Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.

Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'


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]


megan walker - Jul 16, 2008 3:29:33 pm PDT #6034 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

D'oh, I keep forgetting.


Jesse - Jul 16, 2008 3:32:57 pm PDT #6035 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I am laughing so hard at the very concept of Comfort and Twitch doing a waltz to Journey. The dance was a little lame, but they pretty much pulled off what they were trying to do.


flea - Jul 16, 2008 3:33:40 pm PDT #6036 of 23273
information libertarian

Okay, Joshua got me all hot and bothered in the hip hop.

And then I couldn't stop looking at Mark's pelvis.

I am becoming a dance perv.

I thought Courtney was passable, and the character work was good. Kherington's partner work was painful - it must be really hard for Mark after working with a ballroom dancer. And are there any two people on the show less well-suited for a slow waltz than Comfort and Twitch?

I really like Lil C. He picks good things to say even when it's something he clearly doesn't know (like Country Two-Step).


Jesse - Jul 16, 2008 3:36:54 pm PDT #6037 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Okay, Joshua got me all hot and bothered in the hip hop

That was NOT your cute friend Josh. Phew!


Jesse - Jul 16, 2008 3:43:31 pm PDT #6038 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Will and Katee are both so good, damn. If they had been a pair at the beginning, I can only think it would have be tragic for everyone else to be compared to them every week.


quester - Jul 16, 2008 3:51:50 pm PDT #6039 of 23273
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

Gev and Chelsie did good! Love Sonia!


SailAweigh - Jul 16, 2008 3:55:16 pm PDT #6040 of 23273
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

I thought Gev and Chelsie rocked that!


flea - Jul 16, 2008 3:57:29 pm PDT #6041 of 23273
information libertarian

Will and Katee, my dream partnership! I wasn't loving that routine, but they sure did dance the hell out of it.

I vote Gev Most Improved so far, and Chelsie is very dependable - but her solo was weak I thought. I wish they wouldn't keep trying to make Gev into Dominic the Lech II.


Sparky1 - Jul 16, 2008 4:04:49 pm PDT #6042 of 23273
Librarian Warlord

Jessica has two cracked and one broken rib but she still came out in stiletto heels and a skin tight dress.

When I had a fractured rib - just one - they gave me great drugs. It hardly hurt unless someone made me laugh. Laughing hurt a lot.

I am behind on TiVo, but I'm happy to hear Lil'C is a good judge.


quester - Jul 16, 2008 4:07:54 pm PDT #6043 of 23273
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

Did I somehow miss Joshua's solo?