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The spotlight challenge wasn't that great, But the relay race foundation challenge was really clever.
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Feb 11, 2015 22:10
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Pretty much everything was great in this weeks challenge, and you could tell that the judges had to nitpick small details in order to find someone to send home.
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Feb 11, 2015 22:33
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:The spotlight challenge wasn't that great, But the relay race foundation challenge was really clever. They do something similar on Top Chef (the only other reality show I can stomach) but I think it worked better on this show. I'd like to see more of them, especially if it leads to gluing horns to a cat's chin.
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Feb 11, 2015 22:53
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Ariza posted:They do something similar on Top Chef (the only other reality show I can stomach) but I think it worked better on this show. I'd like to see more of them, especially if it leads to gluing horns to a cat's chin. The person who passed those on must have intended for those to be ears...right? I don't know what the other guy was thinking. Edit: on second thought that doesn't work either. 
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Feb 12, 2015 00:18
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hollylolly posted:The person who passed those on must have intended for those to be ears...right? I don't know what the other guy was thinking. I would have used one trimmed down horn as a chin piece, or cut the horns way down to smaller nubs for the forehead. The chin thing was...preeeetty awful. Snowglobe of Doom posted:That loving green swamp creature looked like a Halloween mask stuck on top of a papier mache body. I thought they were going to end up in bottom looks. Did Rob even do anything other than fabricating a suit?
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Feb 12, 2015 01:31
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Yikes, that was a pretty rough week of makeups. Really, the winning robot was the only one that felt like a complete look. I wasn't crazy about the demon, but it was cool to see somebody tackle the Hellraiser bdsm monster aesthetic. A Cenobite challenge would be neat, but it's probably too limiting.
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Feb 12, 2015 21:07
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Ariza posted:The quality hasn't been too good so far. Hopefully things step up.
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Feb 14, 2015 17:20
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Bridge Trolls... well okay.
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Feb 18, 2015 03:03
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KungFu Grip posted:Bridge Trolls... well okay. They at least have Doug Jones, who is pretty legitimately awesome.
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Feb 18, 2015 03:06
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With the Monkey Forest bridge I'm kind of surprised no one went with a more simian themed troll.
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Feb 18, 2015 03:18
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Seriously, Ben's looks like anti-semetic propaganda. Like "The Eternal Troll" or something. It's hideous.
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Feb 18, 2015 03:53
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FrumpleOrz posted:Seriously, Ben's looks like anti-semetic propaganda. Like "The Eternal Troll" or something. It's hideous. It just looked like the trolls in the books my mom used to read in the 70s. I thought he did a good job with the head; the pool floaties and press on nails not so much. I'm going to miss the pretty guy that got kicked off. He was always so earnest. Weird colored hair lady should've won though, that thing was super creepy. This book:  though the cover was a lot better. Ariza fucked around with this message at 14:44 on Feb 18, 2015 |
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Feb 18, 2015 13:50
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FrumpleOrz posted:Seriously, Ben's looks like anti-semetic propaganda. It looked just like a traditional Norse/Scandinavian troll to me. (I'm also pretty sure the bignosed Scandinavian troll predates the medieval depiction of the hooknosed Jew)
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Feb 18, 2015 14:08
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This challenge was weird, trolls don't have an iconic look, so how can you judge a character by whether or not it looks like a troll? I think the should would be much better off if it just ditched all those stupid themes, and let each contestant to what they wanted.
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Feb 18, 2015 14:46
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This show is really loving bad and needs some serious re-tooling. Contestants are now repeating designs from previous seasons. The themes are getting desperate. The judging is completely arbitrary ("this doesn't look like a troll"). Having the contestants clap wildly and fist pump for any sort of announcement makes me embarrassed to watch the show too. HOORAY IT'S THE SECOND ASSISTANT TO THE STUNT MAN FROM "AFTER EARTH" (claps wildly). OH YAY I GET TO MAKE A TROLL! YES!!! A VAMPIRE ?!?! YES!!!  They could at least try to make the show slightly organic. The only moment of honesty for the past few seasons came a couple of seasons back when one of the contestants just walked halfway through a challenge because she had nothing and was frustrated and bored with the whole thing. Also it doesn't help that there's nobody really likeable this season. I think I'm done with this show. When I feel like saying that I watch a show is a confession more than anything else, I shouldn't really be watching that show any more.
