Our Olympic Spirit Crushed: The Firework Footprints Were Fake

Courtesy of NBC.com

Say it ain't so, Zhang! It turns out that the very beginning of the Beijing opening ceremony we loved so much � the 29 firework footprints that stepped across the city, finally landing at the Bird's Nest stadium � were in fact a painstakingly created CGI image. Actual footprint-shaped fireworks were shot off � captured in this video, for example � but for the broadcast, the ceremony's organizers decided it would be too hard to capture the entire scene, so they faked it, complete with fake Beijing smog and fake helicopter-induced camera shaking. We're crushed! Look for news later today that Michael Phelps is a robot and beach volleyball players are actually not that hot.

Beijing Olympic 2008 opening ceremony giant firework footprints 'faked' [Telegraph via Fanhouse]

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