…”London, the only city to have welcomed the GAMES 3 times, and each time we have done it the world faces turbulence and trouble and each time the games have been a trial…” “….To everyone and every village and city in the entire world, watching as we begin our opening ceremonies”…
Having had to endure watching the Nothing But Crap version here in the US, I am praying that a PROPER version of the Opening Ceremonies will one day be released on DVD. The whole Pandemonium sequence blew me away from the very start, and being a long time Mike Oldfield fan the whole thing just kept getting better.
It is not so ... Beijing displayed what china is and what china can do ( not bring a fake jungle from underground) . The performances were awesome. they adapted technology. and not just showcased it. while London opening ceremony showed gimmicks. Beijing was Art and frankly London had its wow moments but was boring..
@@straitarrow5784 that scene is a celebration to the work of the NHS with support from Great Ormand Street Hospital, a children’s charity (GOSH) and hospital; hence all of the children patients. Nothing to do with covid, just a celebration of the NHS as the service they provide is something that solidifies British healthcare.
0:01 Watched this on RTÉ2 with George Hamilton commentating. George, unlike Huw Edwards, is a proper sportscaster. Huw is a TV news journalist. Huw also commentated on the ceremonies at Beijing '08.
I enjoyed your video, the editing set to the music was just right. I agree, the inane VO was annoying. If they do bring out a DVD, I hope they offer Danny Boyle the chance to edit it.
It's really important that we prey to quickened Jesus Christ return. This world and its ways is falling just like Satan and his fallen ones. Prey that all may come to repentance.
Thanks for this! I was looking for a medley of the 2012 Ceremony for my students. However the video is a bit blurry do you have a better quality version of this video?
I was living in Beijing when London 2012 was being held and I can tell you it was a weird time to be British in China. The Chinese media SLATED every single aspect of London 2012, not necessarily because it's London, but because it was the games after Beijing 2008. If Paris had won, they'd have done the same (and may even have gone as far as to say that London should have won because blah blah propaganda blah). I remember Chinese social media and news sites being filled with content, including serious state-owned journalists writing in-depth pieces about why London 2012 was the single-worst games ever in history. On the other hand, ordinary Chinese people seemed to enjoy it, my colleagues in the office were full of praise for much of it...but I also knew they were reading (and not openly rejecting) the same media. It was ODD.
What a shame u didnt use the Without Commentary version the BBC have on line. Why flip the screen tho ? and no mention of the amazing "Thanks Tim" section ?
I was a performer in this segment. I'm the guy closest to camera rolling turf in the complete BBC footage. Wanna know exactly how this segment was put together and how we went from a computer simulation to what you can see in this video? Check out my book, Making Pandemonium, at www.makingpandemonium.co.uk. For every copy sold using the link on the home page I will donate £1.50 to Macmillan Cancer Support. :-)
@Bluewolfe96 green pass ports in Israel right now, just the tip of the iceberg of what's to come. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink. No matter how accurate your predictions, some will just eat up the narrative the media spins without any second thought and chalk it up to coincidence or blame it on Trump
Much better than rio 2016 but brazil didnt wanna spend much... this ceremony is way better than that cos after 1 hr of that i got bored. Although GB have done amazing this olympics in rio. Watching night after Mo Farah got his double double. Proud to be brithish n good vid didnt have to watch 3 hr + ceremony
I'm French and in need to see this beautiful ceremony once again After the disastrous show we had...if we can call this a show. London was peak. The opening and the closing ceremony ✨
The most ridiculous opening ceremony ever ... If you don’t have a culture and your past as a nation is covered with blood of other nations ... you present wizards and other idiotic meaningless shit ! It is a shame for the spirit of Olympic Games ....!
the kind of people who say that Britain (and even America) don't have culture are usually the kind of totally uncultured, ignorant and hateful people who think that having a passport from whatever country they're from makes them an expert in their own culture. You know nothing of culture in general, so you pathetically lash out at other nations. I've encountered your sort living in China, and I pity you.
