(08-20-2012, 09:51 PM)LovinDaHaley Wrote: Thrilled to see you here MAE 
Agreed, almost verbatim. 
(we may differ a sliver on Cyrus ).
I seriously doubt Cyrus will win. He's just not as "all around" as the others and he looks clumsy in so much of the choreography. But he really is awesome in his genre; and IMHO, "sweet and positive force" should never be underrated. And OMG, what an incredibly rare honorable character- The heart of a champion!
Just curious MAE, have you watched the Cyrus solos from above closely? Have you "beheld" them? If not, I think you're in for a surprise- The boy has a deep and wide skillset, some wicked-ass-talent and amazing artistic impression (just not in the same way as the others, but perhaps even richer in breadth).
LDH, I have watched those solo vids of Cyrus that you posted above. Yes, his ability to isolate his muscles/action so that it's like it's like watching a scene by riffling through a series of cards or some mechnical device is absolutely astonishing. But my question to you (and others) would be: as fascinating as this mechanistic movement can be to watch,
why is this truly considered "dancing?"
And, yes, I agree that he's an extraordinarily honorable guy (on top of the "sweet and positive force" that I've already mentioned). So let's give him the "Mister Congeniality" award and have released him 3 weeks ago.
Several far, far better dancers have already been cut, and he has yet to be the bottom 3 or 4 or 2 (or whatever number SYTYCD has chosen for the week). I not happy about that and it kind of scares me.
If, instead of the judges letting him through to the top 20, they had said something to the effect of "wow, you show a lot of promise -- take a year to take a variety of dance classes to strengthen what you already have and come back next year" -- I'd be completely on board. As much as Matthew was so full of himself and, TBH, I'm not really unhappy to see him gone, he was a far better dancer than Cyrus.
But, unless Cyrus is out tomorrow night (which seems unlikely at this point), all I can see/say is that the voting on SYTYCD is equally as bad/skewed/screwed up as it is on AI. And that ain't good!
