Marco: Do we look reasonable to you? Mal: Well. Looks can be deceiving. Jayne: Not as deceiving as a low down dirty... deceiver.

'Out Of Gas'


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]


Amy - Jul 10, 2013 6:15:56 am PDT #20921 of 23273
Because books.

Was ...?


kat perez - Jul 10, 2013 6:19:29 am PDT #20922 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar

Ha! I always did have a flair for the dramatic.


Jesse - Jul 11, 2013 4:24:54 pm PDT #20923 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

BB (OBviously I can't stop watching): So they are definitely making AAryn out to be the main bad guy on the racism front, which is its own kind of BS, and then also Howard's "I know how women are" goes unremarked-upon.


Jesse - Jul 11, 2013 4:33:57 pm PDT #20924 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Relatedly, how happy will I be if an actual-secret girl alliance runs the house?


Jesse - Jul 11, 2013 4:44:47 pm PDT #20925 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

And then I got so riled up, I voted for MVP via text, forgetting it costs a dollar!


Lee - Jul 12, 2013 9:14:25 am PDT #20926 of 23273
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

BB (OBviously I can't stop watching): So they are definitely making AAryn out to be the main bad guy on the racism front, which is its own kind of BS, and then also Howard's "I know how women are" goes unremarked-upon.

Seriously

Julie Chen had a Moment of Beauty last night though, when she was asking people if they forgot they were on Camera, and Aaryn said something like "people just see who I really am", and Julie said " yes, they do". Totally went over Aaryn's head, but that made it even better.


Jesse - Jul 12, 2013 9:24:26 am PDT #20927 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Julie Chen really is the best.


brenda m - Jul 12, 2013 9:34:36 am PDT #20928 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 don't remember her being so frank with evictees before - that was a very nicely done exit interview.


Jesse - Jul 12, 2013 9:44:37 am PDT #20929 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

She is the Chenbot no longer!

I'm leaving this here so I remember to come back to it: Jun Song's blog: [link]


meara - Jul 14, 2013 9:12:26 am PDT #20930 of 23273

FINALLY getting around to watching last week's ep.

And Paula was totally right when she said that Aaron is a throwback to that 40s style, MGM Musical, man’s man dancer. I could see him as one of the sailors in South Pacific or On the Town. He just brings that essence

This is so true! He'd be great in one of those. And then he could tap. I wonder if he can sing? :)

Sean Cheesman. Ugh, dammit.

Hey, at least it wasn't African Jazz?

Jenna and Tucker were bad, kittens. Bad from the jump. I was watch from the hall embarrassed for them. The choreography: bad. The costuming: bad (for the first time all night). The music choice: bad. It’s like all the bad had been saving itself up for this moment to create a supernova of badness.

Yeah, I like both of them a lot and that was just painful to watch. They tried, but damn.

Since Mary mentioned it, I’d much rather have seen Melanie and Marco dance that piece.

Ooh, now that would've been a lot better, yeah.

Oh, my word, the lifts were awkward as hell.

Yeah, that just was awkward. Ouch. But she seemed pretty darn good, I liked her!

Poor Nico needs some accutane. Also, I can't approve of the boots she's wearing with that outfit. Ooh, he spins nice. And all my attention is on him, not on her. Dang, girl, fading into the background for me. Didn't love this.

And Nigel and his whole Danny and Travis lost because they had no personality history lesson can kiss my ass. Sabra and Benji won because they were relentlessly pimped and in Danny’s case, along with the relentless pimping, there was a tandem campaign to paint him as an uppity black man. Danny and Travis both had great personalities. Gah. I just hate that man

Yeah, don't hate on Peanut! Benji has a shit ton of personality, yes, and I've enjoyed the hell out of the classes I've taken that he taught. And he's a great dancer. But jeez.

I'm not against re-using dances if they were awesome--most people here don't watch/get to see SYTYCD Canada! But that wasn't one I would've been dying to re-watch if I'd seen it in Canada in the first place.