Simon: Captain... why did you come back for us? Mal: You're on my crew. Simon: Yeah, but you don't even like me. Why'd you come back? Mal: You're on my crew. Why we still talking about this?

'Safe'


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]


Vortex - Jun 28, 2007 6:40:05 pm PDT #493 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

oh, yeah, Kat, I thought the same thing. Well, you know that the rights were cheap.


bon bon - Jun 28, 2007 7:09:36 pm PDT #494 of 23273
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

I feel bad that any male dancers in the top 20 have had to be eliminated. It's just the reverse of Idol this year: the women are not as good as the men. I would have lost any of the bottom four women this week, but I thought Jessi did pretty well, actually. I buy the explanation that she was already a goner.


kat perez - Jun 28, 2007 7:28:18 pm PDT #495 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar

I would've been happy to lose any of the four girls as well rather than lose Jesus or Danny. Neil can leave and take his tumbling with him.

I continue to think that the choreographers are all bringing it this year. That Tyce number was really quite good. And as a whole, this group is still the best out of all three seasons. They all did an amazing job in that opening group number. There was a moment when Sabra and Danny were dancing out in front and both did some ridiculous quadruple turn in attitude . . . insane. As much as I love Dom, it made me long for a Sabra/Danny lyrical piece. I think they would be amazing together.


SailAweigh - Jun 28, 2007 7:34:50 pm PDT #496 of 23273
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

At what point do the guys and girls quit dancing together?


Vortex - Jun 28, 2007 7:42:28 pm PDT #497 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

not till pretty late. Soon, we'll start voting for individual dancers, not couples, I think.


kat perez - Jun 28, 2007 8:14:55 pm PDT #498 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar

Yeah, fairly soon (top 12, maybe? top ten?) they're gonna split up the pairings. At that point, there's also a flip in the voting out, right? With the judges nominating the folks for the bottom and then the voters choosing who should stay. The dancers with the lowest vote totals go home, just like on AI.

Normally, I'm all for the jidges being in charge of the eliminations, but this year, there's no way that the voting public could mess things up more than the judges have done.


libkitty - Jun 28, 2007 8:46:33 pm PDT #499 of 23273
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs

I think Cedric got the sympathy vote. If Mary Murphy hadn't been such a bitca, I don't think he'd be staying.

Mary might have been part of it, but I think the main thing that saved him was his speech. I was kind of afraid this would happen. It was a great speech, but he really should have been the one going home. I am so very bummed about Jesus. It really should have been Cedric, but if it had to be one of the three, it should have been Neil. Bummed. So bummed.

Kind of bummed about Jessi too. I didn't like her audition, but I've liked her more and more, and her 30 second dance was the best of the women's tonight, I think. And if they cut her loose because of her health, they should have said so.


Vortex - Jun 29, 2007 5:17:18 am PDT #500 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

hey, whatever happened to the girl who messed up her ankle or whatever last year, and Nigel said that she d be given an automatic ticket to Vegas this year?


tiggy - Jun 29, 2007 5:24:07 am PDT #501 of 23273
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore

some people found her on myspace and said that she had a baby and had gotten married since last year's audition.


le nubian - Jun 29, 2007 7:25:00 am PDT #502 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I think last night's eliminations were atrocious! I am pretty ambivalent about Cedric making it through. I think the judges created the situation, but I also wonder (I'm a conspiracy theorist, but I swear I'm not wearing tinfoil today) if Mary's rant wasn't calculated to keep him there. I think the SYTYCD tour would benefit greatly with Cedric there. People might buy tix to see him perform whereas a couple of the others who've been eliminated, not so much.

I would like to know who the fuck prefers Neil to Jesus. I mean damn. Neil can do a trick or two, but he is so lacking in personality. And his partner's solo was ridiculously bad.