Frost

That list of upcoming films made me sad. Not an original in the bunch. Are we doomed to sequels and live action re-makes for all time? I want to see originals! How are we going to get the next Frozen, or Inside Out, if all the talent and attention is on retreads?

Argh! The women keep falling in the pairs free skate! It's aggravating that it's always the women. Should they keep jumps to doubles? Just physically, the men are going to have an advantage on the jumping. So quit pushing triples that the female skaters can't do. To me, so much of pairs skating is the interaction between the skaters ,the lifts, and throws. So expecting difficult individual jumps as well seems like overkill.

I know it's futile, but I sure wish Johnny and Tara would take a breather now and again and let us hear the music! They talk incessantly. Watching figure skating is more than counting the points, it's seeing how the skater interprets the music. And when you can't hear it, the performance loses a lot of emotional impact. Luckily the judges don't have to hear it. I just wish I didn't either!

I can feel sorry for the Tonya that was ridiculed by her mother and beat up by her husband but still believe she bears some responsibility for the attack on Nancy Kerrigan. Unlike Sarah Marshall, I don't think calling to find out where Nancy was practicing and what hotel room she was staying in is all that innocent. Why on earth would Tonya have a bet with her ex-husband about where Nancy Kerrigan was practicing? That doesn't sound plausible to me. Maybe she didn't know exactly what they were planning to do, but I believe she knew some kind of attack was being planned. Obviously, I don't know these people and I'll never know for sure who knew what, when. I just find it difficult to think about a young athlete being attacked and traumatized by a group of men who absolutely meant to do grave harm to her. I admire Nancy for not only competing but getting out of bed after the attack! I would have been terrified.

I'm not an Ashley fan, but her cake looked absolutely fantastic! Her decorating was spot on. I can't believe Justine just ignored the whole center of her display! And Kevin's decorating was abysmal. Thou's painting technique was fine. I would have liked more than one technique in her decorating. I get more and more disgusted with the winner only getting $25K. The contestants talking about opening a brick & mortar store or a catering van must realize how little $25K would actually do for them. Kevin's trip to Hawaii was pretty much the only thing mentioned that would be covered by the prize!

The stupid "crunch" factor gets mentioned in every dessert! I have no desire to eat a crunchy cake slice. I'd think egg shell got in there! 😁 Plus, almost everyone uses feuilltine (sp?). As this is a baking show, I maintain that every thing the bakers use should be made by them. No pre-made oreo cookies, or ginger snaps, or rice crispsies, or marshmallows, etc. I know the bakers get an unrealistic amount of time for their bakes, so my complaint isn't really practical. As always, I'd argue to give them more time!

I just watched Bambi for the first times in decades, and I have thoughts. First of all, at least in Minnesota, deer hunting season is in the FALL, not Spring. Even if I could give them the benefit of the doubt and pretend the first shooting was a poacher, the killing of Bambi's mother was by a whole encampment of hunters, complete with tents and fires. These were not poachers. Secondly, no deer hunter goes out with a pack of dogs, especially not loud, vicious dogs. Completely counter productive. Deer hunting requires stealth, as deer have very good hearing. Most of all, as an adult, I was shocked that Bambi is kind of boring! There are long stretches with nothing but scenes of the forest while an off screen choir sing sappy songs. I can't believe modern day children would even sit through this movie. I wish I had left my warm feelings about the movie alone and skipped the rewatch. 😔 With Disney+ I've been rewatching a lot of movies and really enjoyed them (Pollyanna, Parent Trap, Jungle Book, Freaky Friday, etc). I am sad that Bambi didn't live up to my memories.

Not only was It not necessary, it was said in the most ham fisted fashion. Did he encourage the team that won the challenge to yell "Up yours, losers!" I'm sure the producers push a lot of this stuff, but I would think Jesse has been around enough to push back on their more stupid ideas.

I agree. Comparing himself as an "immigrant" to Javier was insensitive. And he was definitely trying to stir the pot during the team challenge.

