Is this for real? If it is, the lip sync is pretty damn good (I mean... even the breathing is sync.) And I thought the girl is 9 and not 7. Is this accurate?

I thought that scene was beautiful (even though the lyric was the modified from something less 'Olympic') and the girl is truly adorable, but this is a shame if it's true. When will they learn the virtue is in the truth and not the appearance of the truth. With all the fuss about fake composite pictures and the consequences of deception in public health information, they still haven't learn.

And how would that girl feel when she finds out? Poor thing...

"《满城尽带黄金甲》的父王回朝，渲染成绝对权力的降临，象徵着皇帝的至高、至尊，绝对的等级，绝对的权力；所有人都惊惶、紧张、敬畏、恐惧，他们都是整齐划一的蚂蚁，规格相同的螺丝钉，毫无个体气息的雷同道具。
...
在张艺谋的秦王大军那里，万剑射杀是统一的，“杀不杀，杀！”的喊声是统一的，“风，大风”的吼叫是统一的；在《满城尽带黄金甲》里，连宫女制药、送水的动作都是统一的，... 他用这种夸张的“整齐划一”，造成一种视觉效果，促人欣赏“整齐之美”；而在欣赏过程中，就潜移默化得到一种心理暗示：一致性、一统性、一贯性，不仅有其无法挑战的威力、威严，更有令人欣赏的绚美。"(曹长青：张艺谋的法西斯美学)

民建聯報名時辰 蔡素玉拍板
(明報)7月24日

民建聯蔡素玉篤信風水命理，每逢選舉都會找風水師傅指點。民建聯港島區參選名單昨日於午膳時份舉行誓師大會，然後出發報名。曾鈺成、蔡素玉等5人清一色穿上金黃色的polo恤，曾鈺成即場透露，無論是誓師大會的團隊衣服顏色，以至報名時間，全都是由蔡素玉作決定，他們只能遵從她的意思。

看來蔡素玉經高人指點後，得出金黃色有助其選情的結論。曾鈺成笑說，大家都穿上「金黃」色，團隊就如電影名字般「滿城盡戴黃金甲」。

擺明做戲....

JamesRose/The Standard August 11, 2008

The Games are only a few days old, but already China is struggling. ...

The governance and media culture of the Sydney Games had one vital result: it engaged the people of Sydney and Australia. Central to this engagement was the troop of some 47,000 volunteers who provided assistance, especially while the Games were on. The Sydney Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games was quite open in deciding to essentially step back from running the show and in allowing the public to take ownership of it. This conscious choice to allow the Games to be a "People's Games" led to the Sydney Games' legendary laid-back feel, sense of humor and its human-scale vibe.
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There's a well-known case, as an example of the atmosphere of the Sydney Games, involving the blue line that was painted through the city to mark the marathon course. One morning, organizing committee members were taking phone calls from people confused as to its position. It turns out that, during the wee hours, some wags had altered the line to have the runners heading in the front door of a local pub. What's even more indicative is that the SOCOG actually saw the humor and no-one was charged. That sort of prank might well result in a national scandal in China.

If the Beijing Games are to succeed, it will have at least as much to do with the people as with the officials. Beijing's problem is that it simply cannot allow its people to be who they are, and will not allow their culture - especially its media - to be open enough to inject some reality into the proceedings.

It's true that Sydney in 2000 was prior to 9/11 and the myriad security compulsions this has created. Yet, while the Beijing Games are probably as security heavy as the 1980 Moscow Games, they probably would have been anyway, given Beijing's enduring paranoia.

The Beijing Games will not be among the best, not because of the people but because their leaders won't get out of their way.

http://twitter.com/flypig/statuses/884863093
他妈逼《歌唱祖国》这事儿已经超出了“假唱”的范畴，就是“替唱”，和“替考”是他妈一个性质的事情，这是对整个中国青少年的极大误导。张艺谋滚出来道歉！

http://twitter.com/flypig/statuses/884865256
张艺谋用实际行动告诉了全中国未成年心智未成熟的青少年和儿童：为了“和”，为了“歌唱祖国”，可以让儿童行骗！

http://twitter.com/flypig/statuses/884866210
张艺谋还传递出来一个信息，就是，人长得不好看，歌唱得再好听，也是不能上台的。我去你妈的。你知道你导演的这台开幕式有多大影响吗？你知道你会扭曲一整代人的心理吗？

more: http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/08/12/china-faking-the-olympic-openin...

不是早預了會誇張失實的嗎???

麥當勞在其他回覆提及信報論壇,我才知道原來有如此出色平台,就假唱一事多番討論.不少人為其辯護,說為了觀瞻找外表漂亮的人表演司空見慣,更提到巴伐洛提也曾以錄音代唱.

首先,過去有人懷疑麥當娜,濱崎步「咪嘴」,都遭受圍攻.連重外表輕內涵的香港也這樣,以為大家都不齒假唱.我不會因為人家是巴伐洛提而雙重標準.人老藝衰,無可避免,該坦然以對,不必以過去錄音掩飾晚年音色.

第二點更重要.我承認社會殘酷的現實,即使最重實力的歌劇界,最有名氣,最能賺錢的歌星,都講究外表.愛美之心,人皆有之,要聲色俱備的人唱歌,找阿蘭或其他女孩來唱好了.居然要了你的聲,到頭來卻不要你的人,那便是十足的侮辱.所以我亦不同意黃明樂等人認為,事先說明清楚就可以接受.恕我淺陋,這種事我實在聞所未聞.

最後不得不說,我不覺得楊沛然不漂亮.除了不滿那位中央大員的審美標準,更擔心的是他所作決定所反映品格和價值觀.