Easy Weekly Poll, This week: The Olympics Options

[Tiuri]

Have you always wanted to know what makes your fellow FMF-ers tick?? How they feel about something?? What they like or dislike??

Well, now you can
Send me your suggestions for a poll in a PM and next week's Easy Weekly Poll could be your question

A few rules:
- This is meant to be fun, so no difficult, controversial or political questions.
- Try and limit the number of options

Come on, you knew that the poll was going to be about the Olympics.....

A NYTimes blog entry about this exact poll

[YORKSHIRE GUY]

Sorry - indifferent.
Too long and I can't stand James Bond.

[daikaioshin]

I got told to stop moaning on twitter... I thought it was a mess. And I'm not a bond fan either...

[AdrienAsche]

A mess that kept me watching. Maybe it's no big deal to you guys in the UK, but the Queen doing that James Bond bit made my jaw drop.

[YORKSHIRE GUY]

A mess that kept me watching. Maybe it's no big deal to you guys in the UK, but the Queen doing that James Bond bit made my jaw drop.

You do know that it wasn't her jumping out of the plane?

Anyway, we all live in castles here.

[AdrienAsche]

A mess that kept me watching. Maybe it's no big deal to you guys in the UK, but the Queen doing that James Bond bit made my jaw drop.

You do know that it wasn't her jumping out of the plane?

Anyway, we all live in castles here.

I KNOW IT WASN'T HER JUMPING!

I couldn't believe she did the bit at all, though. They teased it forever by not having her turn to the camera right away. Never thought she'd deign to be part of a spoof like that.

How much is everyone's HEATING bill there? Castles are drafty, no?

[YORKSHIRE GUY]

How much is everyone's HEATING bill there? Castles are drafty, no?

But we are British. We sit into the cold with our stiff upper lips.

[AdrienAsche]

How much is everyone's HEATING bill there? Castles are drafty, no?

But we are British. We sit into the cold with our stiff upper lips.

How do you keep the tea hot?

[YORKSHIRE GUY]

How do you keep the tea hot?

Servants.

[Mange81]

Yes,

Indifferent:
Dare i even Say that Athens and Sydney was times better.

[Nosferatu]

I thought it was on the whole brilliant. One thing we are absolutely world-beaters in this country is theatre and spectacle, on those aspects it was great. Some parts fell a little flat and didn't quite work but thats to be expected when Boyle was trying to please everyone and also bare foreign audiences in mind. The cultural and political references were spot on!

[CyanIsland]

A couple of American friends of mine didn't get all the references but they still enjoyed it and thought it had more soul than the Chinese ceremony in 2008. I tend to agree with them, it was humorous and full of heart. With some bloody fantastic music included, too!

(Could anyone else have done without Paul McCartney, though? He wasn't the show's highlight for me, not by a long shot.)

[Rustythedog]

Paul McCartney, as much as I love him, should know when it's time to stop ("and now the girls sing on their own" - what is this, a pantomime house song?). Mixing the NHS and children's stories made it appear as if Mary Poppins is the new Florence Nightingale, Isambard Kingdom Brunel did not preside over the Industrial Revolution... oh, I could go on and on.

It was a shambles, historically inaccurate, too long and (and this was the only good thing about it) completely bonkers.

[daikaioshin]

Rusty... I know we've had our disagreements but are we actually on the same page here?

[jumbler]

^^ I'm very surprised at all the above. I thought the ceremony would've had overwhelming support on here. Clearly not.

I actually thought the ceremony was alright. But I did feel there was a strong multi-cultural bias. My folks not so much, they thought it was rather overblown. But then again, aren't all opening ceremonies overblown?? Bit like watching a musical - you're either riveted to your seat for the 3 - 4 hours, or yawning and looking at your watch.

Thinking about it, you can't really criticise the ceremony itself for being 'too long'. The performances only took 1¼ hours (although there were odd reprises) until the set-pieces began (march of the athletes, arrival of the flame etc.). To make it shorter, something would have to give.

Dad said he thought (he couldn't remember) there was no opening ceremony (of this sort) at the Rome, or Tokyo Olympics. Makes you wonder - what's more important - the march of the athletes, or the performances?? You could hive the performances off into a concert, maybe??

Or do they draw the tv audiences in?? I've never watched an opening ceremony before, this was my first one.

This post has been edited by jumbler: Jul 29 2012, 15:05

[Rustythedog]

I got told to stop moaning on twitter... I thought it was a mess. And I'm not a bond fan either...

It was a shambles, historically inaccurate, too long and (and this was the only good thing about it) completely bonkers.

Rusty... I know we've had our disagreements but are we actually on the same page here?

You thought it was a mess. I thought it was a shambles. I don't recall disagreements. What am I missing?

[TzukeNut]

I voted for "loved" it rather than "hated". It had it's faults but there were some spectacular moments & I felt the good outweighed the bad. If everybody had liked everything about it, it would have been a miracle of biblical proportions.

[Woof!]

I watched most of it and I was indifferent.

Just can't get enthused about the Olympics, it's been trailed so much, I feel I've been watching it for three months already.

And is it really all going to be worth nine billlion quid?

[Kev]

Yes

Loved it. Of course I love all the Opening Ceremonies for different reasons. I do agree that it had more soul than the Beijing Ceremony.

I've never watched an opening ceremony before, this was my first one.

I've been watching since the '72 Munich Games (I was six) and they've all had pretty big Opening Ceremonies. They've just gotten more complex in recent years.

[blake2108]

Started off a bit shit, then was amazing, then a bit dull when the teams came out, then really good for the lighting of the cauldron etc, then McCartney was fucking awful.

I did love the majority though