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]
Terrible. I really wish they'd u-turned the right team, the team they knew to be behind them. I don't really get why they made the decision they did. 'Cause the whiners would have totally imploded to be u-turned. They were self-destructive the whole time, but they were rewarded. Feh.
Adored the yoga break. Adored that they loved the yoga break!
I would definitely have strung the flowers. Wonder what happens to Team Mellow next leg?
Team Mellow
I did think they were about to tell the wedding party to chill out, man. They seemed a little taken aback by the lack of mellow.
Also, Jen is such a fucking idiot -- did she not know what a bridegroom is? Did she think in India elephants get married? I mean, seriously, WTF.
CourtTV is changing their name to TruTV.
TruTV's identity will be fast-moving programming that tells real stories about real people. There's such a glut of reality programming with a wide range of styles that truTV is making an explicit point of rejecting the term.
TruTV isn't reality, its new slogan states. It's actuality.
"Reality has a connotation of not being real, of being phony," said Marc Juris, executive vice president and general manager of truTV. "We felt that because (our programming) was real, we couldn't call it reality."
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I'm finding TK and Rachel's level of mellow increasingly hilarious. I mean, boring, but hilarious. Also much preferable to the Amazing Showboating Hippies from a few seasons back.
Also, Jen is such a fucking idiot -- did she not know what a bridegroom is?
Exactly! WTF d'you mean, do I give it to the elephant? And her delivery recipient totally saved her ass, "Did you forget something?" where the Kynt's didn't correct him, although I'm willing to bet they knew what they were supposed to do, just went along with him since he was trying to be so solicitous.
I liked the showboating hippies, and I like TK & Rachel. But they crack me up sometimes.
VH1 is running an ANTM marathon for the rest of the week. Cycles 1-9. It started two hours ago here.
I'm so happy I just tuned in for Shandi cheating. "I did the worst possible thing"/"You had SEX?!?!?!?" "How can I hug you??"
Oh, the lolz.
In rewatching Cycle 1, I realized that I'd forgotten how bitchy Elyse was in the beginning.
I'm very grateful for my DVR. Without it, I might be forced to watch all the promos for VH1's upcoming reality shows, including Celebrity Rehab (!?!), Rock of Love 2, and the new Scott Baio as a dad thing. Early on in the marathon, I was tricked into watching an extended promo for the new Peter Brady/Adrienne Not-a-Top-Model trainwreck.
I love you, 30 second skip button.
I am watching live, and now I'm afraid I'm going to have to watch all those shows!!
I taped what I hope is S4 tomorrow, because I can never remember anything about that season, and for whatever reason, it comes up a lot at work.