to be pissed off with the government NYE 'celebrations'

[ThatWasThat]

am watching now. Patronising propoganda. so naive, so upsetting

There should not have been any. There should have been a curfew.

to be pissed off with the government NYE 'celebrations'
@ThatWasThat they were NOT government celebrations. They were London celebrations. Nothing to do with national government at all.

So many people whinging about the NHS mention and saying they should fund it instead. When the people responsible for the display are not responsible for funding the NHS, ffs.

So much ignorance.

I think in this age of continuous chatter and information overload I would have preferred there to be no talking. It would have been enough to have music and images.

Just watched it. I thought it was fab, innovative, reflective, fun. Reminded me of the glory days of the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony, back before the country went mad.

@Belleende I thought that as well, there was an echo of that in the display.

Britain at it's best. I cried watching it

Objectively, it was pretty impressive. But it made me feel sad rather than uplifted, and I'm not really sure why.

Im at a loss for words, some people can really suck the fun out if everything.

You know you'd be a lot happier if you stopped looking for things to hate in everything.

It was beautiful, poignant and was a nice surprise and end to a shit year.

@SleepingStandingUp

Glad to see David A survived 2020 along with Tom Jones.

Yes cos that really matters when we have been seeing friends and family dying.

@HereComesYourMam

If you're anything like me it might be because it was all so rooted in reality: the NHS, the virus, remote working. I prefer things that are more kind of timeless and abstract although that sounds wanky

It was all a bit "state-controlled-massive-visual-display-to-uplift-the-proles" for me. The preachy lecturing bits also made my eyes glaze over, so I watched a few episodes of a Danish apocalyptic drama series on Netflix instead. There was more realism and healthy government cynicism in that than I've heard all year in Britain.

@Bizawit

Agree OP. I only saw bits of it, but after the year we’ve had!! Bunch of fascist crap.

In what way was it ‘fascist’?

The drone show? Absolutely brilliant.

The 5 minute incredible firework show? Bad taste, waste of money and what are we celebrating?? Why didn’t we keep the fireworks to post covid/when theatres can open again/festivals start/family businesses can pay their bills/NHS not at bursting at the seams?

I find it a bit hypocritical to praise the NHS whilst simultaneously stabbing them in the back.

That aspect made me a little uncomfortable, but then I remembered that the display is put on by (I think) the Greater London Authority, led by Sadiq Khan, a Labour politician.

Maybe reminding people that the NHS is being badly let down is not entirely a bad thing?

I really enjoyed it and confess to having shed a tear.

I am no fan of the current government BTW.

Didn't see it but I see it's annoyed the Daily Mail who are blaming the BBC because it was on the BBC.

I actually liked it. Some of the messaging was a bit off for me, but it was nice to have a surprise. I'm trying to find joy where I can and that was a moment for me.

I like it a bit more if it annoyed the DM
. What are they annoyed about?

@OhYouBadBadKitten exactly!

It was all completely live, not pre-recorded.

Ok. Had a look and they don't like Black Lives Mattering, NHS and David Attenborough talking about climate change. Sounds about right for the nasty DM

The drones were amazing, far better than fireworks imo.

It was lovely...we cannot wallow in misery all of the time. Id love to see some more cash for NHS though.

I thought it was good but Why did they have Alicia Keys singing New York just as we saw New Year in? Weird

Oh ok I see what the issue is. Yeah anything that upsets DM is good with me

GreenlandTheMovie that’s my kinda party!

Admittedly, I didn’t watch the Mass Games so I can’t comment.