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2012.11.05, 02:09 PM | #281 |
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When Dish customers were getting some premium channels for free (sometimes Starz), I put together a 2 TB external USB drive for $100 (just before the flooding in Thailand which raised HDD prices), and I archived somewhere around 300 commercial-free recordings of different films (most of them high definition). I can legally continue playing those recordings even after I've lost access to the channels they came from. It doesn't matter anymore how many channels I've still got, because I already have more material than I know what to do with.
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I actually really enjoy Food Network, especially when I'm having dinner. I mostly watch $24 in 24, Food Network Challenge, and Chopped. Chopped is a great show. Did you see the recent one where they had the teenagers go head to head? There was a 13 year-old girl there who already had her own food blog and everything. Pretty crazy stuff.
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My fiancee worked a bit on Iron Chef Vietnam, and they are in awe of the way the Japanese and Americans pull off the show. The "Alton" of the Vietnam version is this buffoon who knows nothing about food, and the narration is horrendous. Just lacking that one element brings down the whole show. I missed that teenage episode of Chopped, but with so many reruns I should catch up with it eventually. They are doing "unsung heroes" now which is pretty cool, seeing all these non-restaurant chefs kicking ass in the kitchen. The guy on $24 in 24 is a little annoying....maybe he'll grow on me, like the guy on Diners, Drive Ins, and Dives. And speaking of DDD, I love that show for the way they edit the cooks slapping together their meals. The ingredients always get THROWN in the big mixing bowls rapid-fire, like the cooks are just flinging everything together without measuring anything. They always look like they're having the time of their lives and it makes you want to open up a little restaurant, or at least see what's in the kitchen and whip up some marinade or steak rub. God I'm getting hungry...... |
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2012.11.06, 06:59 AM | #284 | |
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My favorite judge on the Japanese Iron Chef was Keiko Saito. I wonder if she'll be back for the new series?
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I recognize no Iron Chefs crowned later than Masahiko Kobe :hipster:
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2012.11.06, 08:12 AM | #286 | |
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I assume they work around those issues and fix it all in the editing room. One thing Chopped seems to do is reward sentimentality. If some contestant is battling a disease or has a sick spouse or recently deceased parent, the whole competition is about "doing it for [insert name of loved one]." Those contestants may not win the whole thing, but they definitely get softer judging in early rounds. When I watch these shows with my gal, she gets so annoyed about it. "God!" she says, "Just do it for yourself!" |
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2012.11.06, 02:49 PM | #287 |
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I never really got Iron Chef. I like cooking shows, but it felt like a cooking show mixed with professional wrestling. I get that most cooking shows are partially scripted, but if it's so up-front about it, what's the appeal?
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2012.11.06, 03:05 PM | #288 |
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The japanese one is hella fun to watch! Everything is taken comically serious. It's fun to watch the chefs proficency. You watch people eat squid ink ice cream and say "yummm!" Its great!
The American one is okay, but I find it last resort material.
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Mmmm, squid. Ever have a tapas plate of a squid cooked in its own ink? Taste the irony!
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2012.11.06, 04:48 PM | #290 |
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Isn't there a new Japanese iron chef? I remember reading some controversy because they hired an actor to play a chef instead of an actual chef.
(That being said, are the chefs on Iron Chef Japan actual chefs?) |
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