kkk 7 Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Not usually interested but it has been very impressive. And that little girl singing at the beginning was super super cute. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 She was cute, but I preferred the always dancing chicks. They need a medal for dancing. Link to post Share on other sites
lin 0 Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 3 billion People watching around the world. 204 Flag bearers. 1 Flag bearers making a political statement. 90 'International dignitaries'. 30 Wheelchairs for spectators. 9,000 Members of the People's Liberation Army hitting golden drum caskets on the stadium floor. 1 Number of seconds before the first collective 'oooooh!' 4 Hours the show lasted. 2,488 Volunteers in the stadium. 91,000 Other people in the stadium. 26 Waiting ambulances. 62.5 The claimed percentage of the humidity. 2 The number of eyeballs I've got that I swear were sweating. Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 I thought the whole thing was pretty damn good! I loved the drums at the very start (2008 people banging!) and the fireworks around the city looked fantastic from the air. Only down point was that I had to stay up right to the end to see Australia come out! Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 damn good show Link to post Share on other sites
snowboarding-sally 0 Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 That was impressive. Doesn't half drag on when they're all coming out though. Can't be helped I suppose. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 The never-stop-dancing ladies were lovely. Well done I say. I bet the guys in charge of the London one were saying a collective 'oh shit' last night. Link to post Share on other sites
Rag-Doll 0 Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Loved it. Getting around Honkers today, I met a few locals beaming with pride and probably fair enough too. The whole show really was something pretty special. Would have been nice to see some Mao inspired Red Guards smashing a lot of the historical and cultural icons, you know, just to round off the Chinese history lesson, but I guess time constraints and all that. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Aye great show. They had Scotland the Brave playing at one point, but I presume it must be a double use of the same tune. A bit like Deutschland Uber Alles and that hymn we had at school. I don't think there are enough electricians in Britain to do that kind of lighting in 2012! Link to post Share on other sites
Curt 1 Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 It was a Scottish pipe band wasn't it? I think they had a number of bands taking it in turns as the athletes walked in. Anyway, very impressive. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 That opening drum thing was brilliant. London will be shitting themselves now. Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Yeh that was really awesome, especially the digital/pixels bit at the start. I heard it cost 24 billion pounds though. I'm glad I'm not in London anymore, having my taxes going into that. Having said that, I might be moving to Kobe where there residents have to a pay a fair % of their city tax for the airport no-one wanted or uses. (did you know kobe had an airport? yep thats right, and its about 10km from kansai kix). Link to post Share on other sites
1 4 Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Quote: yep thats right, and its about 10km from kansai kix That makes a lot of sense! Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Haven't seen damm thing! Life (work) has conspired against me. I have not had a chance to see any of it. I'm hoping they will play a re-run or highlights at some point. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 I watched all the bits that weren't athletes walking in. Impressive stuff. I wonder what will happen to all those drums and costumes? Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 Some people expressing shock over some of the fireworks near the beginning being exposed as cgi. Er, I could tell when I watched it! (Me just dead clever or anyone else feel it looked cgi-ish). Great spectacle though. Link to post Share on other sites
Rag-Doll 0 Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 Originally Posted By: rach Some people expressing shock over some of the fireworks near the beginning being exposed as cgi. Really, who is saying that? Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 I read that somewhere too, some trashy tabloid-like paper with a 'scoop'. Can't remember where it was, not worth bothering with of course. Link to post Share on other sites
lin 0 Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 this: Was it real? Was it faked? Does it matter? Chinese netizens are debating the computer simulated special effects used for one of high points of the Olympic opening ceremony, the footprints of fire that "stepped" from Tiananmen Square to the Bird's Nest stadium. Although the procession of fireworks actually took place, it was deemed too difficult and dangerous to film, so billions of viewers were treated instead to a computer-generated film of what it might look like. Many of those watching were unaware that the effect was expensively "faked" until the Beijing Times reported the following day that only the last of the 29 footprints was actually filmed during the live broadcast. The newspaper revealed that Crystal Stone - a local production company - had spent almost a year creating the 55-second sequence for the other 28 steps, including efforts to capture the slight shake of a camera on a helicopter and the blurring effect of haze. Olympic organisers said the decision was necessary for safety reasons, because a helicopter might have been vulnerable to all the fireworks let off that night and it would have been hard to capture the entire route from a single location. Gao Xiaolong, the head of the visual effects team for the ceremony, told the paper that the final result was not perfect, but achieved the desired effect: "Most of the audience thought it was filmed live - so that was mission accomplished." Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 well they fooled me. but i think they could have done it live by flying a little higher. if you are gonna use cgi, why not put dinasours fighting flying monks in there too? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Originally Posted By: Curt It was a Scottish pipe band wasn't it? I think they had a number of bands taking it in turns as the athletes walked in. Anyway, very impressive. Yep it was a pipe band from my home city! I was a little shocked to hear all the scottish favourites being belted out but I was more shocked when I found out it was from an amatuer band from my home town! Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 damn good show. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Nice one. Interesting that an amateur band was chosen to do that.. wonder how they got the gig? Link to post Share on other sites
great 0 Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 It was very impressive, small part cgi or not. On the subject of pipes, I just love pipe and drum bands. What a great sound. I want to go to the Edinburgh Tattoo one year. Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 I couldnt understand why they were playing bagpipes. Wouldnt some chinese music have been more fitting? Link to post Share on other sites
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