Chinese 'fake' Olympic ceremony
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Oh dear.
1. Those magical footprints we saw 'walking' across Beijing? Faked. Filmed previously and added in to the production.
2. That cute little girl 'singing'? Not her. Real little girl deemed too ugly for TV audiences.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7556...
1. Those magical footprints we saw 'walking' across Beijing? Faked. Filmed previously and added in to the production.
2. That cute little girl 'singing'? Not her. Real little girl deemed too ugly for TV audiences.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7556...
And rent-a-mob too: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7555...
Can you imagine if this were to happen at the 2012 olympics? Telling a person they can't sing because they're ugly? There would be outrage!
I think however, this should have started a long time ago in this country, at least then we wouldn't have had to endure Michelle McMannus on X factor or which ever pop show she won!
I think however, this should have started a long time ago in this country, at least then we wouldn't have had to endure Michelle McMannus on X factor or which ever pop show she won!
JonRB said:
They look the same to me!
[Disclaimer: That was a joke, playing on the stereotype cliché that says all oriental people look the same when they clearly do not. Your mileage may vary. May contain nuts.]
Nah, the first one is deffo more of a hottie[Disclaimer: That was a joke, playing on the stereotype cliché that says all oriental people look the same when they clearly do not. Your mileage may vary. May contain nuts.]
Edited by JonRB on Tuesday 12th August 13:08
disclaimer... etc
The Sun is missing a headline writer sleep envy said:
I'll bet my mortgage that everything has been carefully scripted, reviewed and approved before it goes ahead
I suspect Joe Murray will agree with you on that one.His boxing bout this morning against a Chinese chap was a travesty of scoring, or not, in Murrays case.
Murray lands a clean one = no score
Chinese boxer wildly swings in vague direction of Murray = 2 points!
Brilliant viewing.
mouk786 said:
i thought those little firework skits were pre filmed anyway because it would have been extremley hard to film something liek that live, so no surprise on that one for me
Well, technically, no, they would have been a piece of the proverbial to do. A very easy shape to replicate on the ground and very simple pyrotechnics. The problem was launching them in the right places. On viewing it for the second time there was no smoke from the firing sites and some of them were int he middle of road junctions with buses going over them!Shame really.
the stadiums are probably empty because of the s
t weather, even though the chinese have tried to control that too 
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/06/05/ch...
t weather, even though the chinese have tried to control that too http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/06/05/ch...
you'd think the UK never put a foot wrong in any of their events 
mouk786 said:
i thought those little firework skits were pre filmed anyway because it would have been extremley hard to film something liek that live, so no surprise on that one for me
I honestly thought it was an animation too as it looked... er... like an animation rather than live footage.The shock for me was that they thought anyone thought that was real?!
And agreed about the boxing being scripted earlier today - disgusting really but kinda expected.
tegwin said:
Yes, its a PR stunt...China are trying to tell the world that they are a Superpower, on the same level as the UK and USA.
So who do they think they are going to impress if they are doing stuff like that...Its still a comnist country and there is no other way of looking at it...
They are a pretty big superpower. Certainly way ahead of the UK. So who do they think they are going to impress if they are doing stuff like that...Its still a comnist country and there is no other way of looking at it...
tegwin said:
Yes, its a PR stunt...China are trying to tell the world that they are a Superpower, on the same level as the UK and USA.
So who do they think they are going to impress if they are doing stuff like that...Its still a comnist country and there is no other way of looking at it...
What's so bad about it ? Have you been to China yourself ?So who do they think they are going to impress if they are doing stuff like that...Its still a comnist country and there is no other way of looking at it...
The UK is a superpower?
I don't see anything wrong with the computer generated fireworks display or the mime act.
What if the fireworks were live, and they couldn't be seen because of the smog? People would just bash it no matter what. Actors/singers etc often use body doubles, do we have a go at them for that? IMO the opening ceremony was still bloody impressive, whatever way you look at it!
I don't see anything wrong with the computer generated fireworks display or the mime act.
What if the fireworks were live, and they couldn't be seen because of the smog? People would just bash it no matter what. Actors/singers etc often use body doubles, do we have a go at them for that? IMO the opening ceremony was still bloody impressive, whatever way you look at it!
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