Oh, good god, ChiKat. What a sweetheart!
River: I didn't think you'd come for me. Simon: Well, you're a dummy.
'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]
Amy - Nov 19, 2009 9:45:44 am PST #11994 of 23273
Because books.
Liese S. - Nov 19, 2009 10:25:13 am PST #11995 of 23273
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, I have a meatspace buddy Kevin, but he can be kind of an asshole sometimes too. (Sorry Kevin, if you're lurking, I know you love the Jossverse!) But he is. Not always, but enough to not break the problematic name.
I dated a couple of Davids and married the last one. I sometimes think that guys' names in general are less likely to be unusual.
Anyway, reality. I saw the end of the elimination show for SYTYCD this week, but nothing else. So I'll have to go back and watch the dances. I'm okay with Channing going, I think.
-t - Nov 19, 2009 2:54:45 pm PST #11996 of 23273
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm a little sad that Channing went home, I think she did better this week than previous weeks. Eta: in her partner dance. IDK about her solo.
The thing Victor did to his toes at the end of his solo? Ouch! That's the main thing I really noticed.
Loved the opening group number and boy, Bollywood looks so exhausting.
Nora Deirdre - Nov 19, 2009 4:07:49 pm PST #11997 of 23273
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Dude, SURVIVOR!!!
That is all.
Stephanie - Nov 19, 2009 4:53:56 pm PST #11998 of 23273
Trust my rage
I second Nora's SURVIVOR!!
megan walker - Nov 19, 2009 4:57:30 pm PST #11999 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Shit, I'm way behind on Survivor.
I keep forgetting to catch up with On Demand.
le nubian - Nov 19, 2009 5:31:39 pm PST #12000 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
PR:
The camera work is really shitty. I cannot believe how wrong they did Carol Hannah's final look. You couldn't see ANY detail on that final gown. It's bullshit.
Amy - Nov 19, 2009 5:35:55 pm PST #12001 of 23273
Because books.
I was way less impressed with Carol Hannah's than I thought I would be. There's no story there, to use designer lingo. No theme carried through, other than evening. I did like a few pieces, though.
I actually loved that camel-colored evening gown of Althea's. Irina's was a little too black for me, and the headgear was nuts. Who wears that?!
-t - Nov 19, 2009 6:32:26 pm PST #12002 of 23273
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Carol Hannah had several pieces I really liked. I love that sort of exploded tutu thing, the inverted pyramid the Herald-Tribune woman called it.
Irina had a cohesive collection, but I didn't like any of it. Just not to my taste, and not wowing me enough to impress me in spite of that. I am far from the woman she's designing for, though.
I liked very little of Althea's. It was all fine, I guess, but not at all exciting. I did like the tan pants, but I had tan silk pants very much like that in the 90s.
victor infante - Nov 19, 2009 7:04:18 pm PST #12003 of 23273
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
I dislike Irina immensely. I think she's the sort of artist I've worked with, in multiple genres, who I want to strangle within five minutes.
But her collection rocked. It was cohesive, it was sharp, and the work on the back of the jackets was, like, whoa. I thought the helmets didn't work for every piece, and the call to take some of them off for the final parade was a good one. On the whole -- paining me to say as it does -- Irina not only deserved the win, but I'd hold it up with among the better final collections in the history of this show. (Which, admittedly, considering how many final collections have been disappointments, is damning with faint praise.)