@5505miller Hundreds of cultures longer lasting than china's? Just name 5 countries that does and i will admit that you know SOMETHING about that country. China dates back 2852 BC, Britain don't even come close in terms of heritage so don't talk like you are a history guru or something.
I hope the opening ceremony in london 2012 won't feature that choir and bring up these "local community helpers" that no one knows why they are there. It has to be big but not huge. Great but not amazing. It has showcase our culture and why we are still great. I just hope it won't feature random raps and artists that not everyone likes. It has to show an identity that we can all relate to.
Boris Johnson looks like a drip but he is a clever man. Can Danny Boyle, the mastermind behind Slumdog Millionaire, direct and create an opening ceremony to beat Beijing?
@pud881 china is the longest lasting culture in human history... and culture cradle of humanity in many terms... sorry but cannot compare any UK with china in these ... sure Uk has a unique culture and an important actor in history but its st else.
Historically Britian is the most successful country to ever exist on the planet. Hell it even owned China. But thats the problem, thats the only thing Britain has ever really achieved and has to show for its culture, invading the world and killing everone. And after Bejings olympic ceremony with a budget twice of ours, well I totally agree, were stuffed lol!
@thiocilline China has the longest lasting culture in human history? I think you will find that actually there are hundreds of cultures longer lasting than China's. Most south American cultures are a lot older. And You cant compare British History with the Chinese culture? You obviously know little about history then. Little would explain to you that Britain had the largest empire in history and invented technology which is vital to today's world and is still inventing.
Everytime I hear the anthem I know old Imperial memories must come back for the British especially the English. I am an American and I think of the British Empire when I hear the anthem and so I know the old timers must think of it especially at a ceremony "handing" anything over to the U.K. Now they have to play second fiddle the American Empire, our two nations will eternally remain bonded through the anything, our culture, language is inexplicably English. Rule Britannia, Rule Americana.
Everytime I hear the anthem I know old Imperial memories must come back for the British especially the English. I am an American and I think of the British Empire when I hear the anthem and so I know the old timers must think of it especially at a ceremony "handing" anything over to the U.K.
Why is everyone so obsessed with beating the opening ceremony?? This is a sporting contest afterall and I have no doubt London and Britain will definitely deliver when it comes to what the Olympics is really about. Look at Wembley, Tennis and Lords, all considered home of their respective sports, there is something China couldn't provide and I can bet every ticket at the 2012 Olympics will be sold, which didn't happen in China
I think its better the original color of the bus (red)here in london compared to assorted color, because original is the best . with David Beckham and Miss Leona L.
I was born in British Hong Kong, and now HK was returned to China, I have mixed feelings hearing the British anthem was ever sang again in Chinese soil.
If they want disabled people to be accepted as normal... they should scrap the paralympics and incorporate them into the real games... instead of segregating them into playing in an offshoot token gesture games like this.
lol... i am a very open minded person. and i dont like to judge others... but lmao. that has got to be the corniest, cheesiest closing ceremony for london,
Awesome. It's modern. I like it. Though the original bus sequence before the paralympics was better. I love the bus, the awesome graphic design and animation. London is modern. This shows it. I like it.
@rohirrim11rider You call that modern? Come on. That is called cheap. This type of show doesn't fit the big venue such as the Olympic Stadium. It might look good on stage of a theater. Ok,,it is definitely different than what the Chinese presented.
England, we're counting on you. Please do not let this handover be a representation of what is to come in 2012. Please step up to the plate and show the majesty and beauty of your culture. I am an American of British ancestry, and I will be there!
soza mate gave you a thumbs down was ment to click on thumbs up thoigh im British and live at the south on the small island 'isle of wight' and im really hopeing tht tey dont let us down .
When I was watching this and it said that the olympics will be in London I was so happy, cause thats is probaly the only one I can go to. But when I watched the performance i was like 0.O OMFG wth was that. Gosh.
IMO that Lord Nelson guy and that black drummer lady is about the only thing I really liked about the whole performance.
Very unique costume and also unmistakably British; it's like neo-British or something. I quite fancy it, and I think it'll be swell as long as they don't overdo it.
London olmpics are going to be terrible all round. They're setting it in one of the poorest, most depraved areas of London, we have no money, our whole promotional campaign is awful right down to that horrible logo, our government is in shambles.
Lol this really destroyed our image. I have feeling we're really gonna f*** up the opening to the games, especially after China did such an amazing job. And yes, Boris Johnson is an idiot who couldn't wave a flag to save his life.
they could of seriously done a better job at amazing people instead of those retarded dance moves & a guy dressed in a coustm plus a girl in a prom dress playing the drum... a bit disappointing...
