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Title: Olympic Countryside Opening ceremony
Post by: Fowgill Farm on June 12, 2012, 10:39:34 am
Just found this on BBC news website
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18392025 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18392025)
 
 
Wot no pigs???  >:(   What do you think!? £27million quid well spent?
 
Mandy  :pig:
Title: Re: Olympic Countryside Opening ceremony
Post by: Victorian Farmer on June 12, 2012, 11:46:06 am
very good we saw the torch last night
Title: Re: Olympic Countryside Opening ceremony
Post by: Fleecewife on June 12, 2012, 06:08:47 pm
Just found this on BBC news website
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18392025 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18392025)
 
 
Wot no pigs???  >:(   What do you think!? £27million quid well spent?
 
Mandy  :pig:

Numbers like 27 million just go right over my head as it's something I am never going to hold in my hands, nor would I want to.   I had no idea the opening ceremony was going to be about the countryside - you have to admit that will be totally different to all the glitz and bangs of previous opening ceremonies, with which we could never compete.  I won't commit myself to an opinion until I have seen the opening ceremony, but I am now quite looking forward to it  8)
Title: Re: Olympic Countryside Opening ceremony
Post by: deepinthewoods on June 12, 2012, 06:49:08 pm
glitz and bang? sod that, their gonna seed a cloud!! ;)
Title: Re: Olympic Countryside Opening ceremony
Post by: suziequeue on June 12, 2012, 06:53:15 pm
you have to admit that will be totally different to all the glitz and bangs of previous opening ceremonies, with which we could never compete.
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Title: Re: Olympic Countryside Opening ceremony
Post by: Fleecewife on June 12, 2012, 07:06:08 pm
 I just heard Danny Boyle (artistic director of the opening ceremony) being interviewed on PM about it and that is his angle too:
 

I've dicovered over my life that I've never had an original thought - someone always gets there first  ;D ::) :dunce:
Title: Re: Olympic Countryside Opening ceremony
Post by: MikeM on June 12, 2012, 07:07:58 pm
as an idea I quite like it, it'll certainly be a unique opening ceremony. How good it will actually be I don't know, it's certainly ambitious.
Title: Re: Olympic Countryside Opening ceremony
Post by: jaykay on June 12, 2012, 07:35:52 pm
I'm quite pleased that 'we' Brits see ourselves as so pastoral still  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Olympic Countryside Opening ceremony
Post by: Ina on June 12, 2012, 08:09:33 pm
I'm quite pleased that 'we' Brits see ourselves as so pastoral still  :thumbsup:

Except that I fear that a lot of viewers won't make the connection between the livestock they see on screen and the pies on their plate... ::)
Title: Re: Olympic Countryside Opening ceremony
Post by: SallyintNorth on June 12, 2012, 08:19:40 pm
I just heard Danny Boyle (artistic director of the opening ceremony) being interviewed on PM about it and that is his angle too:
 

I've dicovered over my life that I've never had an original thought - someone always gets there first  ;D ::) :dunce:

Ahhh - but are you gaining on them?   ;) :D
Title: Re: Olympic Countryside Opening ceremony
Post by: Fleecewife on June 13, 2012, 12:17:43 am
Not any more  :( ;D    and the folk I'm trying to catch are no longer so bright  :eyelashes: :D :D   Soon I'll be struggling to out-think the dog  :dog: :&>
Title: Re: Olympic Countryside Opening ceremony
Post by: HelenVF on June 13, 2012, 11:33:13 am
I have to say, I'm not impressed with it.  The whole setup looks like it's from the 50s. Surely Great Britain is more than that. As for the humour that Danny Boyle has talked about, no one else in the world get our humour anyway!

Helen
Title: Re: Olympic Countryside Opening ceremony
Post by: doganjo on June 13, 2012, 12:05:35 pm
Will they need /remember to get a CPH and movement licences? ;)
Title: Re: Olympic Countryside Opening ceremony
Post by: robert waddell on June 13, 2012, 01:31:48 pm
if there is livestock there even artificial ones they will need everything in place  ;) :farmer:
Title: Re: Olympic Countryside Opening ceremony
Post by: chrismahon on June 14, 2012, 08:50:46 pm
I think it represents the image the rest of the world has of us so quite appropriate really. Quaint England. Of course us residents know differently, but best keep it a secret or we'll scare the visitors away! Met quite a few people on holidays who have been to England once and vowed never again -not at all what they were expecting. Probably needs Shakespear's house in the middle and a few castles and black and white houses round the outside to complete the picture.
Title: Re: Olympic Countryside Opening ceremony
Post by: Moleskins on June 14, 2012, 11:47:21 pm
Will they need /remember to get a CPH and movement licences? ;)
Only a temporary one will be required as it's not likely any animals will be born there.
For a show or demonstration all animals tag numbers have to be reported on the paperwork you send in prior to the demonstration.
At least that was the case with me, but you know what they're like for changing the rules.