So, I missed the WWF Ice Dancing Last Night

[matcom]

SUPLEX! :bounce:

[AngryAmish]

1. Do tell!

I don't watch the Oly-thing.

[matcom]

2. from the coverage this morning

there were bodies falling EVERYWHERE. one woman had to be taken to the hospital.

now THAT is entertainment! :D

[pokerfan]

3. This thread needs pics

[kick-ass-bob]

4. I don't think this couple fell - I think they got horny.

[Karenina]

38. Sometimes there really are

HOBGOBLINS on the ice. It's a weird phenomenon that I have witnessed and experienced numerous times at test sessions. Usually what happens is everyone trips on the SAME END of the rink, often in the same spot. Wanting to blame it on bad ice or wardrobe malfunction I more than once checked out "the zone" for ruts, soft spots, feathers or sequins. NOTHING.

I've ALSO seen and experienced being taken out by bad vibes coming from the bleachers. TALES OF THE UNKNOWN!!! :hide:

[Darth_Kitten]

66. ah, the first picture is of a great team.....

:(

[underpants]

5. And some people say there is no GOOD time to watch Ice Dancing

:grr:

I love that the area they await their scores in is known as the "kiss and cry" area

[SoCalDem]

10. Damn, I missed all the falling .. Ice dancing is usually boring

I don't think I have EVER seen an outright fall. Lots of tripping.

[underpants]

17. One woman did half a helicopter spin

No NOT a Helicopter DANCE a helicopter spin.
:spank:

A woman in white. It looked pretty harsh.

[SeattleGirl]

29. That was one nasty fall

That's the one they took to the hospital.

[Darth_Kitten]

62. That was Marie-France Dubrueil......

they put lots of difficulty in their programs and unfortunately had quite a tumble. Pulled out of the competition.

They were medal hopes for Canada. :cry:

They are quite a great pair.

[Blue Belle]

63. They were really good up until that point.

That fall looked increadiby painful. I'm sorry they had to withdraw from the competition.

The team from Bulgaria looked pretty good too up until their fall. The ice had some bad juju going on last night.

[Darth_Kitten]

65. They were all trying to up the difficulty of their routines....

because of COP. It's too bad for Dubreuil and Lauzon. I've seen them compete in person and they are really quite spectacular. They have such innovative moves. :hug:

I feel badly for them because they could have medalled. :(

[SeattleGirl]

67. They really were doing well until that fall.

I agree, Darth, I think they were good enough to have medalled.

[Darth_Kitten]

68. Maybe at world's then.........

but all those falls, I don't think COP benefits ice dance. :(

[SeattleGirl]

69. Absolutely agree with you.

In fact, Dick Button and the female commentator were saying that last night, that the couples had to concentrate so much on the technical aspect of their programs that it was leading to mistakes, and it was taking away from the espression-aspect of the performance. After all, it IS ice dancing, not ice hockey! They are going to need to change the scoring again, at least for the ice dancing.

[Darth_Kitten]

70. Something has to be done for sure...

:)

[Blue Belle]

71. I was thinking last night that it didn't look like ice dancing at all...

It was looking more and more like pair skating. I guess I was expecting it to look like ballroom dance on ice... less lifts and blade grabbing crap and more grace and flow. The grace seems lacking when they have to think about every difficult part of their program. We've come a long way from Torvell and Dean.

[SeattleGirl]

74. That's exactly what I was thinking

It's become almost indistinguishable from pairs skating.

[JVS]

6. Is it just me or does this one look like she got punched

[petronius]

7. I think if that one Italian woman had had any room in her costume

to hide a knife, her partner would have been a dead man...

[Blue Belle]

8. I didn't watch for the falls... I watched for the bad costumes.

(I posted this on another thread - but it still applies)