I like my British pen friend!! ^__^ She's so kind and so sweet, in our emails i like using my terrible English to translate many Chinese traditional poems and essays for her! Go! London! "Bee Knees"!! =)
The biggest embarrasment is not the deluded thoughts that China is 'better' than England because of its stadiums, or indeed that Britannia once ruled the waves a long long time ago...its that fat prick Boris Johnson, as an ambassador to our country, he's a real joke.
I love England and also my nice nice British pen friend, but I have to agree with you that Mr. Boris Johnson gave us bad impression on thart closing ceremony...Anyway I believe London will also release a great Olympic Games!! =)
I thought the London Bus thing was a misake- especially after what happened on that fateful day- what idiot ever thought that would be a good idea?
Can't waith for 2012 though- I hope the ceremonies are a bit more ingenious than this part of the closing ceremnoy- it looks like a dress rehearsal of a school production.
Does anyone have the part from roughly 16.16 where the flame goes out and the children sing, without the BBC crew talking all over it? It's very nice.
Truly horrible.. Lord Nelson playing the guitar, people with random correographis, shoddy costumes, what an embarrassment... seriously, i LOVE London and am a huge supporter of the games, but this is really awful. The main first handover with the red bus was actually quite cool and fun, but this.....
ROFLMAO! He! He! He! Ha! Ha! This is killing me. England once ruled a huge empire and is now truly a former shadow of herself. How the almighty really fall. I bet the English greatest ancestors like Lord Nelsons, Queen Victoria i.e. are already spinning their graves.
the empire wasnt necciserily a good thing, think of all the people that suffered because of it, all we looked like then was a scary big empire we were great we were just intimidating, i mean americas big and powerfull but its not really the most popular is it.
What an embarasment for what was once the greatest nation in the world! It is like some horendous politically correct vomit salad! It makes me embarrased to say i'm English!
The british empire was the biggest empire in history, rome collapsed the British empire is still here, granted-many of its terratories how now been handed back, but rome is no more. Britain is here and will remain.
Like China London too once promoted a culture that was several thousand years old. But now it has embraced multiculture and boasts runing, rapping, jiving, umbrellas, making faces, shabby street clothes & teacups as being representative of 2000 years of history & heritage. More's the pity China hasn't been enriched too.
I can't believe what I'm seeing. Is this London, or Mogadishu? The Chinese were proud of their heritage, but the British hate themselves so much, they want to become extinct.
If I was English I'd be pretty embarrassed with the handover, 1000s of years worth of culture and all they can come up with is a few urbanites jumping around?
That was disgusting frankly. I can see the future of Britain as third world cesspool from this. with all the culture Britain has for thousands of years they depict modern degenerate trash.
There are two things I would like to say. There are a lot of people saying "it would have been wrong to outdo the Chinese". Oh, you mean like the Chinese arrogantly out did the Greeks in Athens?
Also, England has a culture just as great as China's. China's is older but England accomplished more. Are the English afraid to show their true English culture, because unlike the Chinese, they have a large immigrant population that might be offended? Think about these things before speaking.
yesyesyes!! someone who see's sence, why does it always have to be about the best stadiums etcetc, it's about sport, and i think people need to realise that.
i think it does, every country has culture, we may not have as much money, but we'll give it a damn good try anyway, besides most of china's was fake anyway,
London is officially the most ethinacly diverse city in the world, with over 260 different languages spoken in the city.
When i say that its the most ethinacly diverse, im not saying theres no british people there, im saying it has the highest number of different cultures/ religions etc.
It's also one of the oldest citys in the world so plently of history, and firstly, it is one of the/ the most famous city in the world.
The only thing that was keeping me interested was the fact that I wanted to see what was gonna happen. The more I kept watching, the more I wanted to hit X. Is this what London is gonna bring? If so, they have to try harder.
i really agree with you, although the choir were not perfect, that version is possibly the least dirge like i have ever heard it sung. Seen as god save the queen is such a repetative and boring anthem the emphsis on the strings was much better.
It looks like Boris drove a busload of shoppers from Liddel in Tower Hamlets straight to the Olympics. He hadn't time to change his clothes or shower and they had to put together a routine during rest breaks on the way over.