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Feb 18, 2015 16:06
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I just kind of skip to the stage show now. I really liked Logan's Golden Gate troll (though it kind of reminded me of Evangelion with the mask) - but I guess it wasn't "appropriate" for a troll, trolls being a highly discerning race apparently. Also lol that Glenn's been at the hair/beard dye.
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Feb 19, 2015 04:26
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I have been watching this show religiously since season 1, and this is the first time in all the seasons, I feel its the most lackluster in participants. No one stands out to me at all, it's like they were scraping at the bottom of the barrel for contestants. None of the creations have been solid so far. The whole concept of the team coaches seems weird to me. Are they really helping out or just kinda making poor choices in some of the advice they give. Like the one guy that told his team not to go with the traditional looks for trolls, he just kind of threw them under the bus, I felt. Hopefully it will get better after they weed more people out.
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Feb 19, 2015 09:15
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I discovered the show last season, so I don't know how much worse it has gotten over the years, but so far this season feels a lot worse. Perhaps it will get better as the weaker contestants get sent home, but I am really getting tired of all the gimmick challenges. I like the idea of the coaches, but they feel powerless compared to Michael Westmore, they are just presented as previous winners without the context of what they have done since then, why should their opinions matter if that is all we know?
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Feb 19, 2015 09:40
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Oasx posted:
While I agree that the previous format with Michael Westmore as an advisor was better than the current set up, I think you are being unfair to the coaches. Anthony, Laura and Rayce aren't just some random people who happened to win one season, they are pretty much among the best (and most consistent) artists to have ever been on the show. Anthony won half the challenges of his season, and even taught Dina who ended up winning last season. Laura has been good through two seasons and won allstars against pretty incredible talent like Roy. Rayce did well his season but I admit that I remember less of his designs than I do Anthony and Laura's. They probably should make it more apparent to people who are just starting the show, but the coaches they have are really drat good at what they do. I think they've more than proved that they know what they are talking about in how to create a good makeup and why their opinion is worth listening to just based on past performance alone. The whole, troll vs not a troll thing felt really arbitrary to me and I don't think the contestants or Rayce should have been faulted for that. The bad paint job sure, but not that. If they wanted the Scandinavian troll with the big nose and chin they should have flat out said that was what they wanted. But there are plenty variations of trolls in various media and they should have been allowed to really stretch the concept. This isn't nearly as bad a misstep as putting 50 eyes on a cyclops or something like that. I'm feeling some burn out as well but I'm hoping if they can get to some challenges where the contestants can be really creative (and hopefully have them be used to the crazy time restrictions and all that) and just let them get to work without any twists, we'll start seeing some real cool stuff. JuniperCake fucked around with this message at 12:11 on Feb 19, 2015 |
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Feb 19, 2015 12:08
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They have just been cranking out seasons every few months, and I think their talent pool is rapidly shrinking. I'm pretty okay with the coaches thing (mostly because I'm hoping it means we'll get to see some work from those 3 again in something like the judges episode last year), but I'm a little disappointed that their direction and advice is preventing any major catastrophes like Autumn's afro gummy bear and Alana's Dr. Seuss creature. The absolute meltdowns are a big draw for me.
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Feb 19, 2015 15:37
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angerbeet posted:Also lol that Glenn's been at the hair/beard dye. By far the worst application we saw last week was Glenn's beard dye that was all blotchy and didn't blend into his hair at all. The other judges should have sent him home for that.
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Feb 19, 2015 18:06
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This is really turning out to be the season of mediocrity.InfiniteZero posted:By far the worst application we saw last week was Glenn's beard dye that was all blotchy and didn't blend into his hair at all.
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Feb 23, 2015 18:40
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I was surprised that there was any level of competency this week, given the challenge, but the top looks managed to pull of not being utter poo poo. Good work!
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Feb 25, 2015 04:20
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Body paint challenges suck out loud. There is a reason that one spin off show bombed terribly.
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Feb 26, 2015 16:42
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Lots of model butts, very boring episode otherwise. Too bad the fat doof had to leave on such a stupid challenge. Young brunette girl has been doing awesome though, but I'm guessing this show is going to be a young person's show as it goes on.
