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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]


Jesse - Sep 18, 2008 1:45:40 pm PDT #6785 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Wait. Have we commented here about Korto saying she was going to use "leathuh"?? That was hilarious!


Vortex - Sep 18, 2008 8:15:29 pm PDT #6786 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Finally saw Top Design. I am so sad that Kerry is gone! I liked him the best. Wisit totally screwed him!!! I wanted Shazira to go, she's been in the bottom most times, as I recall. I used to like Wisit, but now I don't anymore.


Jesse - Sep 19, 2008 3:02:12 am PDT #6787 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Yeah, Big Daddy was good times, and definitely was better on this challenge than Wisit! I mean, come on.


brenda m - Sep 19, 2008 3:16:16 am PDT #6788 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

I don't know. Maybe this is just coming from the not knowing what Blade Runner was, but it felt to me like he was just bullshitting as fast as he could to get picked and didn't really have any idea of the look he was going for. I wasn't surprised it didn't come together.


Jesse - Sep 19, 2008 3:43:15 am PDT #6789 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Sure, but it's definitely not Rococo.


lisah - Sep 19, 2008 4:33:33 am PDT #6790 of 23273
Punishingly Intricate

Have we commented here about Korto saying she was going to use "leathuh"?? That was hilarious!

Seriously!

I can't believe neither of those designers knew what Blade Runner is. COME ON, PEOPLE! have some cultural knowledge.


le nubian - Sep 19, 2008 5:23:29 am PDT #6791 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

you know, that made me feel really old.


Vortex - Sep 19, 2008 5:28:06 am PDT #6792 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Now, I love Blade Runner, but if you're not into sci fi, why would you know this movie? It didn't do well in theatres when it first came out, it only had a critical revival relatively recently.

I don't know if I want to keep watching the show. I hate India (was anyone else annoyed that she called one of the female teams "girls"), and I don't really like any of the contestants any more.


lisah - Sep 19, 2008 5:32:07 am PDT #6793 of 23273
Punishingly Intricate

you know, that made me feel really old.

really? It just made me feel like they were kinda stupid. It's been re-released a million times and is part of the cultural lexicon and these people are supposed to be part of the creative class???

And, if you DON'T know what it is? Act embarassed at least and ASK!

I mean, I didn't expect the designers on Project Runway to be super familiar with A Foriegn Affair (and I REALLY wish they'd shown the designers that film) but Blade Runner ?


kat perez - Sep 19, 2008 8:22:11 am PDT #6794 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar

I've never seen Blade Runner all the way through, but I have seen enough clips of it to know the general feel. And it's been a huge influence on other sci-fi films, The Fifth Element, The Matrix, etc. Not to mention that most commercials, music videos, TV shows that purport to show a kind of post-apocalyptic future usually owe a little something to Blade Runner. While I can totally see that Wisit and Big Daddy are not the target audience for that movie, they should at least be somewhat familiar with the design aesthetic. (Especially egregious on Wisit's part as that aesthetic has definitely influenced designer's collections before Santino jumped on it. Really, Wisit?)

That said, I cannot understand why Shazia is still in this competition. She is so obviously in over her head. She's been on the bottom in two of the three challenges thus far and she never actually has any ideas or does any work. I still can't believe she escaped flooding the loft on the first challenge. Why won't she go?

Also, I love Kelly Wreastler sooooo much. Words fail. Purple ankle warmers!!