Olympics Opening Ceremony thread

[Nicky91]

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[Nicky91]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Summer_Olympics_Parade_of_Nations

running order

Greece as usual to kick things off followed by the olympic refugee team, and France to close this parade of nations as this years hosts




TeamGB as 72th in the order

[Beso]

My niece will be in this again after being selected for the GB womens 7s squad for her 2nd Olympics.

[Nicky91]

Olympic Games, an actual good non-political entertainment event


unlike woke hypocrite eurovision




Successica Pegula becoming an olympian, whew the ******* flavour, i reckon all of the Buffalo Bills squad will also be tuning in :D they do for most of her games in tournaments tbh, and vice versa Jessie watching the Bills games whenever she can from the VIP Box

[Zizu]

My niece will be in this again after being selected for the GB womens 7s squad for her 2nd Olympics.


That is amazing !!

Shame that quite a few of the competitors seem to be drug enhanced

Hopefully all her competitors are 100% clean


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[Nicky91]

12 days to go


the Ceremony Key Team are

Artistic director: Thomas Jolly
Music director: Victor le Masne
Director of Dance: Maud Le Pladec
Choreographer: Maud Le Pladec
Styling and Costume director: Daphné Bürki
Head Costume Master: Olivier Bériot




regarding security for the opening ceremony arista


Gérald Darmanin, Minister of the Interior, estimated that 25,000 security agents will be required and that around 35,000 police officers will be deployed for the opening ceremony

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[arista]

[35,000 police officers will be deployed]

Yes Nicky
well needed

[Mystic Mock]

My niece will be in this again after being selected for the GB womens 7s squad for her 2nd Olympics.

Congratulations to her.

Hopefully she can get us a medal.:dance:

[Nicky91]

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the official tv intro :)

[Nicky91]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/c728e504xego

what to expect from the opening ceremony this friday, something not seen before, with a different than normal flag parade, on the Seine with each country their own boat on that river

[Zizu]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/c728e504xego

what to expect from the opening ceremony this friday, something not seen before, with a different than normal flag parade, on the Seine with each country their own boat on that river


So all the participants will be paraded on boats … going past on the river !!??


So the countries with just a handful of contestants will be in one small boat bit what happens with the USA ??

Hundreds of boats or one HUGE one ?


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[James]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/c728e504xego

what to expect from the opening ceremony this friday, something not seen before, with a different than normal flag parade, on the Seine with each country their own boat on that river

I thought they were rethinking that because of the security risks.

[Nicky91]

we might have an appearance of Zorro in the opening ceremony, whom is played by Jean Dujardin in a new series in France



also speculation about possible guest performances by Celine Dion and Lady GaGa

[Nicky91]

https://cdn.nos.nl/image/2024/07/23/1112629/1024x576a.jpg

the olympic rings at the eiffel tower


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in my nation, RTL4 we have a olympic talkshow called Humberto a Paris

sports presenter Humberto Tan live from Paris

and he had a music performance by Eurovision 2021 runner up for France, Barbara Pravi whom performed La Pieva

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and she also performed her esc2021 hit Voilá
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[bots]

The security around Paris is insane

[Nicky91]

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french hurdler Sasha Zhoya has permission to wear a skirt instead of trousers during the opening ceremony

first male athlete to wear a skirt at the olympics

[arista]

I thought they were rethinking that because of the security risks.


Boats in the Sewer ridden river
I hope no one falls in.

