RavishingRickRudo

What Paula and Randy are saying about this dude I think is pretty off (they say him being effortless is a good thing), because I think that, while he is very good, he lacks a certain amount of polish. Which I suppose will improve during the course of the competition.

Gideon~! He talks like an orator, but he was solid. Does anyone else think everything Paula is saying is just plain dirty and she's hitting on the contestants?

Wreckless Abandon??? That was anything but wreckless. It looked like he was just praying he'd get through the song. He should have grown some balls and went all out.

I hope a small breeze doesn't enter the studio because it would blow him over.

I still think Patrick is the best singer of the group and I think he could blow the roof off if he picked the right song. I don't know what that song is, right now, and I dunno if he will ever sing it, but the potential is there. Paula hears "age isn't anything but a number" and perks up.

Just when I say they don't play to their strengths, DEAD OR AFUCKINGLIVE.

I thought Sway was pretty bad, but he took a risk and I respect that. However, the Guys of American Idol seem to be like the WWE - they do not play to their strengths at all. When it comes to the first impressions, they seem to be doing a pretty bad job. Do this stuff later on in the competition when the fans expect one thing and get a nice surprise instead.

WOOOOOW, I didn't expect that that from Bucky. That's hilarious. And pretty bad.

I think Dave wasn't very good at all and I think he hammed it up a lil too much. But I agree with what Simon said about the tv audience digging him.

He's trying to be Ray Charles. Taylor that is. Fuck yall, Patrick is great. Bad song selection, though.

I disagree. Americans will vote for him to make themselves feel better about not being superficial and judging primarily on talent. This will take him far, but not to the finals.

Hicks, Patrick, and Jose, fuckaz.

Jose is Filipino, sez so in his video interview on the site. This has to be the oddest male group yet in terms of freaks and geeks.

What are the odds this guy has posted this at half a dozen other message boards?

I think Arrested Development was a few years ahead of its time, somewhat, though it may have been too smart for its own good to reach a mass audience. I think the next sitcom revolution will be pushed by the internet. Theres much funnier shit on line than there is on TV. When you look at the popularity of the Lazy Sunday or the Chuck Norris jokes or the Brokeback Mountain spoofs, I think all this stuff will extend to television in the relative near future. Like Comedy Clubs in the 80s were to finding and developing talent, the internet will be in 00's and beyond.

Remember all the stuff Christian said about Cena last year? HHH is going to say it this year, cept there will be more smarm and he'll get a push out of the reaction the crowd gives him for saying what they're all thinking.

What current state of television are you talking about? Look at the top rated television shows - all hour long dramas, ensembles, most of them are smartly written. Very intense stuff, melodramatic, which people are digging right now. This was in response to the reality-tv craze that happened a few years ago. The trend is "people like something a lot, people get sick of something and look for something different". What indication that in two years wrestling can connect with the fans? Because eventually people will get tired of watching these shows because the television execs will keep watering down the market with knock-offs and the popular shows will jump the shark. I say two years because we're already a year or two into the fall of reality-tv and the rise of the hour long drama. A television trend tends to last 3 or 4 years, 5 at best. Then there will be a fall-out and the audience will get tired of the melodrama and want something fluffy, something that won't have they using their heads all the time trying to figure out all the plot points, something which wrestling can provide. That's my POV. I'm sure there will be a rejection of HLD's in the next few years, but it may not go exactly that way. The publics taste could go in another direction, depending on what sprouts up in the next few years. It could go back to the sitcoms era.

People want someone to cheer for. Someone who they either admire and look up to (Hogan) or relate to and live vicariously though (Austin). All it takes is one person who enough people attach themselves to and a supporting group of guys who fill the time well. People will come and pay to see that one guy if that one guy has that connection with the audience. However, for any of this to happen the WWE has to build trust with its audience. Who is going to invest time in a company that fluctuates and goes from doing one stupid thing to another? There needs to be stability and consistency so someone can feel safe telling their friends "hey, you gotta check this out" and when that person checks it out, both guys feel like it was time well spent, like the effort was well made. There needs to be that foundation to build from. Wrestling is not cyclical and certainly a wrestling company isn't. However, there is a window of opportunity that opens up every few years where the publics taste and desires are along the lines of something that wrestling can provide. I think that time is coming soon (not this year, but within the next 2-3 years) given the current state of television. Whether or not the WWE will be game enough to fill that void is the question. I don't think so. Not with Stephanie at the helm of creative. Personally, I see UFC being more likely to fill it.

I'd rather have Benoit/JBL and Taker/Henry. I'd rather have Benoit go against Taker at a non-mania event so he won't be added to the highlight reel.

Rey vs. Orton vs. Angle - a better match, at least. I couldn't care less about any of it. Taker/Benoit would go something like Taker says no one can tap him out, Benoit comes out and says for years there was an unspoken understanding between the two that they wouldn't cross each others paths because of the mutual respect they have for each other, but Taker making that claim Benoit sees as a bit of disrespect, because Benoit makes his name on tapping guys out. Unfortunately there is no epic deal between the two, the only thing they have in common is that they are old and grizzled. The sell would just be in two old fuckers beating the shit out of each other.

Ok, Paulas mouth is moving, but the rest of her face isn't. In terms of range and whatnot, this chick was the best. Ok, she totally just pushed her titties out at Ryan and then made him get flustered. Ok, this chick is insanely hot. And just based on tonight, she's guaranteed top 5.

WOOOW, this chick is the hottest by a fairly good margin. Good lawad, those are some hips. She just looked really drunk there. I wonder if she's hamming it up too much, but then I'm like, she's really hot and kinda goofy which makes her even hotter. I would so smack that ass.

I think we've been spoiled by Whitney and Mariah. Cause I think Rory (or whatever her name is...) did part of Mariahs schtick really well (the softer side) and Kannik did part of Whitneys schick really well (the lower notes) but they both lacked the explosive notes which both Mariah and Whitney could hit.

That's some pretty good control. She definitely comes off very polished. Which may or may not be a good thing. Certainly won't be getting eliminated, but when it comes to taking her to the final 5, I don't see it happening. WOW, Simon is nailing it tonight. He's really overrating the girls though.

WOW, they really want that chick to be a star. That, vocally, to me, wasn't very good. I thought Rory was better, vocally, though Rory lacked the performance end which this chick had.