As a white person I found this ceremony insulting. If London wanted to focus so much on diversity, then they should have played homage to Britain's empire at the right point and paid respect to all the countries like India who gained their independence, and then they could have paid homage to the immigrants who came after that period. But there was no reason to portray diversity in England's history before that. It is dishonest and comes across as forced. I am sure that if China were to put a bunch of white people in its ceremony there would have been never-ending outrage from liberals. But it seems that any country where the native population has blonde hair and blue eyes, is now not allowed to show any sort of homogeneity even if it was homogenous until very recently. Wait .....Russia's ceremony was homogenous and the press was constantly bashing it. Why didn't they bash China? White people and our obsession with diversity, are starting to become the laughing stock of the world. No other race acts like this. The East Asians don't, and if one day India, Saudi Arabia, or Nigeria has the money to host the Olympics, I am sure they will proudly show they heritage without this diversity nonsense. Wake up white people. The parts of this ceremony that were actually white had mocking tones to them. The queen jumping from a helicopter? Mr Bean wiping snot everywhere while a fancy orchestra is playing, and ruining a great British film also? You should be ashamed, Britain, of the joke you have become.
fc1280 I’m not British but I thought the ceremony was great. I didn’t feel any mocking tones about anything. The queen jumping from the helicopter made her look bad ass and Mr bean expressed what British humor is. Britain in not homogenous anymore. It is multicultural therefore it would make sense to include all the races that have a British nationality. You talk about how China didn’t include other races, well if China’s population wasn’t 99.99 percent exclusively Chinese then they would have included other races. I’m sure than same thing would happen with Russia.
What a ridiculous and shallow minded point of view. This is one of the greatest and multicultural city’s on earth. Why do you have to be so race specific? Surely the costume is enough to decipher the role trying to be portrayed, portrayed well by multicultural British citizens. Times have changed, try to open your mind and view roles played by performance and not the colour of somebody’s skin.
not to undermine the British bad doings, but they did build the railways that India uses to this day. And many indians live in the UK. And many of them have entered the parliament. What you talk of is the past.
Whose coming to this video after watching the very underwhelming ceremony by France? X
I didn't come away with a single idea of what modern france stands for and it's values. But when you read the news I don't think the French do either
I'm so disappointed. I need this to make me feel better
Yeah that was disgraceful for France, but in some ways an accurate depiction of the country: confused, chaotic and falling apart.
Yeah that was disgraceful for France, but in some ways an accurate depiction of the country: confused, chaotic and falling apart.
This is just as sick if not sicker than Paris
The figure coming out of the hospital bed looks a lot like Boris Johnson..
Hidden in plain sight
It had soul that’s why it’s the best it’s included all people of Britain that’s why it’s the best
I liked this 'put-together' video of the amazing Opening Ceremony - especially the nusic and the Drummers - Oh those Drums!
You won't see a better highlights video than this. Excellent!
Wow absolutely breathtaking 😮
Still send shivers down my spine, Fat cake Trailers, Very well put together,Thanks ! And well done.
Wow, I actually have goosebumps! Amazing!
Cause u felt it before, it become truth
…”London, the only city to have welcomed the GAMES 3 times, and each time we have done it the world faces turbulence and trouble and each time the games have been a trial…” “….To everyone and every village and city in the entire world, watching as we begin our opening ceremonies”…
Having had to endure watching the Nothing But Crap version here in the US, I am praying that a PROPER version of the Opening Ceremonies will one day be released on DVD. The whole Pandemonium sequence blew me away from the very start, and being a long time Mike Oldfield fan the whole thing just kept getting better.
This is so dark
Yikes.
very nicely done, thank you.
2012 London Olympics Closing Ceremony on August 12, 2012
Doesn't this remind you all of corona
Wait they knew about the pandemic
we are been fool by this evil organization
@@Ehh_Chot so sad movies stuff are becoming real,even the cloning of that animal
predictive programming
Look into Gematria bro you'll start to see how scripted the world is and who runs the show ✌
@@richie2395 haaa its sad
Beijing was overrated.. London Opening Ceremony is the best so far
Asian games 2018 indonesian?
@@Wkwkmkmkg ew, NOPE, London 2012 Olympic still the best
There are so many good ceremonies!
You must be like covid
It is not so ... Beijing displayed what china is and what china can do ( not bring a fake jungle from underground) . The performances were awesome. they adapted technology. and not just showcased it. while London opening ceremony showed gimmicks. Beijing was Art and frankly London had its wow moments but was boring..
I had to watch this for a lesson on online school
me too
Same
At 2:28 hospital scene predicts the Covid 19 pandemic.
No it doesn't.
@@redcorner8953 yes it does!!!!
@Mr Rich It's nothing to do with Covid 19 you tripper , find out the backstory , it's quite simple .
