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Oh, no! The plane crashed and the aftermath episodes eroded my resolve to leave.
Very clever of them to sneak those new interns in when I have to stick around for Mark's surge and, to a lesser extent, Derek's mangled paw.
Plus, I forgot all about Yang's psychotic break and her arc with William Daniels--good stuff. Was Sandra Oh sweeping up Emmys?
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It was Wishbone, on Rawhide. (Best theme song, ever.)
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I'm so over the whole POV thing. Butcher Babe [shudder, sorry] had "meat," for heaven's sake. And she never even offered any interesting butcher tips, like the filet/strip sides of a T-bone or brisket flats vs. points.
Italian's more than covered and who the hell is looking to add more Cowboy Cuisine to the menu rotation?
I would like to know more about cooking fish and FN has no show about that. Also, I would like Emma, with her soothing, even-tempered delivery, to teach me.
Is there a write-in option?
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That was 15 years ago; it's called aging. Men are allowed to do that.
Men age faster under the dome, though. Joe and Sk8erboi both hit puberty and had growth spurts--apparently last Thursday afternoon.
Plus, just because there are footprints, how did they know they belonged to Lyle?
Footprints are a highly refined science in Chester Mills. See "Drownsie killed Angie!"
I'm guessing it will be revealed that the dome came down because Norrie arrived in town. She was an outside, after all, just passing through.
I'm going with Norrie's moms instead. The love that dast not speak its name.
Of course, someone with breathing challenges is not going to do well in a dust storm, dome or not.
Was anyone else worried we'd have to revisit Plan A and "thin the herd" so there'd be enough air for the survivors?
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Alright, DomeKids! "Joe! Norrie" Are you in here? JOE! NORRIE!" Oh. look, a painting. Squirrel!
LOL! "Squirrel!" should be the tagline for the whole show.
I watch this with a big grin on my face. I think it's the ridiculous timeline that renders the unbearably stupid into silly fun.
Today: Sam killed Angie? Wait, don't jump!
Earlier Today: Lyle killed Angie! Hunt him down!
Day before yesterday: Drownsie wears shoes! She killed Angie! Shoot her where she sits!
A week ago last Tuesday, Angie was chained and drowning in the cellar. Girl was living on borrowed time, but at least she got to stab/comfort/bludgeon Junior, protect the mini-dome, rescue Julia, activate the egg, survive the attack that killed Rose, experience multiple visions, attend the coronation of the Monarch, run a restaurant, meet dead people and mind meld with a magic locker before she went. Sk8erboi should be so lucky. Which reminds me, where's that dog?
Squirrel!
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That story reminds me of the beds that vibrated when you put a quarter in a machine. I think the first time I saw one of those was when I was little and we were on the road to visit relatives and stopped at the first place we could find. Probably something like a Motel 6.
LOL! I knew the son--grandson? can't remember--of the man who invented "Magic Finger" beds. He'd spent his teenage summers driving up and down the eastern corridor, scraping quarters out of the machines next to the beds. He'd be on the road for weeks, driving a car with a reinforced floor because the quarters were so heavy. He paid for all his gas, meals, etc. with quarters.
Ha, maybe it was all a huge lie, but his stories were hysterical.
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"How To Cook Fish." That's perfect!
Yeah, Sara got shafted at the end. Texas does have enough quirky cuisine to anchor a season--Top Chef did it--but Sara's kids aren't one of the tourist attractions.
If she'd thrown in the mommy angle, she'd have been eliminated for losing focus. Suze: "I don't get the connection between Texas cuisine and preparing food for children. You're out."
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The traditional wisdom says power is a greater aphrodisiac than wealth. These ruler types wouldn't ever be able to replicate the lifestyle they're used to, no matter how big their Swiss bank accounts.
Jamal agreed to ditch the dynasty and hold democratic elections way too fast. His wife had a point when she asked about his son's birthright. I think the smarter move would have been to say:
"Look, I've only now inherited the position. Did you see me let those men out of prison--I'm different from my father. He would not have tolerated the protests in the square, but I hear you. Give me time [5 years?] to prove myself and we will revisit the question of elections then. I want what's best for Abbudin, even if it isn't me." [Love that line!]
Then he could float the bonds, build the schools and hospitals, set up some sheik/citizen advisory panels and get those insurgents off his back for some breathing room. It's not much different from Barry's plan, without giving away the store.
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Regarding the show, Emma was the last contestant whose face didn't contort into a huge fake smile-grimace as soon as she heard the word "Action!" The finalists all look like someone just touched the blue wire to the red wire.
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Is the universe truly controlled by Facebook now? Why does everything online require a Facebook account now?
ACK!
When I tried to log into my puny little local ISP email account yesterday, I got a page that read:
"We want to be sure you are who you say you are, so please sign in through your Facebook account. Don't have a Facebook account? It's easy to sign up! [link] "
WHAT THE FUCK?!
