Nothin'. I just wanted you to face me so she could get behind ya.

Mal ,'The Train Job'


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 - Oct 25, 2009 4:22:34 pm PDT #11431 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

So... that was just a kindness when Phil said, "You're last to arrive and have been eliminated from the race," right? I mean, wouldn't they have been eliminated for not completing the tasks?

Oh, wait -- when teams have forgotten steps, they had the chance to go back and make them up, as long as they didn't come in last after all that, right?


quester - Oct 25, 2009 4:23:35 pm PDT #11432 of 23273
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

He was just putting them out of our misery.


Amy - Oct 25, 2009 4:28:00 pm PDT #11433 of 23273
Because books.

She completely psyched herself out. I mean, I sympathize, since I have climbed back down the ladder from the high dive, but she just wound herself up past the point of no return.

I'm undecided how I feel about the Globetrotters. I like them a lot, and no one helped them with the briefcase, and part of me feels like, hey, it's not as if they changed the outcome, and it is a race. Then again, it seemed pretty clear she wasn't going to change her mind in those two minutes, so it was pointless to say those things.


Nora Deirdre - Oct 25, 2009 4:38:32 pm PDT #11434 of 23273
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

I have no problem with the Globetrotters doing what they did- it was the adrenaline of the last minute reprieve, I think.

YAY Globetrotters! I am also relieved that Canaan did not actually shove his girlfriend down the slide.


le nubian - Oct 25, 2009 4:44:14 pm PDT #11435 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

if you have a paralyzing fear, why would you go on TAR?


askye - Oct 25, 2009 4:46:19 pm PDT #11436 of 23273
Thrive to spite them

I know my limitations. I could never do something like TAR you have to up high and there's no way I could do that.


Amy - Oct 25, 2009 4:49:16 pm PDT #11437 of 23273
Because books.

It's true. I mean, unless your crippling fear is something pretty obscure, like ... fear of wallpaper paste, you're almost guaranteed to be in trouble.

My favorite team is the Globetrotters. For me, they're the most fun and have the most personality, although the father and son are pretty fun, too.


le nubian - Oct 25, 2009 4:55:54 pm PDT #11438 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

so far, the only thing I would have had a problem with in all the seasons of TAR is the rat temple in India. I could have done it though, I just would have been creeped out and holding my breath.

I don't have the physical strength to do some of the TAR challenges, so that's the real reason I'm not applying for the race. I also can't really do eating challenges. Not at all.


Jesse - Oct 25, 2009 5:18:01 pm PDT #11439 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I know my limitations. I could never do something like TAR you have to up high and there's no way I could do that.

Yeah -- I'm not sure if I could do that stuff or not, so I wouldn't put myself into the situation.


Amy - Oct 25, 2009 5:25:16 pm PDT #11440 of 23273
Because books.

The one thing I would have a really hard time with would be weird foods. That could definitely be a deal-breaker for me.