Oh, yeah. There was this time I was pinned down by this guy that played left tackle for varsity... Well, at least he used to before he was a vampire... Anyway, he had this really, really thick neck, and all I had was a little, little Exact-O knife ... You're not loving this story.

Buffy ,'Beneath You'


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]


Liese S. - Jun 28, 2012 12:21:49 pm PDT #19482 of 23273
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

I have been watching (and loving it) but not this week. It's the Japanese vs. the American thing. The Japanese version, if you didn't complete the course, you didn't move on. If nobody completed, then the season ended. The American version, of course you have to have your controllable number of entrants for the next level. So yeah, I agree, unfair.


-t - Jun 28, 2012 12:51:42 pm PDT #19483 of 23273
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Yeah. I'm trying not to dislike the changes just for, you know, changing, but that one I legitimately don't approve of.


askye - Jun 28, 2012 4:40:56 pm PDT #19484 of 23273
Thrive to spite them

So I saw a slide show of the SYTYCD contestants. The one listed as a belly dancer - I'm assuming she has other training but auditioned as a belly dancer?


flea - Jun 28, 2012 4:47:57 pm PDT #19485 of 23273
information libertarian

Yeah, she's done your basic all-around training, but she is Palestinian-American (from rural AL - that must have been interesting) and considers herself a bellydancer first. She's got GREAT performance value.


askye - Jun 28, 2012 5:00:32 pm PDT #19486 of 23273
Thrive to spite them

Okay. Well turns out I won't be watching SYTYCD through hulu or Fox.com.

I don't use a "participating cable provider" (Verizon or Dish) so I have to wait 30 days after the episode airs to watch it.

Which is stupid. I can watch Master Chef the DAY AFTER it airs, on a streaming device as well! but not SYTYCD.

Who wants to wait a month to watch it? I don't and I think it's a stupid decision by Fox.

I tried last season to catch up on youtube clips but the music was generally taken out before I could watch. ANd I tried the live streaming thing but the quality was so bad it was like watching a slide show.


flea - Jun 28, 2012 5:39:51 pm PDT #19487 of 23273
information libertarian

On Liese's recommendation, so far I am finding long clips (not just dances, but the runup also) up at mjsbigblog at 8am the day after the show airs.

I really miss watch and post, though.


askye - Jun 28, 2012 5:48:31 pm PDT #19488 of 23273
Thrive to spite them

I'll have to bookmark that.


meara - Jun 28, 2012 6:38:27 pm PDT #19489 of 23273

Wait, why can't you guys watch it over the air? Also, participating cable provider is BS--I pay for cable but I only have a choice of my ghetto off brand red-lined cable. It's sad when you'd rather have Comcast, man.


Liese S. - Jun 28, 2012 7:16:43 pm PDT #19490 of 23273
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

mjsbigblog sometimes has the clips up pretty much immediately after it airs, and the text during. I just keep refreshing the page.

I can't watch OTA because I am in my inlaws house, and innocent as much of the show is, there would be raised eyebrows and the sexually charged stuff, especially like the (excellent) bellydancer.


askye - Jun 28, 2012 8:05:34 pm PDT #19491 of 23273
Thrive to spite them

I can't watch anything over the air here. Actually that's not true. I can get a PBS station and an extremely fuzzy station in French.

It was different in Tallahassee, I could get the broadcast channels. But not here.