I gotta get my DVR ready. Project Runway starts tomorrow night in an earlier timeslot, and will be running at the same time as So You Think You Can Dance.
This is my favorite and most socially acceptable bubble gum reality show, and the season premier just snuck up on me. I think I know why..
Someone extra is out! And someone comes back…
If you don’t like spoilers, don’t read more!
Not exactly a surprising outcome last night but a very enjoyable results show, nonetheless.
The opening group routine from Tabitha and Napolean included special glow enabled costumes and allowed them to paint pictures with the light during the dark sections of the dance.
Unfortunately, the camera men tried their best to ruin the experience as usual. I had to watch the opening number a few times before I even realized there is a neat section where the dancers use the lights to create a bow and arrow, which shoots across the stage to hit a neon heart.
This is the bow and arrow. The heart was impossible to catch in a still frame because the camera men were off to the side, causing the heart to be very oblique as well as obscured by the “arrow”.
Crazy camera-men, I shake my fist at you! Rrrrrr. Maybe it was just me. Maybe everyone else saw this the first time through.
Best parts of the group routine were Gev getting to show off a little bit, and Will up front just killing the hip-hop. I hope he gets a hip-hop number soon, once he gets a new partner.
Since we’re down to only 6 couples this week, everyone has a 50/50 shot of being in the bottom 3 tomorrow, though we all know who’s going home. (We BETTER know! ;))
There were some surprises last night, namely Twitchington performing quite poorly, Tyce Diorio doing a post-modern contemporary routine, a Bollywood contribution, and Courtney and Gev taking top honors from the judges.
Most unbelievable, however, was this subdued and fairly “normal” dress worn by Cat Deeley. No feathers? No face-eating venus-fly-trap ruffles? What gives?
14 Dances last night! Wow. Too bad most of them were largely forgettable. Even running through the episode to make screen shots, I had forgotten half of these dances since last night. Even some of the memorable ones weren’t bouncing around in my head for particularly good reasons.
The guest judges last night were Tabitha and Napoleon, the hip-hop choreographers. You would think that with a double-judge in one seat, their criticism after each performance would drag on, but it turns out nobody can out-talk Nigel or Mary.
The first dance of the night was a Tony Meredith Jive, executed well, but without any fire or anything special at all. Again, it looks like Will is just running circles around Jessica, and the Judges finally admit it
Their second number was a Mandy Moore lyrical routine to a Heart song. This was the dance with the shirt prop. I’m still torn on the use of props, but Mandy Moore designed this routine well, where the shirt is interesting and useful but doesn’t overwhelm the rest of the dance. I enjoyed this one a lot more than the first dance.
There aren’t enough couples left to keep them out of the bottom three tomorrow. (I hope). I like Will but I think he could really shine with a better partner.
My current obsession is Lego Indiana Jones, the newest game in the Lego line of Console games from Traveller’s Tales and LucasArts.
QUICK RATINGS:
Staples is actually selling the EASY button from their latest ad campaign in their stores and online.
Who would pay $5 for the priviledge of providing advertising for a retailer? The most selfless reason, of course, is that the proceeds are donated directly to the Boys and Girls Club of America.
The FUN reason is that this ridiculous red button has gotten the internet’s hacking juices flowing. Most of the hacks require some knowledge of circuit boards and the ability to use a soldering iron, although some of the demonstrators with soldering experience freely mention how they burned themselves anyways.
Here are some of the best hacks:
Easy Button Garage Door Opener - This guy bypasses the speaker and batteries and shows you how to make “The Big Easy” your interior garage door opener button. The link goes to a really nice flickr pictures set with instructions.
This guy shows you how to replace the normal “That was Easy” recording with a cheap Radio Shack voice recorder, so you can change the playback to anything you want:
You can get detailed instructions on his website.
If you look up Easy Button Hacks on google, you can see that people have really come up with some fun and creative ideas for this stupid gizmo. My personal goal is to get one of these and make it turn on the ceiling fan in my bedroom.
I just finished up watching the next-to-last episode of the New Doctor Who, Season 4. It was ridiculously over the top, too big, too many people (I mean jeez, they even had to speed up the credits to fit all those names in!)
This opening routine? Could it be choreographed by the amazing Wade Robson? This is like, Tim Burton meets American McGee’s Alice! In other words - rad-iculous!
Wait a minute.. This is sort of boring… Ahh okay, it’s Mia Michaels. Read the rest of this entry »
Last night’s episode of SYTYCD was fantastic! Even re-watching the entire show to grab screen shots, there were few dissapointing bits. The biggest surprise of the night was the killer “lyrical hip-hop” routine (the phrase coined by guest host, Big Gay Alan) performed by Chelsie and Mark. I made no bones about disliking Mark from the beginning, but I guess he finally exhibited some dancing chops. I still think he’s creepy. Ech.
So - On with the recap:
Kherington & Twitch = JAILBREAK
This was an absolutely fun routine with both partners putting their hearts and souls into it. They worked the audience. They worked the judges. The technical difficulty wasn’t terribly high, but they made it look smashing.