Season 21 - DISCUSS!

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fridgesoup

17-09-2015

Originally Posted by Mr_XcX:
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The cast is okay but I was not excited by the dancing. Since Len has gone technique has gone out the window and it's all mash-up nonsense. Not enjoying it at all.
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Not really watching much this season, but agree with this in general, except to say I think they abandoned technique ages ago. The difference now, without Len, is they've abandoned any pretence of caring about it.😏

rosco2010

17-09-2015

Why are the dances so short this season? Some that i've watched are less than 50 seconds long.

fridgesoup

17-09-2015

Originally Posted by rosco2010:
“Why are the dances so short this season? Some that i've watched are less than 50 seconds long.”

They've been short at the beginning of the series for the past couple of years. They will eventually end up longer. A bit pathetic, I think. There's a ton of filler and it's the dancing they cut back on to save time!

StigOfTheKrump

17-09-2015

They're wheeling out contemporary already this week. And bizarrely the Charleston seems to be a (semi) permanent dance now.

fridgesoup

17-09-2015

Originally Posted by StigOfTheKrump:
“They're wheeling out contemporary already this week. And bizarrely the Charleston seems to be a (semi) permanent dance now.”

I quite like the charlestons on DWTS. They seem less hammy compared to the ones on SCD. (Still, it shouldn't be there at the expense of the core ballroom an Latin dances).

RedOrDead36

19-09-2015

Where are you guys in the UK watching this? Youtube is just full of "click link to watch here" videos that lead to nowhere. The Genesis App on Kodi used to have all the seasons on there but now they've gone. Where can I see the full show?

StigOfTheKrump

19-09-2015

Originally Posted by RedOrDead36:
“Where are you guys in the UK watching this? Youtube is just full of "click link to watch here" videos that lead to nowhere. The Genesis App on Kodi used to have all the seasons on there but now they've gone. Where can I see the full show?”

Searching 'Dancing With the Stars s21e01' (or whatever episode number it is) into Google usually brings up lots of links.

Shh, you didn't hear a thing...

Kromm

19-09-2015

Of all the bad casts they've had, this has to be the worst.

Rest assured that if you haven't heard of most of these people, you aren't alone. When head-case Busey, racist Deen, and a child from Australia are the big names? That's so sad.

And the judging is a disaster without Len. Just worthless.

j4Rose

19-09-2015

Originally Posted by Kromm:
“Of all the bad casts they've had, this has to be the worst.

Rest assured that if you haven't heard of most of these people, you aren't alone. When head-case Busey, racist Deen, and a child from Australia are the big names? That's so sad.

And the judging is a disaster without Len. Just worthless.”

I think Julianne is more of an authority than Len - he probably hasn't danced properly in at least 30/40 years. The judging panel has always been meh for me though. Len was incredibly biased and inconsistent.

I agree about the celebrities. It's a shame when big names from the past e.g. Chaka embarrass themselves. I don't know why she chose to do the show.

StigOfTheKrump

19-09-2015

This the best known cast for me for years.

fridgesoup

21-09-2015

Try this site http://www.idolxfactor.com/dwts-21-premiere.html

smude

22-09-2015

I am in the US and watching live for the first time in years. I can't believe how tacky it has become. I won't spoil anything but the scoring is still a joke and dances are very short.

j4Rose

22-09-2015

Originally Posted by smude:
“I am in the US and watching live for the first time in years. I can't believe how tacky it has become. I won't spoil anything but the scoring is still a joke and dances are very short.”

I only watch a few of the dances on Youtube, but I've largely given up on it. They may as well just hand Bindi (and Derek of course) the trophy now.

Monsieur23

22-09-2015

Originally Posted by j4Rose:
“I only watch a few of the dances on Youtube, but I've largely given up on it. They may as well just hand Bindi (and Derek of course) the trophy now.”

...I dunno, Alek & Lindsay look like they could put up a good fight on both the scores and votes front...

StigOfTheKrump

22-09-2015

Originally Posted by StigOfTheKrump:
“An interview with the showrunner.

No results shows or guest judges this year, and the switch-up's back. I'm happier about some of those things than others.”

They couldn't even keep their word on this - Alfonso Ribeiro's the first guest judge (presumably of many) next week.

Sigh.

StigOfTheKrump

22-09-2015

(on a slightly more positive, I enjoyed quite a lot of last night's dances and couldn't disagree with the result)

KiwiJay

22-09-2015

Pissed. Was happy about just three judges. Rob Wade needs to bugger off, and a traditionalist needs to be put in to balance out the new with the need for the OLD! And that's not even on a Len scale!

Monsieur23

23-09-2015

So, in the run-up to Night 2, here's my scores/thoughts on Night 1:

Spoiler

Alek & Lindsay: 8.5 (obviously a natural, and working uber hard)
Bindi & Derek: 8.5 (would've been a 9 if she'd toned down the happiness)
Tamar & Val: 8.5 (I expect Latin 10s later in the series)
Alexa & Mark: 8 (same as Tamar, but I'm sick of her and Carlos already)
Carlos & Witney: 8 (very good, but again, in danger of switching off)
Hayes & Emma: 7.5 (needs finessing, but a huge dark horse)
Kim & Tony: 7 (utterly unrecognisable, huge improvement)
Nick & Sharna: 7 (a bit of a step back, but no disaster)
Andy & Allison: 6.5 (he's just so messy...)
Paula & Louis: 6 (a very pleasant surprise, Julianne was right about good leg action)
Gary & Anna: 5.5 (...he survived, and I'm strangely compelled to watch him)
Victor & Karina: 5.5 (out quite soon, I think)
Chaka & Keo: 4.5 (...*sigh* Keo must have broken 1,000,000 mirrors...)

rosco2010

23-09-2015

Whilst Gary is crap, Anna doesn't seem that much better. She doesn't look all that bothered.

KiwiJay

23-09-2015

I personally felt Paula's tango was quite good, as was Kim's foxtrot...The only one I would like to leave now is Gary to be fair. I think four dances from him will be quite enough...

StrictlyEastend

23-09-2015

I kind of like this series but the thing I HATE about it is that the routines are only 60 SECONDS long! That is ridiculous.

StrictlyEastend

23-09-2015

So far, Bindi is my favourite. I also like Tamar and Hayes.

But in my view Tamar's Charleston was Way Over Marked. 2 8s and a 9 is a bit too high. I would have given 6.

StrictlyEastend

23-09-2015

Originally Posted by KiwiJay:
“Pissed. Was happy about just three judges. Rob Wade needs to bugger off, and a traditionalist needs to be put in to balance out the new with the need for the OLD! And that's not even on a Len scale!”

Who on earth is Rob Wade?

And I totally agree with you about having a traditionalist on the panel. I would have thought Julianne, as a professional dancer would have been stricter than she is.

KiwiJay

23-09-2015

Rob Wade is the executive producer, and he's really changed the format for the worse in many ways. I want 3 judges, and personally I am sick of Carrie Ann.

StigOfTheKrump

23-09-2015

I'm fairly sure Conrad Green started the whole guest judge thing in Season 18.

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