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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]


lisah - Sep 03, 2007 3:04:40 pm PDT #1938 of 23273
Punishingly Intricate

I liked Will's design but thought Todd & Kim had much harder challenges. Especially Kim. I watched with my 6 & 9 year old nieces and they are so very much rooting for "the girl" to win. It's adorable!


le nubian - Sep 03, 2007 3:43:06 pm PDT #1939 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

lisah, I thought Kim had the toughest, but I thought Will's was the 2nd toughest. I thought Todd probably had the easiest job. Why do you think his was tougher than Will's?


lisah - Sep 03, 2007 6:11:12 pm PDT #1940 of 23273
Punishingly Intricate

Why do you think his was tougher than Will's?

I thought Will's would have been a bigger challenge if he was working in a new space for the girl. Instead he came into a space that had already been designed with her needs in mind and so he just had to update the look of the room, really. I did think he did a great job of it and clearly she loved it so that was cool.

Todd had to build a bunch of stuff in order to make the room at all usable for the family. (Or, I guess, he didn't have to build it but he had to make it happen.) And he had to make it usable for each member of the family. Or age group anyway. I don't think he really did as good a job as Will did in the end but his presentation was so much better.

I wish they'd give them more coaching on how to host a show since that is an important aspect of the competition and is what tripped Will up. Unless they did that in early episodes I missed.


sumi - Sep 03, 2007 6:15:30 pm PDT #1941 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

So far as I can remember they did not go over hosting techniques on the show. Possibly they did that off-camera.


sumi - Sep 04, 2007 8:15:26 am PDT #1942 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

David Bromstad's show has been picked up for 3 more seasons.

He's got a new French Bulldog! and his shirtlessness on the vlog is starting to make me think he's got an issue with shirts.


le nubian - Sep 04, 2007 8:30:04 am PDT #1943 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I'm convinced he rolls out of bed and does his blogs. Seriously.


brenda m - Sep 04, 2007 3:24:24 pm PDT #1944 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 haven't watched the latest Design Star yet, but I have to say I think Todd is their best choice. I think the other two are very good, sure, but not in a way that stick outs, you know? So when you look at the Star part of Design Star, I just don't see what they'll be doing that's all that compelling.

I mean, I'm sure they can come up with something. But Todd's got the hook already. And while his stuff would sometimes, possibly mostly be unliveable, it is pretty cool to watch - like the surfboard living room thing. He's also got the dynamic and memorable personality thing. (Again, probably totally unliveable in practice, but for a show - )


Kathy A - Sep 05, 2007 9:50:41 am PDT #1945 of 23273
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

The Chicago Tribune has a fun article on Tim Gunn, written by Maureen Ryan, their TV critic and a big fan of him and PR.


Vortex - Sep 05, 2007 5:33:29 pm PDT #1946 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

I love that Hung had to make the comment about the "closed minded judge"


Vortex - Sep 05, 2007 5:52:37 pm PDT #1947 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK?