Yeah, no Abide With Me, no Tim Berners-Lee, no Bowie (outside of when Great Britain's athletes arrived). I loved the literature bits of the ceremony, and I'm pretty sure I'd have enjoyed that bit as well.
I'll just go ahead and say it. I found Matt and Meredith particularly awful. But I've never been fond of the commentary during the ceremonies. It makes some sense for the Walk, but when you have Costas at hand for that, you really don't need someone else in the booth. David ________________________________ From: PGage <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] NBC's Olympic blunders... On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: He didn't. Pretty much what you heard. > > >But there was a wonderful rendition of Abide With Me, and "cycling doves" >which is sounds you like you missed at a minimum. > > >Incidentally, I've yet to find a Brit who didn't love the opening ceremony. >Nobody could ever "top" the Beijing opening, so Danny Boyle had to go with >character, and I think he did in spades. > > > >Adam > > >PS And getting the Queen to take part is simply staggering. Yes the US >President might play along with things occassionally, but the Queen *never* >does! Extraordinary! > Abide With Me was the 7/7 memoriam which was cut from the NBC telecast for the Phelps "interview", mentioned earlier. The cycling doves was on the primetime show. Frankly, while I do think NBC should have shown it, I didn't think the Abide With Me was all that beautiful. On the other hand, I thought the "Jerusalem" was really outstanding. And the new Bond Girl was cool. The Walk of Nations is actually my favorite part of any Opening Ceremonies, this was one brisk enough that we did not get bogged down too much. Costas said it was the fastest Walk he had ever seen, and speculated that it may have been to get the Queen to bed at a reasonable hour? -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
