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Offline Snoopy

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Re: Ever been had?
« Reply #15 on: August 11, 2008, 03:24:56 PM »
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Re: Ever been had?
« Reply #16 on: August 11, 2008, 03:25:14 PM »
Quote from: Snoopy on August 11, 2008, 02:47:01 PM
Well those who watched and marvelled at the Olympics Opening Ceremony on TV were well and truly "had".
Turns out it was faked. Computer Graphics etc  What you saw on TV was not what was happening in the stadium.  whistle:
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Pity we got rid of Ken Liveingstone really ~ he'd have led the charge to fake something for 2012.

What happened in the stadium happened in real life. The fireworks that produced the 'footprints' really happened. Only the filming of the them was faked.

It was a great show and nobody was "had"
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Re: Ever been had?
« Reply #17 on: August 11, 2008, 03:26:38 PM »
Quote from: Uncle Mort on August 11, 2008, 03:25:14 PM
Quote from: Snoopy on August 11, 2008, 02:47:01 PM
Well those who watched and marvelled at the Olympics Opening Ceremony on TV were well and truly "had".
Turns out it was faked. Computer Graphics etc  What you saw on TV was not what was happening in the stadium.  whistle:
http://tinyurl.com/6r5ljo


Pity we got rid of Ken Liveingstone really ~ he'd have led the charge to fake something for 2012.

What happened in the stadium happened in real life. The fireworks that produced the 'footprints' really happened. Only the filming of the them was faked.

It was a great show and nobody was "had"
Always the voice of reason Uncle...
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Re: Ever been had?
« Reply #18 on: August 11, 2008, 03:28:24 PM »
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The global television audience of more than three billion people watched in amazement as a series of giant footprints outlined in fireworks proceeded through the night sky from Tiananmen Square to the Bird's Nest stadium - except they were watching a computer animation.

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Stunned viewers thought they were watching the string of fireworks filmed from above by a helicopter.
But in reality they were watching a 3D graphics sequence that took almost a year to produce.
It even included a 'camera shake' to mimic the effect of filming from a helicopter.

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"Seeing how it worked out, it was still a bit too bright compared to the actual fireworks," Gao Xiaolong told the newspaper.
"But most of the audience thought it was filmed live - so that was mission accomplished."
The designers even added some haziness to simulate the polluted Beijing skyline.
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Re: Ever been had?
« Reply #19 on: August 11, 2008, 03:28:46 PM »
1) the programme was billed as live, I assumed that included pyrotechnics
2) was it filmed in a continuous stream to start with? If not it isn't even close to live
3) if they were actual fireworks why did the cgi require "jiggling" to replicate the judder of an aeroplane?
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Re: Ever been had?
« Reply #20 on: August 11, 2008, 03:30:51 PM »
Does this mean that Monkey, Pigsy and Sandy are not real either?  sad24:
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Re: Ever been had?
« Reply #21 on: August 11, 2008, 03:31:29 PM »
Anyhoo... back on topic...  ::)

Oh, hold on, it is still on topic...  rubschin:
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Re: Ever been had?
« Reply #22 on: August 11, 2008, 03:32:11 PM »
Quote from: TG on August 11, 2008, 03:30:51 PM
Does this mean that Monkey, Pigsy and Sandy are not real either?  sad24:

I'm afraid so ~ and I hate to mention the Tooth Fairy but ................ well you can guess the rest I'm sure noooo:
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Re: Ever been had?
« Reply #23 on: August 11, 2008, 03:32:38 PM »
Quote from: Barman on August 11, 2008, 03:31:29 PM
Anyhoo... back on topic...  ::)

Oh, hold on, it is still on topic...  rubschin:

And on page two as well  whistle:
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Re: Ever been had?
« Reply #24 on: August 11, 2008, 03:34:22 PM »
Quote from: Snoopy on August 11, 2008, 03:32:38 PM
Quote from: Barman on August 11, 2008, 03:31:29 PM
Anyhoo... back on topic...  ::)

Oh, hold on, it is still on topic...  rubschin:

And on page two as well  whistle:
Could be a record... and nowhere near the gutter either...  whistle:
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Re: Ever been had?
« Reply #25 on: August 11, 2008, 03:34:33 PM »
Quote from: Snoopy on August 11, 2008, 03:32:11 PM
Quote from: TG on August 11, 2008, 03:30:51 PM
Does this mean that Monkey, Pigsy and Sandy are not real either?  sad24:

I'm afraid so ~ and I hate to mention the Tooth Fairy but ................ well you can guess the rest I'm sure noooo:

Bugger.

We must have sent a CGI scottish twat to play in the tennis as well.
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Re: Ever been had?
« Reply #26 on: August 11, 2008, 03:37:23 PM »
I was just looking at Wiki...

Apparently after being shot Archduke Ferdinand said: -

Quote from: Archduke Ferdinand while bleeding to death
"Es ist nichts - It is nothing"

Fuck me, was that the understatement of the century or what?  eeek:
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Offline Uncle Mort

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Re: Ever been had?
« Reply #27 on: August 11, 2008, 03:39:05 PM »
Quote from: Bar Wench on August 11, 2008, 03:28:46 PM
1) the programme was billed as live, I assumed that included pyrotechnics
2) was it filmed in a continuous stream to start with? If not it isn't even close to live
3) if they were actual fireworks why did the cgi require "jiggling" to replicate the judder of an aeroplane?

The only bit that wasn't live (or real) was the TV feed of the 'footprint' fireworks. The fireworks happened but they felt it unsafe (?) to film them live so they faked it including the 'jiggle'.
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Re: Ever been had?
« Reply #28 on: August 11, 2008, 03:39:41 PM »
Quote from: Barman on August 11, 2008, 03:37:23 PM
I was just looking at Wiki...

Apparently after being shot Archduke Ferdinand said: -

Quote from: Archduke Ferdinand while bleeding to death
"Es ist nichts - It is nothing"

Fuck me, was that the understatement of the century or what?  eeek:

It certainly ranks up there with "I'll be your's forever" as spoken on our wedding night by Mrs S#1 as a statement not to be taken seriously.
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Re: Ever been had?
« Reply #29 on: August 11, 2008, 03:40:14 PM »
Quote from: Uncle Mort on August 11, 2008, 03:39:05 PM
Quote from: Bar Wench on August 11, 2008, 03:28:46 PM
1) the programme was billed as live, I assumed that included pyrotechnics
2) was it filmed in a continuous stream to start with? If not it isn't even close to live
3) if they were actual fireworks why did the cgi require "jiggling" to replicate the judder of an aeroplane?

The only bit that wasn't live (or real) was the TV feed of the 'footprint' fireworks. The fireworks happened but they felt it unsafe (?) to film them live so they faked it including the 'jiggle'.
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