Fake Fireworks Olympics Ceremony: "Wag The Olympics"

http://zennie2005.blogspot.com/2008/08/fake-fireworks-china-olympics-ceremony... -- Last Friday's Olympics Opening Ceremony in Beijing Olympics Stadium was without a doubt the greatest event of its kind in the history of the Olympic Games. It was China's "coming out" party, and the organizers $300 million was well-spent.

The results showed in China Olympian Li Ning's levitating speed-skater style "walk" around Olympic Stadium and his lighting of a giant torch, which in turn caused what had to be the largest fireworks display in the history of the Olympic Games, if not the World.

A spectacle that looked tremendous, and even animated, and that's because it was.

The organizers of the event admitted that computer graphics were used to "replace" the actual fireworks images because the fear was that the "haze" -- read: smog -- was so bad that a great camera shot of the pyrotechnics would have not been possible.

Still, it was controversial because it took away from the overall historic effort and also took the wind out of the sails of the China Olympics, and sadly.

I write that because regardless of that country's problems, we're all fans of the Olympics and want to see it go well. Period.

But what was done reminded me of the movie "Wag The Dog". That flick, which starred Robert De Nero and Dustin Hoffman, was about a war that was staged on a television set and never happened at all.

With China's actions, we're a massive step closer to that possible occurence. China not only faked the fireworks, but the singer employed in the Opening Ceremony.

http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=6&click_id=6&art_id=nw20080...

Seven-year-old Yang Peiyi, "who was deemed not attractive enough to go on stage" according to the article, was replaced by nine-year-old Lin Miaoke. One thing's for sure, that will scar Yang Peiyi for life, the fact that her own China told her she was not attractive enough to be seen singing on the biggest stage in the World, even though they love her voice!

Toward Laws Preventing This In The Future

I think we need to craft a series of International Laws to prevent or at least discourage (which is the best we can do) the occurence of the use of digital technology in this way. It's far too dangerous a possibility to ignore, especially in the wake of the fake fireworks scandal.

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[russiangymfan]

Just read some evil racist dirty comments from some Americans, you know who are more civilized! These racists and barbarians have nothing right in their left brains and nothing left in their right brains, yet they have the guts to preach morality to people in the world. How disgusting!

[awesomerepublican]

Actually, there's no controversy about the fireworks at all.

Even the American commentary on NBC explained that THE PARTICULAR VIEW (from helicopter height) was computer graphics.

I've seen several digicam videos of normal people ACTUALLY THERE and the fireworks were just as they portrayed it on NBC anyways.

So, nothing shocking, no controversy.

If American media really wanted answers, they would have gotten them. But instead they got more "ratings" for making up a controversy.

[russiangymfan]

No Olympic rule says that Lip synching is not allowed and 08 game had the most real elements at both opening and closing ceremony! Come on, the opening ceremony is just a performance like any other performance. Most previous olympic games had the same thing! According to American fans' logic, all Hollywood movies are fake. Were those Native culture performance at the 1996 Atlanta game real American Indians? Obvious not! Of course, most real native Americans were killed.

[faze4860]

Alright, so if you believe 9/11 was suposedly fake, then how can you explain the thouands of whitnesses and deaths?

[itsuke142]

If it looks good, it doesn't matter.

[kamaakazi]

@greyfoxau "everyone is the world knows china is fake, that country is a joke".... lol... your such an idiot, one of the most ridiculous comments ive seen on youtube recently.

[milackk7]

Our government (U.S.) uses the media to misrepresent just about everything it does. September 11th, 2001 was probably the biggest fraud ever committed. I could care less about some of the fireworks being unreal, but it does bother me that the little girl couldn't sing her song on camera - that's terrible! But then, that's all we do in the U.S. - put people in front of the camera that we claim are more attractive. That's just our "un-reality". Our lip syncing, our matrix.

[owenhuang1]

You cannot fake fireworks you dumbass! Everyone in Bejing saw the opening ceremony fireworks outside the stadium.

[greyfoxau]

I think the chinese should of said something because it is lying. "Oh look at those fireworks - this is the best Olympics opening ever" I wonder how many people were thinking this. Well everyone in the world knows China is Fake, that country is a joke.

[watermonkey2000]

Don't see why they didn't just put a bit more effort and I think that that little girl shouldn't have been lip singing. The original singer was clearly more musical and I actually think she was way cuter!!!!

[impuredeath2]

Better for environment if it was not real.... if you still fail to understand the point then... :(

[MultiDimwit]

I don't care if its fake, its still an effort