Top Chef -- Off-Topic, For things non-show related Options

[BravoBoardBoss]

We understand that a lot of you have long been posting on these boards and have made friends, and want to discuss your personal likes and dislikes. And so we are pleased to offer this off-topic thread for fans of "Top Chef."

HOWEVER.

We re-iterate that we do not want to moderate these boards, and that we reserve the right to ban or approve commenters at our sole discretion. You are hereby warned that personal attacks on each other will not be tolerated. We will not referee nor will we moderate arguments. We will simply ban you. Keep it clean. These off-topic threads are an experiment. They will be shut down if necessary.

[notevayas]

[partsgirl]

We understand that a lot of you have long been posting on these boards and have made friends, and want to discuss your personal likes and dislikes. And so we are pleased to offer this off-topic thread for fans of "Top Chef."

HOWEVER.

We re-iterate that we do not want to moderate these boards, and that we reserve the right to ban or approve commenters at our sole discretion. You are hereby warned that personal attacks on each other will not be tolerated. We will not referee nor will we moderate arguments. We will simply ban you. Keep it clean. These off-topic threads are an experiment. They will be shut down if necessary.

You such nice people! Thanks so much! I think everyone is gettin' along pretty well and now we won't tick off people with our ot rants on the epi boards. I give you BIG HUGS! Now... quit bein' do bossy!

[partsgirl]

LOL! Exactly! Off with their ears!

[partsgirl]

WAJ

Why in heavens name would you take a liking to her?????

She could turn ANYONE into a lesbian.
She is gawjus and a reet fine actress.
I love her acting...She is so natural and no tricks.
Good taste there Sparky

And so could he.

[dogabone]

We understand that a lot of you have long been posting on these boards and have made friends, and want to discuss your personal likes and dislikes. And so we are pleased to offer this off-topic thread for fans of "Top Chef."

HOWEVER.

We re-iterate that we do not want to moderate these boards, and that we reserve the right to ban or approve commenters at our sole discretion. You are hereby warned that personal attacks on each other will not be tolerated. We will not referee nor will we moderate arguments. We will simply ban you. Keep it clean. These off-topic threads are an experiment. They will be shut down if necessary.

I think I speak on behalf of all my Board Buddies in thanking you for this thread. We will do our best to behave and will never cause you to doubt your wisdom in providing this outlet for us.

I think, on the whole, we have behaved ourselves on the PR off-topic thread and remain grateful to you for providing it.

Now, watch how fast this thread fills up!

[partsgirl]

Blaspheeeeeemer!

You don't like the Jeffinator???

Nope.
Well... as an actor, no.
As a new and much improved person I do.
I applaud his actions during Katrina. I just don't like his movies.

[partsgirl]

I think I speak on behalf of all my Board Buddies in thanking you for this thread. We will do our best to behave and will never cause you to doubt your wisdom in providing this outlet for us.

I think, on the whole, we have behaved ourselves on the PR off-topic thread and remain grateful to you for providing it.

Now, watch how fast this thread fills up!

Yeah! The only problem now is bouncing around between them all!
I do have a question for everyone... Since we have this shiny new OT for TC board...
Do you guys think we should put our recipes here and just note a post on the epi board where we have them stashed?

[SimpleBear]

I made this post originally on the Project Runway off topic board before I knew there was a Top Chef off topic board, so I'm making it again for those who have left the Runway boards for good.

I saw "The Pirates of Penzance" last night when I got home. I had TIVOed it, because I had never seen the film. It left the theaters too quick and I didn't have the heart to see it after the disasterous reviews the film got.

After reading Frank Rich's rhapsodic review of the new version in 1980 I saw it at Joe Papp's Delecorte theater on a balmy summer night under the stars. It was a wonderful show; Bringing rock singers (Rex Smith, Linda Ronstadt) and Broadway vets (Angela Lansbury, Kevin Kline and the delightful George Rose) together, they mixed the old with the new in exciting new ways.

Though I could see some of the things in the film that I witnessed that lovely night, it was, overall, craptastic, so I have a question.

Why are most of the films made from hit musicals so bad? "The Producers" was lovely on the boards and awful on film. "Rent" was a show that so captured my imagination that I saw it on stage over a dozen times. It helped that you could wait in line for $20.00 seats in the first ten rows but that wasn't all. It was great.

Okay, "Chicago" was great, as was "Dreamgirls"; but most of the time they are like the film of "Evita", a show that wasn't much good on stage, and deplorable on screen. And don't blame Madonna and Antonio as they may have been great in a solid film. Bad musicals have been made into good movies.

Why,just why, can't we do these things now? We used to be able to do them. I just saw the film of "Damn Yankees" and it still holds up. I can't imagine wanting to see most of the modern musicals on film in 20 years. What happened?

[WhataJoke]

WAJ

Why in heavens name would you take a liking to her?????

She could turn ANYONE into a lesbian.
She is gawjus and a reet fine actress.
I love her acting...She is so natural and no tricks.
Good taste there Sparky

She was good enough for the Dread Pirate Roberts, so who am I to argue.

