This thread is for non-fiction TV, including but not limited to reality television (So You Think You Can Dance, Top Chef: Masters, Project Runway), documentaries (The History Channel, The Discovery Channel), and sundry (Expedition Africa, Mythbusters), et al. [NAFDA]
But - Dale went out there and really put himself on the line and I don't feel like Hung did.
This ep. Or the last couple, really. But it took him a while to get to that place. I thought what he said about not having cooked in a year was really interesting. I think he hung on long enough to get to this place, and grew back into being a chef along the way, and now he's kind of bursting through. But I'm betting for the judges it was too late to really upend the competition.
Casey was so defensive, or got a really defensive edit, anyway. And then the Howie thing just sealed it.
[Actually, I think the last couple of eps weren't edited very well, and that's where some of this stuff about Hung not having "soul" got so clunky and uncomfortable.]
That's not good. I guess the nerves just got to her.
Nerves and altitude (which she was obviously having problems with, which I can relate to, having once nearly blacked out during a poetry slam in Taos.)
Still, she didn't do a dishonorable job, it's just Hung and Dale did better.
I was rooting for Casey, and then Dale, but I can't really begrudge Hung is win.
And it was nice of him to get his monkey (Marcel) a seat at the live taping.
Oh yeah, that was my other question. WTF is with having the finales in places like Colorado and Hawaii where suddenly they're dealing with crazy altitude or humidity or whatever. For a challenge, sure, but for the finale I'd rather see them just let people cook.
Rocco's blog and Ted Allen's blog - the only two up so far.
Gail's blog
ION, non-fiction tv news: I hope that there is a rebellion against Taylor soon. Yellow needs a new team leader. And can you believe it? Yet another useless manager on Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares.
Seriously. Ramsay needs to change it up a little.
KN: Not feeling bad I missed it last night then. It didn't look all that exciting from the preview, unlike the personality horror show that was the first week and the gross-out horror show that was last week's.
I'm starting to wonder if Ramsay has some unresolved manager issues from his salad days?
While I liked the first episode of KN, I discovered again last night, while trying to watch the second episode, that I just can't watch TV shows with so many people screaming at each other all the time. It actually gets me very agitated, and I can feel my rage response kick in to the simplest frustrations. I had to turn it off last night when some minor problems changing the cat box were causing me to get startlingly worked up.
The second I turned it off, I found it much easier to calm down.
It actually gets me very agitated, and I can feel my rage response kick in to the simples frustrations
That's exactly why Hubby turned the channel.
Survivor: I seriously find most of these folks close to unbearable, so not so much with liking this season. Still like James and didn't find any of what he was saying objectionable when Courtney and Todd were eavesdropping. It is just sad for him that he has no idea whatsoever how to work the social side of this game. Why would you be having that particular conversation at the top of your lungs, even if you thought no one else was around? Everyone else just worked my last nerve tonight. And I really, really do not want to see any more of Sherea in her bra and panties (even though I did enjoy the manhandling challenge - and was seriously surprised that Denise et. al. got their hats handed to them). Right now I can only stand James, Frosti and sometimes Aaron. The rest of 'em, hell to the naw.