@@redcorner8953 , please explain
@@straitarrow5784 that scene is a celebration to the work of the NHS with support from Great Ormand Street Hospital, a children’s charity (GOSH) and hospital; hence all of the children patients. Nothing to do with covid, just a celebration of the NHS as the service they provide is something that solidifies British healthcare.
please see description would love really what you thought of the video though
Danny Boyle's masterpiece.
0:01 Watched this on RTÉ2 with George Hamilton commentating. George, unlike Huw Edwards, is a proper sportscaster. Huw is a TV news journalist. Huw also commentated on the ceremonies at Beijing '08.
Loved it, very well done you. X
Some people saying silly things about this video! It is excellent, just like the Closing Ceremony highlights video. Very cleverly put together.
It was the best opening ever tbh especially with Rowan Atkinson and everyone else including the Queen.
I worked on the Olympic village so proud 😁👍
Bat your a big NB gob
I enjoyed your video, the editing set to the music was just right. I agree, the inane VO was annoying. If they do bring out a DVD, I hope they offer Danny Boyle the chance to edit it.
Better than Rio 2016
Rio was shit
Rio was good in its own way
agree
Bullshit
Covid - 19
Thank you!!!!
This is a great video - well done!
Looking back at comments seeing people say stuff when tbey haven’t realized what was actually happening.
so many people doing deferent tasks , dont know how they managed to plan it all, increadable
I came here to wash my eye after seeing Tokyo oplympic opening.
Can't believe it is already three years ago
Steven1993 5 6 this year mate 😔
9 years…
10 years ago and it's still great I agree. 👍🏼
the song is called underworld: and I will kiss
It's really important that we prey to quickened Jesus Christ return. This world and its ways is falling just like Satan and his fallen ones. Prey that all may come to repentance.
That was just great wasn't it. The best country in the world, puts on the best Games ever.
Notice the triangles
Great edit..
Best Opening Ceremony.. Ever
hospital beds? best video
covid?
Uhhh you blind ?!
@@MommyandLanni yes, u're blind..
Tedi Juliyandi A monster with a pandemic is the best opening ever loool
Thanks for this! I was looking for a medley of the 2012 Ceremony for my students. However the video is a bit blurry do you have a better quality version of this video?
Excellent as always. Well Done.
Breathtaking.
With the way this was done, you'd think it was their last time hosting the Olympics, so they went all out.
Planned Programming
OMG 😲. 2012 he is now abaut covit 19 it's casting. Killer come to people. Amen 🙏🙏🙏
This is creepy.
Fantastic.
I was living in Beijing when London 2012 was being held and I can tell you it was a weird time to be British in China. The Chinese media SLATED every single aspect of London 2012, not necessarily because it's London, but because it was the games after Beijing 2008. If Paris had won, they'd have done the same (and may even have gone as far as to say that London should have won because blah blah propaganda blah).
I remember Chinese social media and news sites being filled with content, including serious state-owned journalists writing in-depth pieces about why London 2012 was the single-worst games ever in history. On the other hand, ordinary Chinese people seemed to enjoy it, my colleagues in the office were full of praise for much of it...but I also knew they were reading (and not openly rejecting) the same media. It was ODD.
god this makes me proud to be British
Katie McCann same
Very well planned 9 years back about the Pandemic 😡
plandemic
😓
Brilliant, just came to watch after paris woke snore fest
Yeah.
what do you mean, i wanted to add some commentry in it for more epic feel, who is tim?
It was such a fun time
so, you liked the video, and yes a dvd is i hear getting released of both the opening and closing, from what i hear
may, i ask how i could improve it :(
you just can't stop watching can you ;) to be honest neither can i ;) have you already subscribed mark :) if not please can you subscribe :)
gr8 stuff.. where can i find that music ? epic
What a shame u didnt use the Without Commentary version the BBC have on line. Why flip the screen tho ? and no mention of the amazing "Thanks Tim" section ?
If it does come out on DVD or even better Blu-Ray, perhaps it could be without the dammed VO
I was a performer in this segment. I'm the guy closest to camera rolling turf in the complete BBC footage. Wanna know exactly how this segment was put together and how we went from a computer simulation to what you can see in this video? Check out my book, Making Pandemonium, at www.makingpandemonium.co.uk. For every copy sold using the link on the home page I will donate £1.50 to Macmillan Cancer Support. :-)
nadsteruk Ik I’m late but good on u
@@vikavoltisepic3507 But not too late! Thank you. Such an incredible night that was.
