Say what you want about those human rights violatin’ Chinese… they know two things: fireworks and how to throw a mind-boggling spectacle. Here’s some leaked footage showing clips of the Summer Olympics opening ceremony filmed by a South Korean news station. And it’s pretty freaking amazing! BUT WATCH IT QUICK! The Chinese have already yanked it from YouTube, because, as mentioned earlier… human rights? What human rights?
Bang bang, choo-choo train, let me see you shake that thang. Wm. Steven Humphrey is the editor-in-chief of the Portland Mercury and has held the job since 2000. (So don’t get any funny ideas.) More by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Where’s the violation?
makes me want to use my visa card to buy a coke at mcdonalds
The Olympics in China. Speaking of not funny.
Next!
Ex-cellent
I really like the work of the guy responsible for the opening ceremony fireworks. He’s the awesome Chinese explosions artist Cai Guo-Qiang. The one who, earlier this year, took over the entire Guggenheim in New York with a show that suspended cars down the center of the museum with neon lights.
They looked like a big still car fireworks display! That description makes no sense, but you’ll see what I mean:
http://www.nydailynews.com/img/2008/04/29/amd_guggenheimcars2.jpg