What? I'm not allowed to hit people? Wesley: Not people capable of genocide. Angel: Those are exactly the types of people I should be allowed to hit!

'Just Rewards (2)'


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]


Vortex - Oct 18, 2010 6:33:21 am PDT #15494 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Interview with Leanne Marshall of Project Runway Season 5


Theodosia - Oct 18, 2010 7:43:49 am PDT #15495 of 23273
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

I suspect that often the "extra" task is meant as much as a psychological deterent as an actual significant speedbump. Thus you get stuff like Sauna Bus or feeding Orangutans for a Fast Forward.

Or maybe the organizers said "screw it, we don't have an extra camera crew... okay, make 'em sit in ice chairs for ten minutes and the clue box film crew can cover it...."


Jessica - Oct 18, 2010 7:57:41 am PDT #15496 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Or maybe the organizers said "screw it, we don't have an extra camera crew... okay, make 'em sit in ice chairs for ten minutes and the clue box film crew can cover it...."

I was wondering if the originally planned Speed Bump fell through, myself. Because it sure felt like a segment producer going "What, I don't know - oh fuck it, just sit over there."


Theodosia - Oct 18, 2010 8:45:56 am PDT #15497 of 23273
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

At least, emotionally it doesn't feel to me like nasty people got an undeserved bonus. Getting on the early flight would have been enough to keep them ahead of the pack even with a lengthier task.


brenda m - Oct 18, 2010 3:29:21 pm PDT #15498 of 23273
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Eh. They were the first to think to try to find a better flight (IIRC, the only ones to think of it without prompting). And lame speed bump or no, they left the ice house at least 10 minutes after the other teams with them and still made it to the Detour first. It was nice to see them get back into it basically on their own game play.


Scrappy - Oct 21, 2010 11:38:52 am PDT #15499 of 23273
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Nothing on Survivor? Both eliminations were wronger than wrong. And I now think that Brenda is kinda evil.


brenda m - Oct 21, 2010 11:43:18 am PDT #15500 of 23273
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Evil and awesome.

Though I cannot believe they let Marty skate by.


Nora Deirdre - Oct 21, 2010 11:52:13 am PDT #15501 of 23273
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

Yeah, seriously- they should have voted off Marty there, he is gonna be mad and cause trouble for Brenda. PS, I lurve her.


Scrappy - Oct 21, 2010 12:04:38 pm PDT #15502 of 23273
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

I love that she is really playing the game. But I think the whole team was needlessly harsh on Kelly B.


le nubian - Oct 21, 2010 2:29:10 pm PDT #15503 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

It makes me uncomfortable, their treatment of Kelly.