Mal: So we run. Nandi: I understand, Captain Reynolds. You have your people to think of, same as me. And this ain't your fight. Mal: Don't believe you do understand, Nandi. I said 'we run'. We.

'Heart Of Gold'


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 - Jun 17, 2009 4:58:58 pm PDT #9514 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

It just occured to me that some of the style creep is probably because of the diversity of dancers and styles on the show -- choreographers might throw stuff in that the dancer can do well, even if it isn't strictly key to the given style, even beyond obvious tricks and etc., huh?


SailAweigh - Jun 17, 2009 5:07:58 pm PDT #9515 of 23273
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

choreographers might throw stuff in that the dancer can do well, even if it isn't strictly key to the given style

Yup. It does contribute to style creep. (I really like that phrase, style creep. I'm picturing someone dressed like GQ, but with bare feet and stubble, maybe even a fu-manchu.)


Vortex - Jun 17, 2009 5:08:12 pm PDT #9516 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Maybe it's becuase I'm thinking about this weekend, but I was really underwhelmed this week.


SailAweigh - Jun 17, 2009 5:09:42 pm PDT #9517 of 23273
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

There were really only four performances that stood out for me. The rest were all blahblahblah.


Amy - Jun 17, 2009 5:13:12 pm PDT #9518 of 23273
Because books.

Wylie Dufresne getting rattled is pretty funny.


Jesse - Jun 17, 2009 5:13:34 pm PDT #9519 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I really like that phrase, style creep. I'm picturing someone dressed like GQ, but with bare feet and stubble, maybe even a fu-manchu.

Hee!


tiggy - Jun 17, 2009 5:14:13 pm PDT #9520 of 23273
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore

i'm not feeling compelled to vote for anyone, really. really liked Evan/Randi, Max/Kayla and Jonathan/Karla. everyone else was pretty meh for me. was really disappointed that Phillip didn't do better. he's tried out the past 3 years, he's seen the show. why hasn't he taken more ballroom classes?


Jesse - Jun 17, 2009 5:20:57 pm PDT #9521 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

TC: That Elizabath Falkner IRKS ME. She irked me on Food Network Challenge, making some avant garde thing that the judges "didn't get," and now complaining that people have "put her in a pink pastry box," when she's ESTABLISHED AS A CAKE MAKER. OK, she has another restaurant as well. BUT STILL.

Um. I didn't realize I felt so strongly. Possibly I was pre-irked by Wylie Dufresne.


Jesse - Jun 17, 2009 5:27:20 pm PDT #9522 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Also, the Lost people must really watch nothing but food tv -- they had Ace of Cakes, too, and do you really think Lost is the show that ABC is most interested in promoting? I mean, I guess it could be, given that I don't know what else is on ABC....


le nubian - Jun 17, 2009 5:31:10 pm PDT #9523 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

BTW,

Did anyone see the ads for "More to Love" on SYCYTD? Just when I didn't think I could be further offended by Fox, here comes this.