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

I couldn't help laughing about this post, coz the tone is sooo possessive and soo irate and soo... "I own the world."

I also couldn't help reacting to the fact that apparently, everything is all about deception nowadays. :)

I woke up last week realizing how a key person in my nearest proximity is the king of deception, and I can't help laughing hysterically at how hostile this world is to us Christians, actually. Hoo boy. Sisa Moment. :)


Snide remark: Oh Chris Chase, get a clue. :p