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seadog93
Inner circle
Berkeley CA
2710 Posts
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Posted: Feb 18, 2012 12:15pm
It's been going on for a LONG time.
I watched the first season or two and then lost interest, then a few weeks ago I randomly caught some of the auditions and was hooked.
One of my wife's and my favorite songs so far (possibly better than the original):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg-DXc08Ows&feature=related
(music starts at 0:58)
“Love is the magician that pulls man out of his own hat.” -Ben Hecht
Seadog = C-dawg = C.ourt.ney K.olb
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Josh the Superfluous
Inner circle
The man of
1866 Posts
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Posted: Feb 18, 2012 12:20pm
Definitely some great talent this season. The ones they are letting go at this point, are pretty darn good.
What do you want in a site? "Honesty, integrity and decency." -Mike Doogan
"I hate it, I hate my ironic lovechild. I didn't even have anything to do with it" Josh #2
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tommy
Eternal Order
Devil’s Island
13326 Posts
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Posted: Feb 18, 2012 12:31pm
I am not a fan of this sort of show but I don't really know why.
If there is a single truth about Magic, it is that nothing on earth so efficiently evades it.
Tommy
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Josh the Superfluous
Inner circle
The man of
1866 Posts
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Posted: Feb 18, 2012 12:37pm
Well they do tend to mold people into existing star formulas, and file off their "rough" edges. And then they make them compete in areas that they would never venture as performers. So, it's not perfect. Some of the world's greatest performers could easily fail in that format. The Simon bit was getting old, so I'm glad they moved away from that.
What do you want in a site? "Honesty, integrity and decency." -Mike Doogan
"I hate it, I hate my ironic lovechild. I didn't even have anything to do with it" Josh #2
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seadog93
Inner circle
Berkeley CA
2710 Posts
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Posted: Feb 18, 2012 1:06pm
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On 2012-02-18 12:37, Josh the Superfluous wrote:
...it's not perfect. Some of the world's greatest performers could easily fail in that format.
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Absolutely true, very good points.
For some reason I really enjoy this type of show.
I especially like it when I get to see a bit into an industry or a passion that I don't know much about. That's why I watched 2 seasons of America's Next Top Model and 2 of MasterChef.
Those two shows have a lot of manufactured drama and b.s., so I kind of got sick of them after a while; still it was very interesting.
“Love is the magician that pulls man out of his own hat.” -Ben Hecht
Seadog = C-dawg = C.ourt.ney K.olb
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rockwall
Special user
811 Posts
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Posted: Feb 18, 2012 5:17pm
They've made some good changes this season. They've focused MUCH less on the bad performers, we've been able to see a lot more good performances. They added a Vegas week where they actually put together a team production number with costumes and everything and many of those performances have been exceptional. They still focus a bit too much on the drama, particularly the first group performance in Hollywood, but generally they've made good improvements.
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seadog93
Inner circle
Berkeley CA
2710 Posts
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Posted: Feb 18, 2012 5:38pm
Agreed, that may be why I'm enjoying this season so much.
A bit of drama is fine, but I like seeing amazing singers more.
“Love is the magician that pulls man out of his own hat.” -Ben Hecht
Seadog = C-dawg = C.ourt.ney K.olb
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Tom Jorgenson
Inner circle
LOOSE ANGLES, CALIFORNIA
3724 Posts
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Posted: Feb 18, 2012 9:30pm
I think this is their strongest season in a long while. Now is a great time to catch up on the season, the ones left are really good.
For the Fumble-Thumbed who wish a good CT: John Wells' THE BARFLY'S BILLET TEST &INDEX CARD TEAR
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/jorgenson
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rockwall
Special user
811 Posts
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Posted: Mar 3, 2012 3:30am
Heejun Han has added some welcome humor to the show. He's got a pretty good dry sense of humor. In his interview before singing to make it into the top 24 he said in his typical monotone style of delivery.
"I want to show the world that Asians are not only good for getting high scores on their SATs. They are also good at singing and entertaining.”
Then, after getting a few so so comments from the judges, he said in his back stage interview,
"Now my only hope is my dad. He has 10 cell phones and he really knows how to dial."
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seadog93
Inner circle
Berkeley CA
2710 Posts
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Posted: Mar 3, 2012 12:35pm
I like Heejun a lot.
We didn't realize that they were doing 3 nights this week, so we missed the boys singing but wow, good stuff!
I have to say that Randy has been a voice of reason though.
I think everyone up there is so good that the judges have a hard time giving serious feedback. Two or three times Randy Jackson was the only judge to say that wasn't very good ("sort of trainwrecky").
So far I'm rooting for Jessica, Hollie, Elise and Joshua Ledet (but I didn't get a chance to hear the boys).
“Love is the magician that pulls man out of his own hat.” -Ben Hecht
Seadog = C-dawg = C.ourt.ney K.olb
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