Some call faked Olympic fireworks "bullshit," others call them "bullshots"

A gamer's perspective on Beijing's CGI footprints at kotaku.com.

Email This Entry


Comments (7) [rss]

That was obvious, for the aerial traveling,... i was like: Waoo!, they sync the helicopter with the fireworks, and the timing, the camera... So close to the helicopter when all the outside shots of the stadium only were from far away (Security reason).
THANK YOU!

Are you guy nuts?
Computer generating images of 29 firework footprints for televising doesnt mean the firework did not do the job in real time that night. It is totally different things. The man who made the firework is Cai Guoqiang, a outstanding Chinese artist who is famous for making performance art with explosives. A Fujian man who returned from NYC to Beijing. When asked by AFP if he was forced to go back for Olympic preparation, he rebutted "I was greatly honoured to take the job."
kotaku.com lied when saying nothing happened in Tiananmen. look here, you'll know the real firework started from Tiananmen was not fake but a sour grape which will shame kotaku and Spielberg to death:

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzgzOTU3NDA=.html

anyone who couldn't tell a CG fly-thru of a city scene from the real thing is an idiot. simple as that.

I heard that the CGI program came from a F-18 bombing simulation on zhongnanhai. I was imaginging squeezing the trigger on my dual 30mm cannons while unleashing napalm...

To nanheyangrouchuan girl,

Throw down boy toys and go pick up your barbie!

Well, i never said that nothing happened, i just said that what was on tv was not the real one. Too much pollution or perhaps to hard/dangerous to do will be the main reasons.
But at one point, if we always rely on technologies, why bother use the real thing, just do an opening ceremony for real for real people on the stadium, and broadcast a fake one for the others... (it's what's happen for this time!).
I'm just happy to have an real explanation of something surreal!

If that display was so fake and so terrible, why can't I get those images out of my mind? I found it delightfully powerful and the sense of anticipation was masterfully pulled off. Doing it in real time with that perspective would be incredibly difficult, maybe not possible. I normally don't like CGI but I really enjoyed this.

Post a comment (Comment Policy)

Personals

Enter our FREE personals site!

Tips

About Shanghaiist

Shanghaiist is a website about Shanghai, China.

Editor: Elaine Chow
Founding Editor: Dan Washburn
Publisher: Gothamist

About | Advertising | Archives | Arts/Entertainment | Calendar | Contact | Contribute | Facebook | Favorites | Feedburner | Food/Drink | Jobs | Mobile | News | Other | Personals | Popular | RSS | Staff | Top Users | Twitter | Write For Us


Shanghaiist Direct

Too busy to check the site? Receive a daily email with links to all Shanghaiist posts from the previous 24 hours.

Enter your email


Recent Comments

Contribute

Latest Tip:

I thought Plum Rain season was supposed to be over?
[more]

Latest Photo:

Subscribe

Use an RSS reader to stay up to date with the latest news and posts from Shanghaiist.

All Our RSS