When MasterChef started here I was fascinated, but now it seems like
a rerun. Lidia's boy's sneering and jeering, having to cook for large
numbers of troops, Gordon's ranting about "rawr" food, etc. is not as
compelling so many years on. Every little gimmick they use to hold the
viewer's interest has been done before.

On Tue, 10 Jun 2014 09:02:33 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

> When MasterChef started here I was fascinated, but now it seems like
> a rerun. Lidia's boy's sneering and jeering, having to cook for large
> numbers of troops, Gordon's ranting about "rawr" food, etc. is not as
> compelling so many years on. Every little gimmick they use to hold the
> viewer's interest has been done before.

I hate all of those stupid things. They are not interesting or
informative, just boring. Can't stand DDD either. Tried to watch
Man, Fire, Food on the Food Channel app last night. Big sleeping
pill. I like Roger when he does real cooking, not when he's emulating
Guy F.

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On Tuesday, June 10, 2014 9:02:33 AM UTC-7, wrote:
> When MasterChef started here I was fascinated, but now it seems like
>
> a rerun. Lidia's boy's sneering and jeering, having to cook for large
>
> numbers of troops, Gordon's ranting about "rawr" food, etc. is not as
>
> compelling so many years on. Every little gimmick they use to hold the
>
> viewer's interest has been done before.

Here's a strange idea.....DON'T WATCH IT!!!

On Tue, 10 Jun 2014 09:02:33 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

>When MasterChef started here I was fascinated, but now it seems like
>a rerun. Lidia's boy's sneering and jeering, having to cook for large
>numbers of troops, Gordon's ranting about "rawr" food, etc. is not as
>compelling so many years on. Every little gimmick they use to hold the
>viewer's interest has been done before.


No idea why anyone would want to watch anything like that to begin
with. Is cooking even relevant in these kind of shows? They seem to be
more about the vacuous and shallow 'contestants'. Might as well just
read one of those crappy gossip magazines.

"Jeßus" wrote:
>
> On Tue, 10 Jun 2014 09:02:33 -0700 (PDT),
> wrote:
>
> >When MasterChef started here I was fascinated, but now it seems like
> >a rerun. Lidia's boy's sneering and jeering, having to cook for large
> >numbers of troops, Gordon's ranting about "rawr" food, etc. is not as
> >compelling so many years on. Every little gimmick they use to hold the
> >viewer's interest has been done before.
>
> No idea why anyone would want to watch anything like that to begin
> with. Is cooking even relevant in these kind of shows? They seem to be
> more about the vacuous and shallow 'contestants'. Might as well just
> read one of those crappy gossip magazines.

Sadly the "producers" responsible for churning out much of the
programming today are fixated on "drama" and have no comprehension of
actual program content. It's not just food programs that have suffered
this way, the same happened to many other programs that started with
some technical content (American Chopper, Monster Garage, etc.) and
devolved into drama fests devoid of any of the previous technical
content.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 10 Jun 2014 09:02:33 -0700 (PDT),
> wrote:
>
>> When MasterChef started here I was fascinated, but now it seems like
>> a rerun. Lidia's boy's sneering and jeering, having to cook for large
>> numbers of troops, Gordon's ranting about "rawr" food, etc. is not as
>> compelling so many years on. Every little gimmick they use to hold the
>> viewer's interest has been done before.
>
> I hate all of those stupid things. They are not interesting or
> informative, just boring. Can't stand DDD either. Tried to watch
> Man, Fire, Food on the Food Channel app last night. Big sleeping
> pill. I like Roger when he does real cooking, not when he's emulating
> Guy F.
>
I have never liked DDD. Also disliked Unwrapped. And now they are showing
it again with a new show called Rewrapped. Of course that Mark Summers guy
is on there. I just don't care for him! They now have to recreate
something like Goldfish crackers or Twinkies. Their products are judged.
Then they go on to create a creative dish using the real thing. *yawn*

Please don't snap at me for replying to an ancient thread, but we've been
watching the Australian, New Zealand, Canadian and South African
Masterchef programmes, which have a very different format and some
brilliant cooking. And in some cases some star guests, eg Heston.
Doug
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