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Remember last season when I made fun of the ballet finale? Well they actually found a way to make it worse. So much worse. I’m going to spend some portion of this recap mocking the finale itself, because it was eminently risible. But to be totally clear, George, Tyler, and Rashaad are awesome and did amazing work. Back at the Face Off house, everyone got to video chat with family members. Both George and Rashaad have gorgeous pregnant girlfriends, and Tyler’s parents were super supportive. […]
April 22nd, 2014 | Filed under Dark TV,Headline,Lifestyle | Read More »
A classic supernatural showdown cuts the Face Off field to the final three. Last week’s non-elimination challenge lead directly to this week’s second part. Each artist has to make a werewolf that is the nemesis of last week’s international vampire. Sounds good. This was a mostly uneventful episode. George had trouble with his injured wrist, and Tyler had a crisis of faith (in himself), solved when Michael and McKenzie went out of their way to encourage him. Mr. Westmore had a ton of really excellent, […]
April 15th, 2014 | Filed under Dark TV,Headline | Read More »
This season of Face Off grinds along, with the remaining four contestants creating international vampires this week. Notice that the remaining four artists are the nicest, most helpful, enthusiastic people on the show? Not that everyone who’s been eliminated was a jerk or anything. Lots of nice, helpful, enthusiastic folks have gone by the wayside. But people with big egos, sour attitudes, or weird agendas never make it to the top. These four guys are all talented, and they all seem like awesome people. In […]
April 8th, 2014 | Filed under Dark TV,Headline | Read More »
A robotic challenge brings out the best in most of the remaining artists on this week’s Face Off. At Union Station, McKenzie talks about robots replacing humans. Everyone has to pick an occupation and create a robot that can do it, making sure it has a major technological advantage over humans. Right off the bat Daran starts whinging about “not doing robots,” and his photographybot’s design looks hilarious. This is obviously a very fabrication-heavy challenge, which gives Rashaad a big edge. His fabrication skills are […]
April 1st, 2014 | Filed under Dark TV,Headline | Read More »
On this week’s Face Off, the contestants mastermind some mutants and I continue to be confused about the judging. Only six remain! So it’s off to a prestigious FX school (and Neville’s alma mater) to design creatures based on genetic mutations. The cool part of this was that, instead of just sketching, each artist got to work with a Zbrush artist. Zbrush is a 3D modeling program, and it was amazing seeing these guys work. This gave everyone a much more detailed and interesting “sketch” […]
March 25th, 2014 | Filed under Dark TV,Headline | Read More »
It’s time for a whimsical challenge, and we all know how much I like whimsical challenges. Not very much. Sometimes a contestant just doesn’t connect with a certain type of challenge, and they’ll say something like, “I’m just not into wizards,” or, “I’ve never seen a zombie movie.” Well I really know how they feel. I’ve got no interest in children’s books or Roald Dahl. I actively despise that Chocolate Factory movie and always have. So despite Dahl’s daughter Lucy being involved, I wasn’t really […]
March 18th, 2014 | Filed under Dark TV,Headline | Read More »
Face Off goes for the jugular with medical horror this week, but not everyone gets the concept. We’re getting down to crunch time on Face Off, those last few weeks where the remaining artists are at the top of their game, and any mistake can get you sent home. And while there’ve been some great designs this season, it does feel like the overall talent level is down a bit from the last couple of seasons. I don’t think a design like Rashaad’s patchwork face […]
March 11th, 2014 | Filed under Dark TV,Headline | Read More »
With eight artists remaining, the group goes to Tokyo to face their next challenge. They get to experience a little bit of the culture as they make their way to a temple where they hear that the next challenge is the oni. They are entities from the spirit world that can boast extra fingers, toes, etc. To up the tension, they added guest judge, Kazuhiro Tsuji, well known in the industry. Each artist approaches the challenge differently. Rashaad thinks of a samurai’s last spiritual battle, […]
March 5th, 2014 | Filed under Dark TV | Read More »
I’m jumping in here as a guest writer replacing Ed while he visits a tropical paradise for a little vacation getaway. Don’t worry, folks, your trusty reporter will be back in two weeks, bringing you the scoop on all of your favorite television shows. Until then, thank you for having me. The challenge tonight started off by taking the contestants to The Magic Castle where they learned they would be designing wizards for this episode. Each person got to choose a wand and build a […]
March 4th, 2014 | Filed under Dark TV,Headline,Images,Lifestyle | Read More »
The Face Off contestants make creative cryptids and we get a visit from Doug Jones, acclaimed creature actor. A foundation challenge starts us off, and it’s one of those fun “transform an entire group in two hours” challenges, like we saw last season with zombies. I love these, it’s very much like what the haunted house make-up artists do. This time it’s orcs! Laura Tyler (last season’s winner, and an avid D&D player) would have been right at home! Each team of two picked a […]
February 18th, 2014 | Filed under Dark TV,Headline | Read More »
