Strictly week 1
Sep. 28th, 2014 07:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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I only started watching from Caroline and Pasha’s introduction. Overall, a show of two classes of dancing, and I didn’t disagree massively with the judges’ ranking. I sided more with Darcy about Pixie’s jive, although at the same time, I think it’s harsh to give the celebs that dance in the first week, especially when it’s compared with the cha-cha. Although I too tended to think that Caroline’s fringe might be there for cover as much as fashion, but Jake was really good, hinting at more promise as a dancer than I’d expected (even allowing for the tango being an actors’ dance).
Otherwise, I thought that Natalie asked for more movement from Tim than what was asked of Scott who stomped from pose to pose, mainly. Judy’s dancing got increasingly worse, although her dress was lovely. But between the ‘she’s Scottish, Scott is a DJ and Jake is used to DRAMA’ Strictly’s themes were as subtle as ever.
Claudia’s shocking pink was...shocking, but the humanising effects on Tess were marked. Although I do think Tess is being unfair when she expects Darcy to say something nice always to soothe away Craig’s brutality. Why should she always sheath her critical faculties to shut the overexcited audience up? The couples get to run up to the support of Claudia and everyone else. Or they could ask Craig to carp about just three things per dance.
I’m not convinced that 9pm is a great time for the show – the judges are toeing around being slightly more risqué, but not sure if they should, because they know kids are staying up to watch it.
I always forget how endless it all feels at the start with nine thousand contestants.
Saturday
Claudia looked more like herself and was hilarious. I think the amount of hysteria involved in watching this show will increase markedly this season. So much more chuckling and less groaning.
Still mostly agreed with the ranking. In Frankie, there is oodles of potential, I thought she could have stretched more and been even more expressive and I hope she gets there, because you know she could be excellent. I had to remind myself it was only the first week, and I'm probably going to have to watch it that I don't get frustrated if she doesn't dance amazingly always. Simon almost made me take back what I thought about jive in the first week. Alison was infectious, Steve and Mark better than expected, Thom maybe worse, I thought they were too kind to Sunetra and it didn’t help Jennifer that she had too much to do.
Gregg...made me do very funny noises. (Bad form of Aliona to basically agree with the judges when they were rubbishing him, however right they were.)
I quite enjoyed the opening number, even if the opening with the FX in front of the white sceen didn’t quite work, I appreciated what they were trying to do, and even if a lot of the stuff was predictable – ripping the skirts off – I liked the mix of partners and the forward movement choreographically.
I'm so excited that It Takes Two is back too.
I only started watching from Caroline and Pasha’s introduction. Overall, a show of two classes of dancing, and I didn’t disagree massively with the judges’ ranking. I sided more with Darcy about Pixie’s jive, although at the same time, I think it’s harsh to give the celebs that dance in the first week, especially when it’s compared with the cha-cha. Although I too tended to think that Caroline’s fringe might be there for cover as much as fashion, but Jake was really good, hinting at more promise as a dancer than I’d expected (even allowing for the tango being an actors’ dance).
Otherwise, I thought that Natalie asked for more movement from Tim than what was asked of Scott who stomped from pose to pose, mainly. Judy’s dancing got increasingly worse, although her dress was lovely. But between the ‘she’s Scottish, Scott is a DJ and Jake is used to DRAMA’ Strictly’s themes were as subtle as ever.
Claudia’s shocking pink was...shocking, but the humanising effects on Tess were marked. Although I do think Tess is being unfair when she expects Darcy to say something nice always to soothe away Craig’s brutality. Why should she always sheath her critical faculties to shut the overexcited audience up? The couples get to run up to the support of Claudia and everyone else. Or they could ask Craig to carp about just three things per dance.
I’m not convinced that 9pm is a great time for the show – the judges are toeing around being slightly more risqué, but not sure if they should, because they know kids are staying up to watch it.
I always forget how endless it all feels at the start with nine thousand contestants.
Saturday
Claudia looked more like herself and was hilarious. I think the amount of hysteria involved in watching this show will increase markedly this season. So much more chuckling and less groaning.
Still mostly agreed with the ranking. In Frankie, there is oodles of potential, I thought she could have stretched more and been even more expressive and I hope she gets there, because you know she could be excellent. I had to remind myself it was only the first week, and I'm probably going to have to watch it that I don't get frustrated if she doesn't dance amazingly always. Simon almost made me take back what I thought about jive in the first week. Alison was infectious, Steve and Mark better than expected, Thom maybe worse, I thought they were too kind to Sunetra and it didn’t help Jennifer that she had too much to do.
Gregg...made me do very funny noises. (Bad form of Aliona to basically agree with the judges when they were rubbishing him, however right they were.)
I quite enjoyed the opening number, even if the opening with the FX in front of the white sceen didn’t quite work, I appreciated what they were trying to do, and even if a lot of the stuff was predictable – ripping the skirts off – I liked the mix of partners and the forward movement choreographically.
I'm so excited that It Takes Two is back too.
