Hip Hop International & Step Up 5: All In.

So, I'm SOOOO tired at the moment, I haven't been blogging about Got To Dance as... well, I forgot it had started, I think my sister started recording the episodes on Sky so I'll have to go there at some point and catch up on the episodes (I think theres only 2 so far)
Anyway, I'm tired because me and a few friends spent the night in the Cinema watching Jumanji, Hook, Mrs Doubtfire and Alladin, then me and 1 friend sat around until 9:20am and I got to watch Step Up All In finally.
I decided that I wanted to type out what I thought of Hip Hop International this year, which was interesting.
I didn't realise that The Royal Family wasn't entering this year but had their own show, but it was nice to see Bubblegum, Sorority and Duchesses perform, So I'm going to type up what I thought of each routine and then write anything else I feel I wanna say about others... so.

Bubblegum:
The opening was lovely, good choreo and they look cute this year and the little guy was cute aswell, I enjoyed the music that was used and they were dancing to 2ne1 aswell, one of my fav tracks by 2ne1 ;0 I loved all of the choreo, just the ending was a little dissapointing, the Nicole Sherzinger part was the bit I probably liked the least, not because I didn't like the choreo for it, I just don't like her cover of I Will Surviva that much x: still cute, hard hitting, and I enjoyed it more than whoever came 1st in the junior division.

Sorority:
I always love watching Sorority, I usually like watching Kiel but he's left now so now we have Zacc who is from Ireland, opening was good and hard but I feel as if... throughout the whole routine the music changes so frequently to a point where I feel as if parts aren't lasting long enough, 2012 sorority had used 3 songs, 2013 I think 5 were used, and this routine uses 8 / 9 tracks... changing between styles so frequently throughout a song can become a bit of a mess.
However, again, still got more enjoyment out of this than whoever was in 1st again.
My favourite parts were probably Ruthy glitching out to No Diggity, and the girl pulling the thing out of the mouth leading to the beyonce section.
(Oh and the reggae part where the girl was blindfolded ((notlitterally) and they crawled across the floor)

Duchesses:
Ok, less music which is good, only 2 tracks less but still, This routine had somewhat a bit of tutting / vogue, like a mixture between 2 and I love that but the opening I wish they had did what they had did at SDNZ where they walk slowly instead of the fast movements~
Loved when the guy was sitting on the "Thrown" and was sort of tutting / vogueing with all the girls around him, I didn't like their hair, preferred how it was at SDNZ too lol.
The fast to slow movements to the opening of the beyonce section were cool, then the part when they were on the floor was cool and used their hips and it looked sexy.
The end section with the Krump was sweet and I think the ending done it for me, the way they all slay each other and its like they're cutting each others neck with the sword sound... It worked really well. though the last girl looked as if she was thrown a bit too hard haha.



Right so... Step Up 5: All In.
I was expecting so much better than this, boring romance meh... The movie had its fun bits like the relationships between Violet and Chad, I think Parris playing violet was good, I loved her character, when he was standing behind her and she was like "ewww gross" it was hilarious.
The sudden outbursts into Dance was incredibly cheesey
"Yo homie, get out our club.... no... ok lets settle with a dance battle" was a bit odd =3= Its like breaking out into song in Glee.
Parris' character was probably my favourite, and the guy who liked her, then it was Vladd (or chadd)
and Jaja's character (forget what her characters name was) but damn... their little robot love story was cute haha, The movie had a few moments where I was thinking "I wish this was choreographed by Parris only"
I think the dubstep video... where they were all in lab coats was probably my favourite routine in the movie and the choreography looked like it was made by Parris.
I personally would have gotten rid of Ryan Guzman, this was suppose to be with all my favourite step up characters... he's not that great I think, I think he's only there as eye candy, and think the guy from Step Up 3 is hotter so... they could have had better eye candy.
Take out Briana Evigan too... also... wtf
The competition in the movie had Poreotics appear like... 3 times, I was hoping they'd appear more often, also the girls from Season 7 of ABDC but with Jaja, It was kind of fun pointing out all the dancers I knew of but still... I would have prefered a Step Up movie with:
IaMmE (all of IaMmE) and better brainbanging, this movie had Phillip Chbeebs abdc routines copied and pasted and some from his videos over the pass few years
more Poreotics... Jabbawockees, all of The Royal Family (or atleast more members)
could have had Parris as the main character because her acting came off better than Ryan Guzman and the chick from SU2.
Also, I would have had Les Twins rather than the twins that are in the movie... I was hoping Step Up 5 would go out with a bang with all these crews that we've come to love over the years, and thought there would be more choreography by Parris and Phillip Chbeeb... but there wasn't enough Brainbanging or Parris choreo =3=
Eh... the last routine stood out because of the bits of brainbanging and so did that 1 dubstep song that I think Parris choreographed, I wanted more dance... but not in the way that people randomly break into it in a club and they all come out of no where to battle.
Step Up 5 was aiiiiiight, still prefer Step Up 3, but this did have a few good parts.
and thats what I think ;0

