Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.

Spike ,'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]


sumi - Sep 11, 2008 6:29:44 am PDT #6694 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

I need to see pictures again.

I was v. surprised at Jerrell's win - I thought that Leeanne or Kotto had don a better job of envisioning the sign.

I was surprised that Terri was gone so quickly. That must have been what Tim was talking about and she never did get a win - which is a shame. She really should have put Keith to use but I think she didn't have any idea what his strengths were and given that she had regularly been pulling off multi-piece outfits she probably thought she was okay.


Vortex - Sep 11, 2008 6:37:23 am PDT #6695 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

I thought that Leeanne or Kotto had don a better job of envisioning the sign.

I think that Korto is going to go postal. She has been a runner up in most of the challenges, but has never won. I'm going to start calling her Susan Lucci.


sumi - Sep 11, 2008 6:40:20 am PDT #6696 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

I thought she did win - didn't she win the Olympics Challenge?


Jesse - Sep 11, 2008 6:40:25 am PDT #6697 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Project Rungay always has good pictures: [link]


megan walker - Sep 11, 2008 6:48:47 am PDT #6698 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

I thought that Leeanne or Kotto had don a better job of envisioning the sign.

You know, looking at it again, it does seem very Diana the Huntress, which makes sense. However, it still doesn't seem particularly avant garde.


sumi - Sep 11, 2008 6:49:50 am PDT #6699 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

Also, I don't know what counts as Avant-Garde in fashion now.


Vortex - Sep 11, 2008 6:56:59 am PDT #6700 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Neither did most of the designers, I think.


kat perez - Sep 11, 2008 7:09:58 am PDT #6701 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar

I thought Korto did win one challenge, didn't she? I used to think she was going to combust with all the not winning, but I think she just kinda has stank face without actually being/feeling stanky.

I liked it, but it wasn't avant garde, I think. But what the hell do I know?

Agreed that Joe's look wasn't really avant garde. However, it was a beautiful dress. Tim's take was interesting. Seems that Daniel was in the driver's seat, which makes more sense. Now I can go on disliking Joe.


sumi - Sep 11, 2008 7:17:12 am PDT #6702 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

Perhaps alot of this show will be featured in the reunion because this:

And I'll just add that this challenge could have been a two-hour show, because there was so much drama and intrigue demonstrated in the workroom, at the Rose Center, and on the runway. I never cease to stand in awe of the brilliance and deftness of the show's editors!

from Tim's blog - intrigues me.


sumi - Sep 11, 2008 9:27:47 am PDT #6703 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

Also from Tim's blog:

Suede is teamed with Jerry, and Jerry's arrogance and Suede's disdain for him were palpable throughout the challenge. Although you do not see this in the show, when I made one of my rounds, they had placed a yoke across the shoulders of their design and were going to hang fabric scales from it to represent Libra. Huh? I admit that I may have protested a bit too much (remember Carol Burnett's curtain-rod dress in the "Gone with the Wind" episode?), and then Jerry sold me out on the runway saying that he (not they) should never have listed to me. In any case, what was up with this navy palazzo pants suit? Huh? Isn't there a happy medium between a basic pajama pant and a Vegas float? Come on, guys, you couldn't figure this out?

Is it wrong that I wish that they'd kept the scale in - how amusing would THAT have been on the runway?