Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony — The DVD

Sandy Mitchell — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:34:15 +0000

Were you wowed by the opening ceremonies at the Beijing Olympics or do you have someone on your holiday shopping list who’s a fan of the Olympics? If so, you’ll want to order the two-DVD set of the entire, four-hour opening ceremony extravaganza. You’ll see the pagentry, the parade of countries, and the lighting of the Olympic flame. The set is $29.99 and available to ship after September 29.

^{(photo courtesy of NBC Universal)}

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Opening Ceremony Deceptions

Sandy Mitchell — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:00:55 +0000

It seems that the Beijing Opening Ceremonies were not all completely as they appeared to be on Friday. On Saturday, the organizers of the event admitted that the spectacular footprint fireworks (one of which is pictured above) that led from the historic center of Beijing to the National Stadium were mostly computer-generated for the worldwide television audience. Only the last two “prints” were actually visible in Beijing.

Okay. I suppose I understand not wanting to leave that detail to chance, wind, and weather. However, today’s story about the ceremonies is more disturbing.

This morning, ABC News reported that the little Chinese girl, the one who sang “Ode to the Motherland” and won the hearts of viewers, was actually lip-syncing. The seven-year-old that was originally scheduled to appear–and the one who actually sang the song–was deemed not pretty enough to appear in the ceremony. I think that’s going a bit too far to make everything “perfect”

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Opening Ceremony Deceptions

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Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony — The DVD

Opening Ceremony Deceptions