[Nicky91]

it are decent size boats, and perhaps bigger sized boats for the biggest country delegations like the USA, France, TeamGB, Australia


open water swimming event i won't watch, imagine swimming in water filled with crap :yuk:




from my nation

King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima and Prime Minister Dick Schoof are attending the opening ceremony


on behalf of the UK you got Princess Anne, Prime Minister Keir Starmer attending



full list of VIP's

Argentina Javier Milei, President of Argentina[34]
Australia Anika Wells, Sports Minister of Australia[35]
Belgium King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium [36]
Brazil Rosângela Lula da Silva, First Lady of Brazil (representing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva)[37]
Brazil André Fufuca, Sports Minister of Brazil[37]
Cameroon Paul Biya, President of Cameroon (expected)
Canada Carla Qualtrough, Sports Minister of Canada[38]
Central African Republic Rodolphe Héritier Doneng, Sport Minister of the Central African Republic[39]
Chile Gabriel Boric, President of Chile[40]
China Han Zheng, Vice President of China (representing President Xi Jinping)[41]
Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, former President of Croatia[a]
Czech Republic Petr Fiala, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic[42]
Djibouti Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of Djibouti[43]
Fiji Wiliame Katonivere, President of Fiji[44]
Finland Alexander Stubb, President of Finland[45]
Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of Germany (expected)
Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of Greece[46]
Iraq Abdul Latif Rashid, President of Iraq[47]
Republic of Ireland Simon Harris, Taoiseach of Ireland (expected)
Israel Isaac Herzog, President of Israel[48]
Italy Sergio Mattarella, President of the Italian Republic[49]
Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov, President of Kyrgyzstan[50]
Luxembourg Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg[a][51]
Maldives Hussain Mohamed Latheef, Vice President of Maldives[52]
Mexico Jesús María Tarriba, First Gentleman-elect of Mexico (representing President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum)
Monaco Albert II, Sovereign Prince of Monaco[a]
Mongolia Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh, President of Mongolia[53]
Montenegro Milojko Spajic, Prime Minister of Montenegro[54]
Morocco Aziz Akhannouch, Prime Minister of Morocco (representing King Mohammed VI)[55]
Netherlands King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands[56]
Netherlands Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange[56]
Netherlands Princess Alexia of the Netherlands[56]
Netherlands Dick Schoof, Prime Minister of the Netherlands[56]
Oman Basil bin Ahmed al Rawas, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Youth for Sports and Youth of Oman[57]
Paraguay Santiago Peña, President of Paraguay[48]
Romania Klaus Iohannis, President of Romania[58]
Senegal Diomaye Faye, President of Senegal[59]
Singapore Tharman Shanmugaratnam, President of Singapore[60]
Ukraine Denys Shmyhal, Prime Minister of Ukraine (representing President Volodymyr Zelenskyy) (expected)
United Kingdom Anne, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom[a] (representing King Charles III)
United Kingdom Keir Starmer, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (expected)
United States Jill Biden, First Lady of the United States of America (representing President Joe Biden)[61]
United States Jennifer Newsom, First Partner of California[61]
From international organizations:

European Union Charles Michel, President of the European Council (expected)
UNESCO Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of the UNESCO (expected)
United Nations António Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations[62]



Host nation
France
President Emmanuel Macron
First Lady Brigitte Macron
Prime Minister Gabriel Attal
COJOP2024 President Tony Estanguet
Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo
President of CNOSF and UCI David Lappartient



Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee
Gianni Infantino, President of FIFA
Members of the International Olympic Committee

[Nicky91]

Willem-Alexander of course he attends this, he is a former IOC member either ;)

[Zizu]

When is the opening ceremony ?


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[Nicky91]

When is the opening ceremony ?


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this friday

18:45 UK Time (19:45 CET)

on BBC1

[Crimson Dynamo]

3 men dressed mocking sexual cartoons of women carried the torch in Paris

Countless more appropriate people and they do this

Vile

[Zizu]

3 men dressed mocking sexual cartoons of women carried the torch in Paris

Countless more appropriate people and they do this

Vile


What the hell is happening to the world ?!


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[Zizu]

this friday

18:45 UK Time (19:45 CET)

on BBC1


Thank you !


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[Zizu]

this friday

18:45 UK Time (19:45 CET)

on BBC1


Ta !

Were you suggesting that the Beeb will only show be showing certain events BUT everything will be shown on the Discovery+
channel ?


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[Zizu]

Ta !

