Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.

Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'


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]


Jesse - Jun 08, 2011 2:18:34 pm PDT #16845 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Mostly I agree with what you all said, but I'll add my two cents. I liked pretty much everyone except Lily. She was this one, right?

My favorite is now "that was really good because I know where you started with that song" (for the first truly terrible performance).

The country guy was no great shakes either, obviously. I think Xenia could really get a lot better over the next few years, poor noodle.

The elimination by team thing is really unfortunate.

And I really like Blake and want to hang out with him.


Amy - Jun 08, 2011 3:07:18 pm PDT #16846 of 23273
Because books.

Nigel really is a lech, isn't he?


brenda m - Jun 08, 2011 3:12:59 pm PDT #16847 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

Country Padalecki, I'm sayin'.


Amy - Jun 08, 2011 3:14:39 pm PDT #16848 of 23273
Because books.

brenda, for a second I thought you meant Nigel. Blake, absolutely. Heh.


Vortex - Jun 08, 2011 3:36:56 pm PDT #16849 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

You know who I'm missing? Anthony from last season, who didn't make it due to his thigh (that beautiful thigh) injury.


Rayne - Jun 08, 2011 3:47:30 pm PDT #16850 of 23273
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire

Oh dang, Anthony isn't in Vegas? I was really hoping they'd let him skip auditions and he'd show up there.


Jesse - Jun 08, 2011 4:21:14 pm PDT #16851 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Damn, they cut Hero and Stacey Ann (?)?? Bummer.


Kathy A - Jun 08, 2011 4:36:24 pm PDT #16852 of 23273
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Patty Anne. And the fact that they were both cut in their own style makes it even harsher.

I'm getting worried about Natalia! I hope she's okay. Sasha had wonderful form in her contemporary, and her (and Natalia's) partner, the Professor, is really appealing as well.


Jesse - Jun 08, 2011 4:56:21 pm PDT #16853 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

And the fact that they were both cut in their own style makes it even harsher.

Although learning a routine like that is so different from doing your own stuff, having time, etc. And I imagine they judge them more harshly -- obviously people are getting through the choreo with semi-crappy versions of the styles, as long as they aren't completely crappy, and the judges like them enough doing other things.


Jesse - Jun 08, 2011 4:56:46 pm PDT #16854 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Natalia will just never make it into the show, so I don't quite know what they are doing with her.