BGT Final.

So I wasn't in over the weekend, out in london and hadn't watched BGT, so I'm currently catching up on the final now, and Addict Initiative are first, so lets see if they've stepped it up a bit to a point where I actually like it.
ok... that... I really didn't get it, and Simon is standing, its like... lets all dance to 8ths notes when theres no 8th notes in the audio :V yeaaaa.... grrrrreat.
I prefer old Addict... It was good, they did good footwork... now its all "lets stand still and just move our arms to dramatic music" instead of dancing to good music like they use to.
I WAS SO IMPRESSED WHEN THEY WERE ON GTD FOR THE FIRST TIME, I don't like the music, I don't like the look, and I REALLY do not like the stupid voice over the track like "NEVER" and "LET ME GO" and "OOO I'M HERE DRAMA" they can do better... I've seen it D:<
also... don't scream with happiness when Simon compares to diversity? how many times have Diversity gone HHI and won? eh? 0? oh... thats coz they aren't good and they only won because there was kids in the dance crew.

Ok, so Yanis and his crew were good, I liked it, there were a few bits where I thought "maybe shouldn't do that" like... being a gay guy, I should be ok with that... like crawling on the floor, but... it was good ... the choreo was really good in places, just the floor work was a bit odd for me to watch, and there was a bit of hip hop, which I wanted to see...
how can Simon like Addict Initiative but not these? its odd, this was sexy / hot... and the tall one is sexy, but... it was a bit girly, nothing wrong with that, but... ionno.
I'd love to see them take off the heels and krump and do hip hop, I would SOOOOO love to see that.
but I like them, they's good o3o

Ok so thats all the dance for now =3= guess will have to wait for Got To Dance, not sure when it starts~~ I look forward to it :)

Britains Got Talent.

So, watching through Britains Got Talent again, catching up as I was busy last week... I watched like... 2 episodes, so i'll type this as I watch, just finished watching episode 12 and Cartel were on it, which... are by far... my most favourite UK dance crew, they had good music (unlike the usual crews) yeah there was a bit of a hiccup with the flip over the one guy (which I guess was stolen from Quest) but they need to push to get to the finals I suppose, but it was good, they had a little bit of tutting, which I liked, some nice waving patterns, they had Drake... which is good :D this is another dance crew I think could audition for ABDC if it still existed and get pretty far.
I think they're MUCH MUCH BETTER than Diversity, the older guy... he can keep up... so what if he's a bit older? theres other dancers out there that are as old as him and... he's kinda cute too o3o
but yeah... I'ma add them to my list of favourites <3

Ok so another dance group, Yanis Marshell, Arnaud & Mehdi, being gay myself, this makes me so incredibly happy, they're a bit cheesey but DAMN they can dance, Yanis is good at listening to audio and picking out all the correct sounds to dance to, I would love to see him do hip hop, would ABSOLUTELY love to see all 3 of them do something with Parris Goebel, and the tall one out of the 3 is really hot o3o, me likes that beard, So... yea, I'm kind of hoping they win, but I guess i'll see within the next few hours of catching up haha.
Love them :)

Kings & Queens:
this was odd for me, because it was like they were trying to be cool and be like a dance crew instead of latin dance, was odd... I liked their choice in music though... electro house <3 o3o and big room house... the Mysterious Girl part was... just like a dance crew would use for a comedy effect.

