Apparantly, the opening show wasn’t exactly real…the TV broadcast, which most of us are watching, used simulated fireworks along with the real broadcast. Now..we all know our “live” show is not really “live,” which to me is another atrocity, but they faked the opening show as well?
Here’s a quote from news.sky.com:
The global television audience of more than three billion people watched in amazement as a series of giant footprints outlined in fireworks proceeded through the night sky from Tiananmen Square to the Bird’s Nest stadium - except they were watching a computer animation.
Even the giant television screens within the stadium itself broadcast the fake images.
Stunned viewers thought they were watching the string of fireworks filmed from above by a helicopter.
But in reality they were watching a 3D graphics sequence that took almost a year to produce.
It even included a ‘camera shake’ to mimic the effect of filming from a helicopter.
Now, some are saying “What’s the big deal, it’s supposed to be over the top,” and such. They’re making a fuss over the people who are making a fuss. I don’t understand what’s so hard to understand. We’re watching this “live broadcast” that’s actually not live and not only do we have to deal with that, we now find out what we’re watching isn’t real. Why is it so hard to understand why some of us are upset?
Some might say this is a slippery slope, but what if next year the new year’s celebrations are fake? Instead of seeing this elaborate firework displays that people spent years in the making, we see a fake display on our TV, and oooh and ahh over something that isn’t real?
Others might ask “We watch all these CGI effects in our movies, and expect them, why not with the olympics?” And I ask..are you dumb enough to not understand what’s wrong with that question? We are talking about a LIVE broadcast of REAL LIFE events! Not a stupid movie with lightsabers..
The next olympics ought to have the torch being lit by aliens..