[SimpleBear]

Nope.
Well... as an actor, no.
As a new and much improved person I do.
I applaud his actions during Katrina. I just don't like his movies.

See, I don't understand that at all. When I look at a film I look at the artistic merits(well, most of the time) and, no matter how much you may dislike his films, you really can't deny that Penn is a tremendously gifted actor and director. I wouldn't neccesarily want to hang with him, but he's one of the cream of the crop of that generation's actors.

This post has been edited by SimpleBear: March 18, 2008 - 11:10 AM

[SimpleBear]

Yeah you either love him or you don't as an actor.
Mum did NOT.....But I sure do.
He's a method actor through and through.
Some revere him...and ....some don't obviously lol

You mean not one of his movies??

The Weight Of Water
Sigh!
21 grams
Sigh!
Hurlyburly
Sigh!
Casualties Of War
Sigh!
Too many to name.

Do you like DiNiro??
If you say no....piano wire for you!!!

Brando????
Oh BIG SIGH!!!

Ditto on Brando, and, especially DeNiro. When "Mean Streets" came out I would ask people if they had seen this new and wonderful young actor. If not I took them to see "Mean Streets". In fact, he was so dynamic in that film that I didn't recognize him as the sweet comic actor from three early Brian DePalma films. I later saw them and was amazed. It was like a different person.

A year later, when "Godfather Part II" came out, I took this girl I was dating, and every time he came on screen she sighed and said "he's so beautiful". I could only agree. How could you tell the woman, you're dating, that you would rather be intimate with the actor you're watching, than with her? Very tricky.

I've now been with my HusBear for over 8 years and I still fantasize over DeNiro. But, then again, so does Drew. If I have given him nothing else I have given Drew an appreciation and lust for DeNiro.

Hope's dashed to the floor like shattered teenage dreams.
Boys living next door are never what they seem.
A walk in the park can become a bad dream

People are staring and following me.
This is my only escape from it all:
Watching a film or a face on the wall.
Robert DeNiro's waiting
talking italian.
Robert DeNiro's waiting
talking italian.
Robert DeNiro's waiting
talking italian.
Robert DeNiro's waiting
talking italian.
I don't need a boy
I've a got a man of steel

Don't come any closer
I don't wanna feel.
You're breathing
you're touching
but nothing's for free

I never want this to happen to me.
Don't try to change me
you're wasting your time

Now I've got something much better in mind.
Robert DeNiro's waiting
talking italian. . . .
A walk in the park can become a bad dream
. . .
Robert DeNiro's waiting
talking italian. . . .

Thank you, Bananarama!!


This post has been edited by SimpleBear: March 18, 2008 - 11:22 AM

[Jazzie53]

We understand that a lot of you have long been posting on these boards and have made friends, and want to discuss your personal likes and dislikes. And so we are pleased to offer this off-topic thread for fans of "Top Chef."

HOWEVER.

We re-iterate that we do not want to moderate these boards, and that we reserve the right to ban or approve commenters at our sole discretion. You are hereby warned that personal attacks on each other will not be tolerated. We will not referee nor will we moderate arguments. We will simply ban you. Keep it clean. These off-topic threads are an experiment. They will be shut down if necessary.

Thank you so very much! If you drift through, the porch is always open for you, and a cup of tea or chai (or even champagne) ready and waiting. We really do appreciate this!

[Jazzie53]

You such nice people! Thanks so much! I think everyone is gettin' along pretty well and now we won't tick off people with our ot rants on the epi boards. I give you BIG HUGS! Now... quit bein' do bossy!

Yep yep yep!~

And....I want that pinto bean and potato recipe from you! Share????
Jazzie

[Jazzie53]

Yeah! The only problem now is bouncing around between them all!
I do have a question for everyone... Since we have this shiny new OT for TC board...
Do you guys think we should put our recipes here and just note a post on the epi board where we have them stashed?

Yes please! (and if you copy the http info, you can link us right to the recipe!)

Just popped in to read, saw this thread, went WHOOO HOOO and now have to go back to my regularly scheduled chores!

[PattiB]

When I want to go from one topic to another, I just open another window or use the tabs. Makes it easier for me and I can read more than one topic at a time. When I was trying to catch up on reading past posts from topics like TC Holiday or (shh!) MMAS, I had 3 or 4 windows or tabs opened a one time. In fact, right now I have the OT TC thread and the Epi 1 thread opened.

[WhataJoke]

I guess this is the place to post this now.

Attention Famous people. Look at what happened to Paul McCartney.

DONT GET MARRIED, EVER!!!! ITS NOT WORTH IT!!!!

[WhataJoke]

LOL ...........Wimp!!!!


Oh you meant famous peeps.
Never mind(Gilda Radner)

Hey Angie Everhart could walk up to me and beg me to marry her right now.
It's still not worth 48 million.

In related news casinos across the country have stopped calling slot machines "One Armed Bandits"in favor of the more pop culturally relevant "One Legged Heathers"

[SoonersRock]

Good idea... I hope it works.

[SoonersRock]

Thanks

Who did you mean???

MoHub needs to teach you how to quote young man!!!

Oh I was just commenting on the existence of this off-topic board in general.