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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Sunday, July 01, 2007 - 8:17 pm
LOL, Woofy! And ack, Lil!! Damn damn damn! I was afraid of that! The ONE PERSON who's show I might've watched, too. No way in heck I'm watching any of the others. (Maybe they'll all fade into oblivion like The Party Hearty Boys from S1.) Dang! Dang dang dang!!! And <48>... RORY IS STILL THERE???!!!???
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Sunday, July 01, 2007 - 8:19 pm
Max, I think this year they are looking for personality above and beyond all else. Screw whether they can cook. Screw whether the cams love 'em. Screw whether WE love 'em. They are gonna pick who they wanna win, and the rest of us, well, you know! I did enjoy watching them learning how to read cue cards, and learn all about pre-prep, and all. Seems there was only the one challenge where they tag teamed Giada's recipe, yes? Bor-ring!
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Sunday, July 01, 2007 - 8:29 pm
It seems like a different show from last year. But a lot had to do with the personalities we had the first season. At the final judging table Amy told the judges she wanted to quit and deserved to be sent home. When the judges asked her, Really, you want to go home....she then said oh well no not really? None of them did well. They were far below the weakest of standards. At the end of Paul's demo he did a goofey little giggle as he swapped the dishes out. The judges all moaned and covered their faces...still he won...because the others were worse.
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Sunday, July 01, 2007 - 9:15 pm
I can't root for any of them. None of them tickle my fancy...Any winner this season I see bombing when they get their own show.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, July 01, 2007 - 10:48 pm
Arrgh.. and each week they show Rory crying in the preview and they you realize, she isn't going home, again. Tonight, I really thought they SHOULD just send them all home.
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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Sunday, July 01, 2007 - 11:29 pm
Actually, Rory tends to start the tears BEFORE the decision is made, usually when they are asking her about how she thinks she did. It has gotten so predictable that it really seems like she stages it to try and get sympathy votes or something. I'm with Nick. I can't root for any of them.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, July 02, 2007 - 4:01 am
Had to LOL at the judge who asked if they could send them all home and start over! Maybe they're reading this board! Actually, I correctly picked Adrian to go home this time. He was far too sure of himself and his experience in front of the camera. Even I could tell his "experience" was doing him no good.
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Monday, July 02, 2007 - 4:54 am
Every time they showed a commentary of Adrian's he mentioned how he has x amount of time in front of the camera because he has/had a local cooking show. It had to be him that left. I don't get the Rory or Jag hate? Granted all the contestants are weak, very weak but at least I feel I could learn something from JAG.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, July 02, 2007 - 6:56 am
I thought only Adrian was surprised to see himself go home last night. He has consistently been told that he needs to be more about cooking and less about camera readiness. And yet he still didn't cook in either demonstration last night, or at the very least did minimal cooking. I think the judges held him to a higher standard because he had been on television before. I still like Rory the best, which makes me in a minority. To me she is the most personable of the remaining competitors, with Paul being the second. Jag just irritates me, and he is way over my head recipe-wise (I'm a non-cook and anything with more than a few ingredients is over my head). Amy doesn't cook the type of food I enjoy, although I must admit I liked her better last night than before. Paul probaby has the funniest delivery but he gets so easily flustered. Should be interesting to see how this turns out. One thing I do like about this show -- you get to follow up with the winner and see if they actually do make a success.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Monday, July 02, 2007 - 7:53 am
Alton Brown said what many of us seem to be thinking here at home..."can't we just start over?" IMO, none of the remaining contestants could hold their own show. I'm still a Jag fan, but he isn't cooking things the home cook would make, and he can't control his temper/blaming. Rory didn't even cook, just swapped out a precooked dinner. I still love the show, but as far as a new ? Bleh on all of 'em!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, July 02, 2007 - 8:15 am
as much as i dislike Jag on the show, I am finding his 'on air' delivery pretty good. his recipes are far too complicated, but his delivery, i like. it will be interesting to see if they all keep their POV. love that Rory's keeps changing! LOL i still like Paul.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Monday, July 02, 2007 - 8:20 am
I also like Paul, he just has to calm down!! Maybe he should ask Marcel to create an anti-anxiety foam for him.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, July 02, 2007 - 8:33 am
I like JAG and Rory on air. Amy's face and teeth are not smooth and distract me. I like Paul the best. I found Alton's hair to be distracting too.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Monday, July 02, 2007 - 8:38 am
Wow, Amy's teeth distract you and Rory's don't? <77> I love Alton's hair!
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Monday, July 02, 2007 - 8:39 am
I agree with you Nick. The only one I might watch would be Amy. I don't know what is going on with the judges on these shows this year. So far off the mark. I was thinking I really liked Adrian and would watch him when ..boom..he's gone. Why are they keeping Rory? She didn't even cook for her 2nd segment. She premade a salad and put some crumbs over cheese. Big deal. ETA: Lilfair, I don't dislike JAG, but just not sure I could keep up with all the ingredients he uses should he win. It's a little much for the average person to try to cook. As for Rory, I won't even go there. She just annoys me. I feel she's in this for airtime, airtime and more airtime.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, July 02, 2007 - 8:46 am
And the show's prize is a TV show, so of course the goal is "airtime!"
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Monday, July 02, 2007 - 9:10 am
Jag has the more interesting reciepies for my taste. I agree he's been too aggressive with his recipes but I think the production would fix that. I think Paul has the best POV and would be an easy sell I don't think he'd be easily molded to a more reasonable personality. I think Jag could be molded into using less cumbersome recipes. Unless something changes I can't see any of them doing well...bad casting, tsk tsk.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, July 02, 2007 - 10:09 am
Before I catch up on the posts... I was totally LMBO at Alton's "can we send them ALL home and start over?" I totally agreed with him, too!