Were you suggesting that the Beeb will only show be showing certain events BUT everything will be shown on the Discovery+
channel ?


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Just checked

Olympics seems to be on BBC , Discovery+
, EuroSport 1 , EuroSport 2 .

Maybe some other channels ?

How bloody confusing !!!!

Hopefully there’s a guide somewhere to explaining exactly what event is on what channel !


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[Zizu]

Bloody hell

6 hour opening ceremony !

That’s a lot of boat action !!!


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[Zizu]

3 men dressed mocking sexual cartoons of women carried the torch in Paris

Countless more appropriate people and they do this

Vile


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[Zizu]

How do I find more of the Olympic Games?


Across the Discovery+ app and Eurosport channels in the UK plus the BBC - more than 4,000 hours of live coverage will be aired in total from 07:00 to 22:30 BST each day.
Discovery+ and Eurosport requires a subscription. You can find more information here.


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[Zizu]

How do I find more of the Olympic Games?


Across the Discovery+ app and Eurosport channels in the UK plus the BBC - more than 4,000 hours of live coverage will be aired in total from 07:00 to 22:30 BST each day.
Discovery+ and Eurosport requires a subscription. You can find more information here.


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The BEEB schedule

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/c0krn1k4wlzo


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[Crimson Dynamo]

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tragic

an insult to all women taking part in this shambles

[Zizu]

4000+ hours !!

Holy fcuk !!


I’m thinking 100m , 200m , 400m

100m relay

Long jump
Tom Daley if he’s competing ?

Ladies beach volleyball - lolz


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[Crimson Dynamo]

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"A man pretending to be a sexual mocking of a woman representing women in the Olympics?

This is supposed inspire young female athletes?

So freaking insulting.

Two men arriving with the Olympic flame. The erasure of women in all spheres of public life continues."

[Nicky91]

might be a chance of some rain tonight in Paris, hope delegations bring their umbrella's on the boats

[Zizu]

Still think its madness that we’re having the opening ceremony later on today yet hundreds/thousands of competitors have apparently already left for home and will miss out on all the pomp and ceremony !!



Also why are only 8,000 athletes making the trip down the river in the opening ceremony when there are nearly 12,000 still in the Olympic village waiting to compete ?

Who chooses and how ??

So many questions


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[Nicky91]

Still think its madness that we’re having the opening ceremony later on today yet hundreds/thousands of competitors have apparently already left for home and will miss out on all the pomp and ceremony !!



Also why are only 8,000 athletes making the trip down the river in the opening ceremony when there are nearly 12,000 still in the Olympic village waiting to compete ?

Who chooses and how ??

So many questions


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because some athletes have to compete tomorrow, or having competed last few days already

[Nicky91]

1 hour and 29 minutes till the opening ceremony starts

[Nicky91]

Celine Dion & Lady GaGa duet apparently with La Vie En Rose



and i also hope for a Unity dance act, with banners like ''We Are One'' ''United Against Russia'' "SayEqualityNotRacism''

:fc:

[Nicky91]

Let Our Unity tonight be a big **** you and a fat middle finger to Adolf Putin and that ***** of a daughter of his


dare attacking us, Russia, Putin is too chicken LOL :laugh3:

[Nicky91]

already crying at the thought of the israeli delegation getting boo'd

:bawling:


so much antisemitism still :bored:




wish those ''neutral'' athletes would get boo'd, like that tennis troll loser Medvedev :yuk: with his stinking russian face

[smudgie]

Think I will give this a miss.
Will watch as much of the actual Olympics as possible though.

[Barry.]

3 men dressed mocking sexual cartoons of women carried the torch in Paris

Countless more appropriate people and they do this

Vile

They are called Drag Queens

[Zizu]

I am already confused .

The leading boat

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[Zizu]

Followed by the Bangladesh boat ..

Hopefully they are not contestants unless there’s a pie eating event https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240726/8220dc40c36f59d49f1a8e75c2abac25.jpg


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[James]

I thought Greece went first.

