Entries tagged with “ANTM” from Half-Black Charisma

Well, it's about time.

There is a chance that you may not remember when I was blogging about television. I started a web site called TVgasm with a friend of mine. It was awesome, we sold it, I left blogging about TV for a year, and now I feel I can start again. No longer J-Unit, but feel free to call me Mokers, or Joe, or Jo-Jo, or whatever you prefer. Since I do have a full time job, I will most likely post very sporadically. But enough about me, it is time for some America's Next Top Model. We're only a few weeks in, but cycle 10 may be the best ever. I get a bit of a chubby just thinking about it.

The beginning of March marks the end of my semi-exile from the world of television blogging. Since I left TVgasm, a lot has happened. I miss it, a lot, but it has been nice not having to set my schedule to what is happening on TV. However, I do still have a lot to say about television, and while I don't know if I'll be doing recaps like at TVgasm again, I will be posting my thoughts about some of my favorite shows (Heroes, what happened to you?).

I am going to start out with a few words on ANTM Cycle 10. It's no secret that I love Tyra, but I think Cycle 9 was demonstrated the show was getting a little bit stale. As Tyra has become busy with her other show and making Top Model a brand all over the world, I think the show has relied more and more on gimmicks and wild theatrics than producing good models. Yeah, it was never really all about modeling, but it certainly hasn't been getting any better. However, with the show returning to New York, it should give everybody a chance at a fresh start.

A lot of the theatrics would have been a lot more tolerable if the show was still wacky in the right places. I am, of course, talking about the loss of Janice Dickinson. Twiggy as awful, and so I like that we get to try Paulina Porizkova on for size. She is not Janice, which sucks, but she is not Twiggy, which rules. I give her three cycles before she is gone. By that time, Janice will realize her modeling agency doesn't make her enough money and she'll come back to judging ANTM. Long shot, I know, but one can hope.

I've always liked to wait until the girls have had makeovers until I make my predictions, so I'll say a little bit more then.

Since I left TVgasm, I have watched a lot less television. One show I never thought I would give up is America's Next Top Model. I love Tyra, I love the show. However, I just haven't been able to get into Cycle 9. I watched the first episode, but haven't seen it since, and I am not going through withdrawal. It's blasphemy, I know. But it's also true. I still have those episodes on the Tivo, so I will get to them eventually, but at my own pace. Hopefully this won't affect Tyra when I ask her to marry me, but you know how fickle women can be.

In the meantime, I am powering through my Netflix queue at a more regular pace. Last two movies were Roll Bounce and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. I saw the former with a few friends of mine in anticipation for a roller skating party (yes, I was on skates. no, there are no pictures. yes, I had fun) and the latter because it was featured in Veronica Mars. I actually liked Bow Wow and Chi McBride more than Robert Downey Jr. and Val Kilmer.

As most people know, I love ANTM, but the show has become a little ridiculous in the way it picks which girls move on. It seems that every week the judges are trying to show how little we know about fashion, but the fact is that most people can tell which girl is going to be a model by taking a look at them. The way the judges explain their choices is nauseating, but I don't have time to write 20 pages on this, so I'll cut to the chase.

This year, the judges have loved Natasha. I have not. Perhaps she deserved to stick around after Dion, but I really thought they would get rid of her before Renee. When Renee was eliminated, I vowed to give up ANTM (for one season) if Natasha won. Jaslene has that jaw, but I think she deserved the win.