I don't have beef with any skaters honestly and Josh does Schindlers amazingly also
I don't have beef with any skaters honestly and Josh does Schindlers just fine.
Hey..mods. Can you move the last couple pages of the "predictions thread"over here? Sorry to be a pain but its become quite sidetracked
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Anyway, I hope Park So Youn does well next season. Maybe she'll finally win Korean Nationals this time around. I also see Pogorilaya giving Julia and the rest of the russian wonderbabies some serious competition.
Of course they don't. I have loved quite a number of introverted skaters such as Matt Savoie and Jeremy Abbott over the years. I also don't really prefer one type of programs over another. I just love good choreography and good / genuine interpretation. The problem I have with Julia's LP is that it doesn't come across as genuine, nor is it musical. From beginning to end, it appears she is ticking off the boxes like another poster said. The way she moves never changes with the phrasing and dynamics of the music. And I don't like the fact that she has to rely on using something like Schindler's List to appeal to the audience because the music naturally triggers all the emotions associated with the movie, and she made it even more obvious by dressing up as a girl in the red coat. Is it really the music that moves you, or is it the skating itself? And to me she has to do this because of the limitations she has in interpreting a piece of music.Agree! Some skaters don't need a cheerful light hearted skater to fill their figure skating needs. I personally enjoy both but prefer a more serious calculated approach. It is a sport and as such requires a certain amount of attention to details. It's refreshing compared to some of the ice princess themes currently put there. But to each their own. I'mhoping Polina comes along nicely. Maybe her learning curve is as good as Yulia's. only time will tell. Until then I'm left to count the medals and stand up for what I think is good skating. I'd be surprised to see Polina pass Yulia this year but I wouldn't take that as a negative in any way. She is pretty good.
Too true.Predictions for next season: The more silly of the Yuliatrons try and rip Joshua Farris apart for "copying Yulia", but can only sit and watch as the rest of the world realises that this is what an actual Schindler's List looks like.
According to you Yulia is a fraud who can't skate very well but hides it by playing good music that hypnotizes the judges into giving her 5 golds and 3 silvers in 9 competitions and venue after venue giving her standing ovations. We've all been fooled! Tell me this.
Perhaps there are some youngsters out there with great artistry that get buried in the standings because they don't have the jumps, but none of the current ones with the big tech marks have the artistry to match. In my opinion, Yulia skates very well for a fifteen year old, and her artistry is what you would expect for someone her age. However, she is getting component scores similar to the more refined, mature skaters (Carolina, Mao, Yuna). I brought up Polina because I felt that Yulia's components should be closer to hers than, say, Carolina's.So which youngsters do you think are more promising? According to you Yulia is a fraud who can't skate very well but hides it by playing good music that hypnotizes the judges into giving her 5 golds and 3 silvers in 9 competitions and venue after venue giving her standing ovations. We've all been fooled! Tell me this. Who deserved those medals amongst the youngsters more and more importantly what did they do and at what points in their programs are they more artistic. I'm willing to listen here but maybe instead of just tearing Yulia's effort apart you could maybe shed light on the positive movements of other youngsters. I'd be much more interested in that than a two paragraph essay on your dislike for someone.
Please tell me which youngsters are more artistic and most importantly where in their programs so I can rewatch and look for it.
I'm no expert, but while I really like Yulia, and I think she really improved in her expression during the last few years, I must say that she isn't a natural performer like say Elena Radionova or Asada and Kim at her age... I think that her programms this year were perfect for her, but I fear that some less well built programs may really undermine her artistic improvement... tha said many of the gratest skater of all time started as jumping bean and then evolved, and I'm pretty sure that she has got enogh talent to become one of the Great with capital G...
Re polina, sorry but I found her way too rough and even though she as some interpretation I wouldn't say she is better than Yulia even in that right now