Hey, tell us something we don't know, Chucky. If that's your REAL name
But in all jiggery-pokery, I contend that Moffat has signed his own death warrant forging on into a dark and stormy eighth season. Why? Cos TV science fiction doesn't boldly go that far, and when it does, it's put out to pasture.
After talking with a friend on Twitter the other day, it seems Channel 10 have gone batshit crazy plugging their new Secret Life of Us clone "Offspring" featuring the unfathomably annoying Asher Keddie, master of the annoying "pained yet knowing" expression. There's been extended promos for it, flash ads on the internet, themed station IDs and even those small "pop-up ads" during the Football. (Great use of chasing your core demographic there.)
Working at a "internet regulator" year or so ago, I was well versed with the Australian Communications and Media Authority and their jurisdiction regarding what constituted "spam" under the Federal Spam Act 2003. Under the act, it is illegal to:
"to send, or cause to be sent, unsolicited commercial electronic messages."
What sucks even more is that it's only limited to SMS, MMS, email and instant messaging services. I'm not the greatest proponent of government intervention but something has to be done about this. We can't just stop watching Channel 10 because the government will probably bail them out or allow them to be swallowed up by a media conglomerate with deeper pockets.
But lets say I view every commercial station for an equal duration - say each of them for two hours a day. Within those two hours of watching C10, I will have seen at least 38 minutes of ads; so a conservative estimate would mean I've seen about 35 minutes of advertising for fucking Offspring, which I steadfastly refuse to watch.
Fair enough that I choose to watch television or whatever. But advertising the same fucking thing over and over again is fucking annoying and is for the most part, unsolicited due to the ownership and production of the show by the network. I can only hope that the torrent of ads for this show means the test audiences thought it was fucking terrible beyond redemption and it's pulled after a couple of weeks. The end.
I'm a huge fan of Iron Chef. I myself am the Champion of the Seedyville Iron Chef League and was quite excited when Emily told me of the new Iron Chef Australia production. But then I figured, since I live in Australia and our entire media industry is run by fuckwits, they'll inevitably cock it up because they're so retarded and install Matt Preston as the Chairman Kaga analog which will be complete and utter shite.
So here's my suggestion for the 4 Iron Chef regions instead of the original Japanese 4 (Chinese, French, Italian and Japanese) and American (who knows, who cares) versions.
1. Iron Chef Asian
Since having one Iron Chef per country seems a bit narrow in Australia, I think it's pertinent to have an Iron Chef versed in all Asian cuisine - Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, Malaysian and from the Indian sub-continent. Australia has a wide range of local ingredients and chefs that specialize in all these forms and could easily tackle any international challenger.
2. Iron Chef Mediterranean
This one seems obvious for an Aussie version since nearly every metropolitan city has a sizeable Italian, Greek or Slavic population. The Meditteranean would also take in Spain and southern France which covers most of the influential European styles. It could also take in North Africa and parts of the Middle East.
3. Iron Chef Western Contemporary
This Iron Chef would take in the best fusion styles from the US and UK. There would be variations on Central and South American flavors, Indian, Chinese and even Middle Eastern cuisines. The chef would also be well versed in making new artistic creations based on Cajun, Southern US, Southwestern US and Soul food.
4. Iron Chef Australian
Of course, there must be an Aussie representative on the show that showcases the best innovations from the Australian culinary world. This chef could also be called the "fusion" Iron Chef but still keep his or her style rooted in the Australian culture - both traditional and modern. He would be literally "writing the history" of the new Australian cuisine.
Its just a thought, but I want Australia to have a competitive cooking show that it can actually be proud of this time!
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