I started watching the proceedings when this rather odd Scotish lady seemed to be having some kind of rant. Presume that was Karen Dunbar who I had never heard of before.
Constantly 'throwing' the production to somewhere in the Commonwealth, like Sachin Tendulkar, which just a recorded piece.
Certain 'celebrities' begging for donations, which they put across as being something which has 'never been done before'.
All the Scotty Dogs ....... were there 71 of them or did just a few of them just keep going round and round. Some of them had to be carried, suppose they refused to walk in protest!
James McAvoy reading the word 'screen' as 'scene' when trying to get everyone to text a donation.
A man from the Royal Ballet sprinting into the arena dressed in a kilt and big hobnail boots, then performing a dance with a young lady.
Sir Chris Hoy seemingly to be everywhere.
The Queen's limousine 'bouncing' into Celtic Park ....... I think Prince Philip thought he was on some sort of fairground ride!!
A man shouting at us in an aggressive manner ...... he was just welcoming us to the Games!
The final humiliation, they couldn't open the baton to get the message out, The Queen looked on willing them to get on with it, then punched the air when they eventually got at the scroll. She is the ultimate 'performer', remains serene and unruffled, then just takes everything in her stride and as usual delivered her lines perfectly ...... thank goodness she turned up for a bit of sanity in the whole thing!!
Apologies if this has already been discussed since last night - haven't time to go back and read all posts, but just looking at it again this morning was the problem with getting the lid off the baton that they were opening it in the wrong place rather than it being too tight? More of it seemed to lift off than just the top part they were wrestling with.
I started watching the proceedings when this rather odd Scotish lady seemed to be having some kind of rant. Presume that was Karen Dunbar who I had never heard of before.
A man from the Royal Ballet sprinting into the arena dressed in a kilt and big hobnail boots, then performing a dance with a young lady.
The Queen's limousine 'bouncing' into Celtic Park ....... I think Prince Philip thought he was on some sort of fairground ride!!
I did not watch it all, flicked over and back, but I thought the ballet was beautiful .
The Queen bouncing in was actually Hilarious. I kept expecting them to start playing some Snoop Doggy Dogg music and the bonnet to start bouncing open and shut. It was like a Hip Hop video.................except it was The Queen. Priceless.
The one thing I could not fathom was WHY was there no decoration or 'set' in the middle, it looked awful this barren brown space in the middle. I 'get' that the games will be played there, but surely they could have thought of something to make it look a bit more festive.
Oh I didn't know there was a larger thread in this forum...
As I said in the other thread, I thought, on the whole, that was a magnificent show. But I suppose you can't please everybody, as many of the comments on here have proved tonight.
And what a shame that many seem be turning this into yet more religious bigoted nonsense what with the Queen appearing at Celtic Park (not on here, but Facebook from what I've read so far).
Why can't people just leave the Celtic vs Rangers shite alone for once and just enjoy this for what it was - a celebration of the Commonwealth, Scotland and the wonderful city that is Glasgow.
It's these types of thuggish louts that give Glasgow a bad name
If you want to avoid comments about sectarianism, Rangers and Celtic then I suggest they don't hold the opening ceremony in Celtic Park, one of the two homes of bigotry in Glasgow.
I also suggest that the Glaswegian, Scottish and football authorities pay little more than lip service to trying to actually eradicate sectarianism. They are too scared or involved to genuinely do anything about it.
Sectarianism and Glasgow go hand in hand whether you like it or not. Glasgow isn't anywhere near as wonderful as they'd have you think.
Where do I start? In a few words I thought it was absolutely dreadful.. to the half filled seats right in front of the cameras to the whole cheapness of the production...Scotland has a wealth of talent, well it wasnt on show here...I was embarrassed watching the whole thing...Low budget, tacky and just CHEAP... what a pity..
It represented Glasgow well then. It's just a pity the rest of us are guilty by association.
What a disaster that was. I cant decide whether my highlight was Susan Boyle forgetting the words to Mull of Kintyre or the residents of an old peoples home dancing to Calvin Harris.
I did not watch it all, flicked over and back, but I thought the ballet was beautiful .
The Queen bouncing in was actually Hilarious. I kept expecting them to start playing some Snoop Doggy Dogg music and the bonnet to start bouncing open and shut. It was like a Hip Hop video.................except it was The Queen. Priceless.
The one thing I could not fathom was WHY was there no decoration or 'set' in the middle, it looked awful this barren brown space in the middle. I 'get' that the games will be played there, but surely they could have thought of something to make it look a bit more festive.
The Games are not at Celtic Park though, the athletics are at Hampden Park!!
Earlier in the day Sally, the sport lady on Breakfast said she had seen the 'running order' and there were 'two big surprises', which I'm still wondering what they were?!! Also that the 'set' was being kept outside Celtic Park, they had to vacate the stadium between 12 noon and 5pm for them to get it ready. Not sure they required so much time.
I think one of the surprises was The Duke of Edinburgh wearing a suit. Every other time he's up in jockland he wears a kilt, like a lot of the royal family. It's not patronising in the least.
I didn't or want to see it on telly but caught some sound bites on the radio. Was it a matter of Glasgow does tacky? Sounded like it to me but there again I can't abide these festivities or Children in Need marathons.
I did not watch it all, flicked over and back, but I thought the ballet was beautiful . The Queen bouncing in was actually Hilarious. I kept expecting them to start playing some Snoop Doggy Dogg music and the bonnet to start bouncing open and shut. It was like a Hip Hop video.................except it was The Queen. Priceless.
The one thing I could not fathom was WHY was there no decoration or 'set' in the middle, it looked awful this barren brown space in the middle. I 'get' that the games will be played there, but surely they could have thought of something to make it look a bit more festive.
