Barking_Mad
Non sibi sed omnibus
So i've just read. All fake, not real. Like most tv.
Olympic Fireworks were tv graphics........
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And the little girl who sang was miming because the real singer was too ugly 
(of course, she isn't)
http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/olympics/article.html?in_article_id=260852&in_page_id=310
(of course, she isn't)http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/olympics/article.html?in_article_id=260852&in_page_id=310
And the little girl who sang was miming because the real singer was too ugly
http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/olympics/article.html?in_article_id=260852&in_page_id=310
That is really fucked up.
Woof
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
So she's got a couple of crooked teeth and she's a bit chubby, big deal
She looks lovely and much more sincere than the precocious little madam who was on stage who probably came out of China's equivalent of the Sylvia Young school
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
Oh fer fuck's sake! 
Still, means London still has a chance of comparing, just have to make sure the participants are eating real eel pies.
Still, means London still has a chance of comparing, just have to make sure the participants are eating real eel pies.
That girl in red stunk up the whole ceremony! Now we find out she's a RINGER!
CharlieAddict
nekomimi rocks!!!
big deal...
both the girls look like little shits anyway - except the prettier one seems happier than the ugly one - what's new?
beautiful females in most cultures, from start to finish, always seem get an easier ride in life.
both the girls look like little shits anyway - except the prettier one seems happier than the ugly one - what's new?
beautiful females in most cultures, from start to finish, always seem get an easier ride in life.
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
According to the Metro she stole the show. Really? Not the Olympic rings rising up off the floor, or the magic scroll, or people running horizontally on a massive globe, or... well, you get the point. You can see a cute kid on 64%* of TV ads.
*not scientifically proven.
*not scientifically proven.
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
Oh fer fuck's sake!
Still, means London still has a chance of comparing, just have to make sure the participants are eating real eel pies.
I had this image of a giant, Notting Hill Carnival style opening ceremony with everything from bangra to breezer drinkers and Scotsmen driven mad by Buckfast...
CharlieAddict
nekomimi rocks!!!
well...if the little chinese girl was his highlight - that Metro writer has issues.
(and he probably spends his summer holidays in bangkok).
for me, it was that dude that ran around the Bird's Nest before flamethrowing the giant olympic torch.
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
Still, think he should have been a dragon, but yeah, s'pose it were alright...
I think the scroll was my favourite bit, along with the guys who wrote on it while doing rolly-pollies.kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
The scroll, without a doubt. And the dudes in boxes. And the drummers with the glowsticks (altho it made the place look like gatecrasher circa 2003)...the little kids were pretty cheesy really...
alsoknownas
some bloke
Not tv graphics - pre-recorded fireworks. Still disappointing though.
CharlieAddict
nekomimi rocks!!!
no.
i watched the highlights of the opening and hats off to the chinese - they put on a really good show - one of my all time favs.
you're always gonna get people that watch it from a Daily Mail/western imperialist view - 'oh, they've been planning this for years. if they don't perform or put on a good show, they'll be executed.' or, 'the chinese can't be trusted - even their fireworks are fake.'
was a great opening - just hope the UK can live up to it.
Do you know where were they from? We heard about the bagpipe troupe, but not the djembe group- do you know anything about them? They were great!
dogmatique
merde alors
Same, same, no?
The footprints did actually launch as seen on tv, but the overhead shot ostensibly from a helicopter, following the footsteps towards the stadium was indeed, a 55 second CGI sequence, inserted by the Chinese as they didn't think that a. the timing could be done, and b. it would be too dangerous for the pilot.
The fact that it was a CGI sequence was known to broadcasters, for example NBC in the States announced that it was fake as they showed it live, the BBC chose not to, or omitted to mention it.
I remember at the time saying "WOW" out loud about that particular shot - and if it's not real - they really shouldn't have included it. God knows the rest of it was impressive enough.
TrippyLondoner
Well-Known Member
Yeah just heard it was pre recorded footage(only the fireworks), as they were 'concerned' about the visibility of the games, or something.
Still shocking to hear though.
Still shocking to hear though.
purves grundy
ambient clown remix
I love the way you read every criticism of the Beijing Olympics, no matter how valid these criticisms are, as an expression of imperialistic thuggery. You're a despot's dream
Sad, really.
CharlieAddict
nekomimi rocks!!!
I love the way you read every criticism of the Beijing Olympics, no matter how valid these criticisms are, as an expression of imperialistic thuggery. You're a despot's dream
Sad, really.
why the sadness purves?
just have alot of connection with folks from that part of the world.
i'm sorry but they're not as repressed as you want them to be...
