dcsnare93

Great job Academy! Never thought I'd actually enjoy hearing Oompa Loompa on the field.

I couldn't take my eyes off it, thinking please don't trip!

They were at one point, though. I don't dislike 2019. I think Vox Eversio suffers from following two phenomenally great shows (2017 and 2018), people can't help but compare them. I thought it was different enough from Babylon, but lacked the same cohesiveness and flow as it predecessors. What they started with at the beginning of the season was solid. Then came the closer. It's like the design team forgot what the show was about and then decided to add a plot. Underground post-punk finds peace in society? It felt so out of place. I think that's why I find myself revisiting parts of the show at times (there's great moments in there), but not as a whole.

I don't even recall seeing BD at this show, heh...

If you think their only mission is to win, then I'd say you don't know the BD organization very well. Also, most corps try to design shows that will do well competitively with the talent they have. That's nothing unique to BD.

Yeah, can't believe I'm saying this but it definitely sounded better with the vocals.

To be fair, I think some of it is genuine dislike for BD's approach to show design, which is fine. You can't please everyone, and trying to usually results in mediocrity anyway. I certainly don't enjoy them any less because it's not someone else's cup of tea. But I agree, an awful lot of it does come across as pure contempt/hate, and those are usually the ones you seeing trying to tear BD down while simultaneously trying to prop up their corps of choice. Personally, I find it somewhat amusing. Fans get way more bent of shape than a lot of the members do. Most of these kids have friends in multiple corps and cheer each other on. It was the same when I marched. I tended to appreciate most of the shows we did get to see and rooted for my friends that marched in different corps. I now see that with my sons too.

Haha yeah! Who had time to check parental advisory labels. The audacity of them even making us get behind a register! Jk, possibly the most laid back job I ever had, if you want to even call it a job. I pretty much just hung out with my HS friends ha. Good times.

I mean, this is how I feel about some other corps myself. Different strokes for different folks!

Haha! The only place to sell you parental advisory ones too before you were old enough. Was in there so often I eventually got paid to hang out... I mean, given a job.

Anecdotal, but just from talking to people at shows I've attended over the past few seasons here in California, Atlanta and Indy, I'd say BD in general and their shows the last few years are a lot more liked than some here on DCP want to admit.

This just comes off as dismissive. A person's background doesn't make them any less of a fan. The fact they're band geeks doesn't diminish their response to any of the shows they saw last night.

The variation in captions is a good thing, imo. Judges are calling as they see it.

Uh oh...

Now just waiting for this thread to implode when scores are announced!

"innovative" almost overused as much as "esoteric"

Pretty sure that football field is stationary... why the constant adjustments...

I always think of HBO's Westworld season 3 when the ballad starts heh

Great to see Cavies back on the field. Just a fun show!

Was just going to ask the same thing, first time I've noticed them too.

SCV still does soft endings best. I don't "get" Boston's show, but it's really starting to grow in me! Enjoyed that!

If we were talking about Crown a few years ago, I'd agree with you. The battery consistently had clarity issues. Their execution just wasn't strong. Fast forward to now, and that's no longer really the case. They don't have a percussion problem. A spread of only .4 is also a huge improvement. It's not so much what they're doing, but what their peers are doing as well. Like most years, it's simply a stacked caption.

Which is kind of crazy, when you look at past Cavies shows Gaines was a part of. The guard was so well integrated in them.

They did. I miss MJ's writing.

They'd be trapped in Hell for sure.