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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]


SailAweigh - Apr 23, 2008 3:38:19 pm PDT #4558 of 23273
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Finally caught up with Idol. I think everyone except Jason did a great job on their songs. But DCook did blow the competition out of the water. I didn't think the could pull it off and it was galaxies better than I thought he do. Wowza. And Syesha really should be on Broadway. She hit that sucker dead on. D'Archie did a great job with the song, but while he took a chance and sang a "girl's" song, it's still very much in the style of every song he's sung. I really want to hear him do blues, or jazz, or head banging rock. He's a glorified lounge singer. Sweet as all heck, but replaceable with any other sweet as all heck lounge act. Carly was interesting. She wasn't bad, and she had a good grip on what the song was about, but somehow between singing a few phrases for Webber and showing up on the stage, something got lost in translation. Brooke, very nice, but her starting and stopping kind of threw me off. I kept waiting for her to fuck up again, so it was hard to concetrate on what she did right. And Jason, well, he sang, poor schmuck.


tiggy - Apr 23, 2008 4:36:13 pm PDT #4559 of 23273
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore

can anyone explain to me what's so special about Leona Lewis? she sounds like every other pop/R&B artist out there to me.

the crowd is making my eyes roll out of my head. why are they screaming every time the pyrotechnic fire starts up? is it that exciting? really?

my bb is safe. i don't care about anything else.


beekaytee - Apr 23, 2008 4:40:37 pm PDT #4560 of 23273
Compassionately intolerant

Does anybody participate in an Idol watch and post. I'm not near a tv and want to know what is going on!


SailAweigh - Apr 23, 2008 4:41:11 pm PDT #4561 of 23273
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

I'm a little surprised Brooke is safe. I like her, but I felt her start/stop last night would hurt her. Guess not! Poor Syesha, though. I thought she did better than nearly anyone, but DCook. It's like folks like her just enough, and one of these times it won't be.


SailAweigh - Apr 23, 2008 4:42:16 pm PDT #4562 of 23273
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Only one on the hot spot right now, Bonny, and that's Syesha. We still have Jason and Carly backstage. So we're still waiting for the other one of the bottom two.


beekaytee - Apr 23, 2008 4:43:45 pm PDT #4563 of 23273
Compassionately intolerant

Brooke is safe? What is that about?


SailAweigh - Apr 23, 2008 4:44:27 pm PDT #4564 of 23273
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

::shrugs:: Beats the heck out of me.

eta: Oh, rhetorical, right. Mmmm. I do need to get over my desire to always have an answer.

eta²: Jason's safe?!!!?


tiggy - Apr 23, 2008 4:46:12 pm PDT #4565 of 23273
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore

wow. interesting bottom two. i thought for sure it would be Brooke and Jason. wow...


Amy - Apr 23, 2008 4:54:12 pm PDT #4566 of 23273
Because books.

The bottom two is really surprising. Although I can see voters not connecting with Carly's song, I guess. But Syesha did a really nice job with her choice. Way better than Jason. Jesus.


tiggy - Apr 23, 2008 4:56:39 pm PDT #4567 of 23273
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore

holy crap!!!