RedM Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 From the BBC: The choreographed show took seven years to plan, and costs are estimated to have hit a record-breaking $40bn (£20bn). £20bn! Twenty million or two hundred million would have been bad enough but twenty BILLION. That's disgusting. That kind of money could do some real good but no, they've spent it on three hours of shite. I'm now even more determined not to watch a single second of the games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 Hmm. Makes I wonder how we're going to "top that" in 4 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesy W Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 I wonder if there will be any ' give money to Africa' adverts on during the breaks. £20bn is ripping the p!ss. I would have done the robot dance for £50. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simbasupra Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 i would have done the robot dance for £50. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erol_h Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 wtf what a absolute waste of money its just a big ohh look at us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra_si Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 im sure peter crouch would have done his robot dance for less than £20bn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juanchan Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 The problem is that this government will be determined to outdo these games in 4 years, even if they succeed only in spending more. That'll probably classify as a success in their eyes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 The problem is that this government will be determined to outdo these games in 4 years, even if they succeed only in spending more. That'll probably classify as a success in their eyes Another reason to add to the long list to get shot of them then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazboy Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 Surely the entire Olympics is £20bn? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewOW Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 Surely the entire Olympics is £20bn? Even so, it still a lot of money! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 Surely the entire Olympics is £20bn? The BBC only quotes the opening with that amount Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pot Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 I'm dreading it when 2012 comes around, we won't even be able to open our eyes without seeing some form of Olympic propoganda, it's bad enough every 4 years when it'd not held here... Saying that though, I'm sure it's as bad for people who hate football when the World Cup comes around, with people liking different sports and so on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daston Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 I bet the 4 greeks who sat around bored one summer and decided to have a little "who could throw the javlin the furthest" contest are now real impressed lol. Is it just me who thinks the olympics is not really the olympics anymore but just a collection of track & field with random sports thrown in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 I bet the 4 greeks who sat around bored one summer and decided to have a little "who could throw the javlin the furthest" contest are now real impressed lol. Is it just me who thinks the olympics is not really the olympics anymore but just a collection of track & field with random sports thrown in? Wouldnt know as I have never bothered to watch it. If they introduced some motorsport I might be interested Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 I just know 2012 is going to be a joke. The red arrows, some crazy guy flashing his winky in a kilt and a big brother contestant nobody remembers singing the national anthem. I cant wait. We even screwed up the logo FFS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMiFFAD Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 The opening was painfully boring.... hours of people walking slowly round a track, someone speaking in chinese, some fire (which was cool enough) The BBC just used it as an excuse to point out which countries china had good/bad/indifferent relationships with, which at this point had absolutely sweet FA to do with the games, so a cheap shot. "and heres Zimbabwe, who china supply arms to" - what has that got to do with Athletics?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyT Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 No way it#s 20 bill true. That's press crap. Admit we'll ffiu in 2012 though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdavies Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 Absolutely hats off to the Chinese - they Rock when it comes to Olympic ceremonies! Let's face it - 2012... we'll be hard pressed if we can afford to float a duck on a pond with a sparkler up its a$$ in comparison to that! (I bet we will have spent a shed load more than 20Bn by the time we get there... +VAT lol - and it will be nowhere near as cool!). And just think £20bn goes a helluva lot further in China than it does here!! (and yes 20Bill was supposed to be the relocating of the people displaced by the stadium building + surrounding support infrastructure, increased security [the whole shebang] as far as has been reported) Granted, what a perceived waste of cash - but it's their cash, they wanted a showcase to try and make the world sit up and think differently about them, I think they have done a sterling job of trying to mend international relations and at least on the surface of things a lot of political woes have been at least improved/put on back burners. In the spirit of trying to live up to our much maligned and misunderstood Chinese brethren I have made a slight redesign of the 2012 London Olympic logo: http://istslice.co.uk/pics/logofail.jpg That's a good start at least Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyT Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 Absolutely hats off to the Chinese - they Rock when it comes to Olympic ceremonies! Let's face it - 2012... we'll be hard pressed if we can afford to float a duck on a pond with a sparkler up its a$$ in comparison to that! (I bet we will have spent a shed load more than 20Bn by the time we get there... +VAT lol - and it will be nowhere near as cool!). And just think £20bn goes a helluva lot further in China than it does here!! (and yes 20Bill was supposed to be the relocating of the people displaced by the stadium building + surrounding support infrastructure, increased security [the whole shebang] as far as has been reported) Granted, what a perceived waste of cash - but it's their cash, they wanted a showcase to try and make the world sit up and think differently about them, I think they have done a sterling job of trying to mend international relations and at least on the surface of things a lot of political woes have been at least improved/put on back burners. In the spirit of trying to live up to our much maligned and misunderstood Chinese brethren I have made a slight redesign of the 2012 London Olympic logo: http://istslice.co.uk/pics/logofail.jpg That's a good start at least So true bud. Immenent fail incoming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pot Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 http://istslice.co.uk/pics/logofail.jpg It still looks like Lisa Simpson giving a BJ, which is wrong on so many levels... Although technically wouldn't she be about 20 by now?... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snake Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 we will go back to basics to catch other competitors out,and its cheap to run. Egg and spoon race Three legged race sack race long jump in the local park if we have any parks left. No diving competition as all the boards have been taken out due to health and safety from the local pools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifty Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 Ironically we will need to borrow all the money... ...from China since Gordon has blown all our reserves etc Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiceRocket Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 I'm now even more determined not to watch a single second of the games. I'm only going to watch about 10 seconds of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren-K Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 From the BBC: The choreographed show took seven years to plan, and costs are estimated to have hit a record-breaking $40bn (£20bn). £20bn! . im sure theres gotta be some kind of typo there Redm, i doubt they actualy spent £20Bn (pounds) on the opening,in fact i would say its not possible to spend that in 3 hours on just the opening of the games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcol Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 there is this that may help http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=144063&in_page_id=34&in_a_source= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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