Of course London can't beat Beijing, thats because beijing employ workers who work for nothing 24 hours a day 7 days a week. We cannot do that in this country as we have a minimum pay salary. So we cannot simply afford the things they did, but that doesn't mean we can't enjoy it! There will be more atmosphere because to be honest i found their opening and closing ceremonies quite boring, yes they were clever BUT BORING!
this was fun to watch! olympics is about sport! come on London!
it represents london in a way people in london understand we all use the buses. we get free newspapers thrown at us every evening and we all carry umbrellas even on the hottest of days. tbh i think if they stuck to images of big ben, st pauls and the queen it would look abit predictable.
oh come on all of you, Nobody sat and watched the hole opening and closing of the 2008 olympics cos they were good but terribly BORING!. Atleast we can kee viewers. Dont say this about London , get behind London, in my opinion by history and culure i think were the best countr in the world and im proud of this and to be british!
youre right - we are; nobody has history quite like us, not all of it primarily good; but lets face it - where would the world be without the english? in mud huts i'd guess.
everyone stop hating; and if you do don't bother coming to my city. we dont need you.
this is why i want to leave london. this is a fine example, a fine example of what trash can come out of the city. absolute disgrace. i do hope though they will be so much better at the actual olympics. COME ON GB
I think our part of the presentation was not as good as the Chinese. But to be fair, I think it was right, because we would not want to try and put down what the Chinese put on. It was respectful just to have a low key presentation.
It would also cost too much to put on a huge show filling up the stadium, after all it's only a handover. I agree, that was Beijing's moment and it was fantastic. Come 2012 it'll be London's moment and we'll put on something spectacular too.
China is communist, they can have thousands off people in their displays - do we really want to copy that, i dont. I want a more 'intimate' games from london 2012, and i think we will get it
Why did the male commentator said 'Remember this young lady?'... My answer is, 'I don't and should I?' (He must be thinking of Lin Miao Ke" haha!
And why did he say, "My goodness" when he saw the 'thousand-hands deaf dancers'. My reply is, "Oh my goodness, you are a goodness commentator that is"
i i am so thrilled that the olympics and the paralympics are coming home, but this presentation was totally rubbish. I know we have an economic crisis against us but i hope we manage to pull it together in time to splash out a bit for an amazing party or else all eyes will be on us and we won't have an awful lot to show off. lets not let the games show that the west is paling in comparison tp the east. Go GB!
whers jimmy page???? sorry i found in other games
lahrlymh 5 days ago
@5505miller Hundreds of cultures longer lasting than china's? Just name 5 countries that does and i will admit that you know SOMETHING about that country. China dates back 2852 BC, Britain don't even come close in terms of heritage so don't talk like you are a history guru or something.
ValleyManLHW 1 month ago
Yes we'd of course rather see the moon and a big shot of the stadium for the fiftieth time than the beautiful hand dancers, great camera choreography
explorer47422 1 month ago
I hope the opening ceremony in london 2012 won't feature that choir and bring up these "local community helpers" that no one knows why they are there. It has to be big but not huge. Great but not amazing. It has showcase our culture and why we are still great. I just hope it won't feature random raps and artists that not everyone likes. It has to show an identity that we can all relate to.
jrules0193 2 months ago
@jrules0193
Yeah, I really hope they bring some culture older than double deckers O.~
There is probably A LOT of culture that the U.K. can also bring.
takerukari 3 weeks ago
Were I can purchase the closing ceremony DVD ?
Tostito12345 4 months ago
Boris what a dweeb haha
crazyh1997 4 months ago
:)
Wisdomfanatic2011 4 months ago
Boris Johnson looks like a drip but he is a clever man. Can Danny Boyle, the mastermind behind Slumdog Millionaire, direct and create an opening ceremony to beat Beijing?
16MattC 5 months ago
i the this drummer she plays with mika yyyyaaaa
brian30w 6 months ago
Boris do some thing different coolest major ever.
MrCool55News 8 months ago
english is going to be better becouse they have more cultrue and they have ALOT of history i think it would be better i hope
pud881 10 months ago
@pud881 they have more culture lol idiot
dilegentelectron 8 months ago
@pud881 china is the longest lasting culture in human history... and culture cradle of humanity in many terms... sorry but cannot compare any UK with china in these ... sure Uk has a unique culture and an important actor in history but its st else.
thiocilline 5 months ago
@thiocilline
Historically Britian is the most successful country to ever exist on the planet. Hell it even owned China. But thats the problem, thats the only thing Britain has ever really achieved and has to show for its culture, invading the world and killing everone. And after Bejings olympic ceremony with a budget twice of ours, well I totally agree, were stuffed lol!
kinnane4 3 months ago
@thiocilline China has the longest lasting culture in human history? I think you will find that actually there are hundreds of cultures longer lasting than China's. Most south American cultures are a lot older. And You cant compare British History with the Chinese culture? You obviously know little about history then. Little would explain to you that Britain had the largest empire in history and invented technology which is vital to today's world and is still inventing.
