anyone have a link to watch it online. i tried to find a place to stream it and spent like 3 hours and couldn't find anything yesterday. So at the very least i want to see if someone posted the entirety up.

Originally Posted by Chevalier

anyone have a link to watch it online. i tried to find a place to stream it and spent like 3 hours and couldn't find anything yesterday. So at the very least i want to see if someone posted the entirety up.

here
http://www.ctvolympics.ca/videos/cha...mony-6722.html
its the full replay of opening ceremony

Originally Posted by britb

Thought the opening was pretty boring and didn't showcase GB well (I only have some English descent, so maybe I didn't get it, lol).

They went historical, but only did Industrial Revolution, WWI and the rest via a musical number. Why not a nod to the Empire and/or Commonwealth (visiting India, Canada, etc)? Why not something with knights and castles? Stonehenge?

Why no references to London itself (other than that Thames video in the start)?

I loved the historical opening! I thought they did a lot of references to London. They had Big Ben, the Tower of London, London bridge, the Royal Guard with the Buzby hats. I also loved that they incorporated the flying pig from Pink Floyd and Ratty and Mole from The Wind in the Willows. I agree with Stone Henge, though. That would have been a cool addition.

I also LOVED that they had a man dressed as Charles Dickens recite Prospero's lines from the Tempest. And the fireworks were incredible.

Originally Posted by lizziepizzie

I also LOVED that they had a man dressed as Charles Dickens recite Prospero's lines from the Tempest. And the fireworks were incredible.

Sorry, had to mention--the man was Sir Kenneth Branagh, also known as the actor who played Gilderoy Lockhart in the Harry Potter movies. Not that I recognized him off the bat, but I thought it was a cool bit of trivia.

Originally Posted by Twelve Chars

I remember these guys (the independents??)

They also had a race.

Originally Posted by Faer

Sorry, had to mention--the man was Sir Kenneth Branagh, also known as the actor who played Gilderoy Lockhart in the Harry Potter movies. Not that I recognized him off the bat, but I thought it was a cool bit of trivia.

NO WAY. I did not know that! That's so awesome! I totally see how he is Lockheart now! It's quite fitting, really, that he played Prospero, because there are a lot of Kenneth Branagh adaptions of Shakespeare's plays. Thanks for the information!