More below:This is very disappointing, as part of the awe of the opening was the belief that all of the shown effects were real. I was very impressed with the Beijing Olympics opening, as the show really seemed to push special effects to a new level. I was also impressed with the aerial fireworks, but to learn that they too were done in CGI makes me feel a little disappointed.Fireworks over the Olympics pyrotechnics erupted when it was learned that part of the elaborate display broadcast to the world in the opening ceremony was faked, done digitally in 3-D computer graphics.
The Beijing Times, which first reported the story, said members of the Beijing Olympic Committee defended the action because of the city’s hazy, smoggy skies, which made such a complicated display at night too difficult to pull off successfully.
Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26139005/
Now that we know that the aerial fireworks broadcasts were done in CGI, it has to make people wonder if other parts of the opening were faked (in CGI).
