The writing on here has started sounding not like seasoned writers familiar with said topics, but gushing teen stans regurgitating without analysis.

Tommy Wiseau’s very poorly executed pivot from “I’m a serious filmmaker making a serious film.” to “Ha-ha-ha, it was a joke all along!” was the first thing that came to mind for me as well. 

I believe this about as much as the CGI being that bad in The Flash is a deliberate stylistic choice.

I have not seen this series, nor do I want to, but the makers’ explanation reminds me of Tommy Wiseau’s claim that “The Room” was never meant to be a serious drama but rather the ridiculous farce its defenders think it is.

“The show sucks because we wanted it to!”

If there’s any belief I’ve established in the post-ironic internet troll age, it’s that being naturally shitty and being ironically shitty are the same thing.

It looks bad going by the trailers why are we pretending it doesn’t? 

With all the hype around AI these days, I think we’ve kind of forgotten that AI has been used for straightforward tasks like this for a quite a while.

Are they recapping anything anymore?

I’m confused about how the podcast allegations fit into this? Doesn’t recording a podcast mean you grant consent for it to be aired? Who goes on a podcast like “we’re gonna sit here and talk in front of these microphones which are recording, but I don’t want you to air it”?  Is that the compensation part?  Did they…

There’s actually a solid (and very dumb) basis for why this ridiculous idea was considered.

I think you would have a real tough time getting one random person to admit they know who Richard Madden is before you could get five to say they know who John Mulaney is. He might look like a Cary Grant, but he’s more of a Cary Elwes in practice.

I think you are right, those judges seemed devastated by that raw liver, because they seemed to love every other dish Sara made, even the aggressively spicy tomato water. But when the only complaints about Budda’s dishes are that the curry was too buttery and something else needed more acid, you knew the win was his.

Eh...I dunno. Top Chef always edits their episodes to make it seem like the finale is close, even when it’s not (Tom and other judges used to write a blog after every episode aired and admitted as such a long while back). My read was Buddha won pretty comfortably but who really knows. Wish they still did those blogs…

Padma is one of the great charismatic and empathetic reality show hosts to me, up there with Tim Gunn and I’m drawing a blank on other ones who don’t suck/ aren’t assholes 

I am so confused; a singer is well within their rights to halt a show and call for unruly audience members to be tossed. Even the apology indicates their behavior was poor. She’s overthinking this. 

Don’t get me wrong, I love Padma, and I think her foodie bona fides are unquestionable, but...it should be mentioned how deeply weird her hosting could be. I think it’s all part of her charm at this point, but even after 20 seasons she still comes across as an extremely empathetic alien who’s just about figured out…

I could see them replacing Padma with Gregory Gourdet as well. Much like Kristen Kish, he already does a ton of Top Chef related things, and was a frequent guest judge on recent seasons. My biggest fear is replacing Padma with Richard Blais. What a tool.

As long as she doesn’t shit talk the writers this time around.