It's quite funny how many people are shocked by HARDKOAR SPORTS that they thought were quite tame. The olympics are always great fun to watch. I only caught part of the dressage for the triple event equestrian thingy (my god, one of the horses was absolutely perfect! He was the most beautiful thing...it was one of the english girls' I think...) and part of one of the wimminz volleyball matches. They were wearing goggles, is that to protect face from ball hittage?
was it court or beach volleyball? if beach it might be to protect them from sand.
It was beach, so yeah, sand blockage.Originally Posted by rubah
I thought that everyone already knew it was lip-synched. You'd have to have not been paying attention to think otherwise. Her lip-synching was of Britney Spears quality, and was about as obvious as can be.It wasn't even the same girl. :P
China is pathetic for not allowing a girl to sing in front of an audience because she is deemed ugly. Its snubbing the girl of the recognition she deserves for her talent and making her look like a fool as well. If I was the little girl I would of said F-you and not sing at all.
Not when they point a gun to your head :P
the opening Ceremony was the most incredible event I have ever seen in my life! o_O
creative director of Soulfire Soft, public site coming soon!!! -_^
Sad but true. (Of course, this was why the entire ceremony was perfect to the nth degree) Hopefully the Olympics will give China and the chinese people a golden oppurtunity to open their country up a little more.Not when they point a gun to your head :P
I wonder if anybody snuck anything in that tells the Chinese people about Tiananmen Square.Sad but true. (Of course, this was why the entire ceremony was perfect to the nth degree) Hopefully the Olympics will give China and the chinese people a golden oppurtunity to open their country up a little more.Not when they point a gun to your head :P
That makes me incredibly angry for the little girl who's actually singing.Apparently the little girl who was oh-so-preciously singing wasn't actually singing, either. Little Chinese Milli-Vanilli girl.
I like Kung-Fu.
That makes this a pretty impressive forgery, then.
Last edited by Madame Adequate; 08-13-2008 at 12:42 AM. Reason: quoted the wrong post
Best. CGI. EVER.That makes this a pretty impressive forgery, then.
I like Kung-Fu.
Hmm... if the footstep fireworks were actually done, I hope we'll hear it soon. But I could imagine some 'home camera' footage being CG'd, too, to add to the illusion.
As for the complaining about a different actress being used for the singing... again, people acting like this was an evil commie plot rather than a simple part of performing arts. Yeah, they chose a performer who looked the part, while using the voice talents of someone who could sing well. It was all about putting on the right show. If you could interview all the performers dressed in cultural minority garb, you'd probably find that some of them aren't actually members of that particular minority.
When Jack sings in The Nightmare Before Christmas, it's not Chris Sarandon, his voice actor, but a substitute. Same when Yuna's singing in FFX-2. Should those actors have got into a huff because their talents weren't considered good enough?
The girl who actually sang at the games had her voice heard and appreciated by countless millions of people. That's pretty cool in its own right, especially for a seven year old.There were a butt-ton of protests at and around the Square in the leadup to the games, so plenty of people do indeed know - even though it's basically a forbidden topic in the Chinese media, except for the one-sided representation which tells of the military having to respond to mob violence and vandalism by a rampaging horde of protesters.I wonder if anybody snuck anything in that tells the Chinese people about Tiananmen Square.
I'm surprised at just how widespread the view is, that everyone who lives and works in a communist country is a one-sided and one-dimensional evil-doer, like a villain from a Cold War comic book. The reality's a lot more complex than you'd think.
I think you guys are misinterpreting the fireworks thing. All the fireworks were set off. But filming explosives like fireworks would have been dangerous and logistically challenging for the filmcrew in the helicopters. So while the fireworks were being displayed, instead of having the helicopter fly around and try and capture the footprints, they chose to show a cgi of it instead.
Man, imagine being told you're not cute enough at like 7 or whatever years old, to sing your national anthem at the olympics. ;;
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