Kieran Lai:
Ok, so he's the kid who's appeared on Got To Dance a few times, and think he works in the dance studio nearby that I've been... curious to go to for the past few years since it opened, and he has potential, he's not the best but I think i could learn alot from him, I like tutting, he does tutting, I like krump, he does krump, popping too... I facebook stalked and we have 2 friends in common haha so perhaps he went school with the 2 people I know, I do like him, he's good and stuff just, I think he has the potential to be better, his does wavey patterns to certain parts (and i noticed this in his first audition) when he could be dancing to the 8th notes in a song, dubstep... if theres a section with 8ths, go ahead and dance to those 8ths instead of doing some wavey patterns to them, it'd work alot better, and with the krump stuff... pick hip hop :P
Yea he's a better dance than me, well... I can't dance for shit haha, I can do some tutting, like... the smallest amount of whacking, I think I'm good at waving, I just need to work on doing things with my legs haha, anyway yea... he's good but, I prefer Mindtrick, Pacman, Moon~~

Paddy & Nico:
Ok, first time I saw these... I really couldn't stop laughing, I was laughing for half hour straight, It was so unexpected, she just said how she has had some rib problems but... damn, that was still amazing... its so unbelievable... really amazing.
Its odd but... just... damn, all those tricks were incredible haha, I think there was a bit of a hiccup in there and she didn't do a few things, there was one part where Nico was about to bend her over his leg but then they didn't, so carried on through it, was just ... incredible, absolutely amazing :D
awww bless her, she seems really sad because she couldn't do alot of the tricks, but she should be so proud of herself.

Oh ok, so ... I thought the final was the Saturday just gone but its this Saturday, so I guess i'll be back then, then anything else I see, like SYTYCD or Got To Dance, i'll be back to type those up 8D baiiii

BGT.

So, this year on britains got talent, some things have bugged me, mainly Addict Initiative because... well, it has members of Addict, firstly... Simon didn't like Addict a few years ago, and when the guys were dancing he said it was like watching David and Matt Lucas on Little Britain, which was unfair...
I remember Addict being good on Got To Dance (this is when they werent picked for the finals on GTD) and they reminded me alot of sorority, then a year later they auditioned for Got To Dance again but with these long black coats (or purple, I forget) the point is... what they are now... I don't like...
They were one of my favourite UK dance crews, and thats a difficult thing to be because I don't have many, they've gone from great, dancing to good music, to whatever they were when they auditioned again... not sure what it was... to ... well a mess, yea Simon Cowell might like it, but he likes Diversity too, theres better out there than Diversity, and Addict was better than diversity, now they're all good vs evil dancing to Dramatic music then adding sound effects to make it seem cool...
I'd much prefer if they danced to rnb, hip hop and dubstep... well... maybe thats not them but it'd be more appealing to my eyes and alot cooler imo, you could still have snow white and the witch...
Status pulled off Alice In Wonderland really well on GTD season 1 and kept true to what they are.

The 2 kids from last nights show, they look familiar, I can't remember what crew they use to be in, but their first audition amazed me, 2nd... not so much, it had its moments, but wasn't nearly as good as the first one they did.

