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Title: No Reservations
Post by: Lpb45 on Wed, 16 March 2011, 15:49:37
Best show on TV, anyone else watch this?
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Post by: Voixdelion on Wed, 16 March 2011, 23:20:15
Never heard of it  - whassup?
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Post by: Lanx on Wed, 16 March 2011, 23:23:02
anthony bordain is a sham, i base this all on the segment where he went to hawaii, got a Puka dog, and said it was awesome. Well i went to hawaii i got a Puka dog, and it was disgusting.
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Post by: Oqsy on Wed, 16 March 2011, 23:24:07
Anthony Bourdain.  "Kitchen Confidential"

Damn interesting guy.
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Post by: Lpb45 on Thu, 17 March 2011, 10:46:04
Quote from: Lanx;313056
anthony bordain is a sham, i base this all on the segment where he went to hawaii, got a Puka dog, and said it was awesome. Well i went to hawaii i got a Puka dog, and it was disgusting.


He also eats head cheese sayings its awesome, the show isnt just entirely about food though watch some of this seasons episodes.  Haiti, Nicarauga and Cambodia
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Post by: Lpb45 on Thu, 17 March 2011, 10:47:06
Quote from: Voixdelion;313052
Never heard of it  - whassup?


It's on travel channel multiple times a day, I think its in season6 by now so he has gone to a crapton of differant locations.  It's mainly a travel/food show with a weird sense of humor and angle.
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Post by: Lanx on Thu, 17 March 2011, 11:40:05
That's the thing that is so disingenuous about no reservations, he just goes where ever and says, "oh this is great food"!!! wtf 100% where he goes there is good food? you know some concoctions are unholy.

He's not even a good or interesting judge on top chef, he's a judge now but he's just like simon cowl, says stuff for effect.

I like gordon ramsey more, which is alot considering I dropped 400$ for me and my fiance a month ago at a ramsey restaurant in ny and it sucked, at most 3/5, not his fault tho, i got a tour of the kitchen it's being run by like thugs and criminals.
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Post by: Ekaros on Thu, 17 March 2011, 12:11:25
I'm more of Man Vs. Food man myself ;D

Just about greatest food porn in history of mankind...
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Post by: Lpb45 on Thu, 17 March 2011, 12:16:54
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That's the thing that is so disingenuous about no reservations, he just goes where ever and says, "oh this is great food"!!! wtf 100% where he goes there is good food? you know some concoctions are unholy.

He's not even a good or interesting judge on top chef, he's a judge now but he's just like simon cowl, says stuff for effect.

I like gordon ramsey more, which is alot considering I dropped 400$ for me and my fiance a month ago at a ramsey restaurant in ny and it sucked, at most 3/5, not his fault tho, i got a tour of the kitchen it's being run by like thugs and criminals.


Bourdain isn't really a chef, he hasnt been since he wrote his book 10 years ago and he has no $400 a dinner restaurants so not really sure why you are comparing him with Gordon Ramsey and talking about saying stuff for effect and then you bring up Gordon Ramsey - LOL????  I have no problem at all with Gordon, he is obviously a very good chef I just dont get the comparison.  To each his own I guess.

The show is about WAY more then food if you have actually watched it, its been nominated for outstanding non-fiction series multiple times and has won multiple cinematography emmys
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Post by: Lpb45 on Thu, 17 March 2011, 12:21:27
Quote from: Ekaros;313331
I'm more of Man Vs. Food man myself ;D

Just about greatest food porn in history of mankind...



I like MvF too its more of a guilty pleasure though lol
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Post by: Lpb45 on Thu, 17 March 2011, 12:22:07
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If I had Cable I'd watch "Everyday Italian" Every Day.
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I dont know everytime I see here show on all I can think of is she probly puts vaseline on her teeth with how much she throws out that fake ass smile.
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Post by: Lanx on Thu, 17 March 2011, 20:42:37
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Bourdain isn't really a chef, he hasnt been since he wrote his book 10 years ago and he has no $400 a dinner restaurants so not really sure why you are comparing him with Gordon Ramsey and talking about saying stuff for effect and then you bring up Gordon Ramsey - LOL????  I have no problem at all with Gordon, he is obviously a very good chef I just dont get the comparison.  To each his own I guess.

The show is about WAY more then food if you have actually watched it, its been nominated for outstanding non-fiction series multiple times and has won multiple cinematography emmys


i bought tickets to a speaking engagement he had at a theatre for some foodie friends who also went with me to the gordon restaurant that same month, so for me it was a two celebrity chef month.
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Post by: Lpb45 on Thu, 17 March 2011, 20:48:51
Ripster, stop spending so much money on keyboards and monitors and get cable!
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Post by: Lpb45 on Thu, 17 March 2011, 21:03:32
I could probly live without cable if I still got no reservations, dexter and football
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Post by: Lpb45 on Thu, 17 March 2011, 21:20:46
I dont know the first thing about cameras but that thing looks badass
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Post by: Lanx on Thu, 17 March 2011, 22:00:05
dexter's been sucky the last 5 seasons.
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Post by: Voixdelion on Fri, 18 March 2011, 20:41:29
and who says you have to watch it late?  Its online somewhere the second after it airs...

(and you shoulda seen my face when they killed off Rita....) Of course, only in America can they make the psychotic serial killer the good guy.  

Cable is one of things I don't actually miss being able to afford.  I get to watch all the same stuff when I want to (and with no commercials).  I've had Netflix ever since I found out about the online streaming.  Don't even use the DVD part, really.  I've had the last two out for about 6 months now...
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Post by: Lanx on Sat, 19 March 2011, 05:12:40
they prolly killed her off cuz her character was getting annoying and didn't know how to write in a wife script. Then she prolly got that no ordinary family offer or something and she had to be killed off. No ordinary family is being cancelled btw, i never watched it, but since heroes past season 1 sucked every kind of everything i gave up on super hero/ sci fi on tv ever again.
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Post by: Findecanor on Sat, 19 March 2011, 08:05:44
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Of course, only in America can they make the psychotic serial killer the good guy.

"Only in America"... what a weird expression.
I think it has more to do with the times. You couldn't do a serial killer hero back in the '80s.

Another way you could look at it, is that the show isn't really about good guys vs. bad guys.
The story is told from Dexter's perspective ... and no person sees himself as the bad guy. Even the coldest, hardest criminal believes in having the right to do what he does.