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WTF !! WTF !! OLYMPIC FIREWORKS WERE FAKED !! COMPUTER MADE !!

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8/10/2008 11:42 PM
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Some Opening Ceremony fireworks were faked
By Chris Chase


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? It might have been unnecessarily deceptive, but the firework-faking isn't 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.

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8/10/2008 11:44 PM
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considering the shit state of the planet, who really cares?
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8/10/2008 11:45 PM
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Inbelievable, isn't it?

Why would they go to the bother?
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8/10/2008 11:45 PM
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wonder if they used the same computer generating program that they used on 911 and the planes hitting the towers?
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8/10/2008 11:49 PM
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considering the shit state of the planet, who really cares?
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I was waiting your reply .... you were 2 secs early , you bet your own record !!
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8/10/2008 11:49 PM
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considering the shit state of the planet, who really cares?


I was waiting your reply .... you were 2 secs early , you bet your own record !!
chuckle
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chuckle
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8/10/2008 11:50 PM
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I was sitting in a chinese restaurant eating and they had the TV on the crapo olympics. It was hilarious. Synchronized diving, talking about how important it was, and how the young divers were beautiful and making millions with commercial endorsements. Interrupted by very dramatic, theatrical commercials about Budweiser and Subwayyyyyyy!
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8/10/2008 11:50 PM
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Honestly tv is no longer a realiable resource for anything that is known as truth. It basically is all crap now.
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8/10/2008 11:52 PM
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A few people were just glancing at it to look at something while eating. Pitiful. But you would think they were talking about demigods.
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8/10/2008 11:57 PM
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sheeplebah
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8/11/2008 12:01 AM
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Fake Fireworks ?? .. Those Bastards !


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8/11/2008 12:05 AM
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Make sure you look at the footage of it... I find it very bizarre.

Why would they go to the trouble?
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8/11/2008 12:10 AM
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Make sure you look at the footage of it... I find it very bizarre.

Why would they go to the trouble?
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spectacularity !!
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8/11/2008 12:15 AM
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bump
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8/11/2008 2:57 PM
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holograms ??
ahhhahhh
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8/11/2008 3:03 PM
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well if you saw the opening you saw the birds eye camera angle flying toward the stadium w/ fireworks going off along the way and you could clearly see they were fake, but even the announcer alluded to this fact live on air in a subtle way... no story at all here
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8/11/2008 3:08 PM
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