Saffron: You just had a better hand of cards this time. Mal: It ain't a hand of cards. It's called a life.

'Trash'


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]


Lee - Jul 12, 2007 10:40:18 am PDT #686 of 23273
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Not Marcel?


Amy - Jul 12, 2007 10:43:16 am PDT #687 of 23273
Because books.

::glares at Lee::

Nobody deserves mime Marcel.


victor infante - Jul 12, 2007 10:52:52 am PDT #688 of 23273
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.

Nobody deserves mime Marcel.

Except perhaps Hung. Especially if Marcel is, indeed, Hung's monkey.


Amy - Jul 12, 2007 10:53:52 am PDT #689 of 23273
Because books.

Except perhaps Hung. Especially if Marcel is, indeed, Hung's monkey.

::worships victor::


libkitty - Jul 12, 2007 11:35:29 am PDT #690 of 23273
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs

SYTYCD: I had a hard time watching after Nigel "Birthday Boy" Lithgoe's whine about complaints about the last eliminations. Nigel is really starting to annoy me to the point where it's harder for me to even watch the dancers. Which is stupid and a shame, because I thought the dancers did well.

That synchronized swimming doc on PBS: I kept flipping over to this at the ads. I thought it was kind of hysterical. I know it's hard work, and understand that you have to be dedicated, but these people seemed to have no idea that they were talking about synchronized swimming. That one girl who moved away from family and friends and put in 6 hours a day 6 days a week because she wanted a TeamUSA jacket just made me laugh and cry. I mean, do it because you love it, but because you want a jacket? Whoah. And this was the same one who did her solo to Schindler's List. Yikes.


Toddson - Jul 12, 2007 11:52:31 am PDT #691 of 23273
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

The thought of doing synchronized swimming to Schindler's List makes my brain go huh. Although I once saw a broadcast of a band doing a routine to Philip Glass ... that was kinda surreal.

And just out of curiousity - I missed the documentary - how do you do solo synchronized swimming?


sumi - Jul 12, 2007 12:00:32 pm PDT #692 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

Yes. That was also my question.

I guess the movements are synchronized with the music.


Jesse - Jul 12, 2007 12:13:51 pm PDT #693 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Yeah, and it's that style with the kicking in the air and etc. I went to a synchronized swimming competition one time, and there were solo swimmers there.

Jesse, Are you watching Big Brother?

Of course I am!


Lee - Jul 12, 2007 12:46:19 pm PDT #694 of 23273
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Who do you think is going to be booted first?

Does Jessica's voice make you reach for the mute button?


Jessica - Jul 12, 2007 1:28:06 pm PDT #695 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Does Jessica's voice make you reach for the mute button?

Sometimes having a really common name can make one blink.

ION, I am firmly in the "Camille, we hardly knew ye!" camp re: Top Chef. But it sounds like her dish was really awful, so I suppose it's for the best. (Who makes pineapple upside down cake for an haute cuisine tasting menu? And then decides to make it with a frelling CORN MUFFIN?? I mean, seriously.)

DH is Tivoing both Singing Bee and So You Think You Know The Lyrics, or whatever the Fox version is because he needs to watch them for work. I'm embarrassed even having them on the to-do list, but that hasn't stopped me from watching with him.

ALSO, has anyone else seen the Feedback comic that was finally put out for Who Wants To Be A Superhero? D's been keeping me too busy to read more than the first few pages, but oh my GOD it's so bad. It's so bad it's almost good, but mostly it's just bad. Rumor is that it was written by Stan Lee himself, and if that's true all I can say is Stan, stop writing. Stick to reminding people you invented Spider-Man and whoring yourself out for cameos in comic book movies. (Needless to say, I highly recommend seeking this comic book out. It's that bad.)