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Feb 26, 2015 16:55
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Ariza posted:Lots of model butts, very boring episode otherwise. Too bad the fat doof had to leave on such a stupid challenge. Young brunette girl has been doing awesome though, but I'm guessing this show is going to be a young person's show as it goes on. I'm glad Rob made it as far as he did. People from Michigan usually get booted off within the first few episodes. I don't care for the body paint episodes, they just don't seem to be the sort of thing that these kinds of artists do well. How often to character and creature designers have to body paint? Body painting itself is pretty cool, and there are some amazing artists out there, but it just doesn't fit for Face Off. I also can't figure out the reasoning for not allowing the artists to view the photos taken of their models to make sure the blocking is right. I was really glad to see Glenn go off on the team that didn't work together though. So, like every one else is saying, lack luster season.
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Feb 26, 2015 19:24
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Sad when the best part of the show is the foundation challenge.
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Feb 26, 2015 20:16
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I liked Rob, and i think much of his work was better than the judges gave him credit for, but he was never going to be a guy who made it to the later episodes.
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Feb 26, 2015 20:21
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Oasx posted:I liked Rob, and i think much of his work was better than the judges gave him credit for, but he was never going to be a guy who made it to the later episodes. He's a pretty good artist. http://www.theartofrobmiller.com/home.html
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Feb 26, 2015 20:50
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The Repo Man posted:I'm glad Rob made it as far as he did. People from Michigan usually get booted off within the first few episodes. I don't care for the body paint episodes, they just don't seem to be the sort of thing that these kinds of artists do well. How often to character and creature designers have to body paint? Body painting itself is pretty cool, and there are some amazing artists out there, but it just doesn't fit for Face Off. I also can't figure out the reasoning for not allowing the artists to view the photos taken of their models to make sure the blocking is right. I was really glad to see Glenn go off on the team that didn't work together though. That did seem like a weird constraint to put on them and not really realistic. Especially when they complained on the air about the placement of the wings. What was said that didn't make it on air about the actual setup?
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Feb 26, 2015 22:03
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Fashionable serial killer villains and Clive Barker. Better than a painting theme. Freddy Kruger, silent and unintelligent killer. I don't think so...
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KungFu Grip posted:
I rolled my eyes at that too. Now, he wasn't as dignified or regal as say Pinhead and he wasn't exactly eloquent, but he was NEVER quiet.
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Mar 4, 2015 06:33
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I can't be the only person who finds Kelly Harris completely loving insufferable, can I?
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Mar 5, 2015 15:05
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I was a bit surprised at the winner they picked. Maybe it didn't come across well on TV, but the white face painting didn't really work for me.
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smackfu posted:I was a bit surprised at the winner they picked. Maybe it didn't come across well on TV, but the white face painting didn't really work for me. The sculpt was pretty cool. Also, the mouth-on-head character turned out a lot better than the concept implied it would. Also, I like Emily. She seems pretty talented and able to roll with the situation where her design is literally falling apart. Definitely a front runner.
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Factor Mystic posted:Also, I like Emily. She seems pretty talented and able to roll with the situation where her design is literally falling apart. Definitely a front runner. And she's only loving 18. If she keeps on this trajectory, she's going to have a fantastic career. She seems like the least crazy one on the show. (Well Logan seems pretty together, too but he spent a while in the military)
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smackfu posted:I was a bit surprised at the winner they picked. Maybe it didn't come across well on TV, but the white face painting didn't really work for me. sean10mm posted:I can't be the only person who finds Kelly Harris completely loving insufferable, can I?
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Ariza posted:And she's only loving 18. If she keeps on this trajectory, she's going to have a fantastic career. She seems like the least crazy one on the show. (Well Logan seems pretty together, too but he spent a while in the military) Yeah I like Logan as well. In his initial introduction when he said he'd only been doing this for a few months I assumed he'd be terrible but it's really rocking it. I like seeing people rise to the occasion.
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sean10mm posted:I can't be the only person who finds Kelly Harris completely loving insufferable, can I? Her mannerisms are so annoying but I really like her work so I try to ignore that. I hope she sticks around until the final. I feel the opposite way about Ben - he's done some great work but he's so goddamn creepy I hope he fucks up and gets kicked out.
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