Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Olympic Fake?


Morning Edition, August 12, 2008 · Millions of people thought they were watching live fireworks as part of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. It turns out, some of those vivid fireworks were computer graphics created by a team of hundreds of Chinese visual-effects specialists who worked nearly a year to pull it off.

NPR Story

I was very disappointed to hear this story. I thought the ceremony was one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen on TV.

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