Project Runway - The Complete Third Season (2007)

For a friend!!

I got this for my friend she loves it!! I got her all the seasons!! October 24, 2008

SEASON 3 IS THE MOST ENTERATINING! THE BEST!

I bought all three seasons and Season 3 is the best for me. I love to see it over and over. Why? Because of . . .
Uli's smooth flowing prints
Laura's sophisticated and finely made dresses
Stacey's cool professional composure
Malan's laugh
The dog, rip your apartment, make gown for Miss USA to wear for Miss
Universe. These challenges are so fun to watch
Kayne's sense of humor and he talks like a powerful machine gun
Robert's funny punch lines like, "I believe in recycling even with
boyfriends."
Robert and Kayne's screeching
Contestants constantly fighting verbally with each other as early as the second episode. Some were even back-stabbing one another even during the initial presentation.
No over-acting crying dramas just to attract attention and sympathy like Andre from PR2 and that very annoying and horrible designer Ricky of PR4.
Amanda, the model who wouldn't shut her big mouth
Marilinda and Amanda - the fainting mannequins
And last but not the least . . . BRADLEY BAUMKIRCHNER! His dance moves, his humor, his punchlines, "I'm a squid with no ocean. I'm a fish out of water. When is the pants gonna be done? (4X repeatedly), Laugh now Bradley! You'll be thrown into the pit! I am so happy I almost cried! I made a toy and they kicked me out . . .POP!" Plus the sounds he makes (chicken, being electrocuted) and his different expressions (strangling himself) . . . a stand-up comedian with a great heart! Plus he's a talented but humble designer who wore a fantastic dress, getting a high score in just one hour!!! Go, Bradley, go! Audition for the next seasons! You have a lot of support from your fans!

Buy Season 3 now from Amazon! You will never regret it!

Pat
September 23, 2008

Entertaining but totally fake. The show's producers, not the judges, choose who is "out"

I have recently watched, with my wife, several seasons of this show. It is very entertaining, but a heads up should be given to anyone who actually thinks that reality TV is in anyway real. For instance, when watching season one, one might wonder how a designer as bad as Wendy Pepper could stay on the show for so long.

Here is the answer: She is an evil person. Having such a despicable character stay on the show, mixing things up and generating drama, creates high ratings. That is it. If one reads the small print at the end of each episode, one learns--shock, shock--that it is actually the producers of the show and Bravo itself that ultimately gets to say who is "out." Why? Because it's all based on calculations of what combination of personalities will result in the highest ratings.

So what, you say? Well, the important implication of this is that the entire show is fake. That's right. The judges are NOT sitting there and choosing who actually gets booted off, as the show displays. The show's producers are doing that for them, behind the scenes. In fact, I would find it very interesting if the judges had to reveal what they actually write on their cards. One person speaks and then the others almost always just parrot what the first person says. I would bet high money, as a psychologist, that their cards would not reflect this.

Much of it is based on "who likes who" personally, because--let's face it--the whole racket is totally subjective anyway and entirely full of BS. Just listen to the designers. "It's like totally open and closed--at the same time." Better yet, watch Ali G asking phony questions to real-life designers, and watch them BS their way through Ali G's fake questions. The result is no different than the judge's asking sincere questions here.

On a final note I would like to say that this show should be hosted by a famous designer--not by a model. Klum likes to say that the show is a competition for models too, but the model competition is just based on who hits it off with whom. It's not really a competition. Also, Heidi Klum is VERY annoying. Her accent does not sound like an accent. It sounds like a speech impediment. I cannot STAND how she says "out."
August 28, 2008

High Fashion & High Drama Return!

As I said on my reviews of Project Runway - The Complete First Season and PProject Runway - The Complete Second Season, this show had me hooked immediately, and Season 3 was no exception. Thanks to this season's designers, I actually enjoyed this season more than season 2. Some of the creative challenges include: creating an outfit made out of items found in the designer's living space; designing a gown for Miss USA in the Miss Universe Pageant; making matching outfits for a dog and its owner and creating a background story for the owner (actual dogs modeled the outfits on the runway!); and one of my faves, using materials from a recycling plant in Jersey!

Yes, there is some drama on this season (two designers accused of "foul play", one designer being rude to another's mother), but as before, the drama does not overtake the creativity that is this show's hallmark. Another wonderful thing about this show is how there is also a nice age range of the contestants (one of my faves is a 40-something mom of 5 children with another on the way during the show!).

Extras on the DVD include:
1. "WEAR Are They Now?" featurette: curiously, this time they eliminated one of the Project Runway Season 3 winners, with no explanation of why there is no update for the missing designer (I will not reveal the names so as not to spoil the series for anyone).
2. "WEAR Was He Then?: Tim Gunn, Making It Work" featurette: a nice mini documentary on Gunn (can you believe this very formal guy was inspired by pop-up books as a kid?!?). Gunn definitely seems more human after watching this.
3. Tim Gunn's Season 3 Blog: contains Gunn's commentary on the individual designers/episodes
4. Designer Bios
5. Outtakes presented by L'Oreal Paris August 23, 2008

Absolute best season of Project Runway

In my opinion, this is the best season of Project Runway so far. This season has the most drama, from the problems Kieth had early on, to Jeffrey in the Mom challenge, to the trip to Paris. All of the characters are very fun and there is a nice range of styles and fashion. The challenges were really good this season as well - the dog challenge, the mom challenge, the couture challeng - there was such a great assortment of cool looks we saw during this season. Season 5 starts soon, but out of the first 4 this one is by far the best in my opinion. July 14, 2008

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