China's Olympic Impression

[Tefal]

Instead of celebrating a fantastic victory all we can do is nit-pick about the smallest inconsequential details.


Panzer

It's cooler if you just act like doing something amazing is normal.

Throw an ace shot in basketball act surprised and say "wow that was an awesome shot I rule"

Fail

Take awesome shot and just carry on, maybe say hmm could have used a bit better spin, and it looks like you're prop who always pulls off shots

 

[Irish_Tom]

As I said before though, it's not just being modest (as per your example) it come across as being worse than that.

It's already been mentioned that most people will **** it now just so they can say "I told you so" if it isn't a success. Those same people will be the ones picking holes for the smallest things should, heaven forbid, it actually goes well.

Panzer

 

[Sankari]

As far as I'm aware the ones you saw on TV were CGI.

Burnsy

Apparently it was only the "footprint" fireworks that were CGI in the footage.

Yep the ones on TV were CGI but in Beijing they were actually going off, something to do with weather conditions & the helicopter not able to get them all in sequence properly for a proper camera shot.

Correct. The fireworks did exist, and they were going off at the time. But the organisers were not convinced that they would be able to cover the fireworks live (or at least, not to the standard that they desired), so they created fake footage of the footprint fireworks and broadcast it during the ceremony.

The fakery was unearthed by a local Chinese newspaper, The Beijing Times, which revealed that a 55-second sequence was created by a visual effects team, which included a series of giant footsteps made by fireworks.

Confusingly, this actually took place in the real ceremony, but the organisers felt that the sequence of 28 footprints would not be accurately captured live, so they faked it.

Speaking to The Beijing Times, an advisor to the Beijing Olympic Committee (BOCOG) defended the decision: "It would have been prohibitive to have tried to film it live," he said.

"We could not put the helicopter pilot at risk by making him try to follow the firework route."

To emulate the shot, the visual effects team actually put a slight camera shake on to the image, and even spoke to the Beijing meteorological office to ask them how to recreate the Beijing smog.
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Source.

Ironically, anyone stepping outside the stadium would have seen the real fireworks in the sky.

And for the record, I don't think they needed to replace the little girl. She looked adorable.

 

[qqg3]

Even if our performance is slightly below the level of the Chinese fakery at least it will be real.

If we even thought about attempting CGI fireworks something would go **** up.

 

[Sankari]

The "Chinese fakery" was actually a representation of something real. So I don't see how you'd be one up on them.

 

[DB_SamX]

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Tbh. For a nation with so much architectural heritage, our stadium is a complete disappointment for me. Also considering that concept art usually looks more stunning than the real thing, this is not looking spectacular.

I'm sure a lot of it is down to the costs involved: iirc our stadium above will cost £500m (it's so going to be higher nearer the time of completion)- £500m for a practically temporary stadium. Disgraceful.

Are you actually going just by the look of the stadiums to compare them? If so, that is very extremely shallow. You need to look deeper into what the differences are between the 2 and why each one is the way it is before you can make a judgement. Cost aside (which I agree is sky-high as usual but not unexpected considering market influences between the 2 countries), ours will be just as good.



That aside, every day in the papers, there is some crack or lie appearing in the Beijing Olympics - cgi fireworks, lip-synching, gymnasts with false ages. What next? I am expecting the first Chinese doping scandal.