Oh, I'm gonna go to the special hell.

Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


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]


Jessica - Jun 16, 2009 9:10:22 am PDT #9483 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

After last week I have officially given up on The Fashion Show. I just can't bring myself to care about the outcome, nor am I getting any joy out of the experience of watching.

Expedition Africa, OTOH, continues to be full of awesomecakes. I'm almost caught up now, and have Ep 3 on the DVR to watch tonight.


lisah - Jun 16, 2009 9:18:43 am PDT #9484 of 23273
Punishingly Intricate

Sounds like on ANTM when the girls get their makeovers and there's always one who has a meltdown because they're cutting her hair.

I was texting my friend about the WNTW and saying the Texas woman was like Fo from last cycle ANTM. Except Fo was like 19 and this woman should know better. Sad.


Jesse - Jun 16, 2009 9:42:15 am PDT #9485 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

And then disinviting men to her reveal party? She clearly has some serious issues.

Oh yeah, that was No Joke. I'm reminded of the other crazy southern big-haired lady who freaked out until her husband loved the new hair! They should show those clips to the recalcitrant ones.

After last week I have officially given up on The Fashion Show.

I am still watching and still not caring.


brenda m - Jun 16, 2009 10:36:13 am PDT #9486 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

My Tivo seems to be going back and forth on Fashion Show, since it's only picking up random epsisodes.


megan walker - Jun 16, 2009 11:14:01 am PDT #9487 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Expedition Africa, OTOH, continues to be full of awesomecakes.

Based on the first episode, I'm not convinced. Although it was interesting to see that real "survivors" were just as pigheaded and clueless as the fake ones.


askye - Jun 16, 2009 3:23:12 pm PDT #9488 of 23273
Thrive to spite them

Jesse I was going to mention Southern Big Hair Lady! She didn't look a ton younger when she got her make over but she looked so much more current.

There was also this woman who I think had just turned thirty she had straight short blonde hair and wore khakis and white t shirts. She said Fuck a lot (they bleeped more in that show than the whole rest of the series I think) and she hated the clothes and her hair. They went back and fixed her hair color to what she wanted. And in her reveal she looked so uncomfortable like she picked the clothes she thought they wanted her to and not because she liked them.

I always get frustrated with those because it seems like a waste of everyone's time. I like it better when someone really gets it. Like in an early season (with Clinton) there was a lawyer who wore all black. She was so, shy, and not confident. She kept saying that everything was so nice but really not for her and really seemed like she didn't think she deserved those things. And then they finally got her new look and not only did she look great but she seemed 100% more confident in herself.


kat perez - Jun 16, 2009 7:36:55 pm PDT #9489 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar

Why is Katie Holmes going to be on SYTYCD? I have seen the Eli Stone clips and I have to say I'm not impressed. Ugh. Joey Potter still finds a way to ruin everything.


Amy - Jun 16, 2009 7:43:31 pm PDT #9490 of 23273
Because books.

I think she has a dance background, pre-Joey and Dawson's Creek ?

But it still seems weird -- she's not judging, she's dancing?! Can that be right?


le nubian - Jun 17, 2009 5:44:47 am PDT #9491 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

She's in Chicago, correct? So she probably is singing and dancing.

BTW, her acting skills in "Eli Stone" were dreadful. Just dreadful.


Jesse - Jun 17, 2009 5:58:55 am PDT #9492 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I'm just happy to see her out and about, at this point.