Thanks for the article link!
Cacophony. That's pretty. What's it mean?
Harmony ,'Underneath'
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]
Lee - Jul 03, 2013 9:42:44 pm PDT #20870 of 23273
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Jesse - Jul 04, 2013 3:34:13 am PDT #20871 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The pizza guy apparently called some of these racist tools on their BS, so there's at least one person to root for.
Oh, that's good to hear!
Oh, also, apparently BB After Dark is on TV Guide channel this year? I wonder how they are going to work that -- must be with a delay. But also I guess that means I could watch it, if I'm ever up late.
-t - Jul 04, 2013 1:11:22 pm PDT #20872 of 23273
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm only up through teh elimination on SYTYCD, but I had to come in here and say that I think putting all that emotion at the beginning of the show is a bad idea for teh structure of the show, never mind making eliminated dancers perform and dncing for your life knowing you've got more dancing to do no matter what. It's all bad and they should stop it immediately.
It was confusing last year when someone who danced really well in the current episode was eliminated for the previous week's performance, but this way is so much worse. And I guess they need time for America to vote, but that's really where the problem comes in, isn't it?
-t - Jul 04, 2013 2:39:08 pm PDT #20873 of 23273
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
At the very least, they could announce the bottom 3 or 6 or whatever it is at the beginning and then take into account the new performances when they decide who to save and who to dend home. Why wouldn't they do that?
Carlos shouldn't have gone home, is what I'm saying.
Amy - Jul 04, 2013 3:47:12 pm PDT #20874 of 23273
Because books.
I just watched the eliminations (and the opening number!) the other day -- on Tuesday night I got home just in time to see the first competition performance, so I just kept watching.
The whole thing is really strange -- and what I found even stranger, unless he was just trying to create drama, was Nigel asking Brittany and Carlos if they would be able to dance later. What if they had said no? Surely the whole format was explained ahead of time. Maybe it was to point out to Fox how awful just one show a week is, in this regard?
It really is weird. Honestly, I'd like it better if the eliminated were informed offstage, and they got to tape a goodbye or something to show on the next episode. But then the whole save thing wouldn't work, either.
le nubian - Jul 04, 2013 3:49:13 pm PDT #20875 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
On twitter he defended this move by saying he prefers the eps to end on a positive note. Which of course is utter bullshit because by eliminating people at the top of the show, there is no positive note to end on because the whole show now has the angel of death hanging over it.
Jesse - Jul 05, 2013 1:37:47 am PDT #20876 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The ONLY upside to Carlos going home is not having to listen to Cat say "car-loss."
askye - Jul 05, 2013 6:51:07 am PDT #20877 of 23273
Thrive to spite them
SuziQ - Jul 05, 2013 6:55:26 am PDT #20878 of 23273
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Oh good. Thanks for seeing sense Nigel. Last week was just so...awkward and off-putting.
Amy - Jul 05, 2013 7:21:19 am PDT #20879 of 23273
Because books.
That was quick. Good on Nigel for listening to criticism.