Ok, you know what, I have to admit that I found this video kinda cool (I’m also drunk btw)…
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Once in a while, something comes along that makes me laugh so hard I forget that the universe is ever-expanding, our sun’s eventually gonna blow up, and we are all gonna die:
Right here — The best movie review I have ever heard on NPR’s ‘All Things Considered’, especially the last line.
I finally got to see ‘Star Trek’ for the second time this past weekend, and I must admit, everybody is right, this is a really great movie. I can’t really say that I was able to fully enjoy and immerse myself in the movie on first viewing because I kept waiting for the shoe to drop and the movie to start sucking, as the taste of ‘Nemesis’ still lingers in the back of throat whenever I think of recent Trek endeavors.
I was a huge ‘Star Trek’ fan growing up. I loved TNG and DS9, and when Voyager premiered, I was so happy to be able to watch a ‘Star Trek’ show from its broadcast beginning, but then DS9 ended and Voyager started sucking and it came to the point where I just wasn’t enjoying the new ‘Star Trek’ stories anymore (mainly because they were poorly written, conceived, and imagined). It’s a sad moment when you realize that the franchise that you have loved since childhood is no longer the franchise that you fell in love with, but that’s what happened. The ‘Star Trek’ franchise, under the guidance of Rick Berman, developed into an elderly Alzheimer patient, one that tries to latch on, remember, and repeat the best memories of its prime, but just can’t get its mind straight enough to make happen.
But anyway, I couldn’t really enjoy the new ‘Star Trek’ movie on first viewing because I was so apprehensive that it was going to suck or not live up to my meager expectations that I kept waiting for any sign that it was going to fail, but it never did. On second viewing, with the first hand knowledge that the movie wouldn’t suck, I was finally able to relax and enjoy the movie for what it is, the return of ‘Star Trek’ (it does irk me though that technically ‘Enterprise’ is canon in the new Trek universe).
5×14: I think enough time has passed to do a write-up of the finale of Hell’s Kitchen without spoiling who the winner is for that one person that accidentally stumbles upon my site, in the event that he or she is a fan of the show and hasn’t seen this episode, since no one else seems to visit this site. Also, I’ve just been really lazy in getting around to writing up this episode. A quick side note, I ended up spoiling the results of the winner for myself because I couldn’t wait to see who won since I missed the initial broadcast of the episode and had to view it later on hulu.
So the winner was Danny, which kind of surprised me because I honestly was expecting Paula to win because I imagine Chef Ramsay to be some sort of repressed horndog who would give the win to Paula because she’s female, hot, and pretty, and talented, lest we not forget that she is also talented. Also, Danny is a self proclaimed redneck, so I thought that would hurt his chances, but, as Chef Ramsay explained that he had decided on Danny as the victor because Danny had improved the most in the shortest amount of time, giving the win to Danny makes a lot of sense, and Danny does seem pretty talented and seemed to do the best job at the final dinner service.
In my last post, when talking about the eliminated contestants that returned to the show to help out the final two in the last dinner service, I was under the impression that they had returned of their own free will, but based on Giovanni’s comments, I don’t think they had a choice about whether they wanted to come back or not. I guess either some, if not all, of the eliminated contestants are kept under contract or at a hotel room until completion of filming of the competition so as not to spoil the results of the show as it airs (like how eliminated contestants of Survivor are kept secluded so that the paparazzi can’t snap shots of them and deduce who got eliminated before whom months before the show air). But either way, man Giovanni had a piss poor attitude this episode, especially after he was so gung ho about the competition when he was still in the running and had just joined the girl’s team all of those episodes back.
As much as I was rooting for Paula to win, Carol’s explanation of why she wanted Paula to win just pissed me off. Carol wanted Paula to win only because Paula is female and Carol is a feminist – that makes no sense to me. Bitches, I mean women, are always complaining that they want to be treated as equals, and in a cooking competition like Hell’s Kitchen, gender should not play a role, only talent should. Man that type of ignorance displayed by Carol pisses me off.
Another thing that pisses me off is when contestants are trash talking about how they are gonna whoop the other’s ass and win the competition… I mean, if two contestants are both saying shit like that, and there can only be one winner, then obviously one of them has to be wrong, right?
Anyway, another season of Hell’s Kitchen down, which I just found out was filmed immediately after the last season, and I also found out that season six starts airing in late July, which is great because that means that the withdrawal period between new Hell’s Kitchen won’t be that severe. Yea!
5×13: Not much to say about this episode, since this was the first hour of the two-hour finale and no one got eliminated. It’s too bad that Paula lost the personal challenge since it means that Danny gets first pick of the six eliminated contestants that have come back to help with the final two with their final dinner services, but I guess I would be saying the same thing of Danny if he had lost. I wonder how it must feel for the contestants that have returned to help out – is it humiliating for them to come back and help the final two win the prize that they had fought so hard to win themselves? Is it personally rewarding for them to help out their old competitors win such prize? Do they just want more screen time? Do they just want to do one final good job and end their Hell’s Kitchen experience on a good note? Or do they just want to get trashed on free champagne at the closing party? Deep questions…
Speaking of the six contestants that have returned, I knew it was them under those things that cover fancy plates (whatever they are called) before they were unveiled. “Six ingredients,” six returning contestants that anybody that has seen previous seasons would be expecting… just saying.
I wonder what goes through the minds of the other contestants that got eliminated early on when they watch the show and have to see themselves in the opening credits and wonder what could have been. Especially Will, who was the first to be eliminated and has to watch himself in the opening credits whenever, if ever, he watches this season – I’m guessing it might hurt inside a bit, I know it would if it was me. Instead of keeping all of the eliminated contestants on the opening credits throughout the season as if they were still on the show, if I were one of the producers, I would just ‘x’ them out on screen to let people know that they are gone. ‘X-ing’ out such contestants might even be solace for the eliminated contestants, the final nail in the coffin, the ripping off of a band-aid, so that such contestants will stop daydreaming of what could have been and realize their failure.
Anyway, one episode away from the end and I predict Paula’s going to win, just because Danny, as good as a cook as he is, is still a bit of a redneck, as evidenced by his desire to have booths and mounted dish in his portion of the dining room for the final service, not exactly fine dining.
5×12: Finally, thank god Andrea is finally gone. She calls it assertiveness, I call it annoying.
Anyway, so it’s down to Paula and Danny as the final two, which they deserve, because they’ve been the most consistent throughout the series. I was about to write that they’ve been the most hard working, but honestly, I think that Seth and Ben were the most hard working, but only because they had to make up the skills that they lacked, whereas Paula and Danny don’t have to work that hard because they’ve got what it takes.
I also love how the final two contestants were the most low key throughout the competition. They weren’t flashy or trying to show themselves off like the other contestants were – Paula and Danny were just trying to do a good job.
I did find it kind of funny how Paula was kind of nervous about appearing on that morning show in L.A., and that Andrea and Danny were excited about her appearing on television too, but these people are on tv, but I guess at the time it didn’t feel that way to them.
Also, I love how the final three were all surprised at seeing their family members. Have none of these people seen the show before? Hell, I’ve only seen season four and I guessed what was going to happen, but I guess my opinion just might be as a viewer watching the events as they happened, while the contestants were experiencing them as they were unfolding around them. Different perspectives and all that.
But anyway, I can’t wait for the finale, because I don’t know who the hell is going to win.