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schild
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OVER CRITICAL? YOU POST ON F13.
Also, most of those people are SUCCESSFUL CHEFS. Not the fucking moron troglodyte retards you see on Hell's Kitchen.
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I had the thrill of watching "Highlander: The Source".
It was super fucking awesome. Better than the Matrix, Boondock Saints, and Firefly PUT TOGETHER.
I think you're being sarcastic. However, it's on my Tivo because "What the hell, I plan to be drunk sometime this weekend". :) I certainly think he is. It was god awful, imo. I stopped watching about 30-45 mins in. |
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Top Chef is far and away the best competetive cooking show as far as the whole reality tv thing goes.
Ok, I've had about enough of this. It's time for Chairman Mark Dascascos to kick all of your asses. Lol.. Japanese Iron Chef and the new Iron Chef are fun to watch.. but they aren't in the same build as say Top Chef and Hell's Kitchen. I like Iron Chef as a matter of fact it's what got me into watching cooking shows. |
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OVER CRITICAL? YOU POST ON F13.
Also, most of those people are SUCCESSFUL CHEFS. Not the fucking moron troglodyte retards you see on Hell's Kitchen.
They were Waterthread overcritical, not F13 critical. It just felt like some of the judges criticism was for the sole purpose of creating teh drama for reality tv viewing pleasure in seeing people freak out. |
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schild
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OVER CRITICAL? YOU POST ON F13.
Also, most of those people are SUCCESSFUL CHEFS. Not the fucking moron troglodyte retards you see on Hell's Kitchen.
They were Waterthread overcritical, not F13 critical. It just felt like some of the judges criticism was for the sole purpose of creating teh drama for reality tv viewing pleasure in seeing people freak out. Well, I'm sorry you think that, because it's entirely wrong. These are restaurant/business owners and executive chefs as contestants. Colicchio and co have not changed their tune even once since the first episode of the first season. You COULD accuse them of a little drama when they picked Ilan to move forward last season. But Sam had a bad night, so it's a tough call. Anyway, no, they're not being overly critical. Sometimes they aren't critical enough. I'm sorry if you thought that brocolli looked good. |
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MrHat
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I was being sarcastic. It is so god awful bad. I mean, really, really, really bad. And I love the Highlander universe. Watched the show every damn day after school.
But the movie.
TOTAL SHIT. I mean, TOTAL.
But ya, go watch, you'll see.
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Evildrider
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OVER CRITICAL? YOU POST ON F13.
Also, most of those people are SUCCESSFUL CHEFS. Not the fucking moron troglodyte retards you see on Hell's Kitchen.
They were Waterthread overcritical, not F13 critical. It just felt like some of the judges criticism was for the sole purpose of creating teh drama for reality tv viewing pleasure in seeing people freak out. Well, I'm sorry you think that, because it's entirely wrong. These are restaurant/business owners and executive chefs as contestants. Colicchio and co have not changed their tune even once since the first episode of the first season. You COULD accuse them of a little drama when they picked Ilan to move forward last season. But Sam had a bad night, so it's a tough call. Anyway, no, they're not being overly critical. Sometimes they aren't critical enough. I'm sorry if you thought that brocolli looked good. The only times I think they are over critical was like with the last episode and Casey's Coq au vin. Sure it wasn't a 'true' coq au vin but more of an interpretation of one. The fact that Colicchio really made a big thing of that was kind of rediculous... mainly because where in the hell, in the US, are you going to find rooster meat or an older chicken that should be used in it. It was more of a naming problem more then anything else and that probably cost her the win over Hung. Sometimes they just nitpick a little too much. |
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If you like Top Chef you really need to read Bourdaine's blog over on bravotv.com. He does one for every episode and they are all sorts of awesome.
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Evildrider
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Yeah I read his blog.. I've been a fan of Bourdain for a long time, ever since i saw his old TV show. I watch his new one on the Travel Channel when i get a chance, but I tend to forget when it comes on. He does tend to hate on alot of people though, especially if they work for the Food Network. I saw him bash Rachel Ray on one of his newer shows and Sandra lee on a video I saw awhile back.
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schild
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OVER CRITICAL? YOU POST ON F13.
Also, most of those people are SUCCESSFUL CHEFS. Not the fucking moron troglodyte retards you see on Hell's Kitchen.
