I don't care if it is an orgy of death, there's still such a thing as a napkin.

Willow ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'


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]


-t - Oct 10, 2012 5:32:16 pm PDT #20020 of 23273
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Face Off: I am biased against any kind of live action Seuss looks, but some of these were pretty cool. Also, the one judge really looked like a Seuss character when the camera was cutting from the make up to the judges.

Eta; and that's the elimination I've been waiting for for weeks!


Scrappy - Oct 11, 2012 7:54:13 am PDT #20021 of 23273
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Survivor: Enjoying this season so far. I am really liking Malcolm. And I was totally surprised by Peter's masterful clue-plant. Abi is a total loose cannon, but fun to watch. I find Lisa W. a simp and don't understand why she isn't playing the TV star card for all it's worth.


brenda m - Oct 11, 2012 7:59:56 am PDT #20022 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 like Denise a lot too, particularly for her attitude. In the first ep I think she said something like "whether I belive in god or not, I'm pretty sure he's not going to reach down and win these challenges for us. Instead I will try harder" or some such. [Not that that's really working out so well.] And "There's three of us. My alliance may or may not hold but it's not some grand betrayal if it doesn't." I just wish I thought she was going to get far enough to expose more than like three people to this radical thinking.


Scrappy - Oct 11, 2012 8:03:18 am PDT #20023 of 23273
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Yeah, she seems to actually understand that it's a game and have a wise attitude about it. I also love how she goes so all-in in challenges. Kick-ass older woman FTW.


Theodosia - Oct 16, 2012 7:10:09 am PDT #20024 of 23273
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

TAR: Two annoying chicks gone.

Still liking the N&N Team Sri Lanka. Also they don't complain when native people don't speak English.


meara - Oct 16, 2012 7:18:35 am PDT #20025 of 23273

Omg yes. I was like "seriously? How many seasons into this and you're bitching they don't speak English??"


sumi - Oct 16, 2012 7:53:01 am PDT #20026 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

Yeah.


Jesse - Oct 16, 2012 9:39:54 am PDT #20027 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

"This guy from whatever country we are in didn't even speak English!!"

Seriously, though.


Liese S. - Oct 16, 2012 8:56:50 pm PDT #20028 of 23273
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Yeah, the whole shrill shrieking at nationals in English thing is not improving our American tourism image.


flea - Oct 18, 2012 7:51:57 am PDT #20029 of 23273
information libertarian

Whoa, I just learned that Blair from Facts of Life is on Survivor, and apparently nobody recognizes her? I feel like in learning this now, I am letting down the reality tv world. I should have heard earlier!