 xmastree_ph
Male, 40-49, Europe
 416 Posts
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Sunday, July 29, 2012 7:26:18 AM
"No Doctor Who."
There was, almost. I heard the Tardis briefly, and my 11yo daughter confirmed it, so it must be true. |
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 8BitHero
Male, 18-29, Europe
5417 Posts
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Saturday, July 28, 2012 1:14:19 PM
No. Boring |
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 LordJim
Male, 50-59, Europe
2401 Posts
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Saturday, July 28, 2012 12:39:08 PM
No Jeeves. No Doctor Who. No Treasure Island or Sherlock Holmes. (Unless I missed them while putting the kettle on.)
But on the whole, yeah. Good show. Especially the NHS section. It's been taking a lot of crap lately and it's good to point out that most people see the NHS as something to be proud of and to value.
I started watching with a bit of a negative attitude, although I knew Boyle would pull something off, but after fifteen minutes I was settling back and watching the show with a smile.
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 Gerry1of1
Male, 50-59, Western US
25555 Posts
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Saturday, July 28, 2012 8:39:41 AM
Would one of you Mods please get off your fat arse and dump the Asian Chicks For Sale spammer?
Thank you! |
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 FredSpudman
Male, 18-29, Europe
282 Posts
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Saturday, July 28, 2012 7:06:48 AM
@gladhatter No Dickens, no trains, no jet engines, no telephones, no penicillin and of the many popular sports bequeathed unto the world, only an icle bit of cricket. Most of what was there was fine, I think that it's no great loss that the ceremony was without Tolkein. |
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 gladhatter
Male, 50-59, Eastern US
165 Posts
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Saturday, July 28, 2012 6:43:22 AM
Nice references to significant cultural materials...Harry Potter.....Alice in Wonderland etc....but no Tolkien!?! Wtf
Bean was Bean...McCartney has certainly lost a step...or two. |
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darkmagic14n
Male, 18-29, Western US
1634 Posts
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Saturday, July 28, 2012 5:27:38 AM
@Atrayu4u:
I remember in the 2004 olympics (might've been 2000), we were watching gymnastics and during one of the commercial breaks, there was a news promo. "tune in at 10 and hear about how [insert athlete's name] won gold in gymnastics." |
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 piperfawn
Male, 30-39, Europe
3156 Posts
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Saturday, July 28, 2012 4:51:50 AM
In Italy we had very few commercials. I think just 3 short interruption. The show was really good, is a shame to interrupt emotions with idiots commercials. |
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 mal_BB
Male, 18-29, Europe
1223 Posts
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Saturday, July 28, 2012 4:45:36 AM
@Dethrose, wow, I'm so glad we have the BBC over here who don't show adverts. Must really spoil it when it's interrupted every 10 minutes or so by adverts! |
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 Atrayu4u
Female, 18-29, Western US
1103 Posts
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Saturday, July 28, 2012 3:57:49 AM
From my state, Washington, we had the opening ceremony on TV from 7:30 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. on NBC. Apparently, NBC had the monopoly on "Who's showing the Olympics/When/On what station" and... bam, that's NBC. So it greatly offends me that the U.S.A. has to see it, as a nation, -behind- and -after- everyone else. I would like to see it all happening with the rest of the world, no matter if it's happening for us at 4 in the morning or not. |
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slimofswiv
Male, 30-39, Europe
116 Posts
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Saturday, July 28, 2012 1:09:33 AM
i loved the industrial revolution bit, to show we led the way for the rest of the world, and tim berners lee, without him we'd be writing these comments into a magazine or newspaper, and i notice most of you americans don't like the games, is it because there is no baseball or gridiron? thats because nobody cares about those sports other than you lol |
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 Hedkwab
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
340 Posts
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Saturday, July 28, 2012 12:45:37 AM
"I've noticed the republicans don't like the Olympics...It promotes world Peace,and there's no money in that." Stupidest poo I've heard all day. Hilarious that you believe your own garbage |
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showgirlcar
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
37 Posts
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 Fwoggie2
Male, 30-39, Europe
1159 Posts
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Saturday, July 28, 2012 12:20:36 AM
The good - the industrial revolution, the forged olympic rings + a guest appearance from Tim Berners Lee.
The bad - Paul McCartney. Nobody will surely argue that that was not his finest hour.
The ugly - the blink-and-you'll-miss it blur of British TV cultural references that most people will barely get - they were so fast I struggled and I am a Brit. And why so much attention on pop songs and kids texting each other!! |
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 Zeegrr60
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
1514 Posts
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Saturday, July 28, 2012 12:17:55 AM
I've noticed the republicans don't like the Olympics...It promotes world Peace,and there's no money in that. |
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 Beardofzeus
Male, 18-29, Europe
512 Posts
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Saturday, July 28, 2012 12:16:51 AM
Really enjoyed it! The towers of the industrial revolution were great. Also loved the 'steel' rings and OF COURSE Mr Bean! Shame you guys in the US had so many commercials. |
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 xelous
Male, 18-29, Western US
2535 Posts
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Friday, July 27, 2012 11:47:24 PM
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 Selous
Male, 30-39, Australia
1205 Posts
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Friday, July 27, 2012 11:17:54 PM
"There were so many commercials in the States that the opening ceremony is scheduled to finish on TV one week before the next Olympics"
wow, really? comercial free over here, at least the live viewing was, can imagine that the repeats will have ads |
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 swoop408
Male, 18-29, Western US
1768 Posts
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Friday, July 27, 2012 10:55:45 PM
didn't watch. didn't care. |
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 burbclaver
Male, 50-59, Western US
859 Posts
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Friday, July 27, 2012 10:44:37 PM
There were so many commercials in the States that the opening ceremony is scheduled to finish on TV one week before the next Olympics, |
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 goaliejerry
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
4004 Posts
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Friday, July 27, 2012 9:47:00 PM
Is it weird that I don't give a crap at all about the Olympics? |
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 CoffeeCakes
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
34 Posts
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Friday, July 27, 2012 9:36:49 PM
I'm pretty sure they said that Voldemort was over 40 yards. Which would be around 120 feet. |
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 freddyferret
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
9843 Posts
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Friday, July 27, 2012 9:13:07 PM
Sorry but that's a pretty craptastic Voldemort. |
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 DethRose
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
273 Posts
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Friday, July 27, 2012 9:10:38 PM
In America, we had so many commercials. Kinda ruined it. |
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 nubblins
Female, 18-29, Midwest US
1580 Posts
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Friday, July 27, 2012 8:48:34 PM
lmao, Buiadh |
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