Excluding the falls, I do think Ice Dancing is probably the most graceful of all the figure skating sports, and it's nice to see the skaters do something other than wave their arms around in between quadruple jumps. But the ridiculous costumes seem to take so much away from the sport. Some have been watching just for the falls, but I for one, take perverse joy in seeing some of the get-ups these skaters have the courage to wear (I'm not proud about it, but I do). And while the costumes feed the snarkier side of my personality, there is such a thing as too much. Granted, some of the ice skating costumes have in recent years been tragic - and not just the ones on Tanya Harding. The costumes of the last decade or so have looked like "Priscilla Queen of the Desert" on ice - but the Ice dancing costumes really push the envelope. Some of these girls should get a medal for just being able to skate in those dresses let alone keep them from having a wardrobe malfunction in the middle of a lift. And the make-up!! NBC locked a close-up shot on one of Russian skaters the other night and I'm surprised they didn't have to wipe the make-up off the lens! Now I know these dancers have use a lot of make-up to accentuate their face so that the judges can see their expressions... but these girls looked like Anna Nichole Smith after a three day bender. Seriously... all the skaters looked like they should have been swinging around a pole - not skating for gold. Now back to the costumes... how much is too much anymore? I'm not prude, and I've been known to wear some daring outfits a time or two - but I'm not representing my country in front of millions of people either. To be fair... I am glad that the Chacita Banana costume has made it back to the mainstream in something other than a Chita Rivera retrospective, and thank God someone had the foresight to alter Biork's infamous "Swan Dress" for the Israeli couple - but seriously... this is the Olympics, not "Dancing with the Stars". Can the skaters at least wear some costumes that you don't have to strategically shave for?

[RubyDuby in GA]

9. The Swan Dress

That is exactly what I said when I saw it last night.

[SeattleGirl]

11. Hey Blue Belle,

Did you see the thing on USA Network yesterday, "Weir Eye for the Skate Guy"? It was on that one hour "Olympic Ice" show that USA does where they review the skating performances, etc. They had Johnny Weir on, and he and these two women were talking about the costumes, snarking on them a bit, etc. It was quite funny.

[RubyDuby in GA]

12. I'm waiting for the networks to call me

I provided "color commentary" all night last night for the ice dancing. Seriously, did anyone see the Japanese couple? The woman's outfit and the guy's top were bright yellow and hot pink and I think orange and he chooses white pants to go with that????? :wtf: I think she fell because she caught the glare off those tacky white pants he was wearing and couldn't see where she was going. Black would have been far more complimentary.

[SeattleGirl]

13. Hey RubyDuby!

I would love to have heard your "color commentary". Bet it was a hoot! I was nearly blinded by those outfits. I was screaming, "My eyes! My eyes!" :rofl:

[RubyDuby in GA]

16. Seriously, I read today that some of those outfits cost upwards of

$15,000?!?!?! For what????? I've seen hookers in Atlanta with better taste than that crap.

Ya know what Clarie says (in Steel Magnolas) "if you can't say something nice, come sit next to me". I take those words to heart!

:hi: I gotta tell ya, I'm thinking of becoming a curling groupie. I watched a whole match and think I have it sorta figured out, but the people in the stands....it was like watching a European soccer match. Painted faces....cowbells.....I'm going to the next Winter Olympics with my cowbell and air horn!!! :woohoo:

[SeattleGirl]

18. The costs of the outfits is outrageous!

In the piece on USA that Johnny Wier was doing, they showed a clip of Peggy Flemming in her chartruse dress that her MOTHER made, and talked about how simple and elegant the dress was. And it really was -- even if I'm not really fond of the color.

[Blue Belle]

26. I want to go to those games too!!

Vancouver isn't very far from here... I'm so there!! We could get tickets to the ice dancing and do pod cast commentary for the DU!!

[RubyDuby in GA]

30. It's a deal!

As I said in post # 16 - Clairee says in Steel Magnolia's "if you can't say something nice, come sit next to me"

:evilgrin:

[Blue Belle]

34. That is my favorite line from that movie...

that and, "I'm not a terrible person, Claree, I've just been in a very bad mood for fourty years!"

[Blue Belle]

20. Japan's costume was bad... but did you see the top Russian pair?

Teal leopard print? Really?? That's an insult to leopards everywhere. Where the hell were the PETA people at anyway?

Could these costumes reflect a more tacky Latin Stereotype?? All of the men last night looked like flaming cabana boys, and the women looked like extras from those bad 50's era "Road to Rio"-esque movies. All they needed were the fruit hats and they were good to go!

[SeattleGirl]

25. Hahahahaha!

Well said, Blue Belle! :rofl: :spray:

[RubyDuby in GA]

28. Oh I hear ya

And she had a strip of it wrapped around her head? Seriously, was she trying out for an extra in the next Karate Kid movie??

Sweep the leg.....

[Blue Belle]

35. No.. No... the Extra in the Karate Kid Movie...

should be awarded to the guy from France with the bright yellow thing tied around his head to match his partner's costume. I remember thinking... "Is the bandana really necessary??" cause he would have looked fine without it - in fact I was wondering how he could get through the program with out ripping that thing off!