[Zizu]

I thought Greece went first.


Well they said it was in alphabetical order but starting with France .. then Germany then South Africa ..

I have no idea what the fek is happening


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[Zizu]

Now Angola ..


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[Zizu]

Can’t help think this whole thing would have looked far more impressive at night


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[Zizu]

Jesus

Lady Gaga murdering an awful french song


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[James]

Sound quality's not the best.

[Zizu]

Sound quality's not the best.


Neither is the dancing .. the CanCan dancers were completely uncoordinated !


How bizarre given they looked so amazing !


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[Zizu]

There is no way that guy jumping along the rooftops would have been allowed in our country !!!

They must have very lax health and safety standards

[Zizu]

Now a bloke ballet dancing in a skirt …


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[Zizu]

Now a bloke ballet dancing in a skirt …


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Now a heavy rock band …

Absolutely no explanation who they are by the BEEB … very poor


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[smudgie]

Quite enjoyed the Louvre.
But finding this river stuff rather boring to be honest
Only turned it on to see if it was any good.:shrug:

[James]

We didn't get our own boat.

[MTVN]

I was bored with the river stuff so went to the pub and it's on here on mute and I'm quite enjoying looking up every now and then to see 4 people from eswatini bobbing along perilously on a tiny boat

Some of the outdoor staging is pretty impressive too

[Zizu]

This is an overtly sexual segment !!

Same sex partners running gleefully holding hands .. cut to .. a threesome on the stairs two blokes trying to kiss a woman .. cut to another threesome where an effeminate guy moves to kiss a bloke ..

I have no idea how this all relates to the Olympics or France tbjh

The beeb commentary is understandably SILENT !

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[Zizu]

Now supposedly France’s top pop star’s performance

Clearly miming .. constantly touching her boobs !! Then grabs and holds her crotch for two seconds !!

I dread to think what the lyrics are !!

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[MTVN]

France + sex + free love has always been quite the combo!

[James]

I wonder if anyone will get sea-sick.

[MTVN]

I wonder if anyone will get sea-sick.

Je pense Zizu est malade parce que il n'aime pas le francais

[Zizu]

Je pense Zizu est malade parce que il n'aime pas le francais

Just disappointed with most of it .. some parts look wonderful, others dreadful


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[Zizu]

It looks better in the dark .. as I suggested earlier though


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[Crimson Dynamo]

Glad Im watching Hot Fuzz and not this woke fest woman mocking drag show

The Olympics has fallen

viewership will be in the amazon faith toilet

[Zizu]

How fitting after all that’s gone before .. that the blokish looking woman tennis player Amélie Mauresmo would be involved near the end https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240726/8935d289d7b34fe6d3c13f578ce676cb.png


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[Zizu]

At least we got s beautiful ending

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[Zizu]

Legendary Michael Johnson described the staging as ‘different’ ..

Nailed it


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[Jordan.]

Glad Im watching Hot Fuzz and not this woke fest woman mocking drag show

The Olympics has fallen

viewership will be in the amazon faith toilet

I'm sure Simon Pegg would be ecstatic to be considered a right wing alternative

:joker:

[Crimson Dynamo]

Legendary Michael Johnson described the staging as ‘different’ ..

Nailed it


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The coverage is being battered online they have made a huge mistake

go woke

go broke

[Zizu]

Glad Im watching Hot Fuzz and not this woke fest woman mocking drag show

The Olympics has fallen

viewership will be in the amazon faith toilet


The commentators are useless
They don’t know what’s happening or who are performing or who the athletes on camera are .


They described legendary gymnast Nadia Comăneci as … “ someone stood next to Serena Williams “ !!


