I am freaking out with reality tv this week: the World Series of Pop Culture, Big Brother, So You Think You Can Dance, Top Chef...
Cordelia: I get it now. You're all spies. Probably all Russian. And you've brainwashed me, and want me to believe we're friends so I'll spill the beans about some nano-technology thingy that you want. Gunn: So I look Russian to you? Cordelia: Black Russian. Angel: That's a drink.
'Hell Bound'
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]
Jesse - Jul 08, 2007 5:02:39 pm PDT #565 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
sj - Jul 08, 2007 5:08:50 pm PDT #566 of 23273
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I changed my mind about not wanting anyone to win TNFNS. I really want Amy to win now.
Lee - Jul 08, 2007 6:26:46 pm PDT #567 of 23273
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Yeah, that was hysterical. What a fucking idiot.
Seriously.
I think Kail is overplaying her hand early on.
SailAweigh - Jul 08, 2007 7:40:57 pm PDT #568 of 23273
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I stumbled across TNFNS, tonight, and I gotta agree, I like Amy best.
sumi - Jul 08, 2007 8:49:29 pm PDT #569 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!
sj, I totally agree. Amy was the best.
I was a bit surprised that they actually chose food knowledge over personality in deciding who went home.
Jesse - Jul 09, 2007 3:10:35 am PDT #570 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Amy kicked so much ass last night -- and she would round out their set of winners.
I was a bit surprised that they actually chose food knowledge over personality in deciding who went home.
I was thinking about the "points of view," too, and don't they already have "entertaining on a budget" in a show? Although I guess that's the kind of thing you can never have too much of.... But still -- "food no way you can make yourself" is not a viable Food Network show.
Jessica - Jul 09, 2007 3:13:35 am PDT #571 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
don't they already have "entertaining on a budget" in a show?
The vast majority of FN shows are some variation on this -- the only exceptions I can think of off the top of my head are Good Eats and Iron Chef. [edit: Oh, and the various eye candy travel shows, which are mainly about getting Giada into a bikini.) Everyone else is about impressing your guests without putting any effort/money into it.
Hil R. - Jul 09, 2007 3:16:05 am PDT #572 of 23273
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Emeril, Bobby Flay, and Barefoot Contessa too, I think.
brenda m - Jul 09, 2007 3:21:12 am PDT #573 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
But still -- "food no way you can make yourself" is not a viable Food Network show.
Yeah, and his response to their past criticism - "in order to Keep It Simple I'll throw together some crap even I don't like" was strange and off-putting.
It's Amy's to lose at this point. I'm a little shocked, actually, that at this late stage in the game, she's the only one who seems to have grasped that the performance element is a Big Deal.
Though Jag at least did give it a shot, and I wonder if that isn't what really gave him the edge.
sj - Jul 09, 2007 3:28:39 am PDT #574 of 23273
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
The vast majority of FN shows are some variation on this -- the only exceptions I can think of off the top of my head are Good Eats and Iron Chef. [edit: Oh, and the various eye candy travel shows, which are mainly about getting Giada into a bikini.) Everyone else is about impressing your guests without putting any effort/money into it.
This is true, but Dave Lieberman actually mentions entertaining on a budget at the beginning of his show.