Re: Kurt Hummel Spoiler Thread - part 19

[valkeakuulas]

Let me join in on the queue where the devastation of Angels being a Blaine solo in Nationals is mourned. First song of Robbies they get and its given to Blaine...why not though he hasn't had a solo for a while.

But even if I'm thinking this song as a viewer, or heavens forbit as a competition number for a show choir, it is weird song to start a set with. And I just don't get why can a SOLO be acceptable in a choir competition. This was my complaint at their last nationals with Rachel also getting a solo on her own. Sure it's nice but a performance like that should never win in a choir competition.

[Buenos]

I just have to say I'm very positive.   This shit hole of a school year is coming to an end!!  Nationals, by Episode 11 and Graduation by Episode 14.  Of course the show will throw more horrors at us, but they can no longer pretend that the choir room structure will continue uninterrupted in an endless loop.  Even they couldn't stretch the school year to more than 1 2/3 seasons.  (yup 14 episodes is 2/3 of TV season)

    

It's going to amusing how they scramble afterwards to try to fit in a new structure for the show, very amusing.   

[sheny]

The Glee cast started promoting the Nationals episode like crazy. I wasn’t so fed up with ND and the Sectionals/Regionals/Nationals storyline I would find their excitement for this episode cute.
 
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[Ranwing]

White tux jackets with white shirts and black bow ties? They look like waiters!

I just can't... we know that ND is going to cruise to a big win despite the fact that they shouldn't even be there (faced better teams in competition, don't have enough members, etc.). I couldn't be less excited or interested. The only way they can make this at all interesting is to actually have them lose, but we know that the show will never allow that. Not anymore.

[Lottie2303]

Well, they want to avoid the general reaction after regionals (?) again and try to create excitement. Everyone was talking about this amazing AI singer and how undeservedly New Direction won. Seriously, I don't believe the majority of Glee watchers even care anymore about Nationals.

[Ranwing]

The problem with making competitions as the basis for your dramatic tension is that if your protagonist never actually loses, then it becomes boring very quickly. I haven't found competition episodes interesting since season 2, and that was the last time ND lost a competition. The build up is so fake that it's not funny any longer. Introduce a powerhouse team/performer that ND can't possibly beat and yet ND wins each and every time. Or in the cast of last season's sectionals, gets their disqualification ignored because they managed to get the Warblers disqualified.

Unless ND loses, this is going to be more of the same. And it's gotten very stale.

[Buenos]

Let's face it , this Nationals competition is the last "hurrah" for some of the Glee actors.  

I'm more optimistic than some in that after this, Chord Overstreet will never again get the same amount of screentime and songs that he's gotten until now because they gutted the choir room cast.

That's it, it's Nationals and Graduation and the show has to reboot.   It took 2/3 of season but the writers couldn't stall anymore.

2/3 of a season, how transparently desperate and pathetic is that?   

They are going to win Nationals, dedicate it to Finn  and nobody is going to give a rat's ass.

[AnneNeville]

Let's face it , this Nationals competition is the last "hurrah" for some of the Glee actors.  

I'm more optimistic than some in that after this, Chord Overstreet will never again get the same amount of screentime and songs that he's gotten until now because they gutted the choir room cast.

That's it, it's Nationals and Graduation and the show has to reboot.   It took 2/3 of season but the writers couldn't stall anymore.

2/3 of a season, how transparently desperate and pathetic is that?   

They are going to win Nationals, dedicate it to Finn  and nobody is going to give a rat's ass.

I think they will finish out the season with Lima. They'll show the summer or something weird like that. Perhaps there will be an "Internationals" this year!

[Buenos]

I think they will finish out the season with Lima. They'll show the summer or something weird like that. Perhaps there will be an "Internationals" this year!

Could be, but then the whole premise of it being about the "choir room" will be blown out of the water, won't it?   

[fantastica]

i hope this season only has 13 episodes. the extra 9 w/ blam in NY would be totally and utterly unbearable. i am only glad that i have the power to NOT turn on the TV.

[Buenos]

i hope this season only has 13 episodes. the extra 9 w/ blam in NY would be totally and utterly unbearable. i am only glad that i have the power to NOT turn on the TV.

While I'm sure Blam will go to NY, without the structure of the choir room they won't dominate, plus the acting/singing of Lea, Chris and Naya will blow their asses off the screen.

[Ranwing]

Let's face it , this Nationals competition is the last "hurrah" for some of the Glee actors.  

And that's reason for them to automatically win because...? I really hate these kind of cheap narratives where the protagonists always win because the show can't handle having a blemish on their perfect accomplishments or because it's their turn or they're owed something to make up for something else. They chickened out and gave Rachel the lead in Funny Girl because everyone thought it would be too sad for Rachel to lose her dream part on top of losing her boyfriend. Or Blaine getting his solo because he's a senior.

