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from a British viewers standpoint...........


I only started watching this recently and I have to say,is this not just a rip-off of Bar Rescue ?-which to me is a much better show.we Brits love to see our countrymen at work in other places but Robert Irvine is just so irritating/annoying that to be honest,he ruins the show.it would be much better with an American host.

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You're close--it's a rip-off of Gordon Ramsay's "Kitchen Nightmares." Actually, it's a cheap imitation of Ramsay's show!


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yes I can see the analogy.....thanks.

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My family despises Robert Irvine! The whole sledgehammer thing is ridiculous. My husband hates the destruction he causes, then leaves the crew to clean it up and fix it. Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares is far superior. Ramsay not only has Michelin stars, but he has several successful restaurants. All of Irvine's have failed.

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I know most of the world thinks that us Brits all wear pin stripe suits,bowler hats,carry umbrellas and say "Pip Pip...What Ho !....I Say...Old Bean" every time we speak but thankfully,it`s not true..hopefully Robert Irvine is NOT a representation of how we really are....lol

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And it predates Bar Rescue.

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It's not a rip off. it's a genre. A renovation show. Bar Recue and Restaurant Impossible both started in 2011. This type of show has been done with many type of businesses for some time.

A rip off is when a sow or movie tries to pass itself off as an origianl and none of the renovation shows are doing that. They are aware of the others; each show is just having their take on the same concept. Kitchen Nightmares concentrates more on the food, this show is more about the business side.

If it were a true rip off, it would be sued. I happen to enjoy this show, Kitchen Nightmares, AND Bar Rescue. As well as most of the others out there.

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It's not a rip off. it's a genre. A renovation show. Bar Recue and Restaurant Impossible both started in 2011. This type of show has been done with many type of businesses for some time.
I see what you're saying, but I disagree.  In my opinion, ALL of the restaurant/bar renovation shows ripped off the idea from Gordon Ramsay, whose "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares" (the British show, not "Kitchen Nightmares" the US show) started in 2004. As you noted, both "Bar Rescue" and "Restaurant Impossible" started in 2011--seven years after Ramsay's original show.

If it were a true rip off, it would be sued. I happen to enjoy this show, Kitchen Nightmares, AND Bar Rescue. As well as most of the others out there.
No, they wouldn't be sued. TV shows have long copied other TV shows! Once a show with a certain premise establishes itself as a clever idea and a hit, imitations inevitably follow, and no one gets sued. It's just part of doing business in TV land. 


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Look at all of the kids cooking shows that have appeared! You're right Grace, when a show idea is popular it's going to be copied.

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Copying isn't a rip off. Renovations shows, cops shows, medical shows, how to shows are variations on the same idea. No crime or anything under-handed is happening when someone else does their take on a type of show.

And yes, if it were an actual rip off, it could be sued. If it isn't, it's because it's not a rip off. Irvine isn't passing off the idea as if he invented it. He's just doing a show.

I get that some people see Ramsay as some kind of TV genius or culinary god, but he didn't invent renovation shows. I see the difference e in Ramsay', Irvine, and Taffer's shows an I enjoy all of them witho0ut needing to hate one or the other.

If you all need to think Irvine ripped off Ramsay, have fun with that, but know that if Ramsay felt that way, he'd have Sued Irvine's ass for it. If it bothers you all so much, just watch the original. Oh, wait. It's not on anymore.

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No, they wouldn't be sued. TV shows have long copied other TV shows! Once a show with a certain premise establishes itself as a clever idea and a hit, imitations inevitably follow, and no one gets sued. It's just part of doing business in TV land.
They aren't sued because they aren't rip offs. All shows are copyrighted and if the network or makers of the show felt they were being ripped off, they would sue and the sued show would get taken off. If there's a deal made, the show has permission to be similar to another. If the show has permission, it's not ripping the other show off.

When many shows become variations of the same theme, it becomes a genre. Renovation shows are a genre. That's the way business is in TV land.

Restaurant Impossible isn't exactly like Kitchen Nightmares. Neither opf those shows isn't exactly like Bar Rescue.

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