Mini Moves were ok, but I think their routine's on GTD were alot better, they picked out good rhythms to dance to, tonights ... there were a few bits where they were posing and I just thought "eh... stop posing and dance" and i liked them on GTD.

lol, so i'm sitting with the door open listening to the TV to see if Addict Initiative go through, I'm actually kind of wishing the broadway girl would go through because of how let down I feel by Addict... so just waiting...
and Addict are through... lol... yea, kind of pissed, luckily though, So You Think You Can Dance will be starting tomorrow and I heard something about dance crew auditions, so theres that to look forward to then Got To Dance starts in the summer, so alot to look forward to... then shortly after that we'll see some real dance competition as Hip Hop International starts.
seriously... I'd love to see Diversity go to HHI, and then score less points than the crews that have appeared on Got To Dance infront of Ashley Banjo, It'd just be hilarious... I don't want you to think "thats horrible, whats he done to you" I never said he's a bad person, its just like...
watching Street Dance, then watching Step Up 3 really opened my eyes to better dance, I think if Diversity were to compete in HHI, and somehow came up with an amazing routine, I think the US, Phillipines, New Zealand, Canada and Japan would place infront.
I look at crews all the time and think "I wonder if" well... I imagine stuff like... if America's Best Dance Crew was still going, then Addict would have a shot (old Addict) and so would Ruff Diamond (my fav UK dance crew) they wouldn't win, but I think they'd get pretty far in America's Best Dance Crew if it were still going, Addict Initiative... this in ABDC... probably would be voted off in the first week, yea they have theatre but its not as good as what they use to be doing.

Anyway, some good dance coming in the next few weeks, I look forward to it ;0

HHI and Other Stuff.

So, I'm not going to link to videos for this, but will just discuss, It's been a long while since I last posted because theres not been much to look at, sure theres been some cool videos but I usually like reviewing routines and stuff on TV shows, thought I'd post about HHI, seeing as I done it last year but didn't do it this year, kinda just been busy with other stuff.
So, lets get started.
Bubblegum:
Bubblegums semi finals performance was great, I remember I was on skype with a friend and I watched it, and was smiling and impressed with the routine alot, the whacking in the beginning was cool, then the krumping was amazing, was really impressed by the krump V: then there was that footwork to the house song that was cool, and then there was like a sexy part, and I was like "wow, they're young but thats really brave" there was a few things I would have liked kept in the final peice where the one at the front does the leg thing, then the 2 behind do it and so on, but I also liked the final peice in place of this where they were all leaning on each other and moved up and down, it was amazing, I do feel somehow the choreo for the Single Ladies part in the final peice was lacking because it just seemed to be clapping.
the whacking to the electro house part in the final peice was done nicely, although one of the girls seemed to be a little far to the left, but I loved it, was amazing.

Sorority:
So, Sorrority's semi final peice also wow'd me, I had seen their routine for SDNZ and was impressed anyway, then it was removed, then... seeing the semi final peice was amazing for me, I like seeing all the little differences and was sad to see my favourite piece from the semi final go in the final.
the part I'm talking about is just after the lyrics "some of dem say they gazza RAH" and they tilt their head, move it slowly and then they did a hand piece which worked marvelously and the "TSH" sound in the song, they moved their hand up to it and it was SOOOO effective, seeing the semi final routine and hearing the crowd go wild for that part was amazing, it was replaced with them leaning forward and coming up slowly in the final piece, which I didn't like so much, the rest of the choreo for the final was amazing, the whacking TRF do is always amazing and they're so in sync with each other its ridiculous, the 2nd song was cool, the choreo was FRICKING AMAZING and SEXY AS HELL, the chest moving in that part was sooooo siiiiiiick, loved it, I was a little dissapointed with the following part where they pulled the masks up, well not that actual part itself, that was amazing because the girl (Kyra i think?) she has Crazy eyes... not in a bad way, she seems funny too (sdnz performance gone with the wind fabulous part)
It was just how they all moved to the right as one, it didn't feed me with amazment, I think they probably should have done some choreo to the vocals rather than just... sliding right.
not much a fan of the J-lo song but hey, still entertaining <3 Kiel is amazing... if I could dance like anybody it'd be him, I like the way he can switch it up between feminine and manly :P

