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Spook E · Nov 25, 2006, 05:33 AM

So I'm all set to watch Iron Chef tonight, when out of the blue this other tosh comes on the telly. It says it's Iron Chef, but the strange music, camp presenter and over the top graphics aren't quite clicking for me, and I realise with disgust that one of the best shows on TV has been butchered into this seppo garbage!

Is there nothing sacred in the world? Can't we just have Chairman Kaga, some stodgy old japanese chefs and a pretty young Japanese celebrity who giggles at everything?

Whats next to be raped by American television executives? Top Gear?

Judge_Fire · Nov 25, 2006, 06:00 AM

Anyone bite passionately into a pepper in this version?

Chairman Kaga is what I aspire to be.

Doofy · Nov 25, 2006, 06:45 AM

Originally Posted by Spook E

Whats next to be raped by American television executives? Top Gear?

You know you don't get the proper version of Top Gear in America unless you Torrent it, right?

Mastrap · Nov 25, 2006, 07:58 AM

BBC America
BBC Canada

All the Top Gear goodness one could ask for

KeyLimePi · Nov 25, 2006, 08:45 AM

The original Iron Chef was great, but they ain't making them anymore. Iron Chef America has been around a while and is really pretty good.

Last week it was Giada DeLaurentis vs. Rachel Ray.

RAILhead · Nov 25, 2006, 09:00 AM

She has a really big head, but I still enjoy her cleavage. Oh, and it's Giada De Laurentiis.

Apple Pro Underwear · Nov 25, 2006, 11:35 AM

The American ICA is not bad. I understand it's not the same as the japanese counterpart but that doesn't make it not a decent watch if you're into it. I like cooking shows because I love to eat, so I dig it. Plus, I like Good Eats so Alton Brown is worth watching alone.

Also, Rachel Ray is super cute but I find her shows outside ICA to be annoying. Glada IMO is annoying and snobby.

Blasphemy · Nov 25, 2006, 12:12 PM

niiice knockers

olePigeon · Nov 25, 2006, 01:48 PM

I can't stand Bobby Flay after his fiasco on Iron Chef... twice. No way in hells would I watch Iron Chef America.

TailsToo · Nov 25, 2006, 02:17 PM

Wow... iron or jello?

imitchellg5 · Nov 25, 2006, 03:38 PM

Originally Posted by KeyLimePi

The original Iron Chef was great, but they ain't making them anymore. Iron Chef America has been around a while and is really pretty good.

Last week it was Giada DeLaurentis vs. Rachel Ray.

Can't believe Rachel won. Giada should have.

iLikebeer · Nov 25, 2006, 04:23 PM

Originally Posted by imitchellg5

Can't believe Rachel won. Giada should have.

Giada was partnered with Bobby Flay. Maybe the judges are finally realizing that there is more to cooking than blue corn chip crusted *special ingredient* with a chipotle sauce and mango salsa on the side. And his man cleavage cancels out any goodness cleavage from Giada.

Oversoul · Nov 25, 2006, 04:44 PM

Originally Posted by imitchellg5

Can't believe Rachel won. Giada should have.

Rachel Ray didn't win. Mario Batali did.

Apple Pro Underwear · Nov 25, 2006, 06:44 PM

Originally Posted by Oversoul

Rachel Ray didn't win. Mario Batali did.

yup!

and the thing i have to say about Bobby Flay: I always want to eat what he makes on the show. So I respect him that much...

Rev-O · Nov 25, 2006, 08:18 PM

Iron Chef America is horrible! HORRIBLE! The charm of the original Iron Chef is the wacked out ingredients they use. I fully expected to see Chairman Kaga announce "Iron Chef: Monkey Head Challenge!" as he yanked a sheet off a basket of monket noggins. And then some chef would be making Monkey Skull Mousse with Monkey Brain Garnish as a dessert, and some actress who is reknown for doing Hentai voice overs would exclaim "<giggle> Oh! It is so sweet! <giggle> I like it! <giggle>" That's the charm of Iron Chef.
Giada De Laurentiis looks like a Bobble Head. The only reason she keeps her job is the fact that she always seems to be bent over in front of the camera so she can show some cleavage. She is annoying.

KeyLimePi · Nov 26, 2006, 01:45 PM

Originally Posted by Rev-O

Iron Chef America is horrible! HORRIBLE! The charm of the original Iron Chef is the wacked out ingredients they use.

Actually, they were pretty popular ingredients....in Japan. How do you know they don't watch the American version in Japan and marvel at our "whacked out" ingredients?

The only reason she keeps her job is the fact that she always seems to be bent over in front of the camera so she can show some cleavage.

Yea, those years she spend studying at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris don't count for anything.

cheruman · Nov 26, 2006, 05:39 PM

Bam!

Rev-O · Nov 26, 2006, 08:26 PM

Originally Posted by KeyLimePi

Actually, they were pretty popular ingredients....in Japan. How do you know they don't watch the American version in Japan and marvel at our "whacked out" ingredients?

Erm, I don't really care if the Japanese watch our version and think out ingredients are crazy. I'm not watching it in Japan and I'm not Japanese. If you want to make this a discussion on cultural relativism and cooking, have fun! I was just asserting that #1 I find the Japanese ingredients are wacked and #2 the American version of it sucks. Does that make things clearer for you?

Originally Posted by KeyLimePi

Yea, those years she spend studying at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris don't count for anything.

She's still an annoying bobble head. The least intelligent people I've met in my life I met in higher education. Maybe those years in Le Cordon Bleu taught her how to shove her tits at the camera so people wouldn't notice the disproportionately large cranium flopping around on top of her shoulders?

KeyLimePi · Nov 27, 2006, 09:10 AM

Originally Posted by Rev-O

She's still an annoying bobble head. The least intelligent people I've met in my life I met in higher education. Maybe those years in Le Cordon Bleu taught her how to shove her tits at the camera so people wouldn't notice the disproportionately large cranium flopping around on top of her shoulders?

It's hard to take your opinions seriously when you're so crass. What specifically do you find so annoying about her? Is there something besides the proportions of her body? Is that what your "life in higher eduction" has taught you? To judge people based on their appearance.

I saw her bio on TV. I was pretty impressed that she didn't want to ride on her family's coat tails and go into the movie business like so many others in her family. Instead she went to college, then went overseas to study cooking. Then she came back and started her own catering business, which was successful for years, before being offered a TV show.

Those are the things I use to form my opion. Base on that she seems genuinely self-effacing and likable to me. I've also made several of her recipes and they're very good.

RAILhead · Nov 27, 2006, 09:26 AM

I agree. While I find myself inadvertently leaning away from the TV when the camera sweeps to her face, I enjoy her cooking (and boobisies).

Dakar² · Nov 27, 2006, 09:30 AM

Iron Cooo-ruukuuu!