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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]


megan walker - Oct 22, 2009 7:39:42 am PDT #11379 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Crap! I didn't realize it was going long and didn't see judges table.

Can someone explain this?

Mike V.'s offer was awesome and generous.

The minute Laurine didn't explain the food, I knew she was a goner. The fact that she wasn't cooking her dish herself was also a bad sign. Great food might have made up for it, but it seemed mediocre. Was anyone called out for something really bad?


brenda m - Oct 22, 2009 7:41:13 am PDT #11380 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

I don't remember the judges commenting on Laurine's dish at all. But Jen had two with serious problems. (The cloudy bouillabaise and the fish one they called a disaster, IIRC.)


brenda m - Oct 22, 2009 7:43:08 am PDT #11381 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

Mike V.'s offer was awesome and generous.

When he won he immediately asked to split the 10 Gs with his team. (Which is brother then got all pissy about and refused @@. I think Bryan's about over the brotherly togetherness.)


Aims - Oct 22, 2009 7:43:20 am PDT #11382 of 23273
Shit's all sorts of different now.

Mike V.'s offer was awesome and generous.

He won the $10k that the blue team lost in the quickfire and he split it with the red team.

And could Bryan have been more of a douche? "Oh just keep it. I don't want it."

t likes Michael better.

t still hasn't gotten over the asshole-boy thing


Frankenbuddha - Oct 22, 2009 7:44:43 am PDT #11383 of 23273
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I don't remember the judges commenting on Laurine's dish at all.

I think hers was the lamb the Kevin was cooking inconsistently.

Mike V.'s offer was awesome and generous.

He offered to split his $10,000 winner reward with the team. Which led to that odd kerfuffle with his brother about "professionalism".


bon bon - Oct 22, 2009 8:07:41 am PDT #11384 of 23273
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

Oh, god, I haven't watched SYTYCD yet, but Ashleigh the married ballroom dancer made it in. I HATE that chick. Let's hope she goes home early.

This, and they cut girls that were obviously better than her! (I'm thinking of the girl they accused of having empty eyes.) The whole "growth" thing was total bullshit, if she only did broadway well. Goddamn her bitchface mess, but OTOH, her naked bitchiness is sort of funny.


Sparky1 - Oct 22, 2009 8:13:10 am PDT #11385 of 23273
Librarian Warlord

I'm really happy to see Russell in the top 20. Nigel had better not pair him with Ashleigh. I'm going to have to print out a copy of the top 20 and start shuffling them around to see if I can guess any pairs.


flea - Oct 22, 2009 8:50:07 am PDT #11386 of 23273
information libertarian

I wish there were heights posted. They do a lot of height-based pairing in the first set, especially with anyone who is unusually-heighted.

There are great photos at [link] Evil Ashleigh in white lace leggings, it is to puke. And so many generic cutie-pants contemporary girls.


sumi - Oct 22, 2009 9:08:54 am PDT #11387 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

Bryan Voltaggio's restaurant Volt is having a Poe-themed evening - you can see the menu at the site.

(Well, you can - for some reason I'm having difficulty bringing it up - I assume it's the same acrobat problem I've been having for some time now.)


le nubian - Oct 22, 2009 9:13:07 am PDT #11388 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I actually like Bryan better. Except for the offer to split the $$, Mike seems like a bit of a jerk. It's like he is over-compensating or something.

SYTYCD news (this season sounds like it is going to be a clusterfuck.

First, they are going to have a finale with the final 6 (not the final 4) because they don't want to air too close to xmas. Now, we find out that because of baseball, the first two weeks there will be no results show and the judges will do the cutting.