Most people is pretty quiet right about now. Me, I see a stiff -- one I didn't have to kill myself -- I just get, the urge to, you know, do stuff. Like work out, run around, maybe get some trim if there's a willin' woman about... not that I get flush from corpses or anything. I ain't crazy.

Jayne ,'The Message'


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]


Kristen - Sep 11, 2009 7:39:48 am PDT #10788 of 23273

Because I really thought that it seemed, once again, like more like Bryan's creation.

It seemed to me like it was totally Bryan's idea and Mike just had to execute it. From reading Tom's blog, it sounds like the judges recognized that it was Bryan's too.


Kathy A - Sep 11, 2009 7:43:39 am PDT #10789 of 23273
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

if Heidi has an issue with boobs, I thought her model looked worse in that regard

A good bra would have fixed that, no problem, and since any straps would have been covered by the jacket, she could have put one on in the workroom beforehand. Epperson should have sewn in some cups into his dress to take care of his model's droopage.


DawnK - Sep 11, 2009 8:13:24 am PDT #10790 of 23273
giraffe mode

It seemed to me like it was totally Bryan's idea

Didn't Bryan have to show Mike I how to construct the sauce so they could deconstruct it?


brenda m - Sep 11, 2009 8:18:50 am PDT #10791 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

Yeah, I think the deconstructing was Mike's idea, but it was Bryan who had the know-how to actually make it work.


Nora Deirdre - Sep 11, 2009 8:29:57 am PDT #10792 of 23273
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

huh. I was on Bravo's blog page and Blais has a new picture up and it looks really different than his previous look. He has a modified fauxhawk, but his face looks really different as well. It's a little weird!


Kristen - Sep 11, 2009 8:31:10 am PDT #10793 of 23273

That new picture is totally weird! He looks like a Hollywood Househusband or something.

From Bryan's blog entry:

Deconstruction of a dish or sauce is only successful if you pull it off in such a way that the classic favor combination is not compromised. Making a classic Béarnaise is not what Michael I. wanted to do and I agreed. I have experience making this same sauce and knew of ways to incorporate into the dish in a way Michael and I were both looking for. So I was confident in pulling this off.


kat perez - Sep 11, 2009 9:33:29 am PDT #10794 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar

Epperson's model didn't really look all that droopy to me. The dress was very sexy and I was glad that he was unafraid to scrap the model's idea and go with what he knew would work. Let that be a lesson to Logan and his hideous electric blue Jr. Prom dress. My prom dress was that exact same color in 1988. Come on, now.

When she was describing her look to Tim, I was excited by Althea's idea, especially the jacket, but I hated the final product. It looked unfinished and kind of sloppy. I also thought the proportions on the skirt were weird. I would've given the win to Giordana. That dress was gorgeous and looked different from anything else on the runway. I also loved the white and silver dress, but there were fit issues. If it had fit perfectly, I would've wanted that for the win. I thought Shrin's dress was super cute as well, though it didn't really seem to be anything that the model actually said that she wanted. Ra'Mon is overly fond of the big, pouffy shoulder it seems, and the color was again very prom 80. The rest were kind of a blur, though I did like the green dress in the end.


Kathy A - Sep 11, 2009 9:39:28 am PDT #10795 of 23273
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Who did the other black dress, the one with the big poof of netting in the front of the high neck?


kat perez - Sep 11, 2009 9:51:23 am PDT #10796 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar

That was Louise's look for Fatma, no? I loved that one.

ETA: Whoops. Ok, so that girl is really not named Louise Brooks, but she looks like Louise Brooks, right? Well, I forget her name, but it was the one who looks like Louise Brooks.


Atropa - Sep 11, 2009 12:24:58 pm PDT #10797 of 23273
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I. Am. A MORON. I did not realize that the Robin on Top Chef is Robin from my favorite restaurant of all time, Crave! Now I have to go watch clips of TC and cheer for Robin. Because I would eat anything she cooks.