Glee season 2 - Page 3

MysticCat · #1 09-29-2010, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by thetygerlily

I don't think Rachel is made for Britney. Granted she isn't my favorite voice on the show, but her singing Britney just seemed wrong.

Agreed. I love Lea Michele's voice, but it's made for Broadway and the Great American Songbook.

utkdce · #2 09-29-2010, 10:52 AM

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Did anyone notice the So You Think You Can Dance guy dancing in the Brittany fantasy videos? I can't remember his name right now but he was a pro this season who danced with the contestants... Mark, maybe?

Yes - that was Mark Kanemura from SYTYDC Season 4 and he was one of the all stars for season 7. I'm a huge fan!

And I loved the Brittney episode last night!

Tulip86 · #3 09-29-2010, 04:02 PM

I nearly choked on my food when Santana said: Leave Brittney Alone!

LOLs

ms_gwyn · #4 09-29-2010, 04:07 PM

I agree on all accounts...

also Heather Morris (aka Britney) was first on SYTYCD as well, then the beyonce stuff and the glee stuff....and the girl can dance...as a former dancer myself, I was astounded....

Yea, Lea Michele and that song last night made me cringe...

Here is a picture of Dot Jones aka Shannon Beiste aka New Football Coach

gee_ess · #5 09-29-2010, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by ms_gwyn

I agree on all accounts...

also Heather Morris (aka Britney) was first on SYTYCD as well, then the beyonce stuff and the glee stuff....and the girl can dance...as a former dancer myself, I was astounded....

Yea, Lea Michele and that song last night made me cringe...

Here is a picture of Dot Jones aka Shannon Beiste aka New Football Coach

Kudos to you for giving us this good scoop! Thanks! I must not have been a SYTYCD fan when "Brittany" was on!

ASUADPi · #6 09-29-2010, 05:53 PM

I about died laughing at Brittany's spaceship line. OMG that was classic.

I was so excited about John Stamos. Seriously let the man sing!

ms_gwyn · #7 09-30-2010, 12:04 AM

2 things I noticed again after watching the eppy again

1) the Toxic dance routine was a tribute to Bob Fosse ala All That Jazz, if you are not familiar with him, go view Paula Abdul's Cold Hearted video....

2) Rachele Brooke Smith...she starred in Center Stage: Turn it up and Bring It On: Fight to the Finish, was a back up dancer in the eppy....
Just in case you don't recall what she looks like..

Also, I totally see a duet/battle between Mr. Shue and Carl...

PeppyGPhiB · #8 09-30-2010, 04:08 AM

Heather's (Brittany's) dance skills were first really apparent to me in the "Dream On" episode, during the Safety Dance number. She is a fantastic dancer. But I'm worried the show has figured out how much people get a kick out of her one-liners and now they're going to do too much of it, which will just make her seem useless as a character.

I am reeeeeeally getting tired of Rachel (Lea). Hit Me Baby (One More Time) is not a Rachel song. She sounded weird singing it, and she can't dance - she looked awkward. They should have given that number to Quinn. And as others have said, Rachel is overexagerated to the extreme this season, from her lip syncing faces to her self-absorption to her overacting.

I am also over Mr. Shue. He is written SO SQUARE. I've never thought of Britney Spears as racy or too sexy. She's way more tame than the R&B/Hip Hop singers they've borrowed from the past year. I'm tired of the writers giving him split personalities when it comes to music selection, and his general lameness.

Also, what is with the principal's constant threats to disband the glee club? Seriously, enough with it, it got old after the first couple of times. And if the student body loves the performances like "Push It" and "Toxic" so much, why are all the glee club kids still nerds? At my school the select/jazz choir kids were actually really popular.

I thought last night's episode was one of the weakest Glee has done. It seemed like they just wanted to do a Britney/Brittany episode, they picked songs, then tried to write an episode around it. It was a big zero in my book.

Ugh. That was my rant on Glee. The show is losing some of its sparkle for me.

victoriana · #9 09-30-2010, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

And as others have said, Rachel is overexagerated to the extreme this season, from her lip syncing faces to her self-absorption to her overacting.

I am also over Mr. Shue. He is written SO SQUARE. I've never thought of Britney Spears as racy or too sexy. She's way more tame than the R&B/Hip Hop singers they've borrowed from the past year. I'm tired of the writers giving him split personalities when it comes to music selection, and his general lameness.

Also, what is with the principal's constant threats to disband the glee club? Seriously, enough with it, it got old after the first couple of times. And if the student body loves the performances like "Push It" and "Toxic" so much, why are all the glee club kids still nerds? At my school the select/jazz choir kids were actually really popular.

I definitely agree with everything you said!!

1. There was actually more than one girl at my high school who acted just like Rachel. It got obnoxious for sure.
2. Mr. Shue... agree. What was with him randomly buying a Corvette? Isn't that like, impossible to do in real life anyways?
3. The choir/band/theater people were all really popular too at my school. But so were the cheerleaders and the football team.

Another thing that really bugged me about this week was the whole part with Jacob (Jew Fro kid). The scene where he gets caught naked is COMPLETELY inappropriate and pretty disgusting, and during the pep rally, the things that he yells/does are also pretty darn offensive. I'm not a prude or anything like that, but I just thought it was too much. My mom watches this show and I know she's gonna call me and be like "DID YOU SEE THAT?!" Haha.

bostongreek · #10 09-30-2010, 08:55 AM

quinn should have done bomt, her voice would have been perrrfect

ForeverRoses · #11 09-30-2010, 10:19 AM

I guess I don't see Rachel as all that bad. I mean, she has admitted low self-esteem, she doesn't see herself as pretty, and she hasn't ever had a "real" friend. And now she has a boyfriend that previously dumped her to "find his inner rock star" and is fairly popular.

Of course she is going to think he is going to dump her at any minute and be completely neurotic. She's 15 and high strung!

I actually thought is was pretty cool of Quinn to try and hit on Finn for Rachel. It showed that Quinn isn't completely back to her HBIC ways.

sceniczip · #12 09-30-2010, 10:51 PM

I loved this episode because I love Brittany Spears. I grew up with her so seeing all the songs/dance numbers were fantastic. I guess I don't really look for a lot of content to episodes, just a basic plot and lots of songs so I don't really see the need for an extravagant plot line.

Sadfly · #13 10-01-2010, 01:05 AM

I'm not really a fan of Sue...I guess I keep thinking of how in the real world, she would be toast in about 5 seconds.

Anyway, kudos to her for telling Santana (is that her name?) that it was a stupid idea to get a boob job at her age! Actually, in truth, sure didn't look like she got one!

I agree that the scenes with the frizzy haired kid in Sue's office and in the stands were very inappropriate.

Gusteau · #14 10-09-2010, 11:24 AM

So... What did everyone think of last week's episode?

I really liked it - I like how they addressed faith issues that people deal with. My only gripe is that they left plenty of unresolved issues (especially with Finn and Kurt) that I seriously doubt will get screen time in future episodes.

In terms of music, I really enjoyed "Papa Can You Hear Me?" I'm usually hot and cold (more cold) with the song "One of Us," but I can't stop listening to this version.

MysticCat · #15 10-09-2010, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Gusteau

I really liked it - I like how they addressed faith issues that people deal with. My only gripe is that they left plenty of unresolved issues (especially with Finn and Kurt) that I seriously doubt will get screen time in future episodes.

I thought the episode was awesome -- Glee at its best.

As for unresolved issues -- seems particularly appropriate for this episode. Life has unresolved issues. Trying to wrap them up in an hour show isn't realistic.