Againsheila
Gold Member
Well, I watched the whooooooole thing. I'm glad I watched but I sure wouldn't want to watch it again. I suspect all that played much better and more impressively in the stadium than it did on TV. Really fast parade of nations though. I enjoyed that. And I enjoyed the lighting of the Flame. But all and all, a rather lack luster television spectacular and I suspect that had a lot to do with the way NBC handled it.
I agree, during the parade of nations even the announcers seemed bored. I hate when they trot Ali out for these things. He has nothing to do with England. Lighting the Cauldron was impressive, I just thought they should have had a famous British Olympian do it. Sebastian Coe was my favorite. Paul McCarneys singing was horrible.
Overall, I'd give them a B-
I was really hoping Dr Who (David Tennant) did it.