teambwr47

So you're a member of the Olympic planning group for London 2012 and all's going well, you have some great things in mind. The WHAM....... Bejing suddenly deflates the ego...........

You may not agree with the politics that China adopts but that was without doubt the opening ceremony to top all that have gone before and I doubt will be equalled in London.

The power that China has to get things done is immense in terms of manpower and control over that resource and while communism may not be everyone's bag it sure helps with organisation of something like this event.....

Moomoo

I agree, the opening event was amazing and will certainly taking some beating.

London certainly have a hard act to follow.

Moomoo

MOSO

I just can't wait for 2012 synchronised morris dancers!!!!!

Fooferfish

As long as they dont let to many into NZ, i have spoken to many Aucklanders moving down south, and one said the other day " we dont care if its colder down south as long as we are Asian free" they were getting fed up with the ammount of Asians in their area so up and left

China will become a major super power, but what worries most New Zealanders is how many will try to get in here, and what amazes me is if they have $7million dollars they can come into NZ no problem, so what about all the ohter people who struggle to get in to here, or cant because of certain things in UK stopping them.

But yes that Olympic games opener will be hard to beat, but why has it got to be so that people will have to beat it? sounds like keeping up with the Jones's , thats why people move to NZ, not so much of that pressure going on here.

howden40

Now if a white british person openly made that comment it would be RACIST - batton down your hatches we have some fairly opinionated anti-racists on this site, who feel people must share their opinion.

I'm of the mind of we are allowed our own opinions we are allowed to disagree and it is usually our life experiences which give us our opinions rather than someone elses.

I don't care who my neighbours are as long as they are friendly and considerate of other, don't cause trouble, don't play loud music into the wee hours or rev their engins.



ANYWAY BACK ON TRACK

The opening was spectacular and the 'run' in the sky to light the torch, amazing, I didn't see all of it, James (19) sat up to watch HE thought it was absolutly mind boggling amazing, but I woke up at 0200 and watched the finish.
London will not be able to compete and would be foolish to try. Glad I've left the UK, the bill they are going to expect the 'working' communities to meet will be horendous.

Pauline

luvwelly

Well it was spectacular but so typical of a totalitarian regime....the person is a cog in a machine...very dehumanising in the 3 opening pieces I saw (then went to bed)...London definitely shouldn't be copying it..but aiming for sth much more individualistic...we can do great fireworks too though and hopefully won't have such a polluted city??? Terrorism will however be a major worry and I wouldn't attend personally for that very reason...

love30stm

good one, thats one thing I dont miss from the Uk.

love30stm

Maybe they will have Chavs and hoodies dancing

howden40

I quite like the idea of the Morris Dancers and good old fashioned square dances, a wicker man and a May Queen (can pretend it's may, it's all make believe and politics now, no longer unity of countries) to entertain at the opening, that would be individualistic and since I won't be attending either not painful to the senses.

Pauline

pascalr

London and indeed the U.K will always be the envy of the world.
The less turncoats the better for it.

eddie_nz

Thats what I like about the olympics you have 4 years to stage them....

Yotty

China will always have more money to spend than the UK. QED. Shame about them banning the RED Arrows though ..

Kiwiprincess

Maybe Morris Dancers can stand atop each capsule of the London Eye whilst in flight? Or perhaps get a Morris Dancer, highland, and an irish dancer on each one.

That would be cool to watch. Then, one of the princes can come in, knock the flame with his polo stick, everyone can watch the flame fly through the air and light the big flame. Niiiice.

Justcol

I'm already preparing to be very embarassed.
I wouldnt laugh to hard at the chavs and hoodies comment,time will tell.
anyone remember the debacle that was the commonwealth games in manchester.
Aahh, the closing ceremony will live with me forever, syncronised morris minors
being driven by C-list coronation street actors and the VIP's all pretending it wasnt
rainning while the happy citizens of manchester suffered another day of non stop torrential downpours.

That was the best we could do ????

lapsed kiwi

I just love the logo
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