The Queen joins James Bond for the most amazing opening ceremony ever

The sun ^ | 7/27/12 | Derek Brown

[JennysCool]

HER Majesty the Queen joined James Bond to take part in the most spectacular Olympic opening ever staged.

In an incredible opening by director Danny Boyle Secret Agent 007 was seen arriving at Buckingham Palace to meet the Queen.

He whisks her off in a helicopter before they both appeared to parachute into the London stadium. At the exact moment they reached the ground, Her Majesty appeared in the stadium to a standing ovation.

It was a masterclass in storytelling by Oscar-winning director Boyle who trumped the event in Beijing four years ago with his history lesson of Britain.

[JennysCool]

Brilliant idea! Can't wait to see it!

[TomGuy]

We, across the pond, don’t get to see it live.

NBC delays everything. That gives them more time to insert inane commentaries.

[GoCards]

What? I missed it.

[theDentist]

"Up Close and Personal"

When I hear that, time to change the channel.

[AnAmericanAbroad]

Watching it live here on Czech Channel 4 (Sports) live.

That moment (with the Queen & Daniel Craig); very cool. Sad to hear that you can’t see it live. I’m watching all the countries enter into the Olympic Stadium.

Good ceremony so far, and a top ‘o the hat to Danny Boyle. Even a nice little cameo by Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean/Blackadder) in a good comic turn, as always.

[Ingtar]

It sounds almost worth watching. Just one thought, they could do a memorial for 7/7, but not for the 40th anniversary of Munich. The reason given for no Munich remembrance was the tone. How is 7/7 a different tone?

[GoCards]

Read the article. Loved the little nasty note on Romney. POS The Sun is.

[Berlin_Freeper]

A terrible show that gave me a headache. The industrial revolution was portrayed as a filthy travesty. The Queen was reduced to a Hollyweird stooge and sidekick. Mr Bean involved disgusting body functions that pass as humor these days. The music clips were too numerous and short to be of any entertaining quality.

The UK owes me a headache pill from the worst show in history. Oh and now they are building a flag shrine around a large treehuggers hill. Sick.

[oh8eleven]

NBC delays everything. That gives them more time to insert inane commentaries.
Commercials - don't forget the incessant commercials!!!

[devolve]

[GSWarrior]

It will be hard to top the opening ceremony four years ago.

[VanDeKoik]

Amazing how some sport organization can lock down virtually an entire continent of people where you cant even get a decent photo of what is happening live in another country!

You have to scrape YouTube just to get a blurry 30 second clip of someone pointing a camera at a TV.

[GSWarrior]

An amazing montage of great British music followed. With dancers performing to classics by bands like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Jam, David Bowie, THe Sex Pistols, Queen, Soul II Soul, The Eurythmics and THe Prodigy. The scene ended in a rave with the classic track Born Slippy by Underworld from Boyle's film TRainspotting.

Sounds cool. I am a huge fan of The Jam.

[Snow Eagle]

But did we dip the flag?????

[JoanneSD]

wath it live on the internet... AtdheNet.TV, click on BBC one

[dfwgator]

Some of us would like to watch tonight without knowing everything that happened.

[DannyTN]

They should have had Johnny English take the queen from James Bond before the end.

[JennysCool]

Quick! Avert your eyes from the thread!

[Stolly]

Think you need to relax. It was a great show. The Olympic rings rising from those “Stanic Mills” was visually stunning.

[Moltke]

You forgot to mention the Guiness Book of Records-worthy, largest Drum Circle in history!