LET'S HAVE A KIKI!! Love it!
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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]
bon bon - Jun 18, 2013 8:22:01 pm PDT #20790 of 23273
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
kat perez - Jun 18, 2013 11:40:24 pm PDT #20791 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar
Seven pages of notes on SYTYCD. I threw most of it on my blog if you want to read lots and lots about very little. Short version:
I'm less happy with the boys top 10 than I wanted to be. I don't get Jade in the Top 20. He seems not to be that great in other styles and he's a teeny man and despite what Mia says, that is going to be a problem for partnering. But I got Tucker and he's gorgeous and he cut off the tragic hair so I'm happy.
I am more happy with the girls top 10 though many of them are just a blur to me right now. Love Amy. Love Mariah. Love Jasmine M.
I thought most of the intro routines tonight were really strong. I was annoyed by the Mia piece. It was awfully hair fling-y and flail-y. I was wanting more dance in the dance. Also, Malece was there and she's the worst. I thought both Stacey and Sonya put their respective feet in their intro dances. I don't know enough about tap to know if the choreography in that routine was good, bad or ugly but I enjoyed the heck out of that routine. I was glad to see no NappyTab fingerprints on my hip hop.
I was extra pleased with the boys top 10 routine. Great choreography from Christopher Scott and many of the boys were exquisite. Tucker and Nico, I see you both. I did not enjoy the girls top 10 routine. It was easy. It felt like high school dance team choreography. It was Fosse derivative in that way that Tasty loves (even though Tasty wasn't the choreographer) and I felt it didn't showcase the girls to their best advantage. Also, while I enjoyed the song, it felt like the kind of thing Ru would make her queens lip synch for their lives to on Drag Race which is great if I were watching Drag Race or if Ray Leeper had seen fit to choreograph a couple of death drops for these girls, but since that did not happen, I wasn't feeling it. I was annoyed that Sonya basically just decided to sideline anyone who wasn't a jazz or ballet/modern trained dancer by sending them off stage for large swathes of the Top 20 group routine while she choreographed a very traditional jazz piece for a select few dancers. Ew. That said, what she choreographed was lovely. Sad that there was way too much smoke to see the dancers' feet.
So yeah, I liked Top 20 Reveal show. Enough to write 7 pages of notes!
Fashion Note: Sparkly gold sequined romper that you yourself compared to something Roller Girl would have worn? Oh, no, Cat Deeley. No.
The Voice:
I only saw the last 20 minutes which included Cher and I saw who won so I really don't feel like I missed anything. Not surprised about, but disappointed in, who won.
Jesse - Jun 19, 2013 3:25:49 am PDT #20792 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
So, Danielle, then?
Lee - Jun 19, 2013 5:00:32 am PDT #20793 of 23273
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Yep. At least Michelle got second.
I loved the Bob Seger part, but that was more about Bob Seger than the Swon brothers.
Amy - Jun 19, 2013 5:03:41 am PDT #20794 of 23273
Because books.
Did I miss something or did Adam *not* join everyone onstage congratulating Danielle?
Jesse - Jun 19, 2013 4:29:15 pm PDT #20795 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, I heard the wrongest thing related to this thread the other day: So, you know the whole Boston Strong, Whatever Strong, stuff? For the funeral for the MIT cop, Sean Collier, apparently there were signs that said Collier Strong!
-t - Jun 19, 2013 4:55:23 pm PDT #20796 of 23273
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Sparkly gold sequined romper
That was a romper? I was debating with myself whether that was shorts or a skirt...
kat perez - Jun 19, 2013 5:57:05 pm PDT #20797 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar
I know. I tried to make it not be a romper, too. Tragically, it was, in fact a sparkly gold sequined top with three quarter length sleeves and sparkly gold sequined shorts connected at the waist by fabric, thus a romper. Clearly the devil's handiwork. I can understand why Cat decided to leave the crack smokers on the SYTYCD wardrobe team and start dressing herself, but really? This is not good.
Speaking of crimes against fashion: Cher. What? Why? Bieber style hammer pants and a dead animal carcass on her head? What? Why? No. I blame Kanye and Kim's new baby. Clearly their spawn has ushered in the end times.
Re Collier Strong: Oh, no. Well, there's an unfortunate coincidence.
-t - Jun 19, 2013 6:49:00 pm PDT #20798 of 23273
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Christopher Scott, man. Love. I'm sure they danced it well, but I kind of lose the dancers watching his choreography - in a thoroughly enjoyable way but my critical faculties go into a bit of a fugue state.
-t - Jun 19, 2013 7:06:40 pm PDT #20799 of 23273
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Can I just say, it is pretty awesome to be able to open a couple of tabs of the browser, fire up the DVR and pause after every routine to read y'all said about it. I was vaguely feeling like I should put more effort into watching live, but I might like this way better!