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Watch: James Bond's Fun Olympics Opening Ceremony Segment

by Alex Billington
July 27, 2012
Source: HeyUGuys

By some miracle—or rather the genius of Danny Boyle—I have been given the perfect hook to mention the Olympics! I love watching the Olympics, and have been watching the Opening Ceremony in London that's taking place tonight. NBC made a rather idiotic decision to air the show tape-delayed in the US, so many haven't seen this yet, but that's NBC's fault. One of the highlights of the show, envisioned by Boyle, came early on when James Bond himself escorted the Queen into the arena. It may sound weird, but in a move of Boyle brilliance, it opened with short video segment that lead to a helicopter arrival. It's worth watching.

Update: NBC has finally posted the video in full but it won't allow embedding - watch it via YouTube:

Everyone knows I am a huge James Bond fan, and this was awesome. That moment where the helicopter comes in and he parachutes out and the entire arena turned into the Union Jack actually gave me chills (it reminded me of some of the classic Bond opening scenes). Though this was all expected, considering Agent 007 is a very important part of England's pop culture history, I still enjoyed it quite a bit. The rest of the Opening Ceremony included more references to Harry Potter, the Beatles (plus Paul McCartney) and music throughout the ages. Be sure to watch the entire Danny Boyle ceremony when you can. I love that they put Bond in the Olympics like he is a real MI6 agent, with Her Majesty and all. Brilliant! Good work, Mr. Boyle.

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http://www.skonmovies.com/ Sean Kelly

Yeah, that was definitely one of the highlights of an opening ceremony that was a mixed bag.
Xerxexx

Love it.
http://www.hiddenchaos.com Matt_Bacon

Wow, this was pretty lame!
Jericho

YEEEEAAAAAAH SON!!!!!
BinaryChaos

That was a brilliant plug-in for the movie Skyfall but it would of been more hilarious to actually see Daniel Craig escort her to her seat but then again being the character James Bond is he would just fade into the crowd like a good spy would.
- http://djkento.com/ Kento
  
  I don't think it's a plug at all. Danny Boyle is in love with all things Britain and James is just as much a part of it as the queen is. If it was a plug it would have been a little bit serious. Instead you have statues waving and fans going nuts. It's fanciful and cute...
  - Anne
    
    Most Brits are in love with all things Britain.
    - jez
      
      Especially that Dam Busters reference at 3.00
- Hattori Hanzo
  
  I agree, Boyle should have finished it by having Bond escort the queen to her seat. Personally though, I thought the Mr. Bean segment was funnier.
Bobo_Vision

James Bond escorting the spoiled old bag into a sports arena. That's some lame ass shit right there. And Bond needs to lay off the shrooms....he's lusting after her corgis and seeing statues come alive.
http://djkento.com/ Kento

Don't really know what to think. It exist in this weird medium that few directors or stories try to touch. By that I mean the idea of James Bond being a real character, actually getting the queen, Winston Churchill as a statue waving, It reminds me of something along the lines of The Indian in the Cupboard where you have Robocop show up fghting a t-rex and darth vader. It really is the characters but it also isn't and there's a sense of magic to it. Or maybe A Night at the Museum... that kind of feeling.
ikkf

Did they have to give the Queen a SAG card for this? Seriously, though, this is cool.
- Bobo_Vision
  
  Her tits have SAG cards...if you know what I mean. This comment will be thumbed down be fat nerds whose tits also have SAG cards.
  - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7YGEVuJ4mM Carpola
    
    Let's not forget her vagina is haunted. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_ESgHRI5HI
  - Fat Bastard
    
    What an asshole you are.
NeoSlyfer

This was awesome
guest

I don't know. I thought it was kinda dumb.
OfficialJab

Missed it during the broadcast, got here after the video was removed. Good grief.
macatae

Mr Billington, "considering Agent 007 is a very important part of England's pop culture history" Its British pop culture ok. As a Scot its bad enough when the English assume the UK is England. and since Bond was written by Ian Fleming, born of Scots descent!
rennmaxbeta

"The uploader has not made this video available in your country." What the fuck? Screw the Corpora-net.
KILLTHEPUPPETS

I don' get it why always the rich get the spot light when they haven't done nothing and the poor doesn't as they do everything and deserves more attention and motivation to other people. The whole royals are bunch of puppets!!
- Sanka
  
  Other than being poor, what have the poor done to deserve more attention?
Josh

The video seem to be removed, you can found it on http://www.theyoutubevideo.com/?videospeopleblog=opening_ceremony_the_olympics_2012_danial_craig_james_bond_007_and_the_queen