Now you can luxuriate in a nice jail cell, but if your hand touches metal, I swear by my pretty flowered bonnet, I will end you.

Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


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]


sumi - Aug 23, 2007 6:09:04 am PDT #1862 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

Somebody over at TWOP pointed out that Tre was doomed when Padma mentioned after he won the first ec that the first two seasons the winner of the first ec went on to win it all. And this will be the first time that the winner of the first ec doesn't go all the way.


Vortex - Aug 23, 2007 11:19:08 am PDT #1863 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

oh, one thing that I forgot about Top Chef -- I really liked that they called Dale out of his tacky outfit. When you are the face of a restaurant, you do not dress like you're going to the mall. Even if you are trying to give the impression of a casual restaurant, there's casual, and casual. A button down and slacks is casual, but elegant. polo shirt and jeans is McDonalds, not even Applebees.


SuziQ - Aug 23, 2007 11:51:56 am PDT #1864 of 23273
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

Shoot, even McDonald's has a uniform.

He also seemed to delight a bit too much to being a bitch behind scenes.

So sorry to see Tre go, but he knew he screwed up, both with his dishes and his team management. He can come make me cheesy grits anytime. And I have no idea if I like grits or not.


esse - Aug 23, 2007 12:01:30 pm PDT #1865 of 23273
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

So there's a "No Reservations" marathon on Travel right now--hour after hour of Tony Bourdain. I swear, I love that man to ridiculousness. He's so acerbic and funny and crazy. Awesome.


kat perez - Aug 23, 2007 3:31:52 pm PDT #1866 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar

BB - Y'all, Dick is just foul. He is a foul human being. I don't know how much more of him I can take. I was really hoping that Jen could provoke him into swinging on her so that he could get kicked out of the house. Does that make me foul? Just ewww.

This show is getting decidely less "lite summer fare" than I need for it to be.


Jesse - Aug 23, 2007 3:42:57 pm PDT #1867 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Seriously. That was crazy. What the fuck is he still doing in the house? Was it just stupid America's Vote that got Dustin kicked off last time? Because WTF.


Jesse - Aug 23, 2007 3:45:15 pm PDT #1868 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

And did Amber just say she has an upbeat personality?

Edit, so as not to make a zillion posts: I'm kind of stunned with how lightly they are dealing with the whole Dick/Jen situation.


kat perez - Aug 23, 2007 4:14:38 pm PDT #1869 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar

I'm kind of stunned with how lightly they are dealing with the whole Dick/Jen situation.

This. Exactly. He was verbally abusive to her tonight and not for the first time. And even if he didn't actually hit her, I got Jen's back on the fact that he was trying to burn her with his cigarette. The behavior is so decidedly NOT OK, and that's even without seeing the truly vile stuff that is apparently going on in the live feeds. Why don't they get rid of him?


Liese S. - Aug 23, 2007 4:15:38 pm PDT #1870 of 23273
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

I'm not even a watcher, but just from the stuff I'm hearing reported here, screw getting rid of him. How about bringing him up on charges?


Jesse - Aug 23, 2007 4:20:43 pm PDT #1871 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

And even if he didn't actually hit her, I got Jen's back on the fact that he was trying to burn her with his cigarette. The behavior is so decidedly NOT OK, and that's even without seeing the truly vile stuff that is apparently going on in the live feeds.

Abso-fucking-lutely. "...and now, Eric! What's up with the ladies' clothes? Ha ha ha!"