5505miller 3 months ago
Do your jacket up Boris...
ClareyFairy04 10 months ago
chinese rules!!!!
legoBWairlines 1 year ago
19 : 27 - 16:42
Wonderful .....!! great
I Love it
I loved this piece
DR888100 1 year ago
19 : 27 - 16:42
Wonderful .....!! great
I Love it
I loved this piece
DR888100 1 year ago
bulls on parade
kopko2 1 year ago
london's ceremony was a bit small. Beiing and Sydney's handover were huge
bringinsexaiiback 1 year ago
that was a bit too modern for olympics...even for me
bringinsexaiiback 1 year ago
wow... can't believe it's almost 2011. 2008 felt like yesterday. 2012 is drawing near: so very excited!
caohanlu 1 year ago
I have a sudden craving for tea...
CanaryKeeper 1 year ago
I ♥ UK 4Ever!
YuryCassiniV8 1 year ago 4
Thanks for this upload!! United Kingdom... 2012. Can't wait!!! love the British.
mrAZcardinal 1 year ago
Everytime I hear the anthem I know old Imperial memories must come back for the British especially the English. I am an American and I think of the British Empire when I hear the anthem and so I know the old timers must think of it especially at a ceremony "handing" anything over to the U.K. Now they have to play second fiddle the American Empire, our two nations will eternally remain bonded through the anything, our culture, language is inexplicably English. Rule Britannia, Rule Americana.
theone1087 1 year ago
@theone1087 american empire...........what american empire?
gazaot 1 year ago 4
Everytime I hear the anthem I know old Imperial memories must come back for the British especially the English. I am an American and I think of the British Empire when I hear the anthem and so I know the old timers must think of it especially at a ceremony "handing" anything over to the U.K.
theone1087 1 year ago
16:50 is when it starts getting good.
KwanJan12 1 year ago
Why is everyone so obsessed with beating the opening ceremony?? This is a sporting contest afterall and I have no doubt London and Britain will definitely deliver when it comes to what the Olympics is really about. Look at Wembley, Tennis and Lords, all considered home of their respective sports, there is something China couldn't provide and I can bet every ticket at the 2012 Olympics will be sold, which didn't happen in China
mancity1000 1 year ago 3
I think its better the original color of the bus (red)here in london compared to assorted color, because original is the best . with David Beckham and Miss Leona L.
kadjot26 1 year ago
china made it great!
MrsAbfallpresse 1 year ago
its my personal opinion that chinese games were lifeless and emotionles..it was an amazement at first...but later it was ok nothing special!!
lablask 1 year ago
I was born in British Hong Kong, and now HK was returned to China, I have mixed feelings hearing the British anthem was ever sang again in Chinese soil.
I miss the good old days.
BurnDuck 1 year ago
@BurnDuck
IT's easy just apply a British passport and have your old feeling back.
Monttai 1 year ago
the dancer in the red top is tommy from so you think you can dance uk!!!
hannuki 1 year ago
breathtaking
MrDanieltang 1 year ago
If they want disabled people to be accepted as normal... they should scrap the paralympics and incorporate them into the real games... instead of segregating them into playing in an offshoot token gesture games like this.
jamesarongray 1 year ago
@jamesarongray Seriously? You expect a wheelchaired person to be able to race in sprints (for example)?
TrueTenorMan 1 year ago
In reality it wo'nt be hard for londoner to make better games if they chose to make it with original & own ideas. And they're acting this way.
hedvart 1 year ago
I've seen nicer mardi gras floats.
Marty07 1 year ago
Just wondering, when was the UK purchased by MTV?
kronos262 1 year ago
.,i doubt the brits will give a us a freakin show stopper because this show is a crap!!!
scorpioninpink 1 year ago
I think they should integrate the Olympics with the Paralympics.
alfaceandrice 1 year ago
lol... i am a very open minded person. and i dont like to judge others... but lmao. that has got to be the corniest, cheesiest closing ceremony for london,
On1y1Ch1na 1 year ago 2
Haha
I wonder just how stupid all this London mumbo jumbo seemed from the audience...
What a decadence!
Oblanda 1 year ago
sorry brits! you guys stunk it up pretty good.. good luck for the opening in 2012 thou!
frankybaby11 1 year ago
oh god, this was so much fail.
2012 olympic gonna be boring.