The Royal Family:
SHUT THE FRONT DOOR this was amazing... opening with a song that... made me laugh because I had watched the "how to sing like" video by Nigahiga and he was singing the drake song... that opening... it was sick, its like "we're here, we're gonna getcha" and somewhat scary, then BOOM that choreo was amazing, I loved the way Parris then looks at the crowd and nods her head like "yea, we're here doing our thing, WHUT D:<" and then they all swing their arms, and its soooooo in sync and amazing :D then they create a thrown for that guy... which was sexy, then all go out crawling and this was also very sexy, Ori's awesome, I'm so glad she was a part of this because she wasn't at HHI last year, and she's my 2nd fav dancer next to Parris, those ropes... damn... some more whacking / vogue'ing, maybe... tutting, seems similar was all amazing, then they create the crown... which was awesome, then we get that awesome housing by TRF to Big Bad Wolf, I always love it when they do the house stuff, wish I could move my feet like that D:
then some reggae, and cool choreo, and Parris doing some sexy stuff with girl from sorority and Bianca (ionno the girls name) and then they pause, and the opening to PLAY starts and they all move SOOOO slow, tbh... I think Parris could go to HHI and get away with doing their Candy routine for their HHI routine, anyway... one thing the HHI youtube captures in this segment that The Palace's video does not is the guy walking in from the right really slow, which is amazing...
next was the krump peice, which Ori seems to be incharge of and DAAAAMN, ever since these guys started doing krump, i've loved it, they do it better than Street Kingdom (sorry SK) and then Kiel comes in and BAM, theres that Manliness I was talking about, and then BAM again, he goes back to feminine for lead up to the ending, I think the beginning of the beyonce part is a little confusing, the way they all walk forward is sexy as heck but then... kiel goes, the next 2 follow, and onwards, I can see the pattern going backwards like a wave, but I think it can be somewhat confusing if you don't know where to look, but damn, the following choreo is good, then we have that small movement with the hips swaying, which is very effective :P then more awesome choreo <3 and then... the ending...
the boss thing, and the sound that ends it, and the pose to finish it... its just wow... fucking ace.

some other bits~
ElecoldXhot's performance looks REALLY fun, its really fun to watch.
Flip's choreo seemed somewhat messy, just seemed to be the tricks that were the wow moments, how this beat bubblegum I have no idea.
Sorority's performance was better than Sol-T Shine, Sol-T's performance seemed like a follow up to last years routine, and some bits felt like some of the choreo was the same, how they beat sorority confuses the front door out of me, and same with last year, sorority's footwork for where have you been ... that alone was better than sol-t's performance.
Brotherhood's performance was amazing, I don't know if sorority should be first or brotherhood, I'd say sorority but i think i'd pick them because I'm a sorority fan lol, one thing i will mention also about sorority's performance, the pussycat dolls part, seemed kinda boring, only interesting part there was kyra's leg going up.

So, Step Up 5 next year, apparently Parris is a choreographer and damn... it will have alot of good people in it, when So You Think You Can Dance was on, they were saying about how Emilio will be in it (sorry if I've not typed that properly) and I also saw a pic of Adam Sevani with with Jaja, so Jaja will be in it too, Chadd... also Phillip will be in it, hoping Moon too, and hopefully Chachi coz haven't seen her in ages, and Brandon also, I also want to see other members of the Royal Family, like Kiel, Oriana, Kyra, Bianca... just to see TRF in it would be amazing, all my favourite dancers in one movie... what I'm expecting is Phillip and Moon to make some crazy 30 person brain bang, some krump... I want amazing krump by Parris, that hard hitting RF choreo...
Robotix, Popping... damn, I'm excited.
I watched Step Up 4 again recently and... yea it is dissapointing, 3 was a much better movie and had much better choreo, I'm hoping they don't fuck up with this one... if theres tutting, or a brain bang, show it from the front, TUTTING is not good to look at from a side view, unless people are back to back doing tutting... to make something where it should be recorded from the side, ABDC always fucks up, Dance Showdown when watching a Mike Song peice they fucked up coz I couldn't see that awesome mike song tutting... LXD fucked up ... I think the IaMmE episode had some weird camera angles... I don't want weird camera angles for favourite style of dance D:<
Jon M Chu better not mess it up, or i'll be mad :3
I'm hoping that... if theres a part where Chadd does robot stuff again with more people, its better than what we saw in Step Up 4... he's a treasure and he deserves more than a 20 second scene where he's a cop, he's awesome... so treat him awesomely!!!
uuuuugh, I really can't wait D8 Parris, Chadd, IaMmE, Poreotics... Javbbawockkeez better be there too, and Quest, I saw a pic with one of the guys from Elektrolytes too so maybe they're in it, I wouldn't be suprised if all the ABDC winners are in the movie, so a reunion would be awesome.
and when they release it to DVD... I'd really love to see like... extra stuff, routines that crews have done and all that, I think crews should do that on their youtubes... like... IaMmE, Poreotics, other winners should record in their studios their ABDC routines, so we can see the routines from the front, I also think this should be done with HHI routines, like... I'd really like to see ReQuest's routines from HHI, and all that :P
anyway, thats my post for now.

