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]
Why do the boys suck so hard? And why do the judges continue to lie to these fools, especially the two mulleted white boys? When your Hallelujah isn't even as good as Jason Castro? Then it's time to pack it up and go home. For real. And the other one, y'all I don't even remember what he sang. I've mentally blocked it out. Il Divo murdered Somebody to Love, and I can't believe the Dawg had the nerve to compare that performance to Glee. He seriously needs a Sue Sylvester bitch slap. Lee Dewyze does not have a terrible voice, but he has shitty taste in songs. Lips of an Angel and now the damn Fireflies song. Oh, baby. No. A world of no. Cowboy Casey was fine if wholly unmemorable on that Keith Urban tune. Archileta 2.0 was never anywhere near being in tune on that treacly crap he sang and just served to reinforce my point that 16 year olds should not be let anywhere near this show. Andrew was OK, but the judges seem determined to throw him under the bus. Mike is still not nearly as appealing as the show thinks he is and he damn sure doesn't have Maxwell's pipes, so while the performance wasn't a train wreck, it certainly was nothing to cry over. In my AI fantasy world, judge #4 was all teary because Simon punched her in the throat while she was trying to push up on him during the song. Yep, that's exactly how it happened. Boo, AI. Worst semi-finals ever.
And I'm mad that Tyra wasted 90 minutes of my time and didn't give me any ALT. Reality TV worked my every last nerve tonight.
When your Hallelujah isn't even as good as Jason Castro?
for fucking real. Why did they throw Andrew under the bus?
And I'm mad that Tyra wasted 90 minutes of my time and didn't give me any ALT.
let the church say amen. He better be on the next ep. Although that bit about the white penis was pretty funny.
Dear god, did anyone watch any of High Society? Talk about wanting to reach through the tv and bitchslap somebody... Apparently Gossip Girl is understated compared to the real thing. I had to turn the tv off before I actually got sick to my stomach.
Classic, classic moment - Rich blonde bitch: "I use the 'n' word. I think it should be okay to say. ::beat:: I want to work at the UN someday."
Seriously?
I saw ads - but I was not tempted.
smonster,
that is a prescription for me screaming at the tv and losing my faith in mankind.
Yes, I'm glad I wasn't tempted.
In what may be better non-fiction tv Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution wiill preview on March 21st (on ABC) - before it moves to it's regular Friday timeslot on March 26tyh.
Details at the Futon Critic site.
that is a prescription for me screaming at the tv and losing my faith in mankind.
Precisely. It segued right in from ANTM, and I recognized Tinsley Mortimer's name from the Fug Girls (I think) and then I was transfixed in horror for a few minutes, in which I saw cell phones and drinks thrown, bitching at service personnel, a beer chucked out a limo window, a spoiled rich boy whining to mommy for $50K from his trust fund, getting $25K, and doing his best to blow it all in one night. And backstabbing that makes the ANTM models look mature. Jaw. On. The ground.
And they were all at least 21.
smonster, I saw the title of the show before and thought I was in Movies until you started describing it. I've never even heard of it. It sounds appalling.
I couldn't even make it through the commercials for that Tinsley Mortimer show. Gah. I mean, how old do you have to get before you can no longer be called a "socialite"? That fool was born in 1976. She's in her 30s. That kind of behavior is unacceptable at any age, but at her age? Just no. I refuse.
