Sunday, Aug 10, 2008 9:29 pm EDT
Some Opening Ceremony fireworks were faked
If you watched the Opening Ceremony on Friday night, chances are you said something like, "no way that's possible" at least once. It turns out you were right.
London's Telegraph newspaper reports that some of the fireworks which appeared over Beijing during the television broadcast of the Olympic Opening Ceremony were actually computer generated. But -- hold on -- it's not necessarily as bad as you think.
The faked fireworks were actually set-off at the stadium, but because of potential dangers in filming the display live from a helicopter, viewers at home were shown a pre-recorded, computer-generated shot. It sounds dishonest, but I'm not sure it's such a terrible thing.
The Opening Ceremony is, at its core, just one big performance. And isn't it accepted that some things might not be legit at a performance? The final torch bearer wasn't actually running around the top of the stadium, does the fact that everyone could figure that out make it any less impressive? It might have been unnecessarily deceptive, but the firework-faking isn't really that big of a deal. But, if I found out that the lighted-drum thing wasn't on the up and up, then we'll have problems, China.
Submitted by LatinAmericanview on Mon, 2008-08-11 19:18
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I loved all that fake firework display! It was harmless comparing to the all the things we have seen or told "Real":
1. Tower falls down, pancake style! ( was it Denny's or IHOP's pancake recipe?)
2. Muslims/Arabs did it & their "dancing" prove all that!
3. Annie Frank knew 'bout time travelling, she came back with a ball point pen to write her story, so they have to get rid of her!
4. UFO landed at my backyard & I've seen crop circle!
5. Let's not forget moon landing!
Last one I promise....
6. Iraq having weapons of mass constipation!
7.Holocaust
lets keep going- we have have our scared cows
There was nothing ‘fake’ about the ceremony and it certainly wasn’t just “one big performance” as suggested by the poodle Telegraph. The ceremony was full of special effects and it is the first time that special effects are carried out live in this manner. The opening ceremony was absolutely BRILLIANT and it was a major “finger” from China to the West… especially the US and its ‘coalition of the willing’ who obviously are dying of jealousy. That ceremony was broadcast live to the entire world… and it is only the US that deliberately deprived its citizens of that breathtaking event. For month and month before that opening ceremony, US media (which is owned by the same people who own British media) deliberately conducted a slimy and low-life campaign to try to spoil the event for China while the whole world was covering the incredible work that China was achieving towards the actual start of the games. The whole world witnessed what was clear US jealousy and frustration with China’s achievements.. ultimately culminating in US refusal (or fear) to show the American people what the China was capable of.
Right after the opening night, while world media was in awe in front of what it saw, US media which still hadn’t broadcast the ceremony showed a few stills of the event and only managed to cover a tiny demonstration instigated most likely by the cia in the Tibet, criticize the pollution in Beijin as well as the fact that all the workers who had worked on building the ‘bird nest’ stadium were now out of a job because the stadium was finished! What did Brian Williams expect? That the Chinese government or Olympic authorities would hire the workers for life? Now the BBC Zionist proxi is trying to tell the world that the ceremony was ‘fake’? The BBC which informed the world of the collapse of WTC 7 (Solomon Tower) a whole 23 minutes before its actual collapse Is now analyzing the opening ceremony of the Chinese Olympic games? How petty can one get?
The US and its “coalition of the willing” looks like an erratic female having a tantrum of jealousy. For people watching the US and its poodles (all the clan of puppets who are collapsing…) from the outside, it is hilarious to watch a nation behave like a vexed and jealous human being. The Chinese are having a ball with US reactions. In fact everyone is.
Should anyone be interested to find out more about the talent behind that incredible opening night, check out Zhang Yimou who is the Director of the event and who is not a novice. Zhang Yimou is very well known around the world and is widely acclaimed for his creativity and directing talent. One can only be annoyed at his incredible work when one is jealous!
This appeared in Wiltshire, England on 8/8/8.