[RubyDuby in GA]

45. You mean you didn't like this look?

[Blue Belle]

46. My EYES!! My EYES!!

Oh the humanity! :+

Another thing about the ice dancing... what's the deal with every skater having to touch the skate blade to the back of her head?? Twice!! Iknow that move is worth alot of points, but it just seemed to take away from the dance because the move seem so unatural and totally out of place... but hey, I don't skate so WTF do I know??

[RubyDuby in GA]

47. Did you hear them talking last night about the one woman who

cut her hand so badly in a competition last month grabbing her skate for the higher points that her hand was bleeding during her performance? It's one of the couples that skated last night - I just can't remember which one.

That is just stupid.

Can't wait for tonight's competition....won't be able to do live color commentary as TV is not in room with computer, but I'll be there in spirit with you guys.....snarky comments oozing from my mouth :evilgrin:

[Blue Belle]

51. It was the Russian skaters in your photo where the girl cut her hand.

I heard that last night too... and it just seems to me that this new judging system is one of the reasons for all the carnage on the ice. These skaters have to do all these high scoring technical things... but it doesn't fit the style of dance they are doing. It just looks odd.

[RubyDuby in GA]

53. Yeah, this new points system is ridiculous

They were talking last night about how they hope it gets changed after this olympics. Me too. It's just too unnatural. Technical point, flail arms around, technical point, emote now, technical point.

I'm tellin' ya, when I try out for the olympic team...I'm gonna do it my wayyyyyy..... :P

[Blue Belle]

54. Me too... but Roller Disco isn't even a Demonstration sport yet!

So my homage to the Soul Train Dancers set to the Musical stylings of Earth, Wind, and Fire is just going to have to wait. :Sigh: :)

[RubyDuby in GA]

72. Well they did take out baseball in the 2012 Olympics

Perhaps now is the time to start petitioning for this addition. Can I help coach? And I know where to get my hands on a Bedazzler, so we're well on our way to a kickass outfit!

[Blue Belle]

75. Well I hope the Bedazzler can handle rinestones the size of macrome beads

cause aparently it's all about the flair... and I want to make sure I have lots of it. :)

[RubyDuby in GA]

76. I do own a purple feather boa. We'll have to incorporate that

in there somehow. Some feathers on a tasteful headband. Really evoke the era.

[Blue Belle]

77. I just saw where I could get some gold lame` hot-pants on ebay...

who says we have to spend $15,000 on a costume??

[RubyDuby in GA]

78. I may be forced to sketch up what I am envisioning

We will be the talk of the Olympic Village. Playa-haters beware!

[hopein08]

41. Did you notice the big cut-out piece in the back of his costume?

For some reason, there was a big triangle shaped cutout in the back of his yellow & pink shirt. It had that weird flesh colored material, but I completely didn't see the point.

Granted, I may be crazy because my sister swears she didn't see it!

My mom, however, said that maybe he went with white pants because they would blend in with the ice and the judges wouldn't be able to see his mistakes as much.

[RubyDuby in GA]

44. Somehow I missed that

I was obviously too mesmerized by the godawful white pants after labor day/before easter that I couldn't see it. I don't care what any of the fashionistas say.....no white pants (and white skates too!!!! TACKY!!!!!!!) after labor day and before easter!!!!!!!!!

[Blue Belle]

48. Sadly.. the white pants weren't the tackiest thing out there...

I can't figure out which one is showing more clevage...

"I'm chacita banana and I'm here to say..."

[SeattleGirl]

49. Eeek!

I definitely think HE is showing more. Gad, those costumes were bad enough seeing them in motion; seeing them in a still shot is enough to give me nightmares!

Wonder what horrors they will come up with for the free dance?

[RubyDuby in GA]

50. This was right before they left the kiss and cry area

As soon as the cameras stopped rolling, she bitch slapped him. Seriously, for a minute there out on the ice, I thought she was going to punch him.

[Blue Belle]

52. I know. She was PISSED!!

When the American Skaters were performing he camera caught (in the background) her stomping off in a huff and him following helplessly. You know he is still paying for that flub!

[Canadian Socialist]

56. Good knight! Is that Nicolas Cage? n/t

[Blue Belle]

60. He does look a little like Nick Cage circa 1987 in "Moonstruck"...

It's pretty darn close!

[Blue Belle]

14. No I didn't see it!!

I'll have to watch. I've been waiting all morning to read the costume critiques on the board, but sadly, there hasn't been a one. The costumes were bad.. the falls were really bad...I thought my head was going to explode when I saw some of these things last night. My boyfriend could care less about skating and doesn't appreciate my comments when it comes to bad costumes (or bad dresses if we are watching, say, the Oscars or Emmys). Plus... the drama involved!! I have to agree with Petronius above.. that Italian woman had her partner's death in her eyes (you could see them stomping off in the background when the American couple were on the ice - it wasn't pretty). I think we should have a thread critique going during tonight's performance.