BigRed3117 1 year ago
I love Boris when hes in this sort of mood lol, scruffy oik didnt even button up his jacket lol ^^
kingspagge 1 year ago
Awesome. It's modern. I like it. Though the original bus sequence before the paralympics was better. I love the bus, the awesome graphic design and animation. London is modern. This shows it. I like it.
rohirrim11rider 1 year ago
@rohirrim11rider You call that modern? Come on. That is called cheap. This type of show doesn't fit the big venue such as the Olympic Stadium. It might look good on stage of a theater. Ok,,it is definitely different than what the Chinese presented.
wikct2 1 year ago
Awful. I would expect a bigger celebration. Did that cost 100 pounds?
JONNYPJP 1 year ago
@JONNYPJP Probably.
Hgat1 1 year ago
I cringed when that bus-stage's performers starting dancing.
I seriously doubt that London will be able to awe me with their opening ceremony.
NergiZed 1 year ago
haha got to love good old boris. can't wait until 2012. bring it on! lets show them an olympics british style!
alidibs 1 year ago
This was one of my favorite parts of the closing ceremony.
twosoulsup 1 year ago
freakin british better not fail
Draguinclan 1 year ago
England, we're counting on you. Please do not let this handover be a representation of what is to come in 2012. Please step up to the plate and show the majesty and beauty of your culture. I am an American of British ancestry, and I will be there!
brownacademy 1 year ago 3
soza mate gave you a thumbs down was ment to click on thumbs up thoigh im British and live at the south on the small island 'isle of wight' and im really hopeing tht tey dont let us down .
DeanGaffers1 1 year ago
When I was watching this and it said that the olympics will be in London I was so happy, cause thats is probaly the only one I can go to. But when I watched the performance i was like 0.O OMFG wth was that. Gosh.
witch4evah 1 year ago
good job!
well designed disaster of a performance, self-humiliation and degredation is a catching fetish!
deadshot666 1 year ago
i love the Olympics!!!!!!!!!! they are the best thing ever i the bejiing were my favorite though great video.
14Elec 1 year ago
Haha umm... I love london and all but...what's up with Lord nelson dressed in metallic silver and playing the guitar? 0.o that was kinda weird.
xsherryxcherryx 2 years ago
@xsherryxcherryx
IMO that Lord Nelson guy and that black drummer lady is about the only thing I really liked about the whole performance.
Very unique costume and also unmistakably British; it's like neo-British or something. I quite fancy it, and I think it'll be swell as long as they don't overdo it.
NergiZed 1 year ago
Uhhhh - that's Jimmy Page my dear. Legend of Led Zepplin. But yes I agree. Our ceremony was embarrassing.
PollyHarrison 1 year ago
this makes me feel ashamed to be british
quibb666 2 years ago
LOL Boris!
rudegalsw2 2 years ago
HAHAHA good old Boris lol
adambarker96 1 year ago
i love UK's national anthem!
kerish23 2 years ago
GOODLUCK LONDON!
kerish23 2 years ago
GODBLESS LONDON!!!
kerish23 2 years ago
Ok, no offense to London people but I really hope that this is not an accurate representation of your opening ceremoney because it sucks.
google2com 2 years ago
The intro video to London seems the same as the one in the Olympics.
aric2007 2 years ago
Cheriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiisse ! :D
Jamakkronic 2 years ago
London olmpics are going to be terrible all round. They're setting it in one of the poorest, most depraved areas of London, we have no money, our whole promotional campaign is awful right down to that horrible logo, our government is in shambles.
At least it just sums up England perfectly.
LadyEmilyElizabeth 2 years ago 2
Why is it that the Paralympic handover video is available to Australian viewers, but not the Olympic handover?
Gazza2 2 years ago
i think this was the best closing ceremony we rock (UK)
RunescapePWNAGE1234 2 years ago
where is david beckham?
rakokako 2 years ago
Boston 2020! The original American City and the Hub of the Universe!
luckyzach1 2 years ago
Lol this really destroyed our image. I have feeling we're really gonna f*** up the opening to the games, especially after China did such an amazing job. And yes, Boris Johnson is an idiot who couldn't wave a flag to save his life.
olivertruswell 2 years ago 4
I loved how at about 3:40, Boris Johnson looked like he was saying: "Where am I?"
XOXheartAmy 2 years ago 2
the eng.national anthem sounds so familiar
like a christmas song or something........
lqlw01 2 years ago
The version of "God Save the Queen" was the same as that of the Olympics CC.
aric2007 2 years ago
it's really hard to make it better than in China.. good luck!
hwbxx 2 years ago 46
@hwbxx no.. America and England can make better than this!!
