Well, it's just good to know that when the chips are down and things look grim you'll feed off the girl who loves you to save your own ass!

Xander ,'Chosen'


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]


Toddson - Jul 23, 2010 10:34:14 am PDT #14674 of 23273
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I was mildly offended that they seem to be equating SYTYCD with Dancing with the Stars ... which is wrong. SYTYCD has people who really can dance - even the weakest of them CAN dance. The other (which will henceforth be nameless) seems to be a popularity contest based largely on how little the women can wear.


smonster - Jul 23, 2010 10:38:30 am PDT #14675 of 23273
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Srsly. And I love the Fug Girls but that was weaksauce.


Toddson - Jul 23, 2010 11:14:12 am PDT #14676 of 23273
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Although I must admit, their comments made me realize that, since Cat always wears something ... unusual ... when she's on SYTYCD (with her height and those legs, and considering the show, I don't even really notice them any more), I'm now wondering what she wears in private life.


megan walker - Jul 23, 2010 11:18:54 am PDT #14677 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Well, the last two years, I heard her say she was styling herself.

I've been watching Season 2 via tiggy's links. They make me miss the choreography, the stage, the critiques--everything.

Where did that show go? 'Cause I want to go to there.


flea - Jul 23, 2010 11:33:21 am PDT #14678 of 23273
information libertarian

Tiggy's links so made me miss the old stage.


quester - Jul 23, 2010 11:36:44 am PDT #14679 of 23273
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

I just watched 5 Guys Named Moe and it made miss all that and the talent pool from that season. As much as I love seeing Mark on my TV again, I hate the All-Star concept and hope they realize it was a mistake and go back to the old format.


smonster - Jul 23, 2010 12:53:44 pm PDT #14680 of 23273
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Not a single waltz this season. Why?


kat perez - Jul 23, 2010 1:19:31 pm PDT #14681 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar

Why are Simon Fuller and Cecile Frot-Coutaz doing their level best to make me hate a show I once loved so much? The decision to cut no one last night was complete and utter bullshit. This is a competition show. If you can't compete, you should go home. Period. And I love Billy and think Jose couldn't dance his way out of a wet paper sack. But seriously, y'all? Billy should've been out last night. I don't blame him for not dancing, even though he'd been cleared by the doctors. Stepping is hard on the knees even when you are at 100% and given what happened to both Alex and Ashley, he may not have felt comfortable risking it. He has his whole career to think about, not just his place on this show. Nonetheless, Donyelle danced almost the entire last half of season 3 with a broken toe. Natalie danced herself into a knee brace and still tore it up and made top 6 during her season. Fug Princess. Noelle. There are so many dancers who've danced injured on this show. The decision to keep Billy last night was not fair. Not fair to the other dancers. Not fair to the audience. Just . . . no. Ugh. I hate what they are doing to the show this season. Thank god for Cat and her disgusted aside that the judges are just making shit up as they go along this season because honestly. WTF, show? I'm over it.

Mark was divine last night and Abbey Whoever showed Tasty how Faux-Fosse should be done. That whole routine was love and just made it even more head scratching why they keep letting Tasty do Broadway. That kid with the chains was phenomenal and I find it hard to believe that he was worse in other styles than AdeChike has proven himself to be so why is he not on the show while we watch Apple Cheesecake struggle and be mostly charmless week after week again? The ballerina was gorgeous in that piece. Did not care for the male dancer. I wish they wouldn't let the swaybots scream through guest performances. Enrique Iglesias is nothing without his mole.

Last night's show broke me for the season. I will stick it out because I'm addicted like that, but I just can't care anymore.


meara - Jul 23, 2010 1:31:11 pm PDT #14682 of 23273

Just watched last night's show--and I can see why they didn't kick anyone off, and I think if I were Billy I might have also said "fuck it, I know my body, I don't think I'm going to win, and I don't want to fuck myself for the rest of my career". But Jose doesn't belong there. So blah.

Mark is so fabulous, and I loved the opening number. I also liked the ballerina, she was great--not sure if the guy wasn't, or just the choreo didn't give him as much. (Did make me go "Dangit, why is Alex broken, mannnng?!"


megan walker - Jul 23, 2010 1:36:35 pm PDT #14683 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

I know it is one of the standards in the ballet canon, but I've never seen it and (since I'm currently reading it) I had to wonder how the hell you make a ballet out of Don Quixote.