  • HesBetterThanShaun
    HesBetterThanShaun Posts: 24
    I know, what the hell is with the white suit!
  • HandG
    HandG Posts: 2,134
    Was Danny Boyle behind this opening ceremony too?
  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 18,740
    HesBetterThanShaun said:

    I know, what the hell is with the white suit!

    Because his name's not Jon Brown ?
  • Mendonca In Asdas
    Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,652
    Loving that smiley lady in the wheelchair who had her guide dog with her, people look so happy to be there, can't believe the story of the guy competing who was shot in the head.
  • ME14addick
    ME14addick Posts: 9,765
    This is so disrespectful to have breaks during the athletes entry into the stadium.
  • Mendonca In Asdas
    Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,652
    Yep the ad breaks are very annoying as well.
  • Noss
    Noss Posts: 184
    Mendonca In Asdas said:

    Yep the ad breaks are very annoying as well.

    And now the commentators are running out of steam. Snow sounds like he'd rather be at a G20 convention. Talking about the countries as 'war-torn' or 'economically-troubled' not seeming to notice there are people representing them
  • Mike
    Mike Posts: 6,166
    can't blame them it's bloody boring the flag carrying
  • Londoner
    Londoner Posts: 2
    No more than the opening ceremony at the olympics but i am sure that if another country went to adverts when Great Britain were about to parade in - there would be uproar, and rightly so - every country deserves their 30 seconds of fame
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  • bloodnut
    bloodnut Posts: 2,146
    edited August 2012
    christ almighty... they were just saying that some dutch tennis bird has not lost a tennis match for over 450 games and that is stretching back over a decade... not a bad record i suppose!
  • Londoner
    Londoner Posts: 2
    That is great but the wild card comment was very uncalled for when referring to the guy in Barbados - i bet he could bet the commentators swimming hands down - let's see how slow he is then.
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    edited August 2012
    bloodnut said:

    christ almighty... they were just saying that some dutch tennis bird has not lost a tennis match for over 450 games and that is stretching back over a decade... not a bad record i suppose!

    Only beaten by Huddersfield Town FC's winning record..........
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,040
    Ad breaks on the coverage of the Olympic opening ceremony as covered by RTE here.
    BBC spoils you. Be thankful for ad free public broadcasters, they are few and far between.
  • bloodnut
    bloodnut Posts: 2,146
    edited August 2012
    orbital and stephen hawkings... well i never!
  • JT
    JT Posts: 12,348
    I need to go to bed, mind is all over the shop after that
  • siblers
    siblers Posts: 2,024
    iainment said:

    Ad breaks on the coverage of the Olympic opening ceremony as covered by RTE here.
    BBC spoils you. Be thankful for ad free public broadcasters, they are few and far between.

    Too true, RTE breaks aren't the worst as at least they don't go on too long compared to some of the channels on Sky. I was in New York a few weeks ago and a typical sitcom like Friends will have 3/4 ad breaks. Dunno how people in the states cope with it.

  • sadiejane1981
    sadiejane1981 Posts: 9,012
    What i found more disrespectful is the cameras kept on going outside to talk to people outside the stadium not giving coverage to those countries entering the stadium such as zimbabwe. Why the total lack of respect for other nations, the paralympics is meant to represent equality. Not impressed. Also they get silver torches olypics get gold, they get 3 channels olympics get 12. Not very equal.
  • JT
    JT Posts: 12,348
    Ad break on China's entrance was 'well timed'
  • CAFCdamo
    CAFCdamo Posts: 1,692
    sadiejane1981 said:

    What i found more disrespectful is the cameras kept on going outside to talk to people outside the stadium not giving coverage to those countries entering the stadium such as zimbabwe. Why the total lack of respect for other nations, the paralympics is meant to represent equality. Not impressed. Also they get silver torches olypics get gold, they get 3 channels olympics get 12. Not very equal.

    Also the running with the Paralympic torch was done throughout the night , which I thought was a bit odd.
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  • RugbyAddick
    RugbyAddick Posts: 2,079
    So many things to get upset about. It's not worth it.
  • Bill_Stumps
    Bill_Stumps Posts: 883
    Thought the ceremony on the whole was great. I loved the athletes flying to the centre of the stadium, the guy dancing to Birdy and thought Beverley Knight was sensational (even though they tried to turn the song she sang, which was meant as a celebration, into a dirge!). Having Stephen Hawking there was a bold idea that really worked. I just wish that if the Queen is going to turn up at these events (as she should and not just because she has to open them) she'd try to look a bit more effing interested.
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,733
    Snow was a terrible choice as presenter - he is a newsreader. He didn't have the basic knowledge or enthusiasm and all he knew was about wars and economic performance!!! Somebody cocked up big time in C$ when the selected him.

    Agree about the Queen, looked like somebody had given her a sweet full of ear wax to chew!
  • Redmidland
    Redmidland Posts: 44,700
    Thought the opening ceremony was great......but spoilt by C4's ad breaks.....very rude and for once cant one commercial broadcaster refrain from breaks during a major event!!! Jon Snow was poor, and then Claire Balding who was all over BBC Olympic coverage has now turned up on 4......WHY for god sake shes not that good!!! Beverley Knight was sensational.....and another great pyrotechnic display ate the end......well done London yet again!!!
  • redcarter
    redcarter Posts: 1,011
    MuttleyCAFC said:

    Snow was a terrible choice as presenter - he is a newsreader. He didn't have the basic knowledge or enthusiasm and all he knew was about wars and economic performance!!! Somebody cocked up big time in C$ when the selected him.

    Someone on twitter put:

    Brendan Miller ‏@Brendan__Miller
    I wish Jon Snow could do football... "There's Fabregas. He's from Spain. They've got 48% unemployment for under 25s..." #snowcommentary
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,013
    Redmidland said:

    Thought the opening ceremony was great......but spoilt by C4's ad breaks.....very rude and for once cant one commercial broadcaster refrain from breaks during a major event!!! Jon Snow was poor, and then Claire Balding who was all over BBC Olympic coverage has now turned up on 4......WHY for god sake shes not that good!!! Beverley Knight was sensational.....and another great pyrotechnic display ate the end......well done London yet again!!!

    Claire Balding has just signed a contract with C4. She is taking over the racing from John Mcrewick (sp).
  • Salad
    Salad Posts: 10,189
    thought the start was okay if not great, turned over when the A-Z flag carrying started - I know it's all about the athletes but it is boring to watch on TV for an hour or so. Sounds like I missed the best part which cam after the flags.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,862
    Was I the only one who thought Stephen Hawking sounded a bit nervous ?
  • eldavide
    eldavide Posts: 384
    MrOneLung said:

    Was I the only one who thought Stephen Hawking sounded a bit nervous ?

    Can't believe he didn't do "Fitter Happier"


  • DickVanDykesDiscoDog
    DickVanDykesDiscoDog Posts: 1,021
    eldavide said:

    MrOneLung said:

    Was I the only one who thought Stephen Hawking sounded a bit nervous ?

    Can't believe he didn't do "Fitter Happier"


    very good

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