Survivor
May 18th, 2015 at 1:40:46 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18204 |
It is the same strategy for any of this type of show. I haven't watched "Survivor" since Season 1, but "The Next Food Network Star" works the exact same way. Though that show does not have players voting, they do give advantages from time to time, and players stick it to the strong player. But on TNFNS it usually backfires on them. OTOH, even the judges on TNFNS have been known to do this if they have a favorite. The year they had that Indian girl, Arti, on they either liked her or wanted a show on Indian cooking because the fix was in. If a good player had a bad week they axed the good player, clearing the field for her over time. It was obvious. The President is a fink. |
May 18th, 2015 at 1:59:19 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 | It was obvious last year on NFNS, when they kicked the Italian guy off immediately. He was the most personable by far, and they gave him a chance for a comeback, which he did. It was all planned. Then the winner was that dickhead cowboy? He was a moron, blubbering at the end and telling the CEO of FN that he loved her? He'd never even met her before that day. There were so many better chefs than him. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
May 18th, 2015 at 2:07:20 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18204 |
Aw, come on, I liked that cowboy guy! He tried whatever it took to win. I just watched 2 seasons on Netflix and picked the cowboy and pie guy as my favorites early, both made the final-2. It is harder to rig now since they poll the audience for the winner. Of course they could fix that, but a tad harder. I really hope Netflix keeps getting more FN shows, as they seem to be doing. FN shows cry out for binge watching, and it is one of the 5 or so channels I actually watched on cable. The President is a fink. |
May 18th, 2015 at 2:26:09 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
He wasn't a talented chef and he had the personality of a redneck jerk. I didn't like the Indian girl either. Or the sandwich guy who won. They aren't great cooks. But neither is Guy Fieri, he's all mouth. I like hearing what Anthony Bourdain says about FN. He used to work there 10 years ago. He really can't stand Bobby Flay and Guy Fieri. He's says Flay has an awful temper and is often cruel to his people. And Guy is a hack, plain and simple. He likes Alton Brown and Giana because they can actually cook. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
May 18th, 2015 at 3:53:38 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18204 |
Guy isn't a cook but he is a great host for what he does. I can see a star chef having a temper. I know a guy who knows a guy who was on that local-challenge show of Flay's and had a few beers with him after. Said he was a good guy but OTOH he didn't work for him. I like Alton because he knows food AND production. I never heard if he was a producer who learned food or a food guy who learned production. Giana I just know is a hottie, never saw her cooking show. The President is a fink. |
May 19th, 2015 at 7:21:47 AM permalink | |
TheCesspit Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 23 Posts: 1929 | Guy's restaurants get terrible reviews from the foodies, and so-so ones from the enthusiasts of his style. I like the idea of his show, but would prefer it to be without someone quite so... bro-dude. The problem with it is that everywhere is GREAT, and reading puff pieces for restaurants is tiring anyways, and seeing it live gets tedious after a while... I'm never going to visit anywhere he visits, and unlikely to cook the dishes on the industrial scale. So an unending stream of hyperbole gets dull after a while. Alton and Anthony Bourdain are firm favourites of mine to read or watch. It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die.... it's called Life |
May 19th, 2015 at 12:10:19 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
Because they're knowledgeable real people. Guy's show DD&D is one long ad for local restaurants. According to him, they're all unique and remarkable and just great. Of course, this means none of them are. The only way you can get permission to shoot in a kitchen is to promise it will be a puff piece, or nobody would let you in. I can't stand any show Robert Irvine is on. He has no patience, no humor, why he's even on TV is a mystery. He has no TV personality. A couple of the restaurants he 'saved' with all his sage advice have gone out of business. That was the dumbest show on FN. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
May 19th, 2015 at 12:40:48 PM permalink | |
TheCesspit Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 23 Posts: 1929 |
Indeed... and this is why AA Gill's restaurant reviews are worth reading for the sake of the pleasure of reading them, while I only flip through the industry magazines to see what sort of food I might expect at the new place down the road. And then go to Urbanspoon for a far better idea. It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die.... it's called Life |
May 19th, 2015 at 1:10:18 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 | Something about Guy that drives me up the wall is, he hates eggs. He won't eat them unless they're buried in some recipe. Just the sight of a fried egg almost makes him sick. This is a true sign that he's no chef. Professionals get used to eating everything, even things they dislike. Though most of them don't dislike much of anything. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
May 19th, 2015 at 2:54:14 PM permalink | |
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 | I just made my traditional Survivor bet with my mother. I have Rodney or Mike to win and she has the field. The wager is $5, which is a lot for my mom. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |