To say I loved the opening ceremony?

@scottishheather86 I completely agree with you , I think we’re in danger of glorifying the 2012 opening ceremony and forgetting its many “weird and quirky “ elements !

I didn't watch it so I'm probably not qualified to comment but weren't they "drag queens" rather than transwomen? I thought drag queens were usually gay men who parodied women for entertainment purposes whereas transwomen are men who actually want to be women. In which case, wouldn't it have been more apt to have the latter rather than the former?

I agree with you, I loved every minute of it.

Goady post. Are you French?

https://x.com/OliLondonTV/status/1817005622665027634?t=8OpBo-iS1Pk6NQK7f-rpg&s=19

Unnecessary. Just look at who designed the whole charabang

Over 1 Billion people around the world are watching the Olympics Opening Ceremony.

And this is the best France could do.

A man dressed as a Smurf surrounded by drag queens and a plus sized woman with a giant crown.

Irish lass here, me and my children loved it. They didn't combust into smoke by knowing some people are in a 3 person relationship, my ten year old reckons its probably a good idea because then you always have someone to hang out with.

But on here there are people practically accusing it of being porn. Forget the pearl clutching its a level beyond.

The 16 year old wasn't threatened by the drag queens either. I loved the joy, the dance, the horse on the water was amazing. We were fighting over how many people where carrying the torch and we want a go on the pole things.

I felt it was beautifully elegant and reflective of french culture with humour. The outfits were eye-catching.

My absolute favourite, actually caught me off guard was Celine singing. I know my late mum would have loved it and would have been texting us about the "running" in the library 😁

From what I've seen, some good bits, some bits that would have worked better without the monsoon (eg the boats, using the Seine) and quite a lot of "Just why?"

I'm probably alone in finding the beheaded Marie Antoinettes in extremely poor taste.

Very blasphemous and very telling that the last days might already be here…that’s my opinion.

As PPs have said you're entitled to your opinion. Mine differs.

I usually love seeing the nations parading in to the stadium but the endless parade of boats in the pishing rain was extremely boring. I had no interest in the sideshow antics and, knowing nothing about history, had really no idea what they were meant to represent.
As for the torch lighting ceremony, every time it got passed to another person I thought "This will be the last one" but no, it went on and on and on. In the end I was shouting "Just light the fucking thing"
I felt really sorry for the 100 year old former champion sitting in his wheelchair getting absolutely soaked.

I think Paris thought they'd show the world how cool they are but it failed miserably. I wouldn't even have enjoyed it if it hadn't been tipping it down.

It was like Saturday 'light entertainment' meets kink for beginners.

Ah well, I'm sure they thought they were being very bold.

I wish I'd seen Celine as I lost heart well before she came on.

I also loved it.

I thought it made sense to focus on the Tv audience rather than having it in the stadium mainly catering to just a few. It also felt more relevant to the athletes.

Some of it was a little risqué but that’s the French and I don’t think it crossed the line that would make any children ask questions. I saw the movie Grease for the first time when I was 8 and all the adult stuff went straight over my head.

The performers all seemed to be giving it their all and I loved seeing the buildings and the river. The lighting of the cauldron was spectacular

Well it gave me a good laugh, but no, very eurotrash on acid I thought. So many wtf moments. My DS came home to find me with tears streaming down my face coz I just lost it at that point (blue smurf scene)

I thought there were some magical great bits but river stuff never works as well as you think it will (remember the diamond jubilee).

I also hated the trashy drag stuff - just..why.

I thought it was really interesting. It's was a real shame about the rain.

My highlights included the mechanic horse, the streamers of blood, the Olympic torch rising into the air, Celine Dion, and, of course, seeing all the athletes on boats.

You can love it, I thought it was terrible. The only impressive thing was the Ballon torch.

We had the Queen and James Bond.
They had sweaty, nude blue dude and a load of men in woman face parodying women hood.

So no, I pretty much thought it was shite and lacked the dignity that reflects the French.

It was awful.

Olympic ceremonies peaked with the jetpack in Los Angeles.

You can prance around a stage half naked giving it the love symbol with your thumb and forefinger all you like, but nothing will compare to 1984.

It seems to have been contentious!

I didn't watch it as headache last night but I'll catch up on iplayer.

It was tacky, looked cheap, was inappropriate in places and was wholly lacking in quality and atmosphere. It just didn't work outside of a stadium in the way they hoped it would. It was like a bunch of Eurovision intros joined together. But you are of course free to feel differently about it!

Just finished watching on I - player .

Bonkers, beautiful and what a showcase for the city of Paris.
Agree the torch ceremony and Celine Dion were the absolute highlights , but all in all - MAGNIFIQUE !! 🇫🇷 ❤️ 🍾 🥂

I think being honest a lot of what many French like as culture passes over the head of most Brits- me included- it is after all the country that lives mine and chanteuse type singers and a lot of dance- and uses sex and passion a lot

I love Paris by the way- I like the idea of using the city -

It was I felt very 'French'

It was a great concept poorly executed. The mechanical horse was beautiful, but went on for too long, as did the torch relay and most other bits tbh. All too spread out geographically probably.

And I can't believe no one made provision for the fact it might rain!

No trans people in abundance and threesomes are not ok for a family show in any country not just here. The Americans are going nuts over the depiction of the last supper and all of Asia are raising an eyebrow over the over sexualised show.

Stop with the British stiff upper lip. It’s nonsense.

I love France. It is the only language I have bothered to learn I visit so much. This trash was not Paris. I just don’t know what they were thinking