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Okay, Imma try and start posting about tv I'm actively watching this season again. Last night was the big reality tv night, and we've already established my biggest guilty pleasure are these shows so :) Under cuts to spare y'all.
Survivor: A thing I will never, ever understand is this slavish devotion to 'tribe loyalty'. Loyalty is a sucker's game unless you're a member of your tribe's dominant sub alliance. Why on earth should someone who knows they aren't part of that sub alliance sacrifice the rest of their game to making sure someone else gets to the top? And apparently be grateful for it? I don't particularly like Cochran as a person, but come on kids. So much of the whining basically boils down to 'How dare you not help ME win, even though I've made it super clear you're cannon fodder I'm using to my own ends? LOYALTY, OMG' I don't particularly think it's going to do him much good, since in order for the cannon fodder going 'fuck that' to work as a game strategy it has to happen on both sides of the tribal divide and though I keep waiting for that to happen one season it never does. But at minimum he's going out about the same place he would have otherwise, so why not throw bombs on your way out in the hopes of shaking your way into a better position? I particularly enjoyed Jim's bitter 'I guess he's going to go really far, since everyone will want him at their side at the end' Like that was a thing he should be ashamed of going for. And really Ozzy? Cochran should exist to help you win when you've made it clear you've no intention to do anything for him but keep him around for a vote until you can get rid of him at your earliest convenience? Really? Though the shocked outrage is entertaining the hell out of me, so there's that :) I swear to god, if Cochran and Dawn do manage to pick off some of the lower rungs of the other tribe and smash their way to the end I will laugh so hard you don't even know.
Top Chef:Oh god, I have a hard enough time keeping faces and people straight at the beginning with only 16. 29 is IMPOSSIBLE. I have very little to say at this point because it's all a blur of whirring knives and boiling pots and me trying to keep track and failing to the point where I'm like 'wait, did I care if that person went home? I DON'T KNOW.' I'm also not sure how I feel about the new judges. I'm not keen on Hugh Acheson, but I think I can tolerate him okay. Emeril is looking...rough. Is he well? I dunno, we shall see. I'm making pretty much no judgements about this season until it settles in to something more manageable.
Work of Art:Look, I have absolutely no taste and even less understanding of art. That means this show boils down to personalities that entertain me and stuff I like, even though I'm well aware that 'stuff I like' does not necessarily translate to actually good art. Sucklord entertains the shit out of me, and...I actually can't remember the last time he made something I liked and I have no idea how he keeps getting through, but as long as he's cracking me up I don't mind. Similarly Lola is a fascinating nutjob who makes me laugh and laugh and laugh...the judges loved what she did, while I was going 'I...don't get it?' but I want her to stay, so yay? Dusty on the other hand, I both like him a lot and I liked his piece. It was my favorite of the night, so. Young...okay, Young blew me the fuck away with his introductory self-portrait in the first episode before he even walked in the room. Since then I don't actually get the vast majority of what he does (including this week), but I think he's adorable, and on the strength of my emotional reaction to that first piece alone I'd be totally cool with him winning. Awww, Bayate, I am sad to see you go, but also a bit relieved that my 'wtf, random sparkly doors?' reaction was confirmed, because I hate it when I'm staring confused at something y'all do and the judges are all 'BEST THING EVER' (see above re: Lola this week). I kinda really dug Kymia's concrete coffin thingie. I feel like I should have felt more connection to Michelle's piece given the subject matter, but as has happened all season I just..don't? Something about her style just does not click with me, even when I feel like it should, and the same goes for Sara. Not to be confused with Sarah, who...if you're going to do a piece about anxiety and depression I'm going to judge you and seriously find you wanting if that's what you come up with. So, that's that? I told you I know nothing about art. :)
ANTM:OMG season you are BORING THE SHIT OUT OF ME. I am seriously considering dropping this season all together, and this is why All Star versions of reality tv shows and bringing back old contestents should just die as a trend. Whatever. I don't even give a shit about any of this, though I still think Laura is adorable and Allison is delightfully weird. If I didn't have a season pass set, I'm pretty sure I would forget to watch entirely.