TibKidd 1 year ago
they could of seriously done a better job at amazing people instead of those retarded dance moves & a guy dressed in a coustm plus a girl in a prom dress playing the drum... a bit disappointing...
sugoiking 2 years ago
madriddddd 2020!!!!
JjReCrE 2 years ago
Beijing Olympic was superb!
russiangymfan 2 years ago 21
I like my British pen friend!! ^__^ She's so kind and so sweet, in our emails i like using my terrible English to translate many Chinese traditional poems and essays for her! Go! London! "Bee Knees"!! =)
rainingsinger 2 years ago 4
i think its time for the olympics to move to US.Las Vegas 2016!
ChrisVarick 2 years ago
no chance
fairman3456 2 years ago 2
US.Las Vegas 2020??
primussmilodon 2 years ago
LONDON'S SHOW LOOKS SO RIDICULOUS!
JAMESBROSSARD 2 years ago
The biggest embarrasment is not the deluded thoughts that China is 'better' than England because of its stadiums, or indeed that Britannia once ruled the waves a long long time ago...its that fat prick Boris Johnson, as an ambassador to our country, he's a real joke.
no1sailor 2 years ago 2
I love England and also my nice nice British pen friend, but I have to agree with you that Mr. Boris Johnson gave us bad impression on thart closing ceremony...Anyway I believe London will also release a great Olympic Games!! =)
rainingsinger 2 years ago
I thought the London Bus thing was a misake- especially after what happened on that fateful day- what idiot ever thought that would be a good idea?
Can't waith for 2012 though- I hope the ceremonies are a bit more ingenious than this part of the closing ceremnoy- it looks like a dress rehearsal of a school production.
mibbi597 2 years ago
Coming from a chinese american, I'm positive london will do just fine. It has its own culture and people to showcase. Each to its own.
gloringlata 2 years ago
Er learn to spell in the ENGLISH language before you get on your high horse! Are you retarded or something?
rebecca4717 2 years ago
what the hell are you on about?
rebecca4717 2 years ago
Does anyone have the part from roughly 16.16 where the flame goes out and the children sing, without the BBC crew talking all over it? It's very nice.
regularcelery 2 years ago
China just pwnted >:O
jasmini101 2 years ago
so....China is not getting back the priceless artifacts that are sitting in the Britian museum huh? =\ please? can we have those back?
jasmini101 2 years ago
they could of pick a better song to play & dancers too... it's shorta crappy.. no offences :O
sugoiking 2 years ago
Truly horrible.. Lord Nelson playing the guitar, people with random correographis, shoddy costumes, what an embarrassment... seriously, i LOVE London and am a huge supporter of the games, but this is really awful. The main first handover with the red bus was actually quite cool and fun, but this.....
chrissus83 2 years ago 3
the dude asked the girl at the end.. "what do you think".
she said.. uh.. it was bright and breezy, i like the logo on the bus......
If only she could have said what she really wanted.
RobCardIV 2 years ago
LOLOL : (
its so sad that the best our country has to offer is the hiphop bus, with a boring drummer.
RobCardIV 2 years ago 2
couldn't boris afford a tie? lol
whitemagick4 2 years ago
ROFLMAO! He! He! He! Ha! Ha! This is killing me. England once ruled a huge empire and is now truly a former shadow of herself. How the almighty really fall. I bet the English greatest ancestors like Lord Nelsons, Queen Victoria i.e. are already spinning their graves.
fusionrain 2 years ago
the empire wasnt necciserily a good thing, think of all the people that suffered because of it, all we looked like then was a scary big empire we were great we were just intimidating, i mean americas big and powerfull but its not really the most popular is it.
MadMrm 2 years ago
we are still a great nation, the person who come up with this is probably foreign or scottish lol. i love it here.
mrjamezdean 2 years ago
What an embarasment for what was once the greatest nation in the world! It is like some horendous politically correct vomit salad! It makes me embarrased to say i'm English!
Steve Douglas
mdssdp 2 years ago 3
rome was unfathomably more powerful then england ever was.
wowdanalise 2 years ago
yes but englands much much nicer (:
mrjamezdean 2 years ago
The british empire was the biggest empire in history, rome collapsed the British empire is still here, granted-many of its terratories how now been handed back, but rome is no more. Britain is here and will remain.
jamieperrydude 2 years ago
Like China London too once promoted a culture that was several thousand years old. But now it has embraced multiculture and boasts runing, rapping, jiving, umbrellas, making faces, shabby street clothes & teacups as being representative of 2000 years of history & heritage. More's the pity China hasn't been enriched too.
glengarry46 2 years ago
Is this Briton .....or the U.N.?
