Alright, who's watching Top Design?

[MrDys]

I can't believe the egos on some of these contestants. Mrs. Ricky Schroder and Mr. Martha Stewart need to get tethered back to reality.

Of course, last night, they go and eliminate the most grounded and fun character they have.

Also, Jeffrey was a complete dick last night. He seems to be on some sort of coke-fueled psycho bender.

And what the fuck is up with Wisit?

[smartbunny]

I've only watched 2 eps; and last night I watched it because of SANTINO! I actually don't like Jeffrey but last night I thought he was kind of funny. And "Blade Runner? I thought Blades of Glory and I was like Yeah I saw that!" and also "God make me a bird so I can fly away."

Wisit is beyond weird... I mean, genuinely weird but really fucking WEIRD. Did you hear him singing opera? Holy cow.

[Gene George]

I've only watched 2 eps; and last night I watched it because of SANTINO! I actually don't like Jeffrey but last night I thought he was kind of funny.

WTF is up with Jeffrey's treetrunk neck?

[pollymaepry]

Hey guys this show sucks.

[Adult Ed]

This show does suck. I'm very upset that they iced Big Daddy instead of Wisit, who I believe was last seen in the video for What's it Gonna Be.

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In general I get annoyed by the reality show tendency to eliminate the "team leader" when the team leader can't really fire anyone. On collaborative two person teams, how meaningful is the role anyway? I especially hate the "who would you fire" question, because it asks people to decide between humility/integrity or defensiveness/backstabbing. Big Daddy (I don't remember his name) is the sort of person to say "I was in charge so it is my fault that I let Wisit's bad ideas into the window." Wisit is the sort of person who will not take any responsibility for his own failure and allow Big Daddy to twist. And so Big Daddy gets the axe.

Other than looking like a hilarious joke, I had no problem with Jeffrey. He told them what he wanted, they agreed on a concept and then Wisit fucked it up. Why shouldn't he tell the truth about how disappointed he was?

[pg13]

I like Todd Oldham from back in his MTV's House of Style days...but he looks really sickly now.

It was fun to revisit the Project Runway folks in a new setting--and I had no problem with how Jeffrey responded to that awful mess that was supposed to be his window. I also laughed at the idea that the person who did the worst on HIS show (Daniel Franco) gave the clearest instructions to his team on THIS show.

This show is pretty unwatchable...in the entire pantheon of Bravo competition-based reality shows, it has to be considered the worst.

HOWEVER...who wouldn't watch a non-competition based show, say on TLC, that paired up Big Daddy & Wisit in a Changing Rooms/Trading Spaces kind of a show? Ohhhhhh, that would be Adult Swim worthy--especially if they produced it straight up and didn't try to make it campy.

I could give a damn about the rest of the competitors on Top Design (and the less said about that flavorless host, the worst since Katie Joel hosted the first season of Top Chef, the better)--but I DEMAND MY "BIG DADDY & WISIT SHOW"!!!

pg--"I know he wants sleek post-apocalyptic minimalist futurism...but we should add some rococo..." AWESOME!--seattle

[MrDys]

I'll try to explain why I sort of like this show. I really like Magic Elves reality shows. They really know how to construct a competition that is engaging for viewers. Project Runway works. I can sit there and say "that's fucking hideous" and still enjoy it. Top Chef is a little harder because I never get to taste the food. It really needs likable judges to really connect with an audience (and I think Tom has really stepped up and pulled it off in recent seasons). Top Design, by these measures, should succeed because, like Project Runway, all I have to do is look at it and judge it to enjoy it. Somehow this doesn't fully work, though, and I can't quite figure out why. I do remember reading an interview with the Elves and them briefly mentioning the delay between Season 1 and Season 2 was because, for some reason Top Design is really hard to edit down into a "show". I'm still not quite sure what they meant by that; it should freakin edit itself.

[pg13]

Ten thousand dollars and help to re-do a bachelor pad...???

Might be one of the first fair challenges of a designer's skill this show has seen (outside of the final loft challenge from last year.)

While each of the three rooms was an improvement over what was there before, it's really too bad that nobody did anything terribly interesting or innovative.

Even the team that won--which clearly DESERVED to win--gave a guy who asked for a screening room an L-shaped couch where the longest side of the L was perpendicular to the television. (To me, that similar to a guy saying he wants a fire pit and then giving him a wood stove.)

Part of me wishes they'd throw one of the guys from Pimp My Ride into the cast just to see what they'd do.

Oh, and expect to see LOTS of Jeff Lewis' "Did you call Preston an a-hole?" on The Soup next week...and probably forever. A thoroughly kaleidoscopic moment in Bravo reality television right there.

pg--Eddie, who really does sound like he's doing a "Jason Lee in Dogma" impression, really needed to get beaten down in his argument over paying $100 for the vase he broke. Beaten down BAD.--seattle

PS--And dear Shazia...when you were a member of a team in the bottom of every single challenge on this show, you might want to postpone your touting your accomplishments as proof that you've shown that people of your culture can do things other than being doctors, lawyers or engineers... Unless, what you're showing them is that they can be complete failures at projecting the qualities of a professional interior designer, of course. If that's the case, then BRA-fucking-VO...as you pulled that one off magnificently.

[Mindyjoy]

I watched about 20 minutes of this last night and I hated it. I miss Design Star!!!

[Babychoby]

My boyfriend came in while I was watching this and I was mortified, as if I were, oh, I dunno, eating our cat.

[MrDys]

I want to decapitate Eddie with garden shears.


Also, I could watch Wisit all day. Give him his own show.

[scamboogah]

Kelly Wurstler (sp?) is the most hilarious person on television, period.

[MrDys]

Every time Wearstler showed up last night with her flowerpot hat I doubled over in laughter. I have no idea how they expect these people to take her seriously as a judge when she looks like she just took a break from a long day of peeing herself and looking through trash for cans.

And Wikipedia just told me that she was in Playboy. Neat!