Great piece. It is sort of unfair that Longoria would have to take the brunt of questioning considering the timeline of the production and I get that she would be salty (pun, sorry) about how it impacted her first feature. That being said, her response truly sucks. “Feels like the LA Times would have better things to do.” Says the person who just dedicated like a year of their life or more making a movie about this exact story? A person known for their activism made their first movie about CEO grindset messaging?
Speaking of timing, your PGA example couldn’t have come at a better time.
I just want to go back in time when Original Taco Flavor Doritos were being made. Not the so-so current version or that ungodly Taco Bell flavor they did once.
I'm curious what I'd think of it if I could Men In Black-flashy thing myself into forgetting that the whole story it was based on was a lie. I think it's kind of like Argo, where even when I was 100% into the movie, the part where they were literally fleeing from soldiers on the runway on the way out I just knew in my bones wasn't the true part. Argo only really had that one part, this had at least two or three of them.
Did it seem like Magical Elves strained even harder than usual to create suspense around the winner? It felt to my girlfriend and I like the judges were edited to seem much less complimentary of [REDACTED]'s dishes than we would have expected given their victory. The judging seemed tougher or more nitpicky overall than previous finals (it's possible the food simply had more errors than Buddha-Evelyn-Sara or Gabe-Shota-Dawn or whomever, certainly), but the judges raved about [REDACTED]'s flavors and inventiveness, and the discussion implied that [REDACTED] might have straight-up won three out of the four courses.
I know that's the point of the whole show, to create drama and suspense and not give away the result before Padma's announcement, but the judges' table editing this year seemed even more opaque than I'm used to.
I hated those click-bait ads at the bottom. Good riddance to that.
Great piece. It is sort of unfair that Longoria would have to take the brunt of questioning considering the timeline of the production and I get that she would be salty (pun, sorry) about how it impacted her first feature. That being said, her response truly sucks. “Feels like the LA Times would have better things to do.” Says the person who just dedicated like a year of their life or more making a movie about this exact story? A person known for their activism made their first movie about CEO grindset messaging?
Speaking of timing, your PGA example couldn’t have come at a better time.
WHERE'S MY GONDARSH TV RECAP, BLOG MONKEY?!
I just want to go back in time when Original Taco Flavor Doritos were being made. Not the so-so current version or that ungodly Taco Bell flavor they did once.
I can't wait to never see that Flamin' Hot movie.
I'm curious what I'd think of it if I could Men In Black-flashy thing myself into forgetting that the whole story it was based on was a lie. I think it's kind of like Argo, where even when I was 100% into the movie, the part where they were literally fleeing from soldiers on the runway on the way out I just knew in my bones wasn't the true part. Argo only really had that one part, this had at least two or three of them.
I like that comparison to Argo. But if that technology was available, I'd MIB flashy thing myself in an instant to enjoy things again!
Re: TC Finale,
Did it seem like Magical Elves strained even harder than usual to create suspense around the winner? It felt to my girlfriend and I like the judges were edited to seem much less complimentary of [REDACTED]'s dishes than we would have expected given their victory. The judging seemed tougher or more nitpicky overall than previous finals (it's possible the food simply had more errors than Buddha-Evelyn-Sara or Gabe-Shota-Dawn or whomever, certainly), but the judges raved about [REDACTED]'s flavors and inventiveness, and the discussion implied that [REDACTED] might have straight-up won three out of the four courses.
I know that's the point of the whole show, to create drama and suspense and not give away the result before Padma's announcement, but the judges' table editing this year seemed even more opaque than I'm used to.
Wonderful piece about Flamin Hot, Vince!
Thanks, Dave, always good to hear from you, bud.