Olympic Opening ceremony watch along

[Theremedy]

I can’t see a thread yet but please do point me in the right direction if there is one!

Anyone else watching? It’s all kicking off at 6:30pm, apparently with the athletes parade first.

London 2012 OC was remarkable, I’m hoping the French can match that magic!

😂

The flotilla of athletes is reminding me of the London Lord Mayor's show on New Year's Day - a bit shit

That made me laugh out loud... although it was a few hundred years ago.
Our Queen just got stuck right in, can't see Macron turning up for the LOLs

Is anyone on Twix and able to share what the international community thinks?

And all because the lady loves Milk Tray....

So the masked creepy guy is bound to be someone famous. Who do we think?!

We were also saying it looks like they had to hold back because it was slippery! Certainly it wasn't "full on".

You guys are Royaume-Uni so you’re with the R’s not U’s

Hopefully LA will do a better job in 2028.

This would be great if prerecorded by drone then viewed in a cinema with surround sound

If the bloke with covered face is snoop dog it will be less funny than they’d have thought I think

Zelensky; he seems to get in on everything

I presume they have interchangeable torch bearers hence the face covering?

that makes more sense. I just said he must be knackered!

Dejeuner

Mass confusion on Twitter too.

No that is usually better or maybe having a handover helps

I genuinely can't think of any famous living French people.

Oh do you think Eric Cantona will turn up and 'sing'?

Could be.

I love the French and France but when they have to organise a spectacle, whether locally or nationally, it's always a bit shambolic and haphazard.

I do like that the Paris Fire Brigade has its own dance troupe.

The flotilla thing would probably be a great idea if they weren’t trying to do the whole opening ceremony show at the same time.

I'm watching behind. These pink things look like boobs jumping up and down!!

Athens had Tiesto, London had the Queen and Paris has Gaga singing or lip synching badly.

Do we think the Eiffel Tower will be the cauldron?!

I wondered the same.

I think this IS the entertainment. Entwined with the parade. I don't think there'll be anything afterwards.