If that happened for everyone, I could just write it off to bad storytelling and not blatent favoritism. Because Kurt spent all of season 3 being completely shit on and didn't get anything at the end to make up for it. And he didn't get a competition solo because he's a senior. There are few things more than I hate than Special Snowflake treatment, when a character wins only because they're so special that the writers can't bear to let them lose at anything.

Having ND lose would make things relatively interesting. It would be a dissapointment to most of the seniors that they didn't finish their high school Glee careers on a high note, but that's life. I'm sure that most of the other teams have seniors and would also like to win but not everyone is going to. Why should ND be so special? And for the underclassmen, give them something to work towards next time around (even if we don't stick around to see it). And maybe have it be a problem for Blaine, as his admission to NYADA isn't such a sure thing and he doesn't get a Nationals win to convince them of his star potential. Again, give him something to work towards.

They are going to win Nationals, dedicate it to Finn  and nobody is going to give a rat's ass.

Anyone want to take bets if that ep will sink down to levels that even the CW network wouldn't tolerate? Especially if there's no NY storyline.

[fantastica]

i hope this season only has 13 episodes. the extra 9 w/ blam in NY would be totally and utterly unbearable. i am only glad that i have the power to NOT turn on the TV.

While I'm sure Blam will go to NY, without the structure of the choir room they won't dominate, plus the acting/singing of Lea, Chris and Naya will blow their asses off the screen.

you mean the singing of lea, naya and blaine will make kurt sing in a corner and watch them in glee?

the good thing is i won't know. I won't be there to find that out.

[fantastica]

the spoiler coming out lately is really disgusting. I really don't want them to ruin my holiday season. will stay away from this thread until i come back next time.

[Buenos]

The competition episodes on Glee are usually such a let down because the numbers themselves are usually such "meh" and ho hum.

Skylar Astin is actually a very good singer/ actor ("Pitch Perfect")  so it will be interesting how much they "tone" him down to give plausibility to ND winning. Nothing against Darren, but seriously Skylar Astin versus Darren Criss in signing/performance is so one sided it's not even funny.

[fantastica]

you think they will make ND "lose"? i mean, they could, if they want to have something actually interesting and realistic. but of course, blaine never loses.    even if the competition wins on merits ND will win on some technical ground. yuck.

[Buenos]

You misread my post.  They will somehow "mute" Skylar Astin to try to give cover to ND winning Nationals.

I'm laughing because these Noobs will win Nationals their first time out, including getting  via  a disqualification of their opponents along the way, what a fucking joke.   

[AnneNeville]

The competition episodes on Glee are usually such a let down because the numbers themselves are usually such "meh" and ho hum.

Skylar Astin is actually a very good singer/ actor ("Pitch Perfect")  so it will be interesting how much they "tone" him down to give plausibility to ND winning. Nothing against Darren, but seriously Skylar Astin versus Darren Criss in signing/performance is so one sided it's not even funny.

LOL.

[Ranwing]

Say what you will about Rachel and I'll be the first to argue that she gets handed things far too easily far too often (at least, she has been since the end of season 3). But Rachel was allowed to lose on occasion. And lose big. She was allowed to fall on her face and have people rake her over the coals when her mistakes screwed things up for other people.

Maybe this never-ending school year might have been marginally more interesting if competition was taken off the table and they had to find other things to keep the club together. Maybe then I would actually have cared about ND 2.0 and not just see them as a bunch of self-entitled children riding on the coattails of far better characters and performers.

[Glorfindel]

So, my guess is that they'll use Marlee Matlin as a deaf jury member at Nationals. How funny.   

(although that might benefit the new ND in the competition   )

[AnneNeville]

Well, that sounds pretty tacky . . .

[Ranwing]

She looks great. And that's all I'm going to say about it.

[fantastica]

You misread my post.  They will somehow "mute" Skylar Astin to try to give cover to ND winning Nationals.

I'm laughing because these Noobs will win Nationals their first time out, including getting  via  a disqualification of their opponents along the way, what a fucking joke.   

i didn't misread your post. i know exactly what you meant. but your post gave me an "idea" that they should let ND lose. of course that's my wishful thinking. i meant to ask you "what do you think of this idea (of them losing)" in my post but i screwed up. anyway, of course ND will win, now that the judges are "deaf" and ND has very attractive performers it's all about eye candy isn't it?!   

next year i hope they will bring homeless people and prison death row inmates or simply some chimpanzees to be the judges. i mean, why not?! the show is all about shocking values. they've already jumped the shark. now bring in the aliens!

[AnneNeville]

anyway, of course ND will win, now that the judges are "deaf" and ND has very attractive performers it's all about eye candy isn't it?!   

Oh God.

[fantastica]

you know, this show used to be about a bunch of misfits working hard to achieve something (like winning the first national after many years). now it's all about a bunch of attractive "stars" ruining the reputation of legitimate show choir competitions by cheapening them and ridiculing the judging process. ND is more successful than Vocal Adrenaline now. Perhaps it's time to shift the story on another school of real underdogs? like that deaf/mute school? that way i don't have to listen at all?

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