We'd be dead. Can't get paid if you're dead.

Mal ,'Serenity'


Non-Fiction TV: I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own

This thread is for non-fiction TV, including but not limited to reality television (So You Think You Can Dance, Top Chef: Masters, Project Runway), documentaries (The History Channel, The Discovery Channel), and sundry (Expedition Africa, Mythbusters), et al. [NAFDA]


kat perez - Jul 23, 2007 5:04:04 pm PDT #1045 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar

Chef Ramsey + Julia + culinary school = love!

I was hoping he wouldn't kick anyone out since he kicked Josh out in the middle of service because I had a feeling that Julia would go tonight.


sumi - Jul 23, 2007 5:40:52 pm PDT #1046 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

Josh royally fucked up appetisers. Again.

I guess it was the last straw.


brenda m - Jul 23, 2007 5:49:07 pm PDT #1047 of 23273
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

That was so sweet. This is the kind of thing that really elevates this show - he shouts and curses a lot, but he also brings a kind of humanity and genuineness that's rare on tv.

Josh was so freaked about getting behind that he kept randomly starting pans of risotto and pots of spaghetti on the stove - and kept on doing it like four more times even after Ramsay reamed him out for it.


Kristen - Jul 23, 2007 9:11:49 pm PDT #1048 of 23273

Just when I thought I couldn't adore Ramsey any more, he goes and sends Julia to culinary school. Awwwwww.

The saddest part of this story is that I no longer have a horse in this race. I really don't want any of them to win. None of them are consistent in their performance. Rock is a mean tempered hypocrite. Jen is the dumpster diver. Bonnie is...well, Bonnie. I guess Bonnie gets my vote by being the least vile of the options.

I look forward to a future season when Julia returns.


le nubian - Jul 24, 2007 3:03:42 am PDT #1049 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I prefer Rock over anyone left. I can't forgive Jen for the garbage situation. Bonnie's attitude toward Julia has been less than charitable. Her nanny ass has no reason to stick her nose in the air.


Denise - Jul 24, 2007 3:08:48 am PDT #1050 of 23273

I'm for Bonnie, although I don't think she'll win. Rock's an ass. Jen pissed me off last week when she was so bitchy to Bonnie for no reason, and then she turned around and questions was Rock was being nasty for no reason this week and I was like ?????


Jesse - Jul 24, 2007 4:41:56 am PDT #1051 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

In random reality TV news, I offhandedly mentioned Big Brother at work yesterday, and my boss had never heard of it. I don't care if you don't watch it, but it's been on three nights a week for eight summers!


sumi - Jul 24, 2007 6:31:16 am PDT #1052 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

I don't have a horse in the HK race either. Now, I'll just watch to see if the spoilery thing I read was real or a foiler.


brenda m - Jul 24, 2007 6:41:45 am PDT #1053 of 23273
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

I think it'll be Jen. Bonnie's just too eratic. Rock has the misfortune of being the last man standing on a decidedly underwhelming men's team, and I think that'll count against him as much as his temper does. For all his talk, he's been solid but not stellar - same as Jen.


esse - Jul 24, 2007 6:50:21 am PDT #1054 of 23273
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

SYTYCD: I think part of the reason that people aren't standing out is just that there were too many people to keep track of. Until about the top fourteen, I was identifying people by their hair and attitudes, not their name. Now that we're at the top ten, and stuff is going to get a little more challenging, I think people might stand out more. I do like that there doesn't seem to be any particular rivalry between the dancers--everyone seems to get along well enough.