Metal Shop Masters - General Discussion

[bilgistic]

On this competition show, a group of metal artists torch, cut and weld epic, badass creations from hardened steel. Only one will win a $50,000 prize.

[bilgistic]

Lou was robbed.

Rae reminded me so much of Amy Poehler's "Saturday Night Live" character, Kaitlin. I was exhausted watching her.

Edited September 13, 2021 by bilgistic

[Oosala]

Ivan is hot.  The whole time watching this, my eyes were drawn to the white light when they were welding.  I kept wondering if I was going to go blind.

[xander874]

Agreed that Ivan was super hot. Man...

I enjoyed this show. It was a quick watch, everyone seemed pretty nice, and episodes didn't have tons of filler. Fills my inexplainable need to watch reality competition shows (can't wait for the next British Bake-Off). 

I got so mad during the food grill challenge when the guy (sorry bad with names) couldn't understand the challenge. I blame his partner too for not pushing harder. But the whole time, I was confused why they didn't just ask someone to explain.

[bilgistic]

On 9/16/2021 at 1:11 PM, xander874 said:

I got so mad during the food grill challenge when the guy (sorry bad with names) couldn't understand the challenge. I blame his partner too for not pushing harder. But the whole time, I was confused why they didn't just ask someone to explain.

This was maddening. There were hosts! Producers, I assume! A whole crew makes a show! Could no one say anything? I'm still mad about it.

The show quite literally could have turned out differently if Frank or Leah had asked for clarification or if a production member just fucking told them.

Frank was problematic on several levels.

[CoderLady]

16 hours ago, bilgistic said:

This was maddening. There were hosts! Producers, I assume! A whole crew makes a show! Could no one say anything? I'm still mad about it.

The show quite literally could have turned out differently if Frank or Leah had asked for clarification or if a production member just fucking told them.

Frank was problematic on several levels.

On my favorite hot metal show Forged In Fire there are apparently production members off-camera who competitors can ask for parameter clarifications. Unless memorizing the list of requirements is part of the challenge, I can't imagine this show wouldn't provide the same. If I were Leah I would have immediately called one over to explain things to Frank since he obviously wasn't going to listen to anything she said.

[GaT]

I thought Ivan had it right until the final challenge.

On 9/16/2021 at 10:11 AM, xander874 said:

I got so mad during the food grill challenge when the guy (sorry bad with names) couldn't understand the challenge. I blame his partner too for not pushing harder. But the whole time, I was confused why they didn't just ask someone to explain.

I wondered the same thing, & it didn't seem like they asked someone off camera, because I never got the feeling he understood.

[TVbitch]

This was Ivan's to lose ...and he did! Bummer.

The winner shouldn't even have been in the final for my money. I thought his semi-final piece (the rocket ship that was supposed to look like an Indy car) was the worst of the bunch. I liked both Rae and Lou's pieces better. I will say the winners Zombie car was pretty solid. 

I loved Lou's mobile. I wish he would have been in the final.