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[Crimson Dynamo]

They raise the Olympic flag upside down :joker:

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/07/26/22/87826275-13676637-image-a-371_1722028553697.jpg

GO WOKE GO BROKE

[Zizu]

https://x.com/endwokeness/status/1816925843047727392?s=46


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[rusticgal]

It was a disaster…such a mess. The weather didn’t help but it was so disjointed and nobody knew what was going on..:laugh:

[Crimson Dynamo]

can you imagine these woke Marxist cowards mocking Islam?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GTcnE2qW0AA3D4V?format=jpg&name=small

[Zizu]

It was a disaster…such a mess. The weather didn’t help but it was so disjointed and nobody knew what was going on..:laugh:


Yeah not even the commentators who should have had a running order/ schedule


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[arista]

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[arista]

The Rain affected so much.

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[Nicky91]

amazing opening ceremony, best opening ceremony of all time

:worship: :worship:



also that hug between Zidane and Nadal :love: (Rafa is a long time Real Madrid fan)




great speech by the french olympic committee president too, as well as by our greatest yet IOC boss Thomas Bach, and thankfully Macron didn't talk too much



also a very refreshing take on the parade of nations, in the alphabetical order of french language



GaGa can sing in french :eek: thought that was a fun performance



the intro love the vibes of Mission Impossible, Indiana Jones, Phantom of the Opera


the acrobatic guy on the rooftops, sensational


also the balloon theme throughout the evening was a lovely tribute to Paris 1924 back when that was still a sporting event




and to top it off, Queen Celine Dion :amazed: :flutter: i had goosebumps, Celine wuz ill, well girl didn't lose her simply stunning perfect vocals :worship: queen ate on that eiffel tower



and yes Zizu, Aya Nakamura is one of France's biggest music stars, most streamed artist , even more than Slimane or Barbara Pravi, i thought that collab of her and the soldiers was good fun and a surprise take on Aznavour's Formidable classic tune



also King Willem-Alexander his moves when our delegation arrived :clap1: Go Willem, Go Willem :dance2:

[Oliver_W]

can you imagine these woke Marxist cowards mocking Islam?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GTcnE2qW0AA3D4V?format=jpg&name=small

They'd get murdered, ala Charlie Hebdo. We all know that.

I don't get why they felt the need to mock any religion at a sporting event, but I don't really care.

[Oliver_W]

This is an overtly sexual segment !!
..
I have no idea how this all relates to the Olympics or France tbjh

France + sex + free love has always been quite the combo!
Well yeah - London had James Bond and the Queen. The Paris equivalent would be romance and surrendering.

[Nicky91]

Well yeah - London had James Bond and the Queen. The Paris equivalent would be romance and surrendering.

as if that was real, Daniel Craig as 007 skydiving with Queen Lizzie


:joker: :joker: :joker:



i mean we could've also had Mylene Farmer but sis would've also been controversial if she said **** them all in her similar titled song ;)

[James]

I remember the '92 Alberville Winter Olympics opening or closing ceremony being very French and weird also.

This one in Paris all felt a bit cheap and small, to be honest. Mainly just dancers and models on a small platform on the river, although the weather didn't help.

[GoldHeart]

They'd get murdered, ala Charlie Hebdo. We all know that.

I don't get why they felt the need to mock any religion at a sporting event, but I don't really care.

Non of it had anything to do with sports or the Olympics by looks of it....it was just a cringefest of a joke, but it's always the same easy target religion they mock constantly.

They wouldn't dare imitate any other religion or faith , because they know a huge uproar would happen.

[Cherie]

Non of it had anything to do with sports or the Olympics by looks of it....it was just a cringefest of a joke, but it's always the same easy target religion they mock constantly.

They wouldn't dare imitate any other religion or faith , because they know a huge uproar would happen.

as in they would all die!

[Crimson Dynamo]

A US telecommunications company, C Spire, said it would be pulling its advertising around
the Olympic Games after being "shocked by the mockery of the Last Supper during the
opening ceremonies".

Cowards always go for the path of least resistance - ie Christianity

[Cherie]

Can someone tell me what the connection was meant to be with the Olympic Games

[Barry.]

