After some time away from the DVD player, we've finished the first disc of Project Runway's first seaston. Having seen only the last few episodes of that season, I have to say: this first season really was better than a lot of the stuff in recent seasons.
I promised back in March that I'd offer up a recap in lieu of Season 6. Well, in the time it took me to watch one measly disc, Lifetime finally got the go-ahead to air the new season, and will kick it off on August 15. So I've got to get my ass in gear.
One of the first things I noticed in the very first episode was that Heidi talked to the camera on more than one occasion. I really liked this flagrant fourth-wall-breaking, and wish it was a touch the producers had seen fit to continue. Indeed, by the end of the disc, it was pretty much gone. Too bad.
The terrible ADR is still there, which makes its continued presence in the show so remarkably disappointing. One would think the sound guys would at least have Heidi record the new dialogue in the same room as the original action, so it wasn't so totally jarring. But hey, it's a minor quibble.
I can't believe that Wendy Pepper actually positioned herself as the villain. I'm not at all shocked that a competitor in a show like this would be edited to be the bad guy, but she really actually went out and did it, and consciously. I'm eager to see the finale episodes, when she starts whining about it, because now that I've seen how scheming she was, I suspect I'll find it even more pathetically funny.
It's interesting; Tim Gunn's increased presence on the show--which I am NOT complaining about, because who doesn't love Tim Gunn?--seems to have come at the expense of workroom footage. There's so much of it so far! Through the collaboration challenge (Ep. 4), there's been a TON of scampering around the sewing machines, impalements and cattiness abounding. I kinda miss that, too, but I can't say I'd give up Tim to get it back.
Jay. Oh, Jay. You're so clearly the one above it all, right from the beginning. You're not putting-on, you're not overly or ridiculously dedicated to JUST THE WORK, and not having fun. You're just there, designing, commenting, and smoking like a chimney. I can't imagine he was any different in real life then, or now for that matter. I am no more surprised than I am now that he turned down the prize money to remain independent. Loved his Jesus get-up in Ep. 3.
As for the other designers, they're interesting enough, but I don't think subsequent seasons have really been lacking for personalities (except maybe the most recent--Jerell and Stella, and maybe Korto, were about it for non-character personalities). Austin is a one-of-a-kind, Robert's the original Vincent, except substituting doofiness for quirkiness. Kara Saun is the bitch she turns out to be in the finale, but hidden amidst all the tumult of a full workroom.
Disc two comes next, so hopefully in a week or two I'll have another recap for you.
I promised back in March that I'd offer up a recap in lieu of Season 6. Well, in the time it took me to watch one measly disc, Lifetime finally got the go-ahead to air the new season, and will kick it off on August 15. So I've got to get my ass in gear.
One of the first things I noticed in the very first episode was that Heidi talked to the camera on more than one occasion. I really liked this flagrant fourth-wall-breaking, and wish it was a touch the producers had seen fit to continue. Indeed, by the end of the disc, it was pretty much gone. Too bad.
The terrible ADR is still there, which makes its continued presence in the show so remarkably disappointing. One would think the sound guys would at least have Heidi record the new dialogue in the same room as the original action, so it wasn't so totally jarring. But hey, it's a minor quibble.
I can't believe that Wendy Pepper actually positioned herself as the villain. I'm not at all shocked that a competitor in a show like this would be edited to be the bad guy, but she really actually went out and did it, and consciously. I'm eager to see the finale episodes, when she starts whining about it, because now that I've seen how scheming she was, I suspect I'll find it even more pathetically funny.
It's interesting; Tim Gunn's increased presence on the show--which I am NOT complaining about, because who doesn't love Tim Gunn?--seems to have come at the expense of workroom footage. There's so much of it so far! Through the collaboration challenge (Ep. 4), there's been a TON of scampering around the sewing machines, impalements and cattiness abounding. I kinda miss that, too, but I can't say I'd give up Tim to get it back.
Jay. Oh, Jay. You're so clearly the one above it all, right from the beginning. You're not putting-on, you're not overly or ridiculously dedicated to JUST THE WORK, and not having fun. You're just there, designing, commenting, and smoking like a chimney. I can't imagine he was any different in real life then, or now for that matter. I am no more surprised than I am now that he turned down the prize money to remain independent. Loved his Jesus get-up in Ep. 3.
As for the other designers, they're interesting enough, but I don't think subsequent seasons have really been lacking for personalities (except maybe the most recent--Jerell and Stella, and maybe Korto, were about it for non-character personalities). Austin is a one-of-a-kind, Robert's the original Vincent, except substituting doofiness for quirkiness. Kara Saun is the bitch she turns out to be in the finale, but hidden amidst all the tumult of a full workroom.
Disc two comes next, so hopefully in a week or two I'll have another recap for you.
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