In the first place, the only FB account I have is fake, so not exactly "who I say I am" AT ALL. I created said account because I chose not to "share" my info with FB.
The noose tightens.
Sorry. Had to get that off my chest.
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Finally watching this episode and I had to hit "pause" to say:
Alice Krige is SO GOOD! I totally bought her 60 Minutes interview. "My son wants what's best for Abbudin, even if that thing is not him." Oh, wait, no, she means Rapey Jamal.
Also, Barry really glossed over the loser scenario, didn't he? Jamal can just go buy an island somewhere and live in exile. Beach bum, imperial ruler--same same.
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The show tells me she's 32, but she looks no older than 17. Granted, I watched on my phone, but forget designing and engineering or whatever it was--she needs to sell whatever makes her look almost half her age.
You watched on your phone. Omigod I'm so old.
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I think she and Hernan had some real communication issues, not just culturally, but in actually understanding each other's words. I think neither really understood what the other was saying, but no one stopped to say, "Wait, slow down, I can't understand you."
Exactly. I tend to lose objectivity when it comes to the underdogs, but I just don't see Sandhya working a hidden personal agenda.
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They gave viewers a choice between one of the most volatile (aka bat shit crazy) people to ever be on the show, another contestant with "personality," and a "normal" yet rather unmemorable person and the viewers picked the normal, rather unmemorable person. Hmm, this gives me hope that the producers will realize that we want designers, not drama (hey, I see all of you shaking your heads and say "no way" - take that opinion somewhere else and let me have my delusions... if only for today).
Totally agree.
I think Ken was a legitimate offer. In fact, the producers were probably surprised he didn't win the vote. They obviously believe viewers prefer drama to a talent competition.
This season we got all the way to Episode 02 before the designers were running around like coked up hamsters, gluing crazy shit together, trying to coordinate--but not too much--with TWO other designers. Too bad Ken Laurence wasn't there to amp that bitch up to "nuclear"!
We don't even know their names yet.
Why can't we just watch a bunch of talented unknown designers turn out their clothes and send the three with the most interesting stuff to do a full collection for NY Fashion Week? We'd watch that, right?
"Survivor" comes from the same production company, I think. Last season the big news was that the ratings went up in spite of using unknown players and fewer gimmicks. Surprise!
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"Son of a bitch, they stole the Schmenkmins!
I thought I was weird for using this as a go-to sleep thing on those days.... this, and Frasier.
I use KoQ for "easy listening" background music sometimes, but I turn to original recipe Law & Order when I can't sleep. Listening to Lenny and Logan with my eyes closed is like lying in the backseat late at night while my parents talked up front. I drift off before the first commercial.
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After reading this thread, I think I was watching a different show on Thursday. I loved Amanda's dress, although I thought the winning group could have been any of them. I had missed the first part of the show and tuned in just in time for the runway show. (Yes, I DVR'd it but I couldn't resist watching the runway. I figured I could rewind for the drama later.) So, since I don't really have a feel for the designers yet, I was watching it anonymously. I thought overall it was just about the best unconventional materials challenge ever. I didn't think any look was atrocious. I thought Angela's was too plain - "just a pretty dress" - and one of the "big hip" dresses was not very flattering but none of them struck me as awful. I did say while watching it that I thought the losing group's dresses might be too similar but I thought their use of film was a cool effect. I thought the models looked good in the losing team's dresses.
As to Amanda's - I thought it had a cool vibe (yes, vibe) and I loved the way it moved on the runway. I thought the dress part was made with white duct tape to go with the green duct tape the others used. They look the same in the pictures on "Rate the Runway". Are we sure it isn't white duct tape?
Last week, I loved Sandhya's look. I thought the ripped sleeves were a bit much but for a one day challenge where you're supposed to show your POV? She had one and it wasn't something I'd seen before and I thought her use of print was inspired. See? I'm watching a different show!
I do agree that Sean's look would have been better as a coat. They had one day. I expect miracles but not fuckin' miracles. (I'm a newbie around here, can I say fuckin'?)
Yes to everything!
I watch PR that way, too--runway first, then back to the beginning. I like to know the winners and losers so I can cackle about how the storyline is edited. It used to be nice to have exactly the same information as the judges, but now Tim comes out and dishes the backstage dirt before the final decisions, so that system's shot all to hell.
(IMDb once altered my post to read: ". . .bat**beep** crazy." Not here. Yay!)
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There's a lot of feedback from Sandhya's little chat with Tim in Episode 02--which I firmly believe production encouraged to lay the groundwork for Tim's big anti-bully redemption speech, coming soon to a theatre near you.
There's a discussion about "the tyranny of the weak" and someone called her a "Professional Victim." If the producers did give her a little nudge to get the ball rolling for their Campaign To Restore Tim, they didn't do her any favors.
Collateral damage.
