Getting wet on a river, Olympic Opening Ceremony thread deux

[Theremedy]

Will it get awesome?

Who is roof guy?

Will the cauldron be in the Eiffel Tower?

Much Wenlock's involvement

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenlock_Olympian_Games

The wings on the bridge look like a Ghastly from Pokemon!

They’d better make the tower look bloody amazing when the flame is lit.

Why are people saying they don't understand it?
What's to understand , it's a procession of the countries participating? And a theme including fashion and art to represent Paris.
I think it's great .
Wonder how they decide whether to don the poncho or not ?

It's atmosphere building.

I have to say after watching the Voice France Finale in France, I think this is how they do TV. Hours and hours of pointless shit.

It has got a lot better - I'll give them them that. It delivering finally.

Clearly, they realised they had to get the athletes from the boats , to the stands- and the horsey bit was the distraction whilst they did that- but it went on far too long. And there needed to be something else going on.

I want some angels playing trumpets snd the flag yo be raised with 666 on it now

I would piss myself if their hood came down and it was Mr Bean...

Flag delivered by one half of daft punk?

She’s come with those little towels you get after a restaurant meal.

Is it Vanessa paradis?

Whoever was on the real horse was not a proper jockey

Gerard Depardieu

She’s luckily she hasn’t tripped with that hood over her eyes

Thank you 😊

Love this! Love the excitement in the stadium! And love the build up! The French never rush anything... why change a habit of a lifetime!

Finally feeling "Olympicy" two hours later

Allo Allo cameo.

The biggest "fuck you London" Macron could possibly deliver

They should have had Graham Norton covering the commentary on the bbc this year!

Gérard Depardieu. Oh...

Without wanting to be class swot - surely they can't have flag on horse woman's back dragging along the floor? Or is that just American flags?

I've got it....this must have been choreographed by Luc Besson....it's literally like The Fifth Element but with shitter costumes