This is for real

http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/09/world/europe/vatican-pope-selection/index.html

part of the Sistine Chapel

E.T.

2012 Olympics Opening Ceremonies

Welkam

Hand

Minimalist poster

Connected by my friend David.

WWW = 666

'27

According to The Newspaceman, "Abide With Me" (sung by Scottish singer Emeli Sande) has been played/sung "every Football Association cup final since 1927". 

This and that

http://www.xtra.ca/blog/ottawa/post/2012/07/28/Pop-culture-questions-after-the-Olympic-opening-ceremony.aspx

http://victorpryce.com/olympic-spirit/

Whatever happened to Prospero? (Part 2)

Early July photo - London Mail

Baby lawn

Mike Oldfield talks baby secrets

 “Then there’s the section at the end where this baby grows out of the centre of the stadium,” he explains, wide-eyed.

"And there are all these people running around unveiling this… thing,” he continues. “And the very end section is a brand new piece, which is basically a piano and a big bell crescendo, and the lights come up and this giant baby which is supposed to represent the Olympic spirit grows out of the centre of the stadium and it ends with a big crash and lights.”  - Mike Oldfield

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/london-2012/9426868/Mike-Oldfields-strange-journey-from-Tubular-Bells-to-London-2012.html

The Olympic spirit is Zeus.

Recall

And his deadly wound was healed

It was ET after all

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2180814/London-2012-Olympics-opening-ceremony-How-magic-moments.html

Totally Tubular (on a night's sleep)

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The missing Prospero

Where did the 80 foot tall Prospero statue go?  If it was there, it was never shown on the BBC.

Totally tubular

Bizzare

Follow along...

Super Bowl (Sarcophagus)

Whitney Houston's funeral (Sarcophagus)

2012 London Open Ceremonies (Mummy)

What they are saying

http://musicnewsjunkie.com/5289/london-olympics-opening-ceremony-celebrates-pop-music/

http://luckypuppy.net/?p=4536

http://shazzerspeak.com/2012/07/28/201-opening-ceremonies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=201-opening-ceremonies

http://tomgoescockeyed.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-olympic-opening-ceremony-2012-non.html

The Exorcist

"Nazi salute guy"

Team Germany makes their entrance.

Isn't Hitler dead?
 

The DNA angle

I am stumped.

Every Olympics Opening Ceremonies of every kind, be it Commonwealth Games or Youth Games or the Olympic games, has some kind of reference to DNA.

But unless I flat out missed it, there was none in this one.  No colorful spiraling towers.  No twisted ladder of ...

Well unless you count the ArcelorMittal Orbit, which I think you can; although it wasn't really part of the Opening Ceremonies.

It's twisted DNA...