Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5598112-20170809060154/@comment-32868136-20170830185617

TheFoxyRiolu wrote:
 * I write my performance rankings in the dead of night, so my mind is a little more tired than it should be. I tend to overlook some things when I write them (I did that A LOT last year), so I apologize for that!  Fair Enough.
 * Oskar and Gaspar's performances are visually enticing, but there's a certain lack of bulk to what they actually do. If there were any kind of major movement involved, than it'd be interesting. It's an amazing gimmick that doesn't take full advantage of said gimmick, and it ends up being boring in substance, even if it is pure eye candy. I want more substance to it: they have the visual part down, now they need to improve the storytelling and movement. Now this is very well explained and I agree with this.
 * Mike Yung is one of my favorite singers in the competition, but by no means is he perfect. I can criticize any act if it's worth pointing out, even if I like the act. That's what basically everyone here is doing to Colin Cloud, right? His performance wasn't perfect, but he's also one of the more popular acts around here. You said "there are about half a dozen little bugs that he needs to iron out if he wants to get any farther" as if his vocal skills are detering voters but I have no reason to believe that if I don't see others complaining about it. What they are complaining about is Mel B's comments (which if I were her I would be pissed that I cannot express my opinion without receiving unwarranted hate and backlash). I do have a reason to think Colin Cloud is losing votes because of the execution of his performance.
 * Taking any YouTube comments section seriously is a mistake, because there's never anything worth reading in there, especially for AGT videos.  I am able to tell who's popular and who isn't on YouTube. I am able to find well written comments sometimes that are informative such as this one comment explaining why Grace VanderWaal won last season.
 * I say the singers took over because JESUS, there was a lot of music last night. Even if there were weak musicians last night, it felt like the novelty was even weaker, save for Diavolo and Colin Cloud. Half of the acts were singing/music so yes I see.