2018 Grand Prix Final Pairs Short Program

[kimi492]

What in the world am I watching right now - everything about this is so tacky

 

[ruffledgrouse]

I'm torn between loving the high school drama club aesthetic and thinking the music is not good enough to justify the costumes.


Hmmm. It's a conundrum

 

[SnowWhite]

It just feels so "high school play".

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Ugh, I'm so envious of Vanessa's body.

That comment, and the talk about Matteo Guarise earlier, just made me think of this:

https://www.facebook.com/vanessa.james.35/posts/10155631595025974

(It's set to public, so in theory you should be able to see it)

Sorry that it took me so long to find it.

CaroLiza_fan

 

[s_parks]

These are dark times for Russian pairs, aesthetically.

 

[CellarDweller]

OMG, that list spin was so out of synch.

 

[SnowWhite]

Nice to hear that Dylan is commentating, will switch back to CBC stream (found it too noisy last night).

Dylan doesn't talk as much as Liz.

 

[msteach3]

Hideous music and costumes. I muted the sound.

 

[Metis]

That smelt of elderberries. NI!

 

[GGFan]

This Z/E program is very 90s ice dance but it kinda works in that at least I stay awake while watching them so I get to notice their skating skills

 

[oly2018]

This program is just...wow. Every time I see it, I am shocked by how strange it is, but then somehow manage to forget about it until I see a brick wall in a cape and a chess piece on the ice.

 

[rachno2]

At this point, I’ve seen this program four times already, so I’m not as distracted by the weirdness as I was before. I still find the choreo and costumes extremely tacky, but they performed it with a lot more conviction than usual, which I respect. The quality of some of their elements is great, too

 

[CellarDweller]

The literal swordplay just kills me. In a bad way. I like them, but this programme... :noshake: Not even in a “so bad it’s good” way.

I was just about to ask if the swordplay was really necessary.

 

[DanseMacabre]

That smelt of elderberries. NI!

Quote of the night.

 

[Colonel Green]

Ugh, those SBS spins, so bad.

All the other elements very good, though. Should go behind the Chinese, definitely; I'm not sure where the judges put them relative to James and Cipres.

 

[s_parks]

I'm weeping
https://twitter.com/rockerskating/status/1071268868151111680

 

[WeakAnkles]

I always crack up when I watch this program



because it's just so stupid. It's like the farce version of every Medieval Movie Epic Ever Made.



Then I remember that they mean it to be taken seriously.

:dumb:

Then I laugh even more.

:laugh15:

A definite candidate for The Camp Hall of Fame.

 

[champagnerain]

I found their costumes and mimed swordfighting so distracting that I couldn't even enjoy their elements. :sarcasm:

 

[Lota]

Well, I'll be the sole person to like the program then, and I do actually like unironically, tacky as it may be. Happy they did well

 

[anonymoose_au]

The triple twist was huge and the throw jump was solid, so credit there.

It's an interesting program, I don't hate it or love it :laugh;