kaffy_r | Dept. of Look for the Good, Part Deux

This Has Made My Face Hurt

I've watched it far too many times now, and every time I do, I'm afflicted with a huge grin, one so big that I understand what they mean when they say "a grin split my face."

Everyone may have seen it before, but perhaps you'll enjoy it one more time with me. And

eaweek? There be some Hiddles dancing in there; as soon as I saw it, I thought of you. Heh.

"marvel cast - shut up and dance || tribute to dance (short version)" (Watch on YouTube)

Current Mood: bouncy
Current Location: The livingroom
Current Music: Shut Up and Dance
Crossposts: http://kaffyr.livejournal.com/372143.html

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From:

shanghaied

For you, I clicked on the link. As soon as I realised it was the Walk the Moon song, I kept watching. Much of the footage is poor, we found many of the people unrecognisable, but the Hemsworth bits were so delightful that they paid for all :-)

BTW here's a link to that chat show with the Hiddleston, wot I already knew and love. Action doesn't start until after the 15-minute mark, but whole segment is interesting...

From:

kaffy_r

Oh, the Hiddleston link was well worth my time; thanks!

I'd never heard that song before, but it's a well made piece of pop brain-worm that added to my enjoyment of the video. It's not surprising that some of the clips were of poor quality. I'm sure the video creator searched high and low on Teh Intarwebz for whatever she could get; I was saying to someone over on LJ that part of the fun of things like this is contemplation of the amazing archive that the Internet is. For instance, how did a recording of Jeremy Renner practicing a dance routine with his choreographer make it to the web? I loved that, by the way, because it reminded me that Renner actually has stage and dance experience.

Edited Date: Sunday, 2 August 2015 10:34 pm (UTC)

From:

shanghaied

Ah, I thought that looked vaguely like the Renner! Looks like he was preparing for a version of A Clockwork Orange - that's what bowler hat plus dance moves means to me :-)

Walk the Moon are lightweight but fun, and yes, that's a very contagious song; I have it in a number of my physical playlists. Which reminds me - as a Canadian abroad, have you ever come across the excellent folkpop band Walk Off the Earth? I usually avoid music videos (apart from OK Go, natch), but theirs are a delight.

From:

kaffy_r

Walk Off the Earth is a favorite of mine,

From:

shanghaied

Yay! Glad to hear it :-)

From:

shanghaied

BTW looking at your icon here - my actor-minder bestie was recently in charge of Alex Kingston (Oz Comic Con), and brought home some photos of the two of them giggling madly over something. I have to say that in RL Kingston looks even more incandescently lovely than she does as River Song.

From:

shanghaied

Ah sorry just realised that photo is of Suranne Jones. But I stand by my observation :D

Edited Date: Sunday, 2 August 2015 10:57 pm (UTC)

From:

kaffy_r

Understood - and I think Kingston's core nature is incandescent.

From:

beccadg.livejournal.com

Clips of Tom Hiddleston dancing should always come with a warning! I love that video though. So much fun in one little vid. :D

From:

kaffy_r

So much fun in one little vid. :D

inorite? Heh.

From:

eaweek.livejournal.com

Search You Tube under "Tom Hiddleston dancing" and you will find several that will knock your socks off. : D Although in the vid you link here, the most LOL-worthy is Chris Hemsworth in the Thor costume, dancing behind the reporter and waving the hammer. OMG, could not stop laughing. I suspect RD Jr., who actually had ballet training, could cut up a serious rug if he felt so inclined. And I had never seen the behind-the-scenes clip of the Guardians cast dancing, so thanks for sharing!

From:

beccadg.livejournal.com

...I had never seen the behind-the-scenes clip of the Guardians cast dancing...

Yeah, I hadn't seen it before, and so it's my favorite clip. I've seen all of Chris Hemsworth's hamming around in the Thor costume on Saturday Night Live before. Ronan dancing on the other hand...

From:

kaffy_r

Hemsworth is really quite the dancing revelation (the longer dance video by the same vidder has footage of him on Dancing With the Stars; he undoubtedly didn't get too far on the show, but he was good enough to impress me.)

Also, he's so frakkin' tall - you realize that they didn't need to do trick shots of him as Thor, at least not in order to emphasize his height.

Edited Date: Friday, 31 July 2015 06:22 pm (UTC)

From:

beccadg.livejournal.com

...you realize that they didn't need to do trick shots of him as Thor, at least not in order to emphasize his height

My mom loves Chris, I love Tom, but I know what you mean. What gets me about Chris Hemsworth is his build. Tom wanted to be Thor, but he hasn't got that bulk. Hell, I've seen Chris Evans talk about how he marvels at Chris Hemsworth's build, and he worked hard to fill out his costume as Captain America.

From:

kaffy_r

That tall, that lithe, that full of a sense of humor - hey, what's not to like? (Me, I'm more attracted to a Hiddleston type of build and face, but I can appreciate Hemsworth, especially given that sense of humor.)

From:

kaffy_r

The Guardians dance-off is hilarious (Pratt and Pace alone, but the other two are snort-worthy, too.) And I absolutely loved the Jeremy Renner choreography video; I keep forgetting that he has that kind of experience.

Also - the footage of Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Quicksilver), in what looks to be some sort of indie film, makes me realize how amazing an historical repository the Internet is. Where on earth did the vidder find that? What's it from? There's actually a longer clip from the same source, in a longer dance vid this particular creator put together (it's not quite as good, but still pretty amusing, in my opinion.)

From:

heatherbelles.livejournal.com

I believe its a music video (only cos I came across it elsewhere last week)

R.E.M in fact: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZITh-XIikgI

From:

kaffy_r

Thank you so much for linking to this - it is purely awesome!

From:

tardis-stowaway.livejournal.com

I hadn't seen that yet. It was delightful! Thanks for sharing.

Marvel has been trying lots of different genres for its films (heist, comedic space opera, political thriller, etc.), so I think this calls for making one of the upcoming entries in the franchise a dance musical. What if the conflict in the upcoming Captain America: Civil War is settled with a dance off? What if a rogue spell in Doctor Strange causes everyone to start singing and dancing? Guardians of the Galaxy was about half a step from being a musical anyway, so why not go all the way for the sequel? It could happen!

Also, I can't remember if you follow Marvel's tv shows, but have you seen the dubsmash lipsynch battle between the casts of Agents of SHIELD and Agent Carter? It's AMAZING.

From:

heatherbelles.livejournal.com

I loved the dubsmash war. It was hilarious

From:

heatherbelles.livejournal.com

OOOh, I hadn't seen the dirty dancing bit.

Hee

From:

kaffy_r

Hi there, good to see you!

From:

kaffy_r

I think this calls for making one of the upcoming entries in the franchise a dance musical.

This. Is. Genius. Seriously, I'd pay good money to watch that,

And I hadn't seen the dubsmash and I loved it. I'm definitely a fan of both shows.