Can someone tell me what the connection was meant to be with the Olympic Games

You could say that for any of the opening ceremonies. What does James Bond got to do with the Olympics etc. but to answer your question, it was showing French history with the Greek history.

[Cherie]

You could say that for any of the opening ceremonies. What does James Bond got to do with the Olympics etc. but to answer your question, it was showing French history with the Greek history.

Well James Bond is a well known English Character and he was parachuting the Queen another well known English person into the games, they didn't mock or insult anyone

How is parodying an Italian masterpiece showing French and Greek history

[Barry.]

They didn’t mock anyone. Plus Nicky is a famous drag queen in France. I think that’s the real issues here is that she was a drag queen with queer people. It’s sad really

[Oliver_W]

Can someone tell me what the connection was meant to be with the Olympic Games

I'm gonna be fair and say France is proudly secular - visible are of religion are literally banned, so mocking religion could be said to be as French as are losing wars or eating disgusting food.

And they picked an easy target because they didn't want to get murdered.

[GoldHeart]

Non of it had anything to do with sports or the Olympics by looks of it....it was just a cringefest of a joke, but it's always the same easy target religion they mock constantly.

They wouldn't dare imitate any other religion or faith , because they know a huge uproar would happen.

as in they would all die!

Bingo !

dlSRSpBcg1c

[Crimson Dynamo]

The guy who created it is a 40 something gay man....

[MTVN]

I generally thought it was really impressive and ambitious but I didn't like the mocking of the Last Supper. Seems like a very inappropriate statement although I appreciate that France is very proud of it's secularism and all that

[Zizu]

amazing opening ceremony, best opening ceremony of all time

:worship: :worship:



also that hug between Zidane and Nadal :love: (Rafa is a long time Real Madrid fan)




great speech by the french olympic committee president too, as well as by our greatest yet IOC boss Thomas Bach, and thankfully Macron didn't talk too much



also a very refreshing take on the parade of nations, in the alphabetical order of french language



GaGa can sing in french :eek: thought that was a fun performance



the intro love the vibes of Mission Impossible, Indiana Jones, Phantom of the Opera


the acrobatic guy on the rooftops, sensational


also the balloon theme throughout the evening was a lovely tribute to Paris 1924 back when that was still a sporting event




and to top it off, Queen Celine Dion :amazed: :flutter: i had goosebumps, Celine wuz ill, well girl didn't lose her simply stunning perfect vocals :worship: queen ate on that eiffel tower



and yes Zizu, Aya Nakamura is one of France's biggest music stars, most streamed artist , even more than Slimane or Barbara Pravi, i thought that collab of her and the soldiers was good fun and a surprise take on Aznavour's Formidable classic tune



also King Willem-Alexander his moves when our delegation arrived :clap1: Go Willem, Go Willem :dance2:


The legendary Brit ceremony was far , far , far better


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[GoldHeart]

Is this real

One of the guy's bits is hanging out !!?:umm2: . https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thesun.co.uk/sport/29506000/paris-olympics-opening-ceremony-xrated-wardrobe-malfunction/amp/

[Crimson Dynamo]

Is this real

One of the guy's bits is hanging out !!?:umm2: . https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thesun.co.uk/sport/29506000/paris-olympics-opening-ceremony-xrated-wardrobe-malfunction/amp/

deliberate..

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[James]

That happened to Simon in The Inbetweeners. :o

[James]

I didn't make the connection to The Last Supper when I was watching.

[Crimson Dynamo]

I didn't make the connection to The Last Supper when I was watching.

Are you a Christian?

[GoldHeart]

I didn't make the connection to The Last Supper when I was watching.

Even atheists made the connection ,it was pretty clear.

[Crimson Dynamo]

what sporting endeavour does she represent?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GThJLHfXgAE_uBr?format=jpg&name=small

[Vanessa]

We got one! Yes! Go Italy! :amazed:

[Zizu]

We got one! Yes! Go Italy! :amazed:


Wrong thread Vanessa .. nobody will see your post !

