Olympic Opening Ceremony

[Rowangreen]

So who noticed the orchids at no 22 on the countdown?

(See, it is on topic...)

[Rowangreen]

Was I too obscure?

I hear in the US you only got to see a cut version of the ceremony several hours later grrrrr, so I guess the orchids were probably out. If you can watch it on the BBC Iplayer site you can still see it... but I don't know if it's available overseas.

Here the ceremony started with an introductory film sequence (which was shown on big screens in the stadium I think: I wasn't lucky enough to get a ticket). First a countdown of pictures of numbers (including the 'mini orchids' at £22), followed by a sequence following the river Thames from it's source to the stadium with a few British icons appearing along the way.

I guess I really just wanted to gush about the ceremony a bit... orchids were definitely not the best bit!

If we pretend the cauldron was made out of orchids not 'petals' can we talk about that? LOL

[NatalieS]

I was wondering if anyone else was watching the games. I watched pretty much the whole opening ceremony - didn't notice the orchids unfortunately!

[Rowangreen]

Can you watch it on Iplayer?

BBC iPlayer - Olympic Ceremonies: London 2012: Opening Ceremony

Looks like some countries might be able to play it with an app:

BBC iPlayer (Global) - YouTube

This is might be interesting to some (pre-show warming up the crowd!)

27 07 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony Preshow - YouTube

[NatalieS]

We can't get iPlayer so I didn't even look at it. I've been watching the various BBC channels though! Pretty much been glued to the telly the whole weekend.

Makes you feel like a hypocrite though - let's celebrate the achievements of these dedicated athletes by being couch potatoes.

[Rowangreen]

LOL, not me. I've actually been too busy to watch much yet.

[WhiteRabbit]

I must have missed that