Ashleigh mother's hair: I think she is in witness protection. That's the only explanation.
I am a large, semi-muscular man. I can take it. Don't hide behind Mal 'cause you know he'll shoot it down for you. Tell me.
Wash ,'War Stories'
Non-Fiction TV: I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own
This thread is for non-fiction TV, including but not limited to reality television (So You Think You Can Dance, Top Chef: Masters, Project Runway), documentaries (The History Channel, The Discovery Channel), and sundry (Expedition Africa, Mythbusters), et al. [NAFDA]
le nubian - Dec 01, 2009 5:43:32 pm PST #12127 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Vortex - Dec 01, 2009 5:44:19 pm PST #12128 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I would love to see Russell and Ellanore dance together.
ChiKat - Dec 01, 2009 5:48:52 pm PST #12129 of 23273
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Jakob & Ellenor are fucking awesome.
OMG yes!
I would love to see Russell and Ellanore dance together.
Please?? I've been a good girl this year.
I totally did not like or get that first Ashleigh/Legacy piece. And I didna like their cape caper.
This is who I would put in the top four: Jakob, Russell, Ellenore, and Kathryn. They are for sure my favorites.
quester - Dec 01, 2009 5:51:12 pm PST #12130 of 23273
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
ITA, ChiKat!
le nubian - Dec 01, 2009 5:55:27 pm PST #12131 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
top four: Jakob, Russell, Ellenore, and Kathryn
hell to the yeah!
ChiKat - Dec 01, 2009 6:01:38 pm PST #12132 of 23273
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Know what is really bugging me these days? The judges going on and on about how young Nathan and Mollee are. They are. But so are several of the other dancers:
18: Nathan, Mollee, Noelle
19: Ellenore, Kathryn, Jakob
20: Russell
The "old" ones of the top 10 are Ashleight (26) and Legacy and Ryan (both 28).
Nathan and Mollee are not just young, they are immature. Let's call it like it really is.
Jesse - Dec 01, 2009 6:15:57 pm PST #12133 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, absolutely. I actually didn't realize how young so many of them are. Or forgot, I guess.
kat perez - Dec 01, 2009 6:52:40 pm PST #12134 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar
Choreography! OMG! Danny Kaye. I think I died and went to Broadway heaven off of that routine. Spencer Liff is my Broadway hero. Please, please never ever let Tasty choreo broadway on this show ever again. Kathryn was magnificent. She made me kinda sorta like Nathan.
Jakob and Ellenore killed that Quickstep. Just destroyed it. Best Quickstep ever on the show by a country mile. The carriage, the footwork, the closed hold. I love this couple. I want them to dance together every week.
Russell's solo was . . . there are no words. And I love his parents. His dad rocks!
kat perez - Dec 01, 2009 7:04:33 pm PST #12135 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar
The Legacy/Ashleigh contemporary was just weird. I'm willing to go with a choreographer most of the time to wherever they want to take me, but I just completely missed this piece. They both had some nice moments. I thought FP actually danced very well. I just didn't care for the dance.
I've already forgotten Ryan and Noelle's first dance and it was only about an hour ago. Whatever it was, it wasn't hip hop, so . . .
I thought Nathan was gorgeous in his solo. I haven't seen him so connected and so grounded in his work since his very first audition solo, so the tears didn't bother me much. They felt genuine.
kat perez - Dec 01, 2009 7:29:12 pm PST #12136 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar
Mandy Moore needs to seriously step away from her I Love the 80's cd. Seriously. I hated that dance in every possible way because Russell was just a prop for the Tween Terror. He didn't do more than stand and lift. A couple of walks, a run, I think there may have been one turn sequence thrown in. The rest of the time he was carting Mollee around. And that girl cannot partner. It was like he was lifting a sack of wet cement. The judges can lie all they want. That was not good.
Ryan needs to go into 80's rehab with Mandy. He was wrong for that Scorpions number. Terrible solo. I think it's the worst one he's done. And then he and Noelle were forgettable again in their Waltz. It was fine, I suppose. Ryan was great. Lovely carriage. Totally agreed with the openness of the chest. I didn't think Noelle was particularly good here, but not particularly bad either. Just like always.
Ellenore's solo was amazing. She has a great dance vocabulary.
Unlike the judges, I loved the Nathan/Kathryn rhumba and I thought the did have chemistry. Kathryn was quality just there. I agree that there could've been more dance content, but they danced what they were given quite well.
WTF, Dave Scott? That's all I can say. WTF? I know the costumes were not his fault, but even without the costumes, it still wouldn't have been good hip hop.
ETA: Trifecta!