absolutely wonderful opening ceremony, i know i can only remember 3, but todays ceremony beats the other two by miles. The organization and timing was wonderful, the sheer scale exciting and the torch lighting astounding. After the (people may not like this) bore of Athens' ceremony, i was amazed and pleased to see such a spectacle. London, you now know what we've got to achieve, good luck
Beautiful.. just that.. nothing else.. beautiful.. China did it very well indeed.. the best Opening Ceremony ever to happen on an Olympic...
Well its understandable.. China is the richest country in terms of foreign reserves on planet earth..
They have 1,5 Trillion USDollars in reserves...
Spending 50 billion on an olympic barely makes a dent on China's huge and fat savings piggy bank..
Congrats To China..
太美了!….无话可说….太美了!中国真是做得太棒了….史上最好的奥运开幕式!
不难理解…..中国是世界上外汇储备最多的国家,他们有1.5万亿美元储备…..
花500亿(有这么多吗?)在奥运会上只是小菜一碟,他们的银行很快又会被塞满的…
祝贺中国
comment by sheffieldspike (U12920910)
What a amazing show Beijing has given us. It was simply breathtaking, beautifully choreographed and lavish visual display of fireworks, chinese history and culture.
I can't work out what's happening through all the smog
(这位有点迷茫)开始了吗? 这么多烟雾我都蒙了
comment by MIXtheZyder (U11244581)
I've just been watching it, & yes it is a great celebration of China & Chinese culture, & rightly so. So what happens when the games come to London in 4 years time. You can bet your life, that it will be a celebration of multi culture, & World harmony, with not 1 union flag in sight, let alone, Rule Britania,God save the Queen, or land of hope & glory!!..........
我正在看,的确这是一场中国和中国文化的盛会。 4年后在伦敦,你能确信我们会有一场多元文化、世界和谐的盛会,没有拉帮结派 bla bla bla
comment by Sasuke_nffc (U3372540)
Mike sent a text asking how we would compete with the chinese in 4 years time.
I don't think we have it in us. The Chinese seem extremely proud of this event and have pulled out all the stops.
All we'll do is waste money and employ unsuitable people to sort the ceremony out.
Anyway, have we got anything worth telling the world about? As far as I can see at the moment, all that happens in Britain is that kids kill each other.
It's a sorry state of affairs that I hope changes before 2012.
Well done China.....this is absolutely spectacularly beautiful...
麦克发了个短信问我我们4年后如何超越中国人
我觉得我们不行。中国人看来非常自豪并对这场盛事倾尽了全力
我们只会浪费钱,雇用不合适的人来糊弄
我们能像世界呈现什么呢?目前我只看到孩子们在互相残杀 (好像是指现在英国青少年暴力问题比较严重)
我很抱歉目前的状况,希望2012前有所改变
中国干得好,(开幕式)绝对壮观美丽
comment by xlancer (U12922539)
great opening and the chinese people have every right to feel proud but i think that athens, barcelona and moscow were the top 3 opening ceremonies ever.Dont think that todays show was in any way so original as those 3! still best wishes for a great olympiad!
Fantastic ceremony both in design and execution. Perhaps London should think the unthinkable for our go in 2012. Make our opening ceremony a world event, not a national one. Include the big movements and ideas from across the world and across all cultures. Resist the temptation to focus on our own national identity and history (not that there is anything wrong with it)Surpise the world
Brilliant creativity and spectacular fireworks, but you expect that from China.
London 2012 does have a hard act to follow and I would suggest to them not to make it so epic but more light-hearted and fun. Maybe with a 'Carry on' type theme.
Where China had a very traditional show, London should go with an MTV type presentation.
Looking forward to the events now, come on team GB.
Where China had a very traditional show, London should go with an MTV type presentation.
Don't worry mate they have no option anyway, England have NO tradition, none compared to Athens or China anyway.
They wouldn't exactly be spoilt for choice for a 'historical' theme, probably they'd start with somebody reading Shakespeare or sth like that and take it from there lol
中国呈现了一场很传统的表演,伦敦可以弄成MTV的风格。
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楼上的别担心,他们没有其他选择。和雅典或中国比起来,英国根本没有“传统”
如果一定要选历史主题也行,也许他们会以朗诵莎士比亚开场~~~~~~
comment by madamombe (U9047533)
WOW!!!!!What a great spectacle!A showcase of Chinese culture cleverly and excellently put together.
By the way,what is BRITISH CULTURE?Pubs,binge drinking,girl bands,being rubbish at sport....and or those most loveable creatures known as chavs....perhaps?
For cultural references to draw upon for an opening ceremony China does have a bit of an advantage.
When most of Western Europe was basically peopled by savages, China had already embarked upon a civilised culture that had refinements that weren't to be seen here for a couple of thousand years. It is the oldest continuous culture on Earth and though surpassed technologically by us for a few centuries has in the space of a couple of generations cought us up and will in the latter part of the 21st Century be the most powerful economy in the World.
One can only but marvel at the sheer arrogance and brutal economic power displayed in this Olympic opening ceremony. It was truly Olympic.
What government in the West apart from probably the USA could muster such economic power to put on such a spectacle as we have witnessed today?
It was both awe-inspiring and frightening.
They wanted to send out a message to us and boy didn't they?