Jayne: Captain, can you stop her from bein' cheerful, please? Mal: I don't believe there is a power in the 'verse that can stop Kaylee from being cheerful. Sometimes you just wanna duct tape her mouth and dump her in the hold for a month.

'Serenity'


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]


brenda m - Oct 04, 2009 6:29:52 pm PDT #11091 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

Amazing Race: I keep wanting to call the brothers Sam and DEAN. Oops.

Hah, totally.

Why couldn't the lawyers have had one more breakdown/fuck up? That would have made me much happier. But to have only one team I actively dislike at this stage is pretty remarkable.


quester - Oct 04, 2009 6:53:43 pm PDT #11092 of 23273
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

I was sure the Lawyer was getting the Loser edit. Maybe the producers just don't like him any more than we do.


kat perez - Oct 04, 2009 7:02:04 pm PDT #11093 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar

So close to being rid of the asshole lawyer. Bleagh. If only that couple hadn't picked the needle in the haystack + word scramble task. Once the lawyer and the poker players are gone, I'll be pretty much OK with everyone else.


Abby - Oct 04, 2009 7:26:08 pm PDT #11094 of 23273

I love the Amazing Race. I also love the dance shows, like SYTYCD, SYTYCDC, & Dancing with the Stars.

However, tonight, I am watching something so very Canadian, and so very cheesy, & so very wrong it is right. I know there was a Stars on Ice in the UK, but this is Battle of the Blades! Figure skaters teamed up with hockey players! Doing pairs routines! I don't know if I'm proud of or appalled by my country!


kat perez - Oct 04, 2009 7:34:55 pm PDT #11095 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar

Oh my god! It's a real life The Cutting Edge. I think if I saw that, I might die and go to cheesy pop culture heaven. Tell me that either DB Sweeney, Moira Kelly or Roy Dotrice are somehow involved with this show. Tell me that at some point, someone said "Toe pick!"


sumi - Oct 04, 2009 8:00:14 pm PDT #11096 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

I was also very disappointed that the incredibly stupid Lawyer and partner didn't get eliminated.

And with the poker players: why was Tiffany doing all the moving of the animal statue in the detour? Makes no sense.

I so hoped that just smashing up the dvd player wouldn't get Lawyer the clue. . . maybe the clue keeper was also sick of him and wanted him out of her sight.


kat perez - Oct 04, 2009 8:38:49 pm PDT #11097 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar

And with the poker players: why was Tiffany doing all the moving of the animal statue in the detour? Makes no sense.

Because they have those ridiculous rolling suitcases rather than backpacks like sensible people who know something about how TAR works. So Maria wound up having tho wheel both suitcases through Ho Chi Minh City while her partner was left to push the statue alone. Stupid poker players.

As for the lawyers, I was hoping that they'd never figure out the bullet clue.


Abby - Oct 04, 2009 9:05:07 pm PDT #11098 of 23273

Tell me that either DB Sweeney, Moira Kelly or Roy Dotrice are somehow involved with this show. Tell me that at some point, someone said "Toe pick!"

Not that I've seen yet, but I'll be sure to update if and when it happens. Unfortunately, it mostly conflicts with TAR, and that's my first love.


brenda m - Oct 05, 2009 2:34:54 am PDT #11099 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

Because they have those ridiculous rolling suitcases rather than backpacks like sensible people who know something about how TAR works.

Actually, I'm pretty sure those bags are backpacks too. (Because I think I have the same one.) It may be kind of a toss up - having the wheel mechanism adds some weight, and I can see where it might be unwieldy to lug two of them, but it could ease some of the physical wear and tear over the course of the race.

The stupider part was not thinking, as most of the teams did, to load at least one of the bags on the dolley with the animal.


Theodosia - Oct 05, 2009 3:06:44 am PDT #11100 of 23273
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Very sorry to see the nice older couple go, and so frustrated the yelling nasty lawyers didn't.

I'm really surprised that the lawyer wasn't disqualified for breaking up the VCR instead of taking it apart (I hope he gets a nasty infection in his hands), and I wonder if the local judge was afraid of him. Darn Vietnamese hospitality....