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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]


lisah - Nov 20, 2008 6:49:05 am PST #7267 of 23273
Punishingly Intricate

There is something about her face that I find really disturbing. I don't quite know what it is, but I have to look away when she's onscreen.

YES! I thought it was her bangs but maybe it's the combo. Weird.

What did the Maryland/Coloradan make?

hmmm...she wasn't featured at all so I don't remember.

Oh, you know what pissed me off? That Hosea, who is also in Colorado, described himself as a seafood guy first wanted to use Dungeness crab in the summer in NYC and then used canned crab instead. Like does he know anything about seafood? Isn't Dungeness strictly West Coast??? I mean I know you can get anything anywhere nowadays but still. And can you really be a "seafood" person in a landlocked state? I guess you can probably make good enough food with flash frozen stuff but it's not the same.


sumi - Nov 20, 2008 6:51:13 am PST #7268 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

Oh, yeah - that bugged me too. I mean, if there was crab in season, my guess is that Whole Foods would have it. And he never owned up to the canned crab at judging table either.

(Although, random non-chosen possible contestants picked up on it.)


Vortex - Nov 20, 2008 6:52:26 am PST #7269 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

YES! I thought it was her bangs but maybe it's the combo. Weird.

Also, something about her mouth and the fact that her eyebrows are so much darker than her hair. I don't know, I cant quite get it, mostly because I can't look at her long enough to figure it out.


megan walker - Nov 20, 2008 7:14:13 am PST #7270 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Oh, absolutely! but when Fabio went on about how he's made a thousand of these salads at his restaurant, it kinda took away some of the magic of the dish for me.

This. I would never have admitted that. I am very intrigued about the olive thing though.

There is something about her face that I find really disturbing. I don't quite know what it is, but I have to look away when she's onscreen.

When we first saw her, my housemate and I agreed that she was one of the least attractive people we had ever seen on a reality show like this.

That Hosea, who is also in Colorado, described himself as a seafood guy first wanted to use Dungeness crab in the summer in NYC and then used canned crab instead. Like does he know anything about seafood? Isn't Dungeness strictly West Coast??? I mean I know you can get anything anywhere nowadays but still. And can you really be a "seafood" person in a landlocked state? I guess you can probably make good enough food with flash frozen stuff but it's not the same.

Did the frozen scallop incident teach us nothing?


Vortex - Nov 20, 2008 7:25:05 am PST #7271 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Did the frozen scallop incident teach us nothing?

Clearly, not.


Amy - Nov 20, 2008 7:36:42 am PST #7272 of 23273
Because books.

Carla's the one I can't watch. Those eyes! Wow.

I really wanted to try Jamie's sweet corn soup. That sounded delicious.


megan walker - Nov 20, 2008 7:40:32 am PST #7273 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

I really wanted to try Jamie's sweet corn soup. That sounded delicious.

Wrod.

I actually though this was a great challenge. It's too bad that there weren't more dishes that made we go yum.

And why was everyone so eager to do dessert?


Vortex - Nov 20, 2008 7:43:43 am PST #7274 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

I really dislike the too sweet dessert woman. She is a whiner and a complainer. the whole "if they don't like it, it's on you" thing was ridiculous.

Also, the gay guy who said "yeah, it was too sweet, but it's a competition so I'm not going to tell her" was really shitty.


megan walker - Nov 20, 2008 7:48:09 am PST #7275 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Also, the gay guy who said "yeah, it was too sweet, but it's a competition so I'm not going to tell her" was really shitty.

And ridiculous given that everyone was tasting it and some were already telling her it was too sweet.

I really dislike the too sweet dessert woman. She is a whiner and a complainer. the whole "if they don't like it, it's on you" thing was ridiculous.

Also, her crying because she "didn't deserve it"? Lame.

Mostly, I haven't liked her since I learned the name of her restaurant.


Amy - Nov 20, 2008 7:49:48 am PST #7276 of 23273
Because books.

I really dislike the too sweet dessert woman. She is a whiner and a complainer. the whole "if they don't like it, it's on you" thing was ridiculous.

She strikes me as the type of person who just wants to do what she's always done. She has no real interest in being a "top chef." She doesn't even strike me as a true foodie.