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  1. Having some time to reflect on it, I think Sara's green tea rice element in the bento box must have been truly awful. I obviously cannot prove this, but I think Tom had every intention of passing her through Last Chance Kitchen - why else were they caught so flat footed on that quickfire meant for 6? By putting Brooke in, they altered the competition so much that they could not confer a reward for winning the quickfire. I think they fully expected 6 and had to pivot. I think - especially at this late stage - Tom would only put a LCK contestant back in the game if he thought they were capable of winning the whole thing. Otherwise, what is the point? I think Tom knew Byron had reached his ceiling and, while better than Maria and Jamie, was still a cut below Shota, Gabe, Dawn, (and Sara). I think it was set up for Sara to get back in, but her tea rice thing was so terrible that Tom felt the integrity of the competition would be compromised if he passed her through. I think if Sara was arguably close to Byron, it could be fudged. But if Byron made no obvious flaws and Sara's rice was terrible (especially if the eliminated chefs taste the food off camera), Tom had no choice. Sara was never going to win because of the exact quality that reared its head with the tea rice - quirky and eclectic is refreshing and has a high ceiling, so long as it works. It is a high wire act, and when it fails it tends to fail spectacularly. She was bound to have a high profile fail. It's just a bummer it had to happen before the final 4.
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  3. someguy

    Euro 2020/2021

    It is a myth. The tongue can relax and block the airway, but it isn't hard for the medics to clear up. What the teammate did/didn't do didn't change anything. The medics did a top notch job.
  4. really, really glad to see this. Breckyn was struggling hard after football ended.
  5. I hated that episode. The quickfire was BS allowing Brooke - one of the best and most experiences Top Chef contestants ever, and one who was particularly awesome at quickfires - was way more than an ordinary advantage. Dawn was no slouch in that challenge, but how would she done if paired with Maria, who had no freaking clue? The care package thing is a cute idea, but they needed to do a better job of seeing to it that the boxes were roughly balanced. Jamie got absolutely screwed with what was sent to her. I know I'm the resident Maria hater - and I do give her props for how she handled the end - but instead of all the weepy eyed drama, why not the truth? She was right to be intimidated because THERE IS A MASSIVE GAP BETWEEN HER CHEF TALENT AND THE TOP THREE. Trying to tap dance around that obvious fact led to record amounts of eye rolling from me. This was the worst episode of the season because it is blindingly obvious who the top three should be, and that Maria (especially) and Jamie aren't even close. There was no drama. I realize it is part of what makes Top Chef great - that any chef can go home at any time if they have an off week - but 1) any long tern fan of the show knows Tom puts his finger on the scale for certain chefs at opportune times to save from elimination and 2) A Gabe/Shoda/Dawn/Sara final four would have been amazing. I'm legit bummed we're not getting it. Instead we have to pretend like we're at the elite phase of the competition where only tiny mistakes and mental fatigue separate the best of the best, while Maria water bathes some chicken wings and puts it next to a nasty, watery salad. There are at least a half dozen eliminated chefs who could have at least put together something competitive in that position.
  6. Y'all are sleeping on Take Shelter. Fantastic film with paranoid schizophrenia at the center.
  7. Nick Harris is correct.
  8. I'm getting irrationally angry that Maria is still in the competition. Not that I think she doesn't make tasty food - it sure seems like the does - but she has one lane that she shoehorns everything into, and even at that one lane she is tops out at average compared to the other chefs. I think she's like the 10th best chef this season and has had a ton of fortune in avoiding elimination. I know I'm probably in the distinct minority on this, but I think she should be have been one of the first 5 chefs eliminated. Shoda, Gabe, and Dawn have clearly separated themselves and, hopefully, will be the finale. My personal order is Shoda, Gabe, Dawn, but my gut feeling is that Dawn is the eventual winner. It took her a while to find her footing, but once she did she has been coming on like a freight train. We have no way of knowing, but I'd have loved to hear the judges' feedback on her fried tofu dish that was DQ'ed for not having enough plates. I think that might have been the best overall tofu dish and why I was absolutely sure Byron was going home when the desserts were essentially even.
  9. Thoughts on Avery Benson as roster depth?
  10. what a gutty performance by Jacobsen! First and third, no outs and she held on. Pulling the string to strike out that girl for the first out changed that entire inning. What a pitch.
  11. real quick thinking there by Corona.
  12. 2-0 count and Rhodes swings at pitch low and away for an easy pop up to right. In her last AB, Burke is up 3-1 and swings at a pitch at her eyes. K's the next pitch. Too much helping the pitcher, playing anxious.
  13. that was awesome.
  14. we have the worst approach at the plate. No plan. Just hacking away.
  15. I hate myself for correcting something so small, but it is Caleb Dume, not Dune. I only know this because my kids and I finished Rebels recently. I liked Seasons 1 and 2 fine enough, but Season 3 took a real uptick in quality (to my adult brain) and Season 4 was legit amazing. I was stunned how much I loved the last season. It was really cool seeing young Kanan in BB.
  16. it's not BS unfortunately.
  17. I think Shaka designed Maryland's final possession.
  18. this program is coming like a freight train. The future is bright.
  19. lets finish this.
  20. this is getting ridiculous
  21. for crying out loud that needs to be a no call or don't count the layup. To give a double possession on an ordinary lay up is just unconscionable. damn that call pisses me off.
  22. I can't get over the blocking foul on the non shooter, leading to a double possession, and then the no call on the clear block when the Maryland defender jumped the pick. Having those back to back was just so.....UGHHHHH
  23. Some of the athletes have been vaccinated. Having a BMI of 30 is a 1B factor. It doesn't differentiate between those who hit 30 BMI for fat reasons or muscle reasons.
  24. cosign, though for me Boy really sealed Waititi in the category of "will check out regardless". It feels like much of this thread consists of folks tossing out legendary directors. I agree with many of the names tossed out because they are awesome directors with an accomplished body of work. I'm going to focus more on directors who (perhaps) don't fall into that legendary category, or are in the earlier stages of their career, but because of the strength of a particular film make it so I will automatically check out their other work (a status that can be revoked). Damien Chazelle - Whiplash. Loved LaLa Land, thought First Man was disappointing. He is still someone i will automatically check out. Chloe Zhau - The Rider. One of my top 5 films of the decade. She is my new Malick, and I will watch anything she does. I enjoyed Nomadland, though not as much as The Rider. I'm beyond curious to see what she does with a Marvel movie. Jeff Nichols - Mud. Really appreciated the way he wove in the setting as almost a character. It was gratifying to see him do the same thing in earlier films like Take Shelter and Shotgun Stories. Midnight Special was really good, but more scifi. Disappointed in Loving, but more because biopics sucks almost across the board. I'm still on board. Asgar Farhadi - About Elly. His ability to deftly build a story that felt balanced and could go in any number of directions stood out. Led me to A Separation (top 10 all time movie for me) and The Salesman. Farhadi is probably a top 3 favorite director for me. Derek Cianfrance - Blue Valentine. His sharp eye for relational dynamics stood out. Place Beyond the Pines was great and I Know This Much is True was poorly timed coming out during the onset of COVID, when watching super depressing material was especially grueling. David Lowery - Ain't Them Bodies Saints - classic set up with a different feel. It marked him as distinct in my mind and that was validated in his work in the kid movie PEte's Dragon, and then very much so in A Ghost Story. I will definitely see the upcoming Green Knight movie. * Joe Talbot - The Last Black Man in San Francisco. I put the * because I loved LBMSF enough to follow Talbot and am eager to see his future work, but I'm not 100% sure he is in that category. He's only done the one film.
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