No, no, kat! I depend on you to be my music critic! While I'll like some of the songs for my own peculiar reasons, you're my yardstick for judging if I know what I'm talking about or just cracked out crazy.
And don't you ever stand for that sort of thing. Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back! ... You got the right same as anyone to live and try to kill people.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Non-Fiction TV: I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own
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]
SailAweigh - May 13, 2008 4:15:51 pm PDT #4833 of 23273
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
kat perez - May 13, 2008 8:13:37 pm PDT #4834 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar
Thanks, Sail. And I fear it's only gonna get worse when SYTYCD comes back. But more folks seem to post about that show, so it won't look so bad.
The SYCYTD commercials tonight were totally my favorite part of AI, which is sad.
Kristen - May 13, 2008 8:47:34 pm PDT #4835 of 23273
oh for pity’s sake, just give him the damn confetti shower already and get it over with.
Seriously. Talk about stacking the deck.
Toddson - May 14, 2008 4:03:51 am PDT #4836 of 23273
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Anybody been watching Hell's Kitchen?
I'd like to know where they FIND these people! some of them seem ... their incompetence is matched only by their egos (both huge).
And TWOP, in addition to the Gordon Ramsey bleep-o-meter, has one for the contestants (which runs higher than Ramsey's ... but there ARE more of them).
brenda m - May 14, 2008 4:14:11 am PDT #4837 of 23273
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Yeah, they did a really bad job of casting this one, I think. Fine to have one or two wildcards in the bunch, but without some serious contenders, it's just irritating. And boring as hell.
Frankenbuddha - May 14, 2008 4:16:01 am PDT #4838 of 23273
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I'd like to know where they FIND these people! some of them seem ... their incompetence is matched only by their egos (both huge).
The freakshow aspect made stop watching after the premiere this year. I like the concept of the show in theory (the paces Gordon puts them through are more practical for working in a real kitchen than what they do on Top Chef, and they seem to be intent on turning chefs into caterers this year), but as amusing as Ramsey's invective can be, the lameness of the contestants has made it so much the default setting for him I just can't watch.
sumi - May 14, 2008 4:58:28 am PDT #4839 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!
Yeah, I can't believe that any of these people could run a restaurant.
brenda m - May 14, 2008 5:28:23 am PDT #4840 of 23273
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Most of these people wouldn't last two weeks working in a restaurant, as least not the high level. Brew pubs might be a stretch.
Frankenbuddha - May 14, 2008 5:29:48 am PDT #4841 of 23273
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Julia the Waffle House cook from last year would be eating this crew for lunch, methinks.
lisah - May 14, 2008 5:30:01 am PDT #4842 of 23273
Punishingly Intricate
Do they really have no restaurant experience? They are just random schmoes off the street?