#iron chef america

[could-they-be-a-pro-wrestler]

How successful would the Chairman of Iron Chef America…

Propaganda for the mic skills:

Man is SUPER charismatic. Just watch any episode of Iron Chef America, Mark Dacascos chews the scenery like a pro-wrestler would. He’s got the theatrics of being a pro-wrestler down pat.

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Propaganda for the wrestling skills:

Mark Dacascos is an action star and a trained martial artist. You want proof? Watch his scenes in John Wick 3. Also, Mark was doing backflips while he was playing the Chairman, so the character can canonically do the high-flying wrestling moves.

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[thorsonoflesbians]

look i know we all have our own opinions of different chefs and presenters but can we all collectively agree that geoffrey zakarian and alex guarnaschelli were fucking, ESPECIALLY during next iron chef season 4 and the rest of ica before it ended

[secondhandbagofholding]

Iron Chef us hilarious. Everyone plays themselves except one really eccentric guy who plays a chairman. A chairman of what? Who knows.

[tvthemesongs]

Iron Chef America intro

[comicgeekscomicgeek]

I was so disappointed to learn the truth when I saw the Chairman’s “nephew” on Hawaii 5-O

Americans accepted the fake backstory to Iron Chef in part bc they didn't know the Chairman was an actor but also it commits so thoroughly to its kayfabe that yeah. If an eccentric rich man was going to create a place for chefs to duel it would look like this. I wish we lived in the world where rich people were making Kitchen Stadia

Also bc none of our reality shows get kayfabe. We have the banker in Deal or No Deal and that's it. Jeopardy! should start with a backstory about how steel magnate Frank Jeopardy created it as an arena to find the one true trivia master. But it doesn't

[would-hannibal-eat-them]

[detective-chelseajones]

Is that the iron chefs nephew

[shadowcatgirl09]

Man watching Iron Chef America is making me hungry

[arbitrarygreay]

Finally having sampled a little bit of just about every Iron Chef America show (as well as some bits of Top Chef, but not Master Chef!), I'm more and more annoyed that Netflix hasn't ordered new seasons of their versions. There are so many tweaks to the Netflix versions that feels like Alton Brown cogitating over decades of Food Network expertise and optimizing the version of the show he wants, which also happens to fit my own TV tastes, as well. The Food Network formula seems more geared towards the reality show side of it all, the sensationalism of challenge. Their obstacles introduce elements of strategy and gaming unrelated to cooking prowess. More importantly, most all of the challenges in the older shows (including Japan's Iron Chef) was the 60 minute (or less) time limit. It rules out so many kinds of preparations. These shows salivate over the prospect of failure for DRAMA. What the Netflix Iron Chef formula has done, is take the original Iron Chef dueling formula and mix in the finale gauntlet setup from Iron Chef Gauntlet. Then, it pulled back a little from the incessant smack-talking atmosphere in favor of something a little more dignified and respectful (arguably closer to Top Chef). Still, even more than all of those things, the Netflix Iron Chefs (well, the US and Brazil ones, anyways), is an investment in seeing the competitors perform at the top of their game (and so, providing more space and time to work with). They feel like a celebration of cooking. Iron Chef Brazil says so outright (that they want to show the world the greatness of Brazil's cuisines), and they live up to that promise. This is why Netflix Iron Chef Mexico left me so cold, as well as most food competition shows in general. I'm not seeing the competitors (including the Iron Chefs themselves) getting to showcase their best ability, being proud that they've done the most that they can. That seems meaningless to me, to judge food that's been handicapped so. I want to know which food truly wins out in the optimal condition, as well as to know what food in its optimal condition even looks like. (Meanwhile, I liked Iron Chef Eats a bit, as it follows the same formula as Behind the Dish, even if its episodes were blinkered with an American cuisine bias.)

[wiiroms]

(via Iron Chef America: Supreme Cuisine)

[denebolablack]

Okay, can we talk about how this quote is literally the whole Tony's life? Like he was a genius, and he definitely grew up too fast for his age (damn, he was in MIT at the age of FOURTEEN). He always keeps learning and remembering things he wish he didn't, the kind of things that would haunt him at night, the kidn of things that would make him feel useless cuz there are things that he just CAN'T stop even if he tries. But at the same time, he WANTS to know things because he needs control, especially after Afghanistan (because when he let other people control things, his weapons were sold to terrorists and he almost died).

So Tony Stark wants to know everything because he needs control, but he hates knowing everything because there are some things that he just CAN'T fix no matter how hard he tries.

And he can't let go of that.

He can't lose control.

Because when he loses control, people die.

He is a control freak because he is afraid of trust again because when he trust people, they betray him or they get hurt.

[batcavescolony]

comic writers are in the comic business so you'd assume they've...You know, read comics. but from what I see they don't do that apparently.

[charaznablescanontoyota]

one thing about me is that iron chef japan is legitimately my favorite reality competition show of all time

[gothprentiss]

probably the best tv show ever is the original iron chef. you might say like breaking bad or the sopranos or something and i guess you could make a case but neither of them have the drama or the wardrobe to be truly strong contenders

[rcdiostcrs]

i'm gonna need an explanation on that one.

that's not a sufficient explanation!! this movie is up there w/ the wwe crossover movie. like what's the purpose??