TV in the Lounge, Fall 07 Edition

[katyseagull]

Did anyone else watch The Bachelor? [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] Who do we like?

Oh why did Sniper have to go away. He would have talked about this show with me. He would have told me his favorites [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] .

[MrWookie]

Dancing with Wookie, 10/1/2007

Man, right of the bat, it appears that Edyta doesn't win the costume award this week. That honor goes to Kym. Wow. Surprisingly, DQDW was looking pretty good tonight, and Anna and Edyta were both looking great as always.

Mel B kicks off the night dancing quickstep. I'm surprised they're busting this out so early, since this is one of the most difficult dances. She looked surprisingly good out there. She did have great posture and a good, if not great, frame. Her footwork was pretty good for this early in the season. I did catch Maxim botching a lockstep, though. Their choreography was pretty easy for a quickstep, and the tempo was much slower than most competition quicksteps. All in all, though, I'm impressed. I thought this was a solid 24, and I think Carrie Ann was too tough on her. Oh well.

Mark Cuban gets the second spot with mambo. He'd probably prefer to go later, since people towards the end do tend to get more votes. Well, that routine wasn't great, but I really liked it anway. He's clearly having a lot of fun out there, and he reminds me the most of someone out at a social club having a good time, not just someone performing on stage. He needs to work on not stepping on his heels, and he needs to step on a straight leg instead of a bent knee. Man, I think that 18 he got was brutal. He earned at least one 7. I'm sorry that the voting lines are closed for me. I might have voted for him to keep him around for another week or two.

As tough as quickstep is, it probably suits Wayne more than cha cha. Well, maybe I'm not so sure. He got a great song for him, but he didn't exactly capitalize. He needs to get his shoulders back, and he needs to have a frame. I liked Mark Cuban more. Wow. Again I didn't think Wayne didn't deserve scores this low. The judges are being tough this week. He wasn't worse than Josie last week, but I guess the judges have adjusted their standards.

Up fourth are Osmond and pseudo-Osmond. I maintain that she could be related to her partner. Oh! Donnie was in the audience, and, yes, he def. looks like her partner. This dance was mostly shtick and performance, but she's pretty good at shtick and performance. The death drop trick that they hyped was done weakly -- she was supporting at least 90% of her own weight. I'd have liked to seen more actual ballroom steps, but she did do well. I thought 24 was a little high for this dance. I thought Len would give her a 7 for not doing as many proper mambo steps.

Albert danced the most difficult quickstep yet. The tempo was quicker, and he did many more running patterns than anyone else. He did skip, and his posture and frame are good, but not great. I guess his fundamentals weren't quite as good as Mel B's, but I thought he'd get one or two 8s due to the relative difficulty.

[MrWookie]

Helio starts the second half. This is where he'll have to prove himself. His foxtrot was excellent, but can he do latin? I guess I shouldn't have doubted. That was excellent. His tempo was much higher than the other mambos, increasing the difficulty, and the choreography was not easy, either. He is charming on stage, and he even has his leading and his arms in order. He could stand to work on his breaks like Mark, breaking on a straight leg instead of on a bent knee, but his breaks did look better than Mark.

Jennie got quickstep and did surprisingly well, actually. The girls really have a tough time having the right posture, frame, and body position. She could also stand to look like she's having fun out there, and, well, not flagrantly miss steps, esp. on the grand finale. I think her 21 was fair.

Cameron looked good out there. He did look a little stiff at points, but I thought he had good hip action, good leading, and a pretty good performance. I liked this better than Jennie, even though he got the same score.

Well, Floyd continues to be a trainwreck. He has the worst shoulders and frame and posture of any guys in the competition, and his footwork wasn't quite as good as the judges praised him for. He never really closed or collected his feet when they needed to be collected. I thought his 21 was more than generous. I was thinking 18. Like, Wayne was a little worse than Floyd, but not that much worse.

I guess I liked Dr. Quinn, Dancing Woman more than the judges. Her rhythm was precise, and her arms are fantastic. She extends her arms better than any dancer in the competition. I guess she didn't turn me on, but I think her technique was solid. The choreography was quite a bit more difficult than Marie's, and she was crisper. I thought Carrie Ann would give her an 8. I think the 21 sells her short.

And finally, we have Sabrina. As good as Helio was, Sabrina was better. She was right on top of the posture, frame, head position, foot work, and rhythm. I don't know what Len was complaining about for a slower quickstep. Not only did I like how her tempo was faster than the other competitors, I liked how she and her partner stretched out the beats in places, taking things slower than they needed to be. Len's 8 was unfair. She deserved a 27 easily.

[sethypooh21]

Journeyman is officially in the rotation.

[katyseagull]

Liked your writeup Wookie. Very good assessment if you ask me.
I found it interesting that you said the quick step is one of the hardest. It does look ridiculously hard and last night's performances went really well, with the exception of Jenni Garth. I'm really impressed with Albert, Sabrina, Helio...all of them!

Completely missed Mel B. and my favorite guy. Bummer.
Did Cameron do a quickstep? I can't recall now.


Mark --
I liked Mark Cuban too and I'm feeling sorry for the billionaire. I will watch him more closely next time (if there is a next time) to watch for him stepping on his heels. I thought his score was a tad low but I don't have the eye for this kind of thing so I have to rely on you to tell me what he's doing badly. He looked really disappointed. He's got great big arms and just for that I would rank him quite high [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img].

Helio --
[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] here is my favorite. This guy is just a blast to watch. I love how entertaining he is and how musical he is. Who's idea was it to invite this guy to the party? OMG. Brilliant.

Jenni--
I'm not terribly impressed here. And I think she needs to respect her partner more. The best thing about this couple is Derek. He is phenomenal. I wish he would stick around longer but I know it's only a matter of time before he's off the show.

Marie --
Come on, why such a high score? Was it really that good? This girl is lucky because she has a great partner.

Dr. Quinn--
It was really sweet and safe. Not enough energy for me.


Sabrina --
Yeah, she's a ringer. This girl is practically a professional. She is amazing and that was one hell of a performance last night. Wow.

[odellthurman]

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Did anyone else watch The Bachelor? [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] Who do we like?

Oh why did Sniper have to go away. He would have talked about this show with me. He would have told me his favorites [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] .

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I think the Bachelor will like the blonde who has been divorced - I think she is the favorite. It is funny that he kept Solisa, who is a total skank/party girl. He screwed up getting rid of the blonde who went swimming on the first show.

[katyseagull]

Wow I was going to say that I like the divorcee (Bettina?) too. OMG we are on the same page! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] omg omg omg.


I also kind of like the Deanna girl. She's pretty cool if you ask me. But why on earth did he keep Jade? Yuck. Anyway, this bachelor is very hot. I like him a lot. I like the fact that he came from a hard-working background and actually earned his money. He seems like a very interesting and kind guy from the little I've seen of him.

(p.s. Solisa looks like she's a lot of fun. I think they kept her around for the fun factor.)

[MrWookie]

Ugh. BRUTAL elimination on DwtS. I guess I was pulling for Mark to stick around, but I'd have taken Albert over him in a heartbeat. One 8 would have certainly saved him.

[katyseagull]

Very brutal. That poor guy. He looked shocked. Now I want to cry.

[shane88888]

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