And thus concludes my night with reality tv. :)
Survivor: A thing I will never, ever understand is this slavish devotion to 'tribe loyalty'. Loyalty is a sucker's game unless you're a member of your tribe's dominant sub alliance. Why on earth should someone who knows they aren't part of that sub alliance sacrifice the rest of their game to making sure someone else gets to the top? And apparently be grateful for it? I don't particularly like Cochran as a person, but come on kids. So much of the whining basically boils down to 'How dare you not help ME win, even though I've made it super clear you're cannon fodder I'm using to my own ends? LOYALTY, OMG' I don't particularly think it's going to do him much good, since in order for the cannon fodder going 'fuck that' to work as a game strategy it has to happen on both sides of the tribal divide and though I keep waiting for that to happen one season it never does. But at minimum he's going out about the same place he would have otherwise, so why not throw bombs on your way out in the hopes of shaking your way into a better position? I particularly enjoyed Jim's bitter 'I guess he's going to go really far, since everyone will want him at their side at the end' Like that was a thing he should be ashamed of going for. And really Ozzy? Cochran should exist to help you win when you've made it clear you've no intention to do anything for him but keep him around for a vote until you can get rid of him at your earliest convenience? Really? Though the shocked outrage is entertaining the hell out of me, so there's that :) I swear to god, if Cochran and Dawn do manage to pick off some of the lower rungs of the other tribe and smash their way to the end I will laugh so hard you don't even know.
Top Chef:Oh god, I have a hard enough time keeping faces and people straight at the beginning with only 16. 29 is IMPOSSIBLE. I have very little to say at this point because it's all a blur of whirring knives and boiling pots and me trying to keep track and failing to the point where I'm like 'wait, did I care if that person went home? I DON'T KNOW.' I'm also not sure how I feel about the new judges. I'm not keen on Hugh Acheson, but I think I can tolerate him okay. Emeril is looking...rough. Is he well? I dunno, we shall see. I'm making pretty much no judgements about this season until it settles in to something more manageable.
Work of Art:Look, I have absolutely no taste and even less understanding of art. That means this show boils down to personalities that entertain me and stuff I like, even though I'm well aware that 'stuff I like' does not necessarily translate to actually good art. Sucklord entertains the shit out of me, and...I actually can't remember the last time he made something I liked and I have no idea how he keeps getting through, but as long as he's cracking me up I don't mind. Similarly Lola is a fascinating nutjob who makes me laugh and laugh and laugh...the judges loved what she did, while I was going 'I...don't get it?' but I want her to stay, so yay? Dusty on the other hand, I both like him a lot and I liked his piece. It was my favorite of the night, so. Young...okay, Young blew me the fuck away with his introductory self-portrait in the first episode before he even walked in the room. Since then I don't actually get the vast majority of what he does (including this week), but I think he's adorable, and on the strength of my emotional reaction to that first piece alone I'd be totally cool with him winning. Awww, Bayate, I am sad to see you go, but also a bit relieved that my 'wtf, random sparkly doors?' reaction was confirmed, because I hate it when I'm staring confused at something y'all do and the judges are all 'BEST THING EVER' (see above re: Lola this week). I kinda really dug Kymia's concrete coffin thingie. I feel like I should have felt more connection to Michelle's piece given the subject matter, but as has happened all season I just..don't? Something about her style just does not click with me, even when I feel like it should, and the same goes for Sara. Not to be confused with Sarah, who...if you're going to do a piece about anxiety and depression I'm going to judge you and seriously find you wanting if that's what you come up with. So, that's that? I told you I know nothing about art. :)
ANTM:OMG season you are BORING THE SHIT OUT OF ME. I am seriously considering dropping this season all together, and this is why All Star versions of reality tv shows and bringing back old contestents should just die as a trend. Whatever. I don't even give a shit about any of this, though I still think Laura is adorable and Allison is delightfully weird. If I didn't have a season pass set, I'm pretty sure I would forget to watch entirely.
And thus concludes my night with reality tv. :)
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ahahahahah. nailed it!