These speeches aren’t half dragging on
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That horse was cool. They should come up with a swimmer, cyclist and runner along the same lines. Probably get sued by Marvel if they did a silver surfer though.
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Cue Cerrone - had to come eventually. Waiting for the Daft Punk overload. Is Jean-Michelle Jarre still alive and doing his laser air synth thing too?
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Fuck me is this going to segue into the closing ceremony….
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It’s just like the Blackpool illuminations
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Getting on for 4 hours, and nothing has happened of note
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This is like being on hold, phoning a call centre
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Carl Lewis looks terrified on that boat
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Is the pilot Ben Johnson???
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Favourite bit so far was all those Marie Antoinettes with their chopped-off heads and the multiple blood explosions. Wonder if Chas and Cam are watching?
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A pyscho-geographic torch ceremony
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No wonder the French are rated great lovers…4 hours and no climax yet……
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Cotter’s “translation” skills were fantastic. Made the speeches distinctly more interesting that they actually were 
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I’m rather enjoying it all… it’s a big Paris love in. This is how Woody Allen would direct the ceremony in NY!
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I actually enjoyed that. Obscure, Parisienne, not in a stadium.
Still think the London couldron was better.
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Have they recycled the balloon that used to be in Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens in the 90s for the cauldron?
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It definitely grew on me!
I do think it is an admission from the French though that the stade de France is a rubbish stadium in a rubbish location 
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Wonder how many athletes will have colds after last night?
Most will be right on Seb Kienle’s ‘fit or fucked’ thin line and then spent 4 hours stood about in the rain.
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I liked that it was different, in an unusual location, the athletes parade was throughout not for 2hrs after the show which is usually boring and at least the athletes werent all stood around. Horse was good and the nod to the hunchback. Strange man leaping was entertaining, lady gaga…ffs … heavy metal with a decapitated Marie Antoinette in the background was very French/Euro. It had its moments. Maybe Im biased but London will take some beating and I think sets the bar too high for comparison. I guess Hollywood may give it a run in “extravaganza” but superficially rather than the story like Danny Boyle put together
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