Nadeem Masood your welcome! You should be proud of urself
please subscribe and share the video please
what is the white stuff on the screen?
Who else is here because of a lesson
Just amazing !
Best was Barcelona 1992 and London was second what I have liked
This is so weird
Definitely creepy.
@Bluewolfe96 green pass ports in Israel right now, just the tip of the iceberg of what's to come. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink. No matter how accurate your predictions, some will just eat up the narrative the media spins without any second thought and chalk it up to coincidence or blame it on Trump
@Marc o Roni you are already being watched. Throw away your phone if you don't want to participate
coronavirus truth
You are so dam right!!!!
Yup! Greta was there!
@@solt3382 Yesssssss, you tell the false story about the climate change"
Pure dark propaganda. See it for what it is.
Much better than rio 2016 but brazil didnt wanna spend much... this ceremony is way better than that cos after 1 hr of that i got bored. Although GB have done amazing this olympics in rio. Watching night after Mo Farah got his double double. Proud to be brithish n good vid didnt have to watch 3 hr + ceremony
🤔🤔
They removed the truth
I'm French and in need to see this beautiful ceremony once again After the disastrous show we had...if we can call this a show. London was peak. The opening and the closing ceremony ✨
should've been david tennant
does this mean good
Hello I'm Yassine I'm a nerd
better than japan
Big one 2023 covid 23
The most ridiculous opening ceremony ever ... If you don’t have a culture and your past as a nation is covered with blood of other nations ... you present wizards and other idiotic meaningless shit ! It is a shame for the spirit of Olympic Games ....!
What a load of BS!
the kind of people who say that Britain (and even America) don't have culture are usually the kind of totally uncultured, ignorant and hateful people who think that having a passport from whatever country they're from makes them an expert in their own culture. You know nothing of culture in general, so you pathetically lash out at other nations. I've encountered your sort living in China, and I pity you.
2.30 ''
Corona Dajjal...
Satanic
😶
The Tokyo Olympic opening ceremony was way better
LOL no way. It was probably the worst I’ve ever seen (appreciate no crowds but it wasn’t particularly imaginative)
Satanists!
I thought the ceremony overall was bargain basement and a bit embarrassing, however that torch was immense, the greatest of all time surely.
Are you for real? Bargain basement? Smh
Yes.
Beijing was overrated.. London Opening Ceremony is the best
As a white person I found this ceremony insulting. If London wanted to focus so much on diversity, then they should have played homage to Britain's empire at the right point and paid respect to all the countries like India who gained their independence, and then they could have paid homage to the immigrants who came after that period. But there was no reason to portray diversity in England's history before that. It is dishonest and comes across as forced. I am sure that if China were to put a bunch of white people in its ceremony there would have been never-ending outrage from liberals. But it seems that any country where the native population has blonde hair and blue eyes, is now not allowed to show any sort of homogeneity even if it was homogenous until very recently. Wait .....Russia's ceremony was homogenous and the press was constantly bashing it. Why didn't they bash China? White people and our obsession with diversity, are starting to become the laughing stock of the world. No other race acts like this. The East Asians don't, and if one day India, Saudi Arabia, or Nigeria has the money to host the Olympics, I am sure they will proudly show they heritage without this diversity nonsense. Wake up white people. The parts of this ceremony that were actually white had mocking tones to them. The queen jumping from a helicopter? Mr Bean wiping snot everywhere while a fancy orchestra is playing, and ruining a great British film also? You should be ashamed, Britain, of the joke you have become.
fc1280 I’m not British but I thought the ceremony was great. I didn’t feel any mocking tones about anything. The queen jumping from the helicopter made her look bad ass and Mr bean expressed what British humor is. Britain in not homogenous anymore. It is multicultural therefore it would make sense to include all the races that have a British nationality. You talk about how China didn’t include other races, well if China’s population wasn’t 99.99 percent exclusively Chinese then they would have included other races. I’m sure than same thing would happen with Russia.
What a ridiculous and shallow minded point of view. This is one of the greatest and multicultural city’s on earth. Why do you have to be so race specific? Surely the costume is enough to decipher the role trying to be portrayed, portrayed well by multicultural British citizens. Times have changed, try to open your mind and view roles played by performance and not the colour of somebody’s skin.
please tell me covid got you 🙏🏾 Racist you’ll lift up your eyes in hell
not to undermine the British bad doings, but they did build the railways that India uses to this day. And many indians live in the UK. And many of them have entered the parliament. What you talk of is the past.