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Makes sense snoopcester Send a noteboard - 29/07/2012 01:39:13 AM
If we follow what the commentators were saying (reading from the official program), the reference to Tolkien (and his source of inspiration) in the forging of the rings sequence was intentional.


He was pretty much covering what Tolkien had already done, just without the Orcs.
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So, who watched the Opening Ceremony? Stephen - 28/07/2012 01:07:52 AM 779 Views
currently watching. it certainly is... interesting... wolfsister - 28/07/2012 01:12:34 AM 530 Views
Only seen some still photos Isaac - 28/07/2012 01:26:23 AM 439 Views
Not as bad as I feared Wibble - 28/07/2012 01:46:56 AM 529 Views
I think it was a re-imagining of Saruman transforming Isengard into an Orc-production facility. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 28/07/2012 01:53:01 AM 245 Views
Dude, I felt like I was watching LotR the WHOLE time. Mats Gambling Buddy - 28/07/2012 06:21:13 AM 547 Views
More of a de-imagining, I think, given what inspired Tolkien. *NM* snoopcester - 28/07/2012 11:09:33 AM 258 Views
Re: More of a de-imagining, I think, given what inspired Tolkien. DomA - 28/07/2012 09:09:58 PM 445 Views
Makes sense snoopcester - 29/07/2012 01:39:13 AM 460 Views
Re: Makes sense DomA - 29/07/2012 03:58:57 PM 887 Views
I liked the forging of the rings. Not a huge fan of the extended 80s dance party. *NM* Ghavrel - 28/07/2012 03:09:39 AM 243 Views
I caught snipits... Jedi Wolf Sister - 28/07/2012 04:19:18 AM 553 Views
It was on the whole great, very british DomA - 28/07/2012 06:13:07 AM 443 Views
It blew.....very disjointed. Anonymous2000 - 28/07/2012 06:14:16 AM 466 Views
Did you watch the same thing we watched? *NM* Stephen - 28/07/2012 01:31:44 PM 227 Views
It seemed like a glorified Super Bowl halftime show - no scale and scope Anonymous2000 - 28/07/2012 04:35:28 PM 472 Views
I thought it was charming and enjoyable, not stuffy and boring. *NM* Beqi - 28/07/2012 07:30:32 AM 257 Views
every minute and it exceeded expectations Foxhead - 28/07/2012 08:26:19 AM 605 Views
I didn't expect anything from it snoopcester - 28/07/2012 10:16:02 AM 473 Views
Re: I didn't expect anything from it DomA - 28/07/2012 09:03:59 PM 460 Views
Re: I didn't expect anything from it snoopcester - 29/07/2012 01:24:08 AM 462 Views
I had actually forgotten my favourite moment from it snoopcester - 29/07/2012 01:28:12 AM 505 Views
That was a bit of a mini topic on twitter while the ceremony was on. Stephen - 29/07/2012 02:45:49 PM 422 Views
Re: I didn't expect anything from it DomA - 29/07/2012 04:04:37 PM 933 Views
Yeah, it made sense that they put so much focus on music... Legolas - 29/07/2012 12:49:50 PM 425 Views
Re: Yeah, it made sense that they put so much focus on music... DomA - 29/07/2012 03:23:28 PM 648 Views
I thought it was really good. The Mr. Bean bit was funny Orange - 28/07/2012 12:27:44 PM 483 Views
He was in it? In that case, I'm so very glad I missed it. I loathe him. *NM* Palatine - 28/07/2012 05:39:59 PM 231 Views
I thought it was surprisingly excellent. Mostly. Rebekah - 28/07/2012 01:28:56 PM 473 Views
I loved the tribute to Disney random thoughts - 30/07/2012 02:27:03 PM 502 Views
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