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Thanks! Will go over there now. :D
Edit: Looks like there is hardly anything in the Tim thread AND the farthest back the forums go is season 1, episode 8. What happened?! :(
Sorry, the "Tim" thread here at PR is called "Tim Gunn: Your Fabulous Gay Uncle." Looks like it's there in all it's glory. : )
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Just out of curiosity since my hate for Anya knows no bounds and I refused to watch Under the Gunn because of it: why is everyone talking smack about Tim now because of that show? What happened?! Why hast thou tainted Tim Gunn for me, Lifetime?! Can someone fill me in? :(
Nope, we cannot. : ) There was a roasty toasty fire going by Page 3 of the Episode 01 thread, but then the conversation was asked to move to The Tim Thread.
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Whoa, whoa, whoa. "Professional Victim"?
I just see a woman who's tired and wasn't prepared for Cutthroat Runway. She won the first challenge and walked back to the other contestants and what did she get? Some smug chick who seemed downright GLEEFUL to announce she was the only person in the room who didn't think Sandhya's dress sucked. Nice. Thanks.
Next there's a team challenge and I'm sure the eyerolling from her teammates was obvious. Even someone on the team a few seats over got a special TH to let us know she was glad not to be a part of THAT mess.
Talking to Tim, no one uttered the B-word. She did say she was feeling picked on. She also said, "I know my construction was bad" and she was wiping at tears, but the only question she asked, (twice) was "Can you give me some feedback from the last challenge?" To me, she was experiencing a massive attack of uncertainty--which is exactly how I would have been feeling as well.
Anyway, as I said in the main thread, I think that whole Tim chat was producer generated. They have to set the stage for Tim's anti-bully performance. If Sandhya doesn't make it to curtain time, she has an understudy--the judges got a good start on making sure Angela's wounded enough to need a hero. ("Oh by the way, your team might've won if not for YOU.")
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I have a 32-inch screen. I can't even SEE half the crap they flash on my screen!
Me neither. I'm squinting and leaning so far forward I'm in danger of falling off the couch.
What's the point of using a pale grey script when the graphics are blobbed over 20% of the screen anyway? Do they feel the barely discernible print prevents the whole thing from being TOO OBTRUSIVE?!?!
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If you don't stand up and support your so-called cause, then I don't think you really believe that what you support is for the public good.
Ha! Somewhere in these boards, someone asked if the "thumbs up" clicks could be anonymous. David T. Cole said:
"Own your likes."
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So much speculation about Sandhya's chat with Tim!
I have a sawbuck that says one of the producers took her aside and said, "My, but they're really giving you a rough time in there today, Sandy. Would you feel better if you took a little break and talked to Tim for a minute?"
I watched it again and yes, she's weepy, but she's a long way from asking that "someone pull these jackals off me." In fact, she only asks for feedback from the previous challenge--which is quite odd.
I detect producer manipulation.
J'ACCUSE!!!
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Also, they missed a prime opportunity to compare someone's garment to female anatomy, as they like to do. I saw the black on the bottom of Angela's dress and immediately thought "pubic hair."
Do we need another coupon for a Brazilian, Tim?
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Bitch, bitch, bitch--I thought of something else that bugs me.
It was frustrating when the judges (supposedly) didn't know about any of the sewing room drama. I would mind meld at them through the screen: "But Designer X stole her sewing machine at the last minute and that's why she didn't finish her hem!"
Except, you know. . . It's. About. The. Clothes.
There was a certain purity when the designers had no choice but to stand by whatever they sent down the runway and that was the sole basis for judging.
Now the judges see the clothes--and then Tim comes along to spill some (but not all) juicy bits from the backstage process. He throws up his hands with dismay and the judges just eat it up with a spoon. Their brows furrow in disapproval or concern. How is any of that shit relevant?
I'm not sure about the closeup judging. Scrutinizing construction would certainly be legit, if the designers ever had adequate time to work. But every episode is "The Lightning Bolt Round." There are more unconventional material challenges than two-day challenges--a gimmick they now throw in once per season. What's the point of pulling out the magnifying glass when the rules are geared to make sure it's all sub-par?
"Project Stress & Drama" makes me sad.
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S01.E01: Richard Blais vs. Marcel Vigneron
in Top Chef Duels [V]
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Really? REALLY? Another "competition" with such obvious producer-manipulated results?
First round, ooh, so close, unexpected results in a tiebreaker. Second round, hey, this time HE beat HIS dish. Final round, another nailbiter, it all comes down to dessert. Blais goes on to the finals.
Top Chef, I weep for you.
On the plus side, the rules for the final challenge were extremely creative. Will they be able to maintain that level of creativity or fall back on gimmick judges? Hello, Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
(P.S. I don't understand how menthol vapor would ever enhance the flavor of food, but it tickles me that Wolfgang Puck seems to share my appreciation for Gold Bond Medicated Powder.)