Posted October 6, 200717 yr MTV confirms "Gimme More" director's cut -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Britney Spears must have a list of male fantasies she's trying to run through in her music videos. Naughty schoolgirl, check ("... Baby One More Time"). Flight attendant, check ("Toxic"). And with her latest single, "Gimme More," she's a stripper. The question is, can the pop star still pull it off? "It really makes you want to strip," Internet celebrity Chris Crocker, a.k.a. the "Leave Britney alone!" guy, said after viewing a sneak peek of a clip for the first single from Spears' November 13 album, which has been given the title Blackout. "I'm really tempted to give everyone in this room a lap dance." Spears doesn't actually attempt lap dances in the "Gimme More" video — she's mostly dancing near a pole and stripping just a little, with a director's-cut version revealing nearly bare breasts with star-shaped pasties. Though Spears shows more focus than in her VMA performance, her efforts to reclaim sex-symbol status got mixed reviews from fans who got a sneak peek in Santa Monica, California. "She's taking off her clothes, that's pretty much it," Jacqueline Tulian said. "It's not surprising." "She wants to be a stripper?" Britney Silvera said. "I like that. Sean Preston's probably right over there in the corner watching: 'Yeah, that's my mama.' Did she just take her shirt off? Britney!" "It's a great video for the kids," Christian Valencia said (we think sarcastically). "It's a how-to — how to strip." "She's dancing topless," Soen Tgeratia said. "But it's too conservative. There's no power. Even this does not turn me on. That's it?" Spears developed the concept for the video and handpicked a first-time director, Jake Sarfaty. But even then, there's not much concept to be had — a brunet Britney strips, a blond Britney watches. So fans wondered why the video for "Gimme More" wasn't more developed, even if they did rate it as being better than her VMA performance of the song. "Britney, Britney, Britney," Tulian sighed. "This is not one of those videos she did a lot for," Silvera observed. "They only shoot from one angle. Could they only do it in 10 minutes?" More like two days. Crocker, however, thinks the cheap look and simplicity are selling points. "She's proving you don't have to have a very intricate video to have a great video," he said. "It's very '80s. It's not much of a concept. She's just letting them know she's Britney Spears." Is that enough? Even though the people polled by MTV News are fans, many of them expressed disappointment, calling the lip-syncing too obvious, the hair extensions too fake, the energy level too low. "She's headed downhill," remarked Adrienne Ocariza. "She totally screwed herself," Brandon Dickens said. "This video is not helping," Darwin Ilac said. "She's trying to be sexy goth, but it's not working for her. Christina Aguilera already did this. Sorry, Britney!" The verdict? They want more. Something, anything more. Crocker suggested the video would have been better had he made a cameo. Valencia wanted someone like T.I. or Lil Mama (who appear on remix versions) to pop up. "See, if she would have thrown T.I. in there, this video would have been much better, honestly," Valencia said. Still, he added, it doesn't matter, because the song is a bona fide hit. "You know what? She could do all this, and people are still going to buy her album. They're not going to drop her because she has a crappy video." "I'm feeling it," Crocker said. "It's great, because it sends a good message out to teens that you don't have to be really thin to be sexy. It's slamming 'Umbrella' down the block. Watch out, Rihanna. You're not the new Britney anymore. Britney's back." That may explain why even those who panned the clip asked us, "Can I watch it again?"
October 6, 200717 yr Author So basically MTV is saying we only got one view point from the video, while the final product probably has more scenes. Example: For the MP video Jive released a one view version of the video where she was only dancing on that bed in lingerie for the whole time. This is the same thing only she is on a stripper pole! Don't get your hopes up though, you never know what might happen. Edited October 6, 200717 yr by Dirty Pop
October 6, 200717 yr I'm hoping it's the video with the plot and the added scenes. ^_^ It's still fine either way though.
October 7, 200717 yr So basically MTV is saying we only got one view point from the video, while the final product probably has more scenes. Example: For the MP video Jive released a one view version of the video where she was only dancing on that bed in lingerie for the whole time. This is the same thing only she is on a stripper pole! Don't get your hopes up though, you never know what might happen. ooooh right well I so hope that's the case with this one, I really do, this song needs a proper video, the one at the moment is just not satisfactory.
October 7, 200717 yr From reading that, it sounds like we've seen the video and there's another more x-rated cut out there - which isn't unheard of. Oh and I detest the idea that Chris Crocker is being interviewed and given first looks <_<
October 8, 200717 yr Today's the day, we'll find out if there's a different video or the same vid we've seen!
October 8, 200717 yr star shaped pasties lmao, reminds me of something that happened on Two Pints Janet :wub:
October 8, 200717 yr was that the end of the video I saw on the Box earlier, with the green letters, Box Exclusive :o certainly was GM and Britney, darn my late channel flicking nature
October 8, 200717 yr Yeah, the vid just premiered a few minutes ago and it was the same one that we've all seen.
October 8, 200717 yr what's the real deal? i've seen the crappy version on music channels & it's just premiered over in america too, apparently. is this the final version?
