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Masterchef - blah!
Jul. 24th, 2019 01:10 pmMasterchef Australia is done, and I'm weirdly disappointed with the whole season. I basically lost all interest half-way through, and instead I've been marathoning the old favorite seasons, when the whole 10 season bundle came available here for free.
I don't know what bugged me so much about this season. The one who won, was clearly going to win. Not a problem as such, because the opposite is also true - there's always contestants that are clearly going to get cut first. Maybe what was missing was the solid middle back, that can rise or fall unexpectedly, which is what makes the show worth watching for 60 episodes. If there is a clear winner from the episode one, there is no contest. They could've just shoved the trophy to her, and save time and money.
There was also a whiff of, dare I say...favoritism? The winner was praised all the time by the three judges. That is unusual, because usually there's as much criticism as there is praise - but not this time. She was the best with everything, and even when she clearly failed, it was still perfect and delicious (and one time the dish wasn't even delicious, and she still won an immunity pin. WTF?)
Maybe she has such talent that everything she touches turns to gold, I don't know. But the problem is the same, no matter what the cause: there is no contest. What's exciting? There's no arch where the contests fail and grow and succeed, when you are strong from the start, you get praise all the way through no matter what, and then you win. It's blah!
This season was like mirror image of season 5, that was also a disappointment. That season no one had particular talent at all, they all stayed pretty much the same predictable level, and the winner was the one who failed just a smidgen less than the other. It was also blah! You need the right combination of failure and success! Having just one flavor is boring, it's just as true in cooking as its in tv-competitions.
It could be a problem with editing though, there was some episodes with really weird editing / camera work, so maybe there was something going on.
...And I just read the headlines, that the next season there is going to be new judges! Wonder if that was it, there's something happening in the background.
Still. I'm really disappointed, because I always look forward to a new season. Blah! No more!
I don't know what bugged me so much about this season. The one who won, was clearly going to win. Not a problem as such, because the opposite is also true - there's always contestants that are clearly going to get cut first. Maybe what was missing was the solid middle back, that can rise or fall unexpectedly, which is what makes the show worth watching for 60 episodes. If there is a clear winner from the episode one, there is no contest. They could've just shoved the trophy to her, and save time and money.
There was also a whiff of, dare I say...favoritism? The winner was praised all the time by the three judges. That is unusual, because usually there's as much criticism as there is praise - but not this time. She was the best with everything, and even when she clearly failed, it was still perfect and delicious (and one time the dish wasn't even delicious, and she still won an immunity pin. WTF?)
Maybe she has such talent that everything she touches turns to gold, I don't know. But the problem is the same, no matter what the cause: there is no contest. What's exciting? There's no arch where the contests fail and grow and succeed, when you are strong from the start, you get praise all the way through no matter what, and then you win. It's blah!
This season was like mirror image of season 5, that was also a disappointment. That season no one had particular talent at all, they all stayed pretty much the same predictable level, and the winner was the one who failed just a smidgen less than the other. It was also blah! You need the right combination of failure and success! Having just one flavor is boring, it's just as true in cooking as its in tv-competitions.
It could be a problem with editing though, there was some episodes with really weird editing / camera work, so maybe there was something going on.
...And I just read the headlines, that the next season there is going to be new judges! Wonder if that was it, there's something happening in the background.
Still. I'm really disappointed, because I always look forward to a new season. Blah! No more!