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I'm not against the multiverse as a concept. I used to love those old Earth 1/Earth 2 JLA vs. JSA stories where they brought the old heroes back. I just don't think they should base a whole series of movies on them over several years, it's too much.

What surprised me is that they actually cared that they were exploiting her and about her well being. Well, except Stewie, I guess.

I agree, I think the multiverse concept is hurting the superhero genre movies. It's cute in a way for a movie or two because it allows you to bring in older stars like Tobey McGuire as Spider-Man or Michael Keaton as Batman. But to base an entire phase, or worse, multiple phases on it just dilutes everything to no real stakes. If there are multiple realities, why should we care about a particular one? You can then threaten all the multiverses, but that's overkill. Build good characterization and tell good stories, that would be better.

I've been reading comic books for over fifty years, so you can't say I've never read a Marvel comic. And the Lee/Kirby era was my favorite, and you're right, there was some politics in there. But there was never any sense that a point of view was being shoved down your throat. Of course Lee was very much against racism, but that isn't a controversial topic at all. Today the same issue would be more along the lines of should the police be defunded, and that is a HUGE difference from the more generic moral lessons Lee was writing about. The truth is Disney has an agenda, and they are pushing that agenda, at the cost of storytelling, and it shows.

Yeah, it does seem like a lot of backstory is missing, and/or maybe they told us and I just missed it. I don't think they said it, but Kelly and Ray seemed to have some sort of relationship going on. Maybe Kelly had money to invest and depended on Ray to run the business, that was their partnership. She brought the money, he contributed the know-how. He just apparently didn't know quite as much as he thought, or he didn't care. Funny how he jumped back in when the restaurant started to become more successful (if we're to believe what we're told). I know Ray was cast as the villain in this, but I can empathize with him a little. Especially if he didn't agree to having the show come in. I know if I was trying to do my own thing, and Gordon Ramsey was coming in, I don't think I'd care for it either, unless I specifically wanted his help. Because you just know he isn't going to like anything you cook, and he's going to pick it apart like it's garbage.

Well, he couldn't really have pushed out Kelly, because she was the one who had the money invested. That would have been a villainous move. Can't help but notice Gordon usually favors the ladies though. When he went out to talk to the female influencer food critic, "Introduce me to your dad". Lol, he said he was kidding, but I wonder how many times he's used that line.

It's hard to believe they would choose this restaurant for an episode when the people running it didn't even agree about bringing Gordon in to help. I got the feeling Gordon was really trying to push Sam into getting into an argument with him, but he just wasn't having it. Didn't seem like he cared enough to argue. Him leaving was a great step, because that's what prompted the show to bring in all the professional help, and that made a huge difference. Sam returning at the end seemed like a step backward frankly, but according to the internet, the restaurant is still doing well. So good for them, I hope it keeps up.

Yeah, fighting Nazis and terrorism are hardly political hot button issues. Although I guess there are more people in the US today who support terrorism than I would have thought. But whatever, some people want the politics in their movies. Got it. I do not.

Two things about that: First, there is a matter of degree. The early Marvel movies did not give off the idea that they were pushing politics. Second, the political environment is especially toxic now, so jumping into that fray simply invites more toxicity.

Those movies are confusingly named. Batman Forever was actually the third one, but it sounds like it should have been the fourth (Batman 4ever - the one with Schwarzenegger). Meanwhile, Batman & Robin was actually the fourth. You can, but I don't think that makes it a good idea. Marvel has several problems right now, and one of them is the perception that they don't really care about the core comic book fans. You never got that impression in the early days when they were putting out Iron Man and The Avengers. Other problems are, of course, superhero fatigue, inserting politics into the movies, and lazy writing (which includes ignoring the source material).

I'm always thinking about menu size when I go out, thanks to this show. One restaurant I know has this huge menu. I always think first thing Gordon would do is cut it down. Thing is, IMO the food is very good. Gordon would probably be picking through it, spitting it out, and sending it back though lol. They are on the slow side though, so they probably could benefit from streamlining it.

I don't know much about acting, but that moment where Spiner was morphing from Data to Lore to B4 and back impressed me.

Lol, I was thinking the same thing. I had no idea who Omi (?) was and I still don't. The owners acted like Paul McCartney had just stepped into their kitchen.

Now that we know the episode was fake, it makes me wonder if the producers wrote Chris a particularly harsh script for causing them trouble.

Makes me wonder if Chris' behavior was real or just a reenactment. To be honest, when he was doing that dry heaving, I didn't think it sounded real.

The story they were telling was that he was a different person outside of work than he was at work. IF that is true, then they probably have a decent chance at a relationship. The question is if it's really true. And what other kind of work is he going to be able to find that isn't going to turn him from Jekyll to Hyde?

I think you're spot on there. The real problem with a lot of these restaurants are simply beyond Gordon's ability to fix. It would be nice to see restaurants that he could bring around more permanently. They said Chris and Tess knew each other when they were 12, then later reconnected. I think that might help explain how they're still together, because knowing someone when you're young like that can cause a deep bond. Because I think most couples dealing with what they were would have split up by now.

I wonder what he was doing to keep those three women on his side, considering the abusive way he treated them. Maybe I could understand his own mother, but that's about it. My guess is that after Gordon left, he quickly reverted to his old self, and they decided to sell the restaurant in a last ditch effort to save their relationship. Hopefully they try working in separate jobs if they stay together. This was one of the few episodes where they never talked at all about their financial situation, so maybe they weren't deep in the hole like most of the restaurants on this show. It looked like they kept busy ("I'll have the dry heave special"). Maybe the reason they stayed above water was because with Chris cooking, they didn't have to pay a chef. Maybe that wasn't feasible, because it seemed to me the logical solution would be to get somebody in there to do the cooking. I didn't see any indication at all that Chris had any desire whatsoever to be a chef, or enjoyed cooking in any way, shape, or form.

It's nice that they wanted to have some sort of ending, but I've never been a fan of clip shows.

Wow, that sounds pretty cool, I wasn't aware of that. I'll have to keep an eye out for that episode when/if it airs in my area. I looked it up and it's season 3, episode 16, and is called The Alan Brady Show. 3:16 should be easy to remember.

Well, Gordon kept calling it Juicy Box (accent on the Juicy). Which sounds very different than if you call it Juicy Box, which is probably what the kids had in mind. They were probably wondering "Why does he keep thinking we serve juice?"

Interesting season so far. I'm getting used to Brooke as the host. This last episode, episode three had no foolers in it. That doesn't happen very often. There was an early episode this season, could have been episode two, but I think it was episode one with Moxie, that had two foolers. Usually they edit things so that there is one fooler per episode. Looks like they've changed things up this season, which makes things less predictable.

Rick seems to have switched to a "we just want to find answers" for awhile now, so maybe it doesn't matter to them how much they get. They've probably made enough on the TV show to make it worth their while.

Well, I did too frankly, although I'm willing to give Brooke her chance. It's kind of amusing to see people complaining about her being gone, since I remember when she took over people were saying how horrible she was at it, and they wanted the guy who preceded her back (Jonathan Ross). According to Google, Alyson Hannigan left to spend more time with her family. She probably figured the experience had run its course and didn't want to devote time to another season. Although I wonder how long it takes to do a season, I'm sure they do multiple shows in a day? Probably less than a week.

You're probably spot on. I'm really curious how they're going to explain the water and wood samples saying gold is down there though. Assuming there isn't any treasure down there, of course. Just natural minute deposits, I suppose, even though they said there was enough silver to fill a dump truck.