The level of hatred for Tasty really is just mind boggling at this point. As much as I hate him on the judges panel, I really do tend to line a number of his pieces. For one, the group number last week, even if I am in the majority opinion on this, was great. I've actually loved all of the group numbers thus far this…

Yeah I think Mariah could be great but we haven't seen it from her just yet. Sadly, I think that this will translate to her being out of the running before we get a chance to see her shine, or it'll see her running through partners like crazy.

4 judges always tends to be a failure. As much as I liked Paula and Erin individually, putting them both on the same panel seemed to be a waste to me. The 3 judges format works best, don't screw with it.

What the actual fuck was that? If I had known the show would be little more than abrasively pointless homophobic rhetoric on a weekly basis, I wouldn't have started watching. They maybe should have included some of this in the promo material.

I had a problem with the statement, but not the problem you had. I don't think Oliver meant those racist implications (though I won't deny that they're there); I just had a problem with the outlook in general because I didn't see whatever Oliver saw in that performance. I though Fik-Shun was leagues ahead of Amy who…

@avclub-53097d4f157e4c153535c0dc6a077892:disqus I own every season of Oz an have watched it many times over lol

I just saw this too. You beat me to posting it though. But yeah, thank the gods, and let's also tip our hates to the power of social media in this day and age.

Oliver took the words right from my mouth. Literally I was yelling these same thoughts about the upfront eliminations while they were happening. And it must have soured me because I watched the performances and the judges had so many good things to say and I didn't feel any of it was accurate. I think that finding out…

We'll have to agree to disagree on a basic level. While I do recognize that there has yet to be a major leading man in an action film who's openly gay, I don't think that the action guys of Hollywood who are clearly gay (won't name names) would see their careers suffer for coming out. I would also point out that what…

Yeah, but isn't the fact that he's closeted pretty obvious? They clearly want him to be a Tom Cruise kind of character. It's a lot like Todd was saying that the show leads to the most obvious conclusions, there's no surprises there. If the writer's handle him well and use him to make a potent statement about the…

I had the same thought (regarding your last point). I thought maybe one transphobic statement would have been enough. He's ignorant and an asshole, you can easily convey such things with one statement. But he goes on and on and on with it and says so many things that are just pointlessly offensive and I had to stop…

Shameless has gotten better with it, and it is one of the many things I credit them on, but one example isn't nearly enough to discredit my point. The few shows I watch HBO are guilty of it too. Starz seems to be the only network which is truly striving to be roughly 50-50 with it and that's only based on having…

I agree with everything said here. Add to all of this the really painful exposition dialogue, and a character like Ezra who just didn't work on any level at all for me, and you've got a pilot that wasn't nearly as good as I'd hoped it would be based on the early previews. But there's something here to suggest it won't…

Don't feel embarrassed! I jumped up and down and squealed and giggled like a little girl. No embarrassment at all, that was amazing. Granted I also watched the episode alone, so there's that…

I started watching in season 2 and as someone who knew nothing about dance, and still only knows a little bit more than nothing now, it really is a great show. It's an amazing showcase for dance, and you learn that you don't need to know anything about the technical aspects of dance to be seriously effected by a piece…

There's a part of me that has always thought they rely on people pausing and paying attention to the ending rundown of numbers to get the voting info they need. The way Cat always just kind of streams through the information has always made me feel like they ultimately believe the people who want to vote will do…

The opening number was the best I've ever seen on the show. I was laughing, jumping up and down, and squealing like a little girl in excitement the entire time. FanFuckingTastic way to kick off the season!

I swear to god if I have to see those naked bloody bitches one more time I'm throwing something at the TV!

Should that somehow detract from what's taken place this season?

SYTYCD just posted images of the top 10 boys on facebook and I was struck by how many men of color are in this top 20. I think this is one of the more racially diverse collections of dancers we've had thus far and I am very very very impressed by this. Not only by SYTYCD veering a bit away from choosing those cute…