Closing Ceremony Chat.

I love how asia bums off david beckham

Ive enjoyed it tbh.
Im now feeling British. Seeing the bus, and david beckham with the football, shows how good our country can be. And we will definately be able to beat Beijing!

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Originally Posted by kk.

The countdown looked fake to begin with but then didn't... It is possible to make them fireworks though and the ones they faked on the opening.

They fake them by showing us a video of them with them computer generated

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Oh so the explosions were live and the fireworks were done seperately? Are the effects incredibly good, as in, the smoke trails put in aswell as the bangs and the lights or are they the real ones? It looks good either way :P

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Originally Posted by Geraint

Apart from the fact that he has the highest number of godl medals for an individual.

Your having a go at the Americans for "bigging" him up when, quite frankly, the worst country for that is the UK. If he was British, no-one would say anything about him having all there "airtime"

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Originally Posted by Cypher-

Its not an opinion that he is the greatest its a proven fact lol.

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Its not fact that he is the greatest Olympian of all time. It is a matter of opinion. You could take the view that because he has the most medals of all time he is the greatest Olympian, however you could say that Sir Steve Redgrave is the greatest Olympian of all time for getting 5 Gold Medals consecutivley in 5 different Olympic Games. Michael Phelps got 8 golds, as he had eight opportunities to do so - Sir Steve Redgrave only has once chance to get a gold as Rowing isn't as vast as the Swimming events. You can only specialise in one or two areas of Rowing whereas in Swimming you can excel in a lot of areas. I personally dont think that Michael Phelps is the greatest Olympian of all time. It takes a lot more to have a career spanning over 20 years worth of Olympic Games, and taking the Gold in your individual event each time in my honest opinion. Im sure if Sir Steve had the oppurtunity to participate in 8 aspects of rowing, he would!

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I did like the closing ceremony. However I dont think it was as good as the opening. That was something truly spectacular :D

i didn't watch it becuase i was out which is a bit gay but i will watch some form of highlights i think :)

The fireworks at the opening ceremony weren't fake, they were actually there. Although they were deemed unsafe to film, so they recreated them for television audiences.

Phelps is the greatest Olympian of all time. Fact.

The way this country's going, London 2012 will have no fireworks through health and safety. :rolleyes:

Awh damn, they even had the Red Arrows at the London party as well as Phelps, I wish I went now. I'm gonna be kicking myself for a while. :( I'm definitely gonna attend the London 2012 Olympics though.

Im not bitter at all. I just dont like the Americans way of doing things, I dont like the way the british do things, hence why I am moving out asap.

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Originally Posted by Neversoft

The fireworks at the opening ceremony weren't fake, they were actually there. Although they were deemed unsafe to film, so they recreated them for television audiences.

Phelps is the greatest Olympian of all time. Fact.

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Not fact :( Even Jacques Rogge (I hope I spelt that right :D) said that its debatable. Its fact that he is the Olympian with most Gold Medals, but its a matter of opinion on who you think is the best olympian of all time :D