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Natter Area 51: The Truthiness Is in Here  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


lisah - Apr 13, 2007 8:50:44 am PDT #2401 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

The Channel, but that wasn't anywhere near the Necco factory.

THAT'S IT!!! It wasn't near the factory? Somebody lied to me!

I had to turn off Shear Genius because my friends and i watched ANTM, Pussycat Dolls (man I'm so sad that the Amazon is gone! She was my fave by far) , and the Top Design finale (totally blah!) and we were completely reality showed out. It sounds like it might be worth catching.


askye - Apr 13, 2007 8:51:58 am PDT #2402 of 10001
Thrive to spite them

After reading Sean's description I see there's a new reality tv show for me! Thank goodness for Bravo's endless reruns so it won't be hard to catch up.

I can't wait for Project Runway to return and Top Chef -- if they improve Top Chef over last season.


lunda - Apr 13, 2007 8:53:31 am PDT #2403 of 10001
Sometimes evil drives a minivan.

lunda, I was right there, too! Across the street, in front of the Borders.

Shiny. I was in front of Ralph Lauren's slowly-taking-over-the-sidewalk cafe.


Jesse - Apr 13, 2007 8:54:22 am PDT #2404 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I am going to try really hard not to watch Shear Genius except on weekend marathons. I get all into the shows and insist on watching them when they air, and I should go to bed instead!


Frankenbuddha - Apr 13, 2007 8:54:52 am PDT #2405 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

THAT'S IT!!! It wasn't near the factory? Somebody lied to me!

Nah. It was down on the waterfront near the Children's Museum. If you kept heading out of Boston past it, you went by the (Boston) World Trade Center and eventually you'd get to Southie (or Dorchester).


Jessica - Apr 13, 2007 8:55:05 am PDT #2406 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I haven't been watching Shear Genius because the promos made it look unbelievably lame. (Not that that stopped me from watching Top Design, but I have to draw the line somewhere, right?)


Sean K - Apr 13, 2007 8:57:46 am PDT #2407 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Top Design was bugging me a LOT. One, all of the challenges seemed completely arificial (rooms without windows of any kind, cabanas no person will ever used being judged on standards of practicality). It was really annoying to watch these idiotic challenges that could not possibly have been reflective of any kind of conditions they would ever face as designers in the real world.

Plus, in what seemed like a VERY subjective contest, the contestants were being judged by three people with the most startlingly atrocious taste in personal style. I would never take a criticism from any one of those people seriously. I'd laugh at them and point at his or her wardrobe and hair style.

I mean, all of these Bravo reality shows are subjective to one extent or another, but a hair one seems a little more concrete, they have judges with a personal style I can take seriously, and it seems difficult to come up with stupid and irrelevant challenges (which I felt basically everythin on Top Design was), though I'm sure they'll try.

Plus, Jaqueline Smith!


Jesse - Apr 13, 2007 8:58:18 am PDT #2408 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

You know what I don't understand about the Top Design complaints? People who don't like Todd Oldham and/or Jonathan Adler. If anything, I just wanted MORE of those two crazy gays.


Jessica - Apr 13, 2007 9:00:53 am PDT #2409 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

You know what I don't understand about the Top Design complaints? People who don't like Todd Oldham and/or Jonathan Adler. If anything, I just wanted MORE of those two crazy gays.

Seriously! I want Bravo's next TV show to be Tim Gunn, Tom Colicchio, and Jonathan Alder Sit Around A Table And Say Bitchy Things About People.


Amy - Apr 13, 2007 9:04:55 am PDT #2410 of 10001
Because books.

Todd Oldham is so sweet! I loved him. But he had far less of a role than, say, Tim Gunn on Runway. And he wasn't a judge like Chef Tom, so he was sort of useless, much as I like him. Jonathan Adler didn't bug me, but I hated Kelly Wearstler. Margaret just seemed snotty and elite.

The challenges were sort of blah, and there was no time to do the mini challenges like on Top Chef. Which I know they didn't do on Runway, either, but somehow it didn't matter.