59Gretsch 2 years ago
Is that Britain or the United Nations?
ManilaSyndicate 2 years ago
The UK seems to be roughly half African, judging from this video.
physicsstudent 2 years ago
I can't believe what I'm seeing. Is this London, or Mogadishu? The Chinese were proud of their heritage, but the British hate themselves so much, they want to become extinct.
GarthanSaal444 2 years ago
If I was English I'd be pretty embarrassed with the handover, 1000s of years worth of culture and all they can come up with is a few urbanites jumping around?
For shame...
aurrorra 2 years ago 2
Well said.
brownacademy 1 year ago
That was disgusting frankly. I can see the future of Britain as third world cesspool from this. with all the culture Britain has for thousands of years they depict modern degenerate trash.
jolyjacktar 2 years ago
There are two things I would like to say. There are a lot of people saying "it would have been wrong to outdo the Chinese". Oh, you mean like the Chinese arrogantly out did the Greeks in Athens?
Also, England has a culture just as great as China's. China's is older but England accomplished more. Are the English afraid to show their true English culture, because unlike the Chinese, they have a large immigrant population that might be offended? Think about these things before speaking.
tigerfish03 2 years ago
i think its going to be hard to beat china because London dosent have culture like China
509cr7 2 years ago
it will be hard, but you shouldn't need all the technology china used to show people your country
aJDfMDl 2 years ago 2
yesyesyes!! someone who see's sence, why does it always have to be about the best stadiums etcetc, it's about sport, and i think people need to realise that.
mrjamezdean 2 years ago 3
i think it does, every country has culture, we may not have as much money, but we'll give it a damn good try anyway, besides most of china's was fake anyway,
mrjamezdean 2 years ago
What the hell are you on about??
London is officially the most ethinacly diverse city in the world, with over 260 different languages spoken in the city.
When i say that its the most ethinacly diverse, im not saying theres no british people there, im saying it has the highest number of different cultures/ religions etc.
It's also one of the oldest citys in the world so plently of history, and firstly, it is one of the/ the most famous city in the world.
Ldn's very capable- trust me.
kinnane4 2 years ago
Agree they put on a spectacular show. They're still loaded and have probably the best array of music industry performers in the world.!
rebecca4717 2 years ago
I agree, London is the biggest financial center in the world along with New York, China doesn't come close to the UK's capital.
jamieperrydude 2 years ago
I'm confident that the 2012 Olympic if not better than China, it will be just as good. See ya 2012 good old London
inogi339 2 years ago
The only thing that was keeping me interested was the fact that I wanted to see what was gonna happen. The more I kept watching, the more I wanted to hit X. Is this what London is gonna bring? If so, they have to try harder.
whiteguycedric 2 years ago 5
I love Britain.
stareacrossthisocean 2 years ago 4
Is the bus driver using GPS?He can't see,he is covered LOL
JoeFredd 2 years ago
Boris is my hero.
FakeMoley 2 years ago 2
even mine! (i am Italian)
JoeFredd 2 years ago
london 2012, I will be there...
oswald881206 2 years ago 4
i had a headache from listening to the uks
killastrika 2 years ago
In fairness, it does make a change from me having a headache from the Yanks going on about how great they are
rebecca4717 2 years ago
the narrator SERIOUSLY sucks, like majorily!
WoXiHuanJayChou 2 years ago
it's called clarity and impartiality, i wouldnt expect many other nations of the world have it in the media like the BBC.
Sebtastical 2 years ago 7
lol you think the BBC is impartial?
Maybe they were one day, maybe they still are in some cases, but I mean seriously watch the news sometime..
FakeMoley 2 years ago
I love China and the UK!!!!!!!!!
dannyleolee 2 years ago 13
I like the casual uniform
very stylish
:-)
Goody2shoesambe 2 years ago
I really like that version of god save the queen, much less regal and military.
JamesBCS 2 years ago 2
i really agree with you, although the choir were not perfect, that version is possibly the least dirge like i have ever heard it sung. Seen as god save the queen is such a repetative and boring anthem the emphsis on the strings was much better.