BGT Tonight :D

So I'm hoping that Britains Got Talent has something to offer tonight, It kind of sucks because... This time of year, ABDC would be on, I'm hoping someone can take it over and maybe we get a late one in fall.
anyway, I thought i'd post some cool videos on here to keep up a bit with the posting o3o I cant be bothered to use the "insert a video" thing with blogspot as It usually always comes up in the middle and doesnt look right, so i'ma just paste the links that I've liked over the past few months o3o.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOcjpMi0obw
So heres another Jaja video, this time with Tight Eyes, the reason I like it alot is because Tight Eyes doesnt seem the type to do this stuff, and by this stuff I mean connecting, which I was REALLY impressed with, It's cool, kind of romantic, sad, beautiful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V5IQzHFrBY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2BOcqYTc3w
Pacman & Moon in "Going Down" 1 & 2... showing off their tutting skills, and pacmans waving skills...
Damn he can wave really well, I always love seing Pacman doing tutting because its always mixed with his waving, and feels like a new sort of tutting style, and both of them can do finger tutting, I've tried it with fingers but the one's next to my pinky always shake and go weird x: but yea... awesome videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niuD7yNhta0
Gfam... I didnt like the whole of this routine but it did deserve first place, I love their dubstep choreo, It's cool, tight, fast, I'd love to learn something like it, theres another part in there where they're all dancing very fast, which I like alot...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX-j1pPsQIU
Koutei Sennin, another cool one... though its really cool, I would say you dont see much dancing as a whole.
cool body popping and stuff, some creepy atmosphere... the ending is cool but not as good as I thought it'd be because It was pretty much a repeat of the first part... It'd be interesting to see them do more Choreo, all standing up rather than the ones on the floor >.> 2nd place... Is deserving.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oFI7khOhtg
This ones kinda a cute j-pop song, Its cheesey but... the choreography .. I really like it, the voice is a little anoyying but hey thats J-pop for you, but yea, some good choreo, I really like it :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_Nz8t3vNo8
and heres one more, and the last, by boy group "Super Junior M" which includes cool hairstyles, and some cool choreography :) so enjoy :D

OOOH and forgot this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwB8wuHi76s
Another with Pacman & Jaja, another thats romantic, but they have alot of connecting and its really cool.
The way Pacman see's things is really cool, he's awesome, I'm looking forward to a new IaMmE video o3o

Devil's Den

So I thought I'd post this and explain everything I like about it.
Ok so, reasons I love this video, she opens it with some extreme robotics, which is cool, and hits all those notes and patterns in the song, and the way she moves her hips also at about 30 seconds in is so cool and sexy, and the footwork in the opening is also epic.
then we got some other bits, fast movements and a little bit of tutting, the tutting makes it a cool piece for me personally because I'm a big fan of tutting, I would say this is one of my favs so far this year, I cant remember any of the other dance videos I've seen this year that made me go wow, I would love to see all of IaMmE doing this routine... It'd be cool to see 6 people do it at once... Though, each time I've seen IaMmE perform a piece the past year theres been no Chachi... So i guess the other 5 would do it.
anyway, thats my post for today, I'll try and keep posting more and stuff :P