Congrats though .. even though you broke our hearts


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[Crimson Dynamo]

The Olympics have removed their disgusting ‘Opening Ceremony’ from YouTube due to
OUTRAGE expressed by people worldwide.

wait is this true??

[Cherie]

The Olympics have removed their disgusting ‘Opening Ceremony’ from YouTube due to
OUTRAGE expressed by people worldwide.

wait is this true??

https://metro.co.uk/2024/07/28/paris-olympics-opening-ceremony-video-mysteriously-deleted-amid-criticism-21312435/

apparently?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Go Woke

Go Broke

[Crimson Dynamo]

Darren Grimes

@darrengrimes_

Just a guess, but I suspect that wasn’t really her last supper.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GTl2Gp7XUAAkoAt?format=jpg&name=small

[James]

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[Nicky91]

being forced to remove the opening ceremony from youtube all because of some triggered christians who thought this was about ''last supper''



imagine not recognizing historical greek culture about olympic gods



well consider me a lot smarter than most of these people then, i didn't recognize anything from last supper in this other than them posing at a ''table'' something also done with olympic gods

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the nude blue guy btw, Phillippe Katerine, he is a huge hype

[Oliver_W]

what sporting endeavour does she represent?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GThJLHfXgAE_uBr?format=jpg&name=small

The only race she wins is the one to the early grave.

[Livia]

what sporting endeavour does she represent?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GThJLHfXgAE_uBr?format=jpg&name=small

Now we know who ate toutes les tartes.

[Gusto Brunt]

I didn't see it live, but I was gonna watch the repeat on YouTube but it's been deleted. :p

[Crimson Dynamo]

https://images.news18.com/ibnlive/uploads/2024/07/untitled-design-3-2024-07-eafce7758f251f936d5129f888fac1a0.png?impolicy=webs ite&width=640&height=480

It was all very decadent, yes, but not in the way it thinks it was. Because this
wasn’t French at all, but a display of American cultural imperialism, the goading
and the power display of wokeness, establishing the new sacred –
transgenderism, multiculturalism – and repudiating and mocking the old. Daring
you to object. Director Thomas Jolly apparently said beforehand of his opus, ‘I
wanted everyone to feel represented’. This is a telling remark. Because
‘everyone’ doesn’t actually mean everyone, it means only the narcissistic
elements of newly sacralised minorities. Nobody else exists.

Like all of this culture, it was contemptuous, shambolic (the Olympic flag was
flown upside down) and pompous. ‘This is France!’ Macron tweeted during it,
handing Marine le Pen material for years.

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/has-the-opening-ceremony-finished-yet/

[Cherie]

You were a different person with different hopes, beliefs, when it started. You could wander off, get married, get divorced, spend eleven years in prison, and emerge to find it still going on.

:laugh:

[Beso]

Darren Grimes

@darrengrimes_

Just a guess, but I suspect that wasn’t really her last supper.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GTl2Gp7XUAAkoAt?format=jpg&name=small


She must be a wrestler, like giant haystacks.

[Zizu]

She must be a wrestler, like giant haystacks.


I met him once !!

My boss was a friend of his and used him to get unpaid landscaping debts settled ‘quickly’


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[Alf]

Get em' Donnie

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[Nicky91]

Get em' Donnie

1818075773405904934

i mean generic basic USA can never go this controversial, with their snoozefest opening ceremonies they've done and what los angeles very likely will be next summer olympics, one big political correct turdfest



Trump needs to learn to keep his big fat stinking orange mouth shut

[Nicky91]

drag queen acts and slay queen aya nakamura made that opening ceremony very top entertainment



that it triggers christian boomers :hehe: not our problem

[Beso]

drag queen acts and slay queen aya nakamura made that opening ceremony very top entertainment



that it triggers christian boomers :hehe: not our problem




At least they avoided a fatwha.....well almost anyway.