Sebtastical 2 years ago
It looks like Boris drove a busload of shoppers from Liddel in Tower Hamlets straight to the Olympics. He hadn't time to change his clothes or shower and they had to put together a routine during rest breaks on the way over.
mucalinda 2 years ago
Of course London can't beat Beijing, thats because beijing employ workers who work for nothing 24 hours a day 7 days a week. We cannot do that in this country as we have a minimum pay salary. So we cannot simply afford the things they did, but that doesn't mean we can't enjoy it! There will be more atmosphere because to be honest i found their opening and closing ceremonies quite boring, yes they were clever BUT BORING!
this was fun to watch! olympics is about sport! come on London!
mrjamezdean 2 years ago
beijing employ workers who work for nothing 24 hours a day 7 days a week
Oh,I do not know where u get such information,that is not true!
ongakie 2 years ago
UK ROB,ONE DAY ur mum queen will sending u and u bro to the North Korea
solojia 2 years ago 6
i hope been in london for olympic games will be awsome , london its the one most wonderful city in the world so i m very happy for the british people
isat84 2 years ago 10
thank you so much
JoeFredd 2 years ago
london aint gonna try out do beijing in the wow factor no 1 can beat that, were goin 4 a laugh us brits aren't all work we like a laugh
2nami1995 3 years ago 5
i think this was really good
its only the handover ceremony....lol
it represents london in a way people in london understand we all use the buses. we get free newspapers thrown at us every evening and we all carry umbrellas even on the hottest of days. tbh i think if they stuck to images of big ben, st pauls and the queen it would look abit predictable.
i think this was great!
mmarrcuus 3 years ago 3
Im Proud To Be British :)
Nextquin 3 years ago 7
join the club
witch4evah 3 years ago 5
AMEN!
phizzd 2 years ago 2
I think 2012 London Olympics can't beyond beijing 2008
allaboutshuang 3 years ago 4
CHINA was awesome and that is some very very very big shoes to fill and I dont know if london can do it
dustinhrpr6 3 years ago 2
Those British dancers are formless and embarrassing. I hope they are no where to be seen in 3.5 years time.
wzkl 3 years ago 6
I like the dancing :)
kiyabyers 3 years ago
oh come on all of you, Nobody sat and watched the hole opening and closing of the 2008 olympics cos they were good but terribly BORING!. Atleast we can kee viewers. Dont say this about London , get behind London, in my opinion by history and culure i think were the best countr in the world and im proud of this and to be british!
mrjamezdean 3 years ago 4
Hey, China has a very rich culture and history of 5000 years, it's just the same as Britain has a nice culture and history.
RedHotGoku 3 years ago 7
youre right - we are; nobody has history quite like us, not all of it primarily good; but lets face it - where would the world be without the english? in mud huts i'd guess.
everyone stop hating; and if you do don't bother coming to my city. we dont need you.
aestheticdesign 3 years ago
Lets see military marches at our olympics
Ohyewildthong 3 years ago 2
isn't whole lotta love in this video?!
Klingrad 3 years ago 2
this is why i want to leave london. this is a fine example, a fine example of what trash can come out of the city. absolute disgrace. i do hope though they will be so much better at the actual olympics. COME ON GB
carefree1905 3 years ago
the bus at the closing cermony of the olympic games was closed and then opened, why now is opened and then closed?
chancayano 3 years ago
that one was closing of the olympic games, this is the closing of the paralympic games
FlyingCheeseFish 3 years ago
I think our part of the presentation was not as good as the Chinese. But to be fair, I think it was right, because we would not want to try and put down what the Chinese put on. It was respectful just to have a low key presentation.
GaryGarratt 3 years ago 2
Your part is also great. Just different cultures.
VlipsYan 3 years ago 5
It would also cost too much to put on a huge show filling up the stadium, after all it's only a handover. I agree, that was Beijing's moment and it was fantastic. Come 2012 it'll be London's moment and we'll put on something spectacular too.
halogen123 3 years ago 2
China is communist, they can have thousands off people in their displays - do we really want to copy that, i dont. I want a more 'intimate' games from london 2012, and i think we will get it
tommyvercetti7 3 years ago
Why did the male commentator said 'Remember this young lady?'... My answer is, 'I don't and should I?' (He must be thinking of Lin Miao Ke" haha!
And why did he say, "My goodness" when he saw the 'thousand-hands deaf dancers'. My reply is, "Oh my goodness, you are a goodness commentator that is"
IkSoon 3 years ago
that was lame lol
linegenrou 3 years ago
i i am so thrilled that the olympics and the paralympics are coming home, but this presentation was totally rubbish. I know we have an economic crisis against us but i hope we manage to pull it together in time to splash out a bit for an amazing party or else all eyes will be on us and we won't have an awful lot to show off. lets not let the games show that the west is paling in comparison tp the east. Go GB!
chrissus83 3 years ago
Yeah - our games should be great, cool to watch (especially because I wanna be there!), but this handover was poor and, erm, cheesey :(
kiyabyers 3 years ago 2