Apologies if this has already been discussed since last night - haven't time to go back and read all posts, but just looking at it again this morning was the problem with getting the lid off the baton that they were opening it in the wrong place rather than it being too tight? More of it seemed to lift off than just the top part they were wrestling with.
Whatever the problem was, you'd think they'd have checked it first and maybe loosened it a bit so there would be no problem opening it when the moment came.
Whatever the problem was, you'd think they'd have checked it first and maybe loosened it a bit so there would be no problem opening it when the moment came.
It didn't look like they'd practiced or rehearsed anything from the whole show, it was a mess from start to finish.
I'm looking forward to an opening ceremony that does something a bit different (and i don't mean whack in a Unicef appeal every five minutes). Beijing and London are unbeatable in my eyes, anyone operating on a much smaller budget or without the expertise of the likes of Danny Boyle would be better off not trying to compete at that level. I was hoping Glas would do something a bit different. When the ceremony started and the girl approached the camera talking directly to us, I thought it was going to be a more intimate ceremony where they lampooned the ott nature and expense of opening ceremonies - show us a little of that 'Glasgow wit' they're always banging on about. Very quickly it just turned into a half rate version of most other ceremonies though. Shame. The half empty stands were very unsightly, I think the organisers should fill us in on why/how that happened.
Glasgow has a great arts and cultural scene, it would have been nice to see some of the young bands and artists represented in the flesh (rather than occasional snippets of their songs at the beginning and end) instead of old dinosaurs like Rod being wheeled out twice!
The scotty dogs were a nice touch though. Should have just had them do a one man and his dog style routine or something
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Forgot about that ........ if that was supposd to be the highlight
Waking up this morning I am wondering whether I dreamt it all.
I started watching the proceedings when this rather odd Scotish lady seemed to be having some kind of rant. Presume that was Karen Dunbar who I had never heard of before.
Constantly 'throwing' the production to somewhere in the Commonwealth, like Sachin Tendulkar, which just a recorded piece.
Certain 'celebrities' begging for donations, which they put across as being something which has 'never been done before'.
All the Scotty Dogs ....... were there 71 of them or did just a few of them just keep going round and round. Some of them had to be carried, suppose they refused to walk in protest!
James McAvoy reading the word 'screen' as 'scene' when trying to get everyone to text a donation.
A man from the Royal Ballet sprinting into the arena dressed in a kilt and big hobnail boots, then performing a dance with a young lady.
Sir Chris Hoy seemingly to be everywhere.
The Queen's limousine 'bouncing' into Celtic Park ....... I think Prince Philip thought he was on some sort of fairground ride!!
A man shouting at us in an aggressive manner ...... he was just welcoming us to the Games!
The final humiliation, they couldn't open the baton to get the message out, The Queen looked on willing them to get on with it, then punched the air when they eventually got at the scroll. She is the ultimate 'performer', remains serene and unruffled, then just takes everything in her stride and as usual delivered her lines perfectly ...... thank goodness she turned up for a bit of sanity in the whole thing!!
Two of them will be appearing in the BBC Breakfast studio in the next 15 minutes!!
Apparently there were 40 of them, so some of them had to go round twice!
It is the Glasgow games after all.......
All in all, it wasn't too bad, we only had about 60 seconds of Salmond which was less than I'd dared hope for.
The Queen was great, I'd just love to know what she is thinking at times........ she's had a whole life of biting her tongue!
Yip,that was Karen Dunbar
I did not watch it all, flicked over and back, but I thought the ballet was beautiful
The Queen bouncing in was actually Hilarious. I kept expecting them to start playing some Snoop Doggy Dogg music and the bonnet to start bouncing open and shut. It was like a Hip Hop video.................except it was The Queen.
The one thing I could not fathom was WHY was there no decoration or 'set' in the middle, it looked awful this barren brown space in the middle. I 'get' that the games will be played there, but surely they could have thought of something to make it look a bit more festive.
I also suggest that the Glaswegian, Scottish and football authorities pay little more than lip service to trying to actually eradicate sectarianism. They are too scared or involved to genuinely do anything about it.
Sectarianism and Glasgow go hand in hand whether you like it or not. Glasgow isn't anywhere near as wonderful as they'd have you think.
It represented Glasgow well then. It's just a pity the rest of us are guilty by association.
I thought the same when I watched the opening of the 2012 Olympics in London!
The Games are not at Celtic Park though, the athletics are at Hampden Park!!
Earlier in the day Sally, the sport lady on Breakfast said she had seen the 'running order' and there were 'two big surprises', which I'm still wondering what they were?!! Also that the 'set' was being kept outside Celtic Park, they had to vacate the stadium between 12 noon and 5pm for them to get it ready. Not sure they required so much time.
Big cheers for all the home teams really, huge roars for Scotland
Malaysia also got a huge cheer, and carried their flag in at half-mast, nice touch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAllO9wtcxI
Whatever the problem was, you'd think they'd have checked it first and maybe loosened it a bit so there would be no problem opening it when the moment came.
Why would The Proclaimers, who are from Fife, be at either the opening or closing ceremony?
It didn't look like they'd practiced or rehearsed anything from the whole show, it was a mess from start to finish.
What idiotic nonsense.
Seems the claims of the English media about English athletes being booed was utterly wrong.
Glasgow has a great arts and cultural scene, it would have been nice to see some of the young bands and artists represented in the flesh (rather than occasional snippets of their songs at the beginning and end) instead of old dinosaurs like Rod being wheeled out twice!
The scotty dogs were a nice touch though. Should have just had them do a one man and his dog style routine or something
Because they are Scottish and their songs are real crowd pleasers.