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Darclyte
Member
07-11-2005
| Monday, July 02, 2007 - 10:19 am
I think they're focusing more on food than personality as evidenced by Adrien and Colombe being kicked out. They both seemed "camera friendly" but their cooking sucked. I also called Adrien as going this week as he clearly had the weakest cooking skills. I can't see Amy going much farther, as her home life seems like it's eating at her. Also, she still seems to me to be an unfriendly rip-off of Ina (The Barefoot Contessa.) I also don't see "little miss screw-up" Rory lasting too much longer either, as she's ALWAYS messing up. Also, she now has the weakest cooking skills of the final four. Jag has cooking skills and seems to have a good food POV, but his long recipes need to be trimmed. If he makes it to the final 2, his resume "enhancements" will probably doom him. Paul seems to be the front runner at this point. There isn't any show on FN that only lasts 5 minutes. Paul could have made a great demo given 15 minutes. I still agree with Alton that they should send them all home and start over. Maybe cast some of the runner ups from Top Chef. Good news for next week, more Alton...although he really didn't have much to do this week. I didn't notice, did he still have the beard? I like the beard look on him. Without the beard, does anyone else think he looks a little like Thomas Dolby?
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, July 02, 2007 - 10:23 am
Aw Huk!!! OK, last night's show. Good gawd, what a fiasco. Rory. She didn't cook. She didn't say what was in the spicy/sweet/salty crumbs she coated her goat cheese with. She didn't show how she cooked the goat cheese (and believe me, you cook it too long and you've got a mess on your hands). And goat cheese on a salad? Puhleeze, how boring. I was thinking about making grilled pizza with goat cheese, tomato, and basil. Yum! Oh, and she can't come up with a POV and stick to it. I am so over her tears, too!!! I think she thinks she'll get a sympathy vote from the judges. I really am not impressed with her at all. Jag. I noticed the blame game last night, and it toally turned me off. I also noticed how many ingredients he was using and how he didn't really explain things (sofrito included onions, peppers, and all sorts of good things? WHAT good things????). He's been told 20 times to keep it simple, and he can't. He's been told 20 times that his audience is NOT chefs but home cooks, and he still can't figure it out. His aggressive attitude turns me off. And finally we find out what his POV is? Latino "fus-ee-own"? I think they want Jag to win because they've contantly told him what NOT to do, yet he does it, and he's still there. Paul. Oh puhleeze. You never say you're swapping something out. You just do it without showing it. And his stoopid jokes and giggles bug me, as well as his constant chatter. And FWIW, Food Network already has several "party" POV chefs. Really, do we need yet another one? Amy. Y'know, I get really irritated with reality show contestants who whine and moan and say they wanna go home. And then when put on the spot, completely change their minds. They should've said "OK, you're outta here" and been done with that. She really just blew it during the final challenge. So yeah, if she gets her own show, she can redo and redo till she gets it right. But at some point, they've gotta consider production costs with all those retakes. And again, we just NOW find out her POV? Neighborhood Gourmet. OK, I can almost deal with that. I *may* watch her show, but I doubt I'll stick with her. Adrien. So, the one person who I might've watched his show, and he just tanks it. Didn't even cook ANYTHING during the challenges. Yeah, he's great on TV but he also blew it during the last one. Seriously, I'm really wondering what the producers are thinking this season. And if they are as over this show as (it appears) some of us are. It seems that the majority are less than impressed with any of these folks. I wouldn't want to invite any of them into my living room for any length of time, let alone a half hour show once a week. Sorry if I sound so negative. This HAD BEEN one of my favorite food reality shows. I really enjoyed watching the process, and watching the chefs grow into their own and becoming "TV stars." Yet this season, it feels like an abysmal failure to me. And it saddens me. <sigh>
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Darclyte
Member
07-11-2005
| Monday, July 02, 2007 - 11:02 am
I think it would be funny if they let Jag express his inner a-hole like they wanted Adrien to do. Give Jag a show and let it be like the "Soup Nazi" guy from Seinfeld, or more likely, R Lee Ermey. Call it Boot Camp Cooking, or Today's Mess Hall or some such. Have Jag come on and be like, "All right ya dirt balls, today we're gonna make some Kobe Beef with Chipotle." That, at least, would be different. At this point, they should P-Diddy the whole contest and kick everyone off and start over. Maybe that's why they've been running NFNS season 4 promos so much?
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Spoton
Member
09-16-2005
| Monday, July 02, 2007 - 11:45 am
Darclyte - That idea is SOOO funny!! Heck, I'd watch Jag if he had that show - what a hoot! (but I think you need to sign on as a producer )
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, July 02, 2007 - 11:46 am
I wish they had somebody on there with a show called "Cooking for Dummies" 101...no recipe with more than 5-6 ingredients and they could all be bought at WalMart. That would be the show for me...LOL! Oh, and they had to be made in 30 minutes or less, or made in a crockpot. And I am serious. I don't cook. I don't enjoy it (which makes my fascination with The Food Network very puzzling, especially to me). I only do it because even I think allowing my little girl to eat at McDonalds 5 times a week is excessive and out of control. I realize I have to feed her nutritious foods, but it really is difficult for me!
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Darclyte
Member
07-11-2005
| Monday, July 02, 2007 - 12:26 pm
Roxip they already do, it's called How To Boil Water. Alton's Good Eats is also very much food for dummies most of the time, but even Alton bit off more than he could chew when he once tried to do Thai food. Too many ingredients and only 30 minutes made poor Alton look like Jag. Usually, that isn't the case.
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Scoutmom
Member
01-19-2006
| Monday, July 02, 2007 - 1:10 pm
Last night Paul really reminded me of Jerry Lewis in some of his old movies - maybe he could do a Nutty Professor concept show??? 
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