Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.

Buffy ,'Sleeper'


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]


kat perez - Jun 24, 2010 10:47:36 pm PDT #14238 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar

Who is voting for Adechike and how can we make them stop? I absolutely think the judges would've sent him packing, in the name of gender parity and all, if he'd hit B3. That said, I can't quibble too much with any of tonight's B3. I figured Melinda would be there again because the Earth mother dance was not good (even though the judges praised it last night. They lie like rugs quite often) the mugging is going to kill Robert, mark my words. He comes off like a total cheeseball. And Cristina went first in a ballroom piece that was solid but not spectacular where she got overshadowed by her all star partner and she seems to lack a deep fanbase in what is already shaping up to be a guy's year.

All 3 had terrible solos. Cristina was much stronger last week. Melinda . . . I couldn't even with the pants. Atrocity. Abomination. Plus, she's stank and it ain't even a secret. Robert was way too frantic. If he had longer hair, that solo would've been your typical contemporary hair flinging nightmare.

It's inexplicable why the judges kept Melinda over Cristina. She comes off as an unlikeable bitch pretty much all the time. I don't know the girl from Eve. She might be sweet as pecan pie, but she will never make people pick up the phone and vote for her. I expect she'll be B3 every week until they send her home. And I stand by my contention that we're highly likely to wind up with 6 Men and a TBC before it's all said and done.

I knew the group dance was Sonya's when the first note of the song hit. Kind of a one trick pony, that one, but props to the kids because they turned it out, especially your top 6 guys. Damn! And Robert was featured at center again. Clearly the choreographers love him. And he delivers. What can I say. He was serving it. I peeped Alex featured a couple times, too, and he was handling his business. I thought the piece was OK, much better than last week, but it was far from a standout routine.

I don't know the musical guest at all but good googly moogly, Mark! Work, dammit! He is so, so serious, y'all. I would drink that man's bathwater.

Being physically challenged doesn't mean you and your crew get to bite off Jabba and get praised for it, right down to the masks. I'm just saying. At least switch up the masks. It was a decent knock off of a Jabbawookeez routine. That's all.


Liese S. - Jun 25, 2010 5:52:44 pm PDT #14239 of 23273
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Yeah, I didn`t love the masks. I like the skill, but nobody does Jabba like Jabba.
 
We don`t know anything about Melinda `cause she won`t let us in. She took us to her mentor`s house instead of home to friends and family. She told us career advancing things for both her profile piece and her what America doesn`t know (I dance, sing and act) and not personal things. She uses her dance to reinterpret and overlay rhythms instead of to communicate or express.
 
I hate that these shows are so based on the personal story. If I had a bad family situation I would maybe not want to tell that story on national television. But the fact is that they are that way. And all the other contestants have to talk it up, too. So I think she needs to play the game or exit. We love or hate you based on what you give us. And if you give us nothing, that`s how we respond.


Liese S. - Jun 25, 2010 5:54:05 pm PDT #14240 of 23273
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

The atrocity of all the girls going out right off the bat is that we won`t get to see Mark partner! If they vote all the women off, I demand exhibition dances from the guys.


Lee - Jun 25, 2010 5:56:50 pm PDT #14241 of 23273
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Shirtless exhibitions too!


Liese S. - Jun 25, 2010 7:44:10 pm PDT #14242 of 23273
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Exhibitionist exhibitions!


meara - Jun 25, 2010 7:56:32 pm PDT #14243 of 23273

Oh crud, I hadn't thought that far! Booooo!!!!


kat perez - Jun 26, 2010 5:10:07 am PDT #14244 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar

Same sex partner dances. They've done it before. Every year for the final performance show except last season because they had to cut it down, we get a guys group dance and a girls group dance. Danny and Neil's Two Princes dance is still one of my favorite pieces ever on the show. They can do that this year if we lose all our girls? Imagine Mark and Alex in a Wade Robson extravaganza? I'd die!


Liese S. - Jun 26, 2010 6:20:51 am PDT #14245 of 23273
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Oh, that would be seriously amazing.


smonster - Jun 26, 2010 7:34:32 am PDT #14246 of 23273
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Toss some Travis in there for old times' sake!


Kathy A - Jun 26, 2010 9:21:01 am PDT #14247 of 23273
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Sounds like this won't happen this season, but I loved the Jeanine/Kayla duet by Mia that had them dancing from one side of the stage to the other, shedding skirt layers along the way. Really excellent number.