They were Waterthread overcritical, not F13 critical. It just felt like some of the judges criticism was for the sole purpose of creating teh drama for reality tv viewing pleasure in seeing people freak out. Well, I'm sorry you think that, because it's entirely wrong. These are restaurant/business owners and executive chefs as contestants. Colicchio and co have not changed their tune even once since the first episode of the first season. You COULD accuse them of a little drama when they picked Ilan to move forward last season. But Sam had a bad night, so it's a tough call. Anyway, no, they're not being overly critical. Sometimes they aren't critical enough. I'm sorry if you thought that brocolli looked good. The only times I think they are over critical was like with the last episode and Casey's Coq au vin. Sure it wasn't a 'true' coq au vin but more of an interpretation of one. The fact that Colicchio really made a big thing of that was kind of rediculous... mainly because where in the hell, in the US, are you going to find rooster meat or an older chicken that should be used in it. It was more of a naming problem more then anything else and that probably cost her the win over Hung. Sometimes they just nitpick a little too much. I prefer Casey to Hung. But she's nowhere near as good of a cook. Hung is an egotistical prick. He's a bastard and a chauvinist, but he's a damn fine cook. |
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Evildrider
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OVER CRITICAL? YOU POST ON F13.
Also, most of those people are SUCCESSFUL CHEFS. Not the fucking moron troglodyte retards you see on Hell's Kitchen.
They were Waterthread overcritical, not F13 critical. It just felt like some of the judges criticism was for the sole purpose of creating teh drama for reality tv viewing pleasure in seeing people freak out. Well, I'm sorry you think that, because it's entirely wrong. These are restaurant/business owners and executive chefs as contestants. Colicchio and co have not changed their tune even once since the first episode of the first season. You COULD accuse them of a little drama when they picked Ilan to move forward last season. But Sam had a bad night, so it's a tough call. Anyway, no, they're not being overly critical. Sometimes they aren't critical enough. I'm sorry if you thought that brocolli looked good. The only times I think they are over critical was like with the last episode and Casey's Coq au vin. Sure it wasn't a 'true' coq au vin but more of an interpretation of one. The fact that Colicchio really made a big thing of that was kind of rediculous... mainly because where in the hell, in the US, are you going to find rooster meat or an older chicken that should be used in it. It was more of a naming problem more then anything else and that probably cost her the win over Hung. Sometimes they just nitpick a little too much. I prefer Casey to Hung. But she's nowhere near as good of a cook. Hung is an egotistical prick. He's a bastard and a chauvinist, but he's a damn fine cook. I think there's no doubt when it comes to technical ability that Hung outclasses everyone else. I do think that Casey will beat him, simply cuz she's shown to have a better palett and pushes her cooking more. I do have to admit, I still hate Marcell from season 2 more then Hung. |
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schild
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No one is worse than Stephen. I wanted to punch him when he showed up this season.
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Evildrider
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Haha, ya and he's a Sommelier now, so that's jacked up his ego even more.
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schild
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He was a sommelier when the show came on. Like, before.
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HaemishM
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Stephen and Marcel should both be put in a blender turned on hi. Hung is an asshole, but I found Howie more of an asshole for most of the season than Hung. Hung will likely lose to Casey because he has had a tendency to phone it in when he doesn't have a lot of respect for the dish. I was surprised that Sarae hung around as long as she did. She seemed to have no fucking clue what she was doing most of the season.
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Anyone catch the new softporn HBO show? Tell Me You Love Me. It stars a lot of people who you've seen in something or other.
It's terrible. I wanted to like this show, but it's whinier than 30something was. I didn't make it through the first episode.
I fast forwarded through it this morning to the interesting bits. Not sure if I will actually watch the entire show or not. |
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Evildrider
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He was a sommelier when the show came on. Like, before.
Ahh my bad, I didn't really see much of season 1, I just remember them saying he had just passed his sommelier tests or something this season when he showed up for the restaurant challenge. |
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Last night's hour-long Star Wars Family Guy...if you don't think it was the greatest thing you've ever seen, ever, YOU HATE JOY.
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Last night's hour-long Star Wars Family Guy...if you don't think it was the greatest thing you've ever seen, ever, YOU HATE JOY.