Javier! No! Such a bad time to have an off bake! I wonder if the failure of his isomalt dome was sticking with him. As soon as Justine named their team "The Winners" you knew they were doomed. I felt so bad for Javier when attempt after attempt failed. I was about to chastise Justine for making yet another raspberry dessert, but then I remembered that she was actually assigned that flavor! 😁

Once again, the judges chose correctly. Josh was definitely the one to go. I was so worried for Justine with her raspberry disaster. Luckily it tested fantastic.

The right person went home again! I can do a little snark about comments, but ultimately, the judges are sending the right people home. During the preheat, Ashley's hair was touching Santa's face! Gross!

And why hang them so low the judges had to stoop to see them? I guess they should have had those things mechanics use to roll under cars (apparently called "creeper seats"!).

After Bert leaving tonight, there's still 8 bakers left! There must be some double eliminations coming up. Christmas is only 4 weeks away. The right person went home. I haven't been able to complain about the eliminations this season.

Why do the bone heads at NBC and CBS think Thanksgiving Day Parade viewers want to see talking heads and minor guest stars instead of the actual parade!!! I'm going to have to turn it off before my mood turns.

I never felt like Jennifer was enjoying herself, which made me not want to root for her. I feel like she'll be happier not competing. I was so worried for Justine. She's one of my favorites and she screwed up both times! It bugs me when people on this show use packaged lady fingers in their dessert.

I sure hope it isn't #5, Blackberry Jam!

They certainly seem to be going for mood and atmosphere instead of plot or character development. I am curious about some things. Are they red herrings or will they become meaningful? Books - both on the plane and at the hotel. Who builds a library in a plane? The retreat had been planned for two years, but Darby was only invited 2 weeks before. Was she a last minute addition? The hotel manager - first, he bumps into Darby in the hallway , close to Bill's room, then later he throws her out of the room saying "This is a private matter!" He seems to be reacting to things in an odd way. Fang - Why on earth did Bill pick Fang as his artist name? When the first body is dug up in the flashback, Darby holds up the earrings and specifically looks at one of the cops and ask, "Have you seen these?" And then later Darby and Bill mention they aren't going to the police with their evidence because they won't go against "one of their own."

Even though I knew they were promoted, the editing did a great job making that Boreham Wood game tense and exciting. Setting a goofy goal go past Foster at 0:49 was jaw dropping. I loved the crowd streaming onto the field at the end of the game and the 40,000 people that showed up for the parade! I was at a must win Game 6 home game in the World Series many moons ago and the absolute euphoria when we won is impossible to describe.

I guess they're replacing the talking heads with baker cam? Bad decision! It's clear the talking heads were "directed" by somebody offscreen and therefore the baker's responses were usually clear. I suppose the questioner could rephrase until the baker's had a TV worthy thing to say 😃 The baker cam is just stupid. Suddenly a baker stops what they're doing, scurries over to a corner and looks up into a camera and starts talking? Food Network, drop it please!

I loved Captain Marvel. I'm a little nervous about this one. I hope Carol's character isn't side lined.

I don't know everyone's name yet, but I like Alex and Justine. Jennifer seems so glum. She's so stressed out. I hate the Baker Cam.

I was disappointed in James' two headed monster. Since it's the primary theme of his dessert, I think he should have done it in a baked component, not modeling chocolate. Make a stack of cakes and then carve it into 2 heads. I also thought it was interesting that everyone used fondant and the judges were ok with it. I'm sure I remember judges in the past saying nobody really likes to eat fondant. I assume they don't like to eat gobs of modeling chocolate either. Ryan must not have watched past seasons. There have been a couple of bakers who tried to whip up the boxed egg whites with no success. I thought his idea of "lost souls" being trapped behind glass, but he definitely needed more time to pull it off.

Yup, it's Hollie. Least surprising winner ever.

I just found this on Hulu. I loved the first season, liked the second, and was bored by the third. The quality of the contestants seemed to go downhill. A number of them could not temper chocolate! I like the concept of the show, although I hate white "chocolate" with the power of a thousand burning suns! The judges have critiques even on bakes that they like which is great because none of them are going to be perfect. And I appreciate that nobody has a catchphrase like "Duuuuuuude".