Seriously? I guess I'm turning into too much of a curmudgeon, but this is ridiculous. And awful. Whatever happened to the athletes marching around and the cauldron being lit as some shamelessly schmaltzy "background" stories about the participants play?
Oh, God, now they're PUMPING IN SULFUR SMELL to commemorate England's industrial past. Guess we miss Beijing already.
Bad.
Margie
Bejing's a tough act to follow.
I dunno. It's ok to me.
Very intentionally not Beijing
Well, I like it. Remember the show just started, the athletes will be marching in soon enough.
Ok, nevermind, the Queen just appeared to jump out a helicopter with Daniel Craig. I'm in.
Margie
We too are commenting here that w/o narration, nothing so far would make any sense.
The "industrial dancing" which often had someone looking like they we digging with a shovel was akin to dancing "the lawn mower", "the shopping cart" and "the sprinkler."
Please tell Matt and Meredith to shut up, please.
The kids who sang to the queen were dressed in PJ's.
I have no idea why.
The raising of the forged rings was cool. I had to explain the GRM/Bob Costas relationship which got a laugh.
Bob Costas cat
I'm not a British so I don't understand: What's in the Queen's purse?
She takes it everywhere. Why? Secret Service type flunkies carry cash. It's not like she's gonna be hit for I.D. but there it is, all the time.
Has there been a riot yet?
93EXCivic wrote: Has there been a riot yet?
All the footballers are at the bar!
I read a description and decided it sounded entirely too trippy to even watch.
Yeah, Mr. Bean. He's a car guy!
It's really pissing me off. The entire family is watching it so I can't get any help bleeding the brakes on the car. 
I saw a Mini cooper commercial then a Mini on the stage but then i was lost. Seemed like a really forced product placement.
Come on margie.... He's one of us.
berkeley yeah Trainspotting.
And who let the West Ham song be sung. Stupid Hammers.
And Dizzie Rascal.
Hey bob costas. For real.
93EXCivic wrote: Has there been a riot yet?
I am waiting to see Sir Paul. Surely they cant screw that up.
Going to bed. This is getting ridiculous. Besides Bob Costas is annoying me with his poor pronunciations.
The whole thing happened hours ago. The rest of the world watched it live, but the Bob Costas at NBC decided we needed to have it tape delayed.
Also I should point out that this may have been the first time David Beckham may have gotten something between a set of post while representing England.
914Driver wrote: I'm not a British so I don't understand: What's in the Queen's purse? She takes it everywhere. Why? Secret Service type flunkies carry cash. It's not like she's gonna be hit for I.D. but there it is, all the time.
She's a girl.
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