[SeattleGirl]

15. Oh yes! "The Ice Dancing Color Commentary" Thread!

I think Johnny Weir is going to be back on "Olympic Ice" next week. Hopefully you can see it. You could tell that he and the two women on the program just couldn't wait to talk about the costumes. Johnny said the whole over-done costume thing started with the Russians, who admitted they did it because with lots of material, etc., flying around, it concealed weaknesses in their skating.

[RubyDuby in GA]

19. That's what I said about the swan dress

It was so long that you couldn't tell at some points if they were skating in unison.

And what was up with the couple that had the exact same hairstyles? I couldn't concentrate on their skating because their damn hair was so distracting! Hello....you're supposed to be showing emotion...can't see your face....I call for an automatic 2.0 deduction....

[SeattleGirl]

22. Hey, there's an idea!

Deductions of destracting hair and/or costumes!

[Blue Belle]

33. "lots of material flying around concealed weakness in their skating"

That explained the Russian pair that skated early in the program. She wore this pink-ish red strategically spiraled ruffle thing, and he looked like an extra from "American Grafiti". When they spun around... I wondered how she wasn't flashing everyone (although I do know they use flesh-colored spandex on most of the more daring costumes) - but that wasn't the disturbing part. The things that kept me from even watching the actual skating was the fact that the costume was creeping up her butt so bad it looked painful. I just remember thinking "ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!!" not to mention she just flashed about 2 million people.

[underpants]

42. One couple had a "Barbie Doll Pink" on that I am pretty sure

set back peace negotiations years.

Good god!

[SeattleGirl]

43. I almost went blind when I saw those outfits

Gad! Were they going for the gold in "Best Ugly, Tacky Costume"??

[wildhorses]

21. what a FIASCO!!!

and the costumes....TACKY



OMFG...what a hoot




:popcorn:

[SeattleGirl]

23. My eyes were riveted on the TV

I've seen fewer crashes in a NASCAR race!

[wildhorses]

24. and the cars are not near as colorful...

and that is saying A LOT....


:hi:


how you doing?

[SeattleGirl]

27. Ain't that the truth!

Doing well. How about you? :hi:

[wildhorses]

31. just got back from a vacation in Florida

my tan looks real funny in 30 degree weather :rofl:


wish I did not hve to work tonight so I could join the "commentary"


costume designer is what I do in my REAL life (I wish)

[SoCalDem]

32. I wonder if they will replay the falls.. I would love to see that

:)

I still can;t believe there were that many falls.. I have NEVER seen a dance pair fall..ever.. trip, stumble, bot never a flat out fall.. I watched Footballers Wives, Desperate Housewives & Greys anatomy..

I am a skating snob.. I only like Pairs and tolerate ladies..never watch the guys or the dancing

[Blue Belle]

36. I was switching between the dancing and DHW/ Grey's Anatomy...

But I caught a lot of the dancing. You should tune in tonight and do the colour commentary thread with us... you'll appreciate Ice dancing much more. :)

[SoCalDem]

37. The fallers won't be there tonight, though

and I have to watch celebrity ice skating.. :)

[hopein08]

39. No celebrity ice skating tonight...

FOX is showing an episode of "House" and the previews for the celebrity ice skating said that the finale is on Monday, February 27.

[SoCalDem]

40. Well then. I may join you all

:hi:

[Blue Belle]

55. We welcome the company!

More snarky commentary is appreciated! :)

[SoCalDem]

57. Snarky should have been my middle name

Let the tripping & falling skate-dancing begin...

[RubyDuby in GA]

73. go to www.nbcolypmics.com and click for ice dancing

They have the falls separated so you can watch them. Oh yeah. I spent a great deal of time passing this around today.

[Karenina]

79. Falsche Adresse...

[judaspriestess]

58. that shit was out of control

the italian chick kept saying puta, puta, puta as she was leaving the ice, it was hilarious and sad. they were doing a great job up until then. Puta means something like motherfucker or to that effect.

[SoCalDem]

59. Pairs are still the best.. (even the photoshops)

[Blue Belle]

61. That's Funny!

:rofl:

[Darth_Kitten]

64. fusar-poli?

I missed the OD.

Margaglio is famous in ice dance circles as not being able to skate, but becoming an Olympic Bronze medallist. (Salt Lake City)

[JVS]

80. Did anyone tape this? I want a dub!