PR from last week (the dumpster dive) - I think I forgot to say how happy Merline made me with her "I have immunity, when else can I make a Big Bird outfit" comment. Although her finished look was not that out there, i appreciated the sentiment.
Yes. Men like sports. Men watch the action movie, they eat of the beef, and enjoy to look at the bosoms. A thousand years of avenging our wrongs and that's all you've learned?
Xander ,'End of Days'
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 - Sep 27, 2015 12:15:48 pm PDT #22756 of 23273
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
-t - Sep 27, 2015 1:53:29 pm PDT #22757 of 23273
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Caught up on PR: I didn't really have strong feelings about any of the looks this week. I think the judges chose the right winner, and I'm glad that something that had some personal meaning to it won. I feel bad for Lindsey - it does kinda seem like her aesthetic was just never going to be what the judges liked, like she was saying before.
I do not understand the previews for next week, I have no idea what they are going to be doing.
Tom Scola - Sep 30, 2015 6:05:25 am PDT #22758 of 23273
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Carla Hall, the woman who lost Top Chef because she was TOO NICE, is opening a restaurant near me.
Jesse - Sep 30, 2015 8:54:47 am PDT #22759 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Hootie hoo!
Did anyone catch on Great British Baking Show that almond milk was a substitute for cows milk in Olden Tymes? It makes sense, but I thought it was interesting.
-t - Sep 30, 2015 9:23:43 am PDT #22760 of 23273
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I still have not watched that show (I need to!) but I have read that before.
Toddson - Sep 30, 2015 12:34:42 pm PDT #22761 of 23273
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I saw that! Loved the bit at the end about the oldest existing cookbook.
And did you see when the Great British Custard Theft took place?
Jesse - Sep 30, 2015 2:08:18 pm PDT #22762 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yes! The on-screen descriptions were the best. That show is the best, overall.
brenda m - Oct 01, 2015 1:13:08 am PDT #22763 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
And did you see when the Great British Custard Theft took place?
Oh that was lovely.
meara - Oct 04, 2015 7:55:28 pm PDT #22764 of 23273
I love Great British Baking Show. I want all the seasons, dangit!
I didn't realize until like, yesterday, that TAR had started again. Luckily it's all on my TiVo, but still.
-t - Oct 08, 2015 6:39:54 pm PDT #22765 of 23273
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I do not understand why Rachel Zoe is on TV. Granted, all I've seen of her is her ads, maybe pieces of her ads, but she has zero presence on screen.
Anyway, PR, I really like this challenge. They can't pull it out every challenge, but having model/clients that the regular judges know, and who know exactly what to expect from the whole process, is pretty cool. Kelly was really smart in making her "makeover" outfit more a version of what her girl wears all the time rather than going for a complete change. They were also just well paired up aesthetically, but any of them could have gone that route. I also love that Merline's reaction to making something more to her client's taste than what she originally envisioned was "I didn't know I had this in me" - I really liked her look.
It would have been so sad if Ashley had gone out on this challenge. I think her problem was once she got it in her head that she couldn't show something similar to what she'd done before she hamstrung herself.
Oh, dear, next week is avant-garde. I always hope it will actually be avant-garde and it pretty much never is. we'll see.