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[Levyne]

swag time

 

[friskykillface]

The Internet creator


Thank you computer man

 

[canvee]

So much whining.

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

Wasn't feeling the tech/music generation segment.

 

[Wes]

Yea I'm not quite sure what all this intro stuff has to do with the Olympics

Celebrating British culture. We rather like it.

 

[StealthGoblin]

Shouldn't the boy and girl be like 50?

They didn't travel through time. They went on a musical journey that covered hits from 5 decades.

 

[Rebel Leader]

internet... me like

 

[scorcho]

So who is the Fro girl? What's her name?

David Beckham

 

[Ohwiseone]

Alright, The LED Seat thing was pretty awesome.


Alright, here comes the torch on a NEON speed boat.

I want that boat.

 

[aceface]

Awes yeah I'm driving a boat.

 

[ChiTownBuffalo]

You know, David Beckham is a fucking gorgeous man.

 

[malfcn]

Best opening ceremonies of all time.

 

[twobear]

They didn't travel through time. They went on a musical journey that covered hits from 5 decades.

Basically the average student night out.

 

[everthustodeadbeats]

Yeah, at a kind of crucial point too.

Great!

 

[Alligatorjandro]

dat beckham

 

[MThanded]

What about the spice girls?

 

[ViewtifulJC]

So who is the Fro girl? What's her name?

"My wife", thank you very much, please move along

 

[Delio]

God he is looking so hawt on that boat.

 

[tycoonheart]

You know, David Beckham is a fucking gorgeous man.

He is quite good looking.

 

[~Kinggi~]

Fucking Beckham, cant look any sexier with the Olympic torch if he tried, i not even gay.

 

[tj hazuki]

Heavily edited.

 

[Dr. Malik]

Watching this section of the shows makes me wonder if maybe the Taliban was right.

.... wow

 

[Jayayess1190]

Stop smiling.

 

[Jamesways]

I like this so much better than Beijing.
Awesome job Danny Boyle.

 

[B-Dex]

I'm sure more of the current big musicians etc... will perform at the closing ceremony since that one is more a celebration of the athletes.

 

[Awesome]

Shut up.

Best part so far? No Oakenfold.

Exactly.

 

[bone idle]

Is NBC USA live or taped?

Saw Kenneth Branaugh as a top hat wearing boss

That was a highlight. His bit of Shakespeare was wide-eyed and strong. Also that strange multiple-camera arena he walks into after the aware of the stadium hand-shake was nicely Prestige. (Suni's got a gif somewhere).

edit: here's the shot
http://h11.abload.de/img/untitled-5w5jo5.gif

 

[metalslimer]

Wtf is this shit?

yeah i...uh...

 

[Ohwiseone]

Beckham.. is a handsome dude, coming from a straight guy.



Ohh, that was a bad cut NBC.

 

[Delusibeta]

"Here's Dizzee Rascal, he's from Nigeria and Ghana"

:/

Evidently they didn't read the "born and raised in London" bit.

 

[MThanded]

I just read the most ridiculous post I have ever seen on neogaf... I'm not even going to quote it.

Did I just read that? Da fuk?

 

[scotcheggz]

I watched this on a big screen down here on brighton beach. Couldn't hear a thing, it was all very weird. Was it less weird with actual sound?

 

[Xun]

Watching this section of the shows makes me wonder if maybe the Taliban was right.

What the fuck?

You're a fucking idiot.

 

[RBH]

Hooray!

Another ad!

 

[StealthGoblin]

Basically the average student night out.

Yup.

I actually listen to music that covers a couple of centuries during my night out prep and the night out. Good stuff.

 

[Vinegar Joe]

Australian dude on BBC news bemoaning the lack of Doctor Who, lol.

Respect for my Aussie cousins x 1000.

 

[twobear]

Amazing.

 

[Brazil]

I just read the most ridiculous post I have ever seen on neogaf... I'm not even going to quote it.

Did I just read that? Da fuk?

Awwww.

Edit: My dear God.

 

[Bo-Locks]

David Beckham

Wrong.

It's Tim Berners Lee.

 

[ChiTownBuffalo]

Fuck, kids getting into college makes me choked up.

And seriously, Beckham is really, really good looking.

I like to imagine him Jason Statham voice.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

I just read the most ridiculous post I have ever seen on neogaf... I'm not even going to quote it.

Did I just read that? Da fuk?

I saw it, passed it up and didn't think about it. It probably didn't actually happen

 

[ckohler]

It's surprising watching this again on NBC. It's been edited some. It's actually a little better because they're removing some of the long pauses between segments.

However, they left out the Olympic announcers formally introducing Tim Burners Lee and the crowd applauding.

 

[purg3]

I just read the most ridiculous post I have ever seen on neogaf... I'm not even going to quote it.

Did I just read that? Da fuk?

haha, I had to read it twice to make sure I read it correctly...

 

[everthustodeadbeats]

I just read the most ridiculous post I have ever seen on neogaf... I'm not even going to quote it.

Did I just read that? Da fuk?

hope it was mine.

 

[aceface]

I watched this on a big screen down here on brighton beach. Couldn't hear a thing, it was all very weird. Was it less weird with actual sound?

Yeah the music was kind of the main thing there.

 

[scorcho]

outunderthestars, you're not long for here. have you thought about estate planning yet? are you interested in planned giving?

Wrong.

It's Tim Berners Lee.

crikey. did he play left-wing?

 

[LiK]

Dat Beckham smirk just made millions of women wet

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

Heavily edited.

a few minutes are missing

 

[Psychotext]

Well, entertaining watching the US viewage comments... but I'm afraid it's all about to go downhill. Though I must admit that the criticism of the youf txtspk section wasn't as bad as I expected.

Also, stop encouraging Beckham. He hasn't been relevant in the UK for 5 years.

 

[andylsun]

Hell that was awesome. Music was fantastic, and as a Brit, it worked really well. There's two versions of Isles of Wonder on iTunes, one is available now

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/isles-wonder-music-for-opening/id548480746?affId=1657634

and one is shorter and comes out after the games (Closing ceremony music?).

Just bought it and will love listening to the Underworld and High Contrast tracks

The acknowledgement for Tim Berners-Lee was unexpected. Will be cheering on Mark Cavendish in the road race tomorrow.