The little back and forth between Chris and Peter at the end there was great, too. "[Robot Chicken's Star Wars episode] doubled their viewership!" "Oh so double what, 10 people? That's 20 fans. Oooh." |
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That was indeed fantastic. Not only the jokes (which were legion and had a very high "good" ratio), but the animation itself was really good. It's almost like they rotoscoped some scenes it was so close to the original.
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I was living out of a hotel for two weeks and only got like 10 channels, one of which was HBO, so I watched both eps of "Show Me You Love Me." It was pretty awful. Few of the characters were either likeable or hateable. And I'm tired of the whole "blah blah surbuban life is so terrible" cliche. There was nothing fun about it, or even interesting about it. The only character I could really even stand was the husband in the couple that were trying to conceive, only because he seemed like a normal person.
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vampirehipi23: I would enjoy a book written by a monkey and turned into a movie rather than this.
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schild
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That was indeed fantastic. Not only the jokes (which were legion and had a very high "good" ratio), but the animation itself was really good. It's almost like they rotoscoped some scenes it was so close to the original.
Would not shock me. |
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Watched the premier of Chuck last night. Enjoyed it. It had everything a great series needs:
- pointless hot chick getting dressed segments
- Angry Napolean complex Best Buy employee as a foil to the hero
- Jayne
- Jayne working at Best Buy
- It was Awesome!
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Watched the premier of Chuck last night. Enjoyed it. It had everything a great series needs:
- pointless hot chick getting dressed segments
- Angry Napolean complex Best Buy employee as a foil to the hero
- Jayne
- Jayne working at Best Buy
- It was Awesome!
Glad to see I'm not the only one that tuned in to a show just because Adam Baldwin was in it. CBC was showing the final 3 episodes of Dr. Who's third season last night, almost opted for that instead. Anyone been watching the new Ken Burns documentary, "The War"? |
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Anyone been watching the new Ken Burns documentary, "The War"?
Recording it. i heard about it from his speech on cspan talking about the movie; the guy's a damned good orator. |
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JAYNE IS IN CHUCK? AS A BEST BUY EMPLOYEE?
Oh hell yes. I Tivoed this but haven't caught it yet. I'm glad I did.
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Don't get too excited. The "Jayne as a Best Buy" employee stuff was all clips from next week's episode. :)
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JAYNE IS IN CHUCK? AS A BEST BUY EMPLOYEE?
Oh hell yes. I Tivoed this but haven't caught it yet. I'm glad I did.
Jayne is an insane "shoot first" NSA guy undercover in Best Buy! My favorite moment in the pilot: Chuck's ex-college room-mate who is a rogue CIA spy is running through a parking lot after some crazy fight sequences. BLAM! He drops dead from a gunshot. Jayne in a deadpan voice: "Stop or I'll shot." |
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Chuck's ex-college room-mate who is a rogue CIA spy
This part annoyed me, but I guess they are leaving vague for future plot hooks. Pretty good for a first show. I didn't realize it was Jayne until I read it here. Quantum Leap 2.0, on the other hand, sucked. |
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Chuck's ex-college room-mate who is a rogue CIA spy
This part annoyed me, but I guess they are leaving vague for future plot hooks. Pretty good for a first show. I didn't realize it was Jayne until I read it here. Me too. There wasn't so much as a hint as to why he went rogue. I'm pretty sure sending the stuff to Chuck was a total freak accident however. I also wonder how much "hot blond CIA chick" knows. |
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Prison Break is just as good as last the last 2 seasons so far.
Heroes, same thing, starting off good.
Chuck.. had never heard of it but I caught it on NBC.com.. Awesome show! I was surprised.
Journeyman... meh, forgettable. Didn't really hook me at all.
Reaper.. has some possibilities. I dug the pilot episode.
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Liked Reaper. I have nothing in particular against Ray Wise's performance, but John Glover spoiled me in the Devil regard. It showed hints that it could be the next Buffy.
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Evildrider
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Chuck's ex-college room-mate who is a rogue CIA spy
This part annoyed me, but I guess they are leaving vague for future plot hooks. Pretty good for a first show. I didn't realize it was Jayne until I read it here. Me too. There wasn't so much as a hint as to why he went rogue. I'm pretty sure sending the stuff to Chuck was a total freak accident however. I also wonder how much "hot blond CIA chick" knows. I doubt it was an accident, he sent the email in the form of a game they used to play in college. |
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