I'm not evil again. Why does everyone think that?

Angel ,'Sleeper'


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]


Kathy A - Aug 26, 2011 10:20:08 am PDT #18071 of 23273
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Reruns of S1 are on right now (Style Channel)

Ooh, I must watch! Jay! Austin! Wendy Pepper! I still think that Jay's Chrysler-Building-inspired dress is one of the best things ever produced during a non-finale challenge.


le nubian - Aug 26, 2011 10:25:57 am PDT #18072 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I actually like that we're seeing more of the arguments between the judges, because it makes some of their decisions more understandable.

Isn't Amy the cup-half-full kind of person today?


-t - Aug 26, 2011 10:29:06 am PDT #18073 of 23273
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I still think that Jay's Chrysler-Building-inspired dress is one of the best things ever produced during a non-finale challenge.

It was pretty brilliant.


Amy - Aug 26, 2011 10:31:06 am PDT #18074 of 23273
Because books.

Isn't Amy the cup-half-full kind of person today?

Well, I try. Heh.


sj - Aug 26, 2011 2:51:11 pm PDT #18075 of 23273
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

The designers are all so high-drama without the strength to back it up.

This pretty much sums up how I feel about this season.

No amount of potential justifies letting Anthony Ryan get away with that outfit. Since they did two winners, I think they should have done two losers and sent them both home.


Vortex - Aug 26, 2011 2:54:13 pm PDT #18076 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

I think that he got a sympathy vote for working with Bert. It is one thing to throw another designer under the bus, it is quite another to push the driver out of the seat so that you can back the bus over him a few times. Bert added nasty comments as well as visibly celebrated the judges' criticism of the other designs. Did you make the only wearable design? yes. Were you a nightmare to work with? Yes.


sj - Aug 26, 2011 3:23:45 pm PDT #18077 of 23273
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Yes, Bert was awful at judgement, but the editing made it seem like Anthony Ryan was much worse to work with than Bert.


Amy - Aug 26, 2011 3:42:19 pm PDT #18078 of 23273
Because books.

I liked Bert in the first episode, and he certainly made a great garment in that challenge. But I think he's stuck on being "cranky old set-in-my-ways" dude, or he's being edited that way, and I haven't seen one thing from him since the first episode that was remotely as impressive as that little sundress.

I think Kimberly has some promise, too. Otherwise, I'm not blown away at all.


kat perez - Aug 26, 2011 4:56:26 pm PDT #18079 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar

I'm not blown away by any of the designers. I like Kimberly more than I thought I would from the first episode when she was showing her portfolio, but I have to admit that I'm afraid she may have secret taste issues that will start to tell as the season progresses. Those shorts were just a couple inches away from being booty shorts with a leather strap around the bottom. Nobody else really does anything for me.

And I totally agree that many, many of these designers are way too shit don't stink for the level of talent currently on display. Josh and Bert for sure. Anya is a classic secret stank girl and has she actually sewn anything on her own yet? Anthony Ryan is way too high drama and his stuff is middle of the pack at best. Olivier is cute as a basket of kittens and puppies but his designs have not wowed. Embrace some color, for real. The blonde girl just makes ugly clothes that she for some reason thinks are cute. The others are all a blur.

Plus side? Tim looked adorable in jeans and tennis shoes.


sj - Aug 27, 2011 8:55:34 am PDT #18080 of 23273
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

A very bad review of Top Chef Spike's pizza place.