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Archive => RFF Archived Boards => The AMAZING RACE 31 => Topic started by: Alenaveda on April 17, 2019, 07:20:02 PM
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Very much looking forward to this episode (and this season for the matter!)
The promos for this leg look fantastic! <3
I'm here to update as well, if you need! :tup:
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Only 15 minutes left, I'm so excited. (Also, I'm curious as to what''ll happen at Tribal Council.)
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Feels great to be back after this long hiatus :conf: :conf:
Expecting for a great season of TAR.
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I'm excited to watch and also curious of the tribal on survivor, go my Fem QUEENS WIN THIS season
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Hey everyone! Welcome to TAR31 versus versus versus! So I managed to hear about the premiere broadcasting today a week ago after thinking the hiatus would be longer, and I'm glad my instincts kicked in at the right time. I'll definitely be a part of updating tonight and would love for Bourkie to assist me as I'll be watching for the bigger picture and highlighting the tasks.
10 more minutes...
(The promos leading up to this have been a bit better. :funny:)
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1 more minute!...
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This is Los Angeles! A city on the edge of America!
And the number one tourist attractions is it's golden beaches, including Hermosa Beach!
It is here contestants from Survivor, Big Brother and The Amazing Race will race around the world!
Rupert and Laura played Survivor: Blood v Water together!
Janell & Britney played together on Big Brother 14!
Leo & Jamal raced together on The Amazing Race 23 & 24!
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AND THE SEASON PREMIERE OF THE AMAZING RACE 31!
Phil is standing at the Hermosa Beach Pier at the L.A. coast! This legendary place will serve as the starting line for a mix of CBS' biggest reality competitions!
Ruper (<3) and Laura are first to speak with a clip from their time together on Blood vs. Water.
Janelle and Britney from BB14 are the next to pick each other up. Britney claims she voted out Janelle and mended fence afterward.
Leo and Jamal are next to speak ("My wife is pregnant" clip) with Jamal talking about her 3-yr old daughter and Leo shouting out his cat.
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We lead into the preview clip provided by CBS.
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Is everybody ready? The world is waiting for you. Travel safe. GOOOO!!!!
Everyone in a mad dash to the sand octopus.
Nicole and Victor are next to speak with them originally voting as enemies, then grew to love each other outside of the Big Brother house.
Teams get their first clue and are OFF TO TOKYO, JAPAN!!!
Colin & Christie and the My Ox Is Broken!
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yay corinne got the clue before art & JJ <3
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Nicole & Victor met on Big Brother!
Route Info: Fly to Tokyo, Japan!
Colin & Christie get an intro! <3
Tyler & Corey were on The Amazing Race 28!
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Colin & Christie have become meditation and pure yogis after marrying and raising kids. Let's hope Colin's attitude is still prevalent. :funny:
Tyler & Korey are introduced next as the YouTubers and are holders of 5 first place wins.
Corinne & Eliza find the Tokyo clue next while Art & JJ are still at the octopus pit.
INTRO
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Art & JJ are last find their clue!
Intro!
What a hectic start <3
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Art & JJ FINALLY find their clue after having their first hissy fit and realize they have had bad memories back in their Osaka leg in season 20. Leo & Jamal want to redeem themselves.
Notorious Rachel is :res: speaking and Elissa has the same damn voice. Oh my gosh.
Team Fun talks about meeting as strangers first with both feeling each others' vibes would clique. Their Vietnamese heat exhaustion scene is shown.
Art & JJ recount their sled task that cost them the race where JJ threw a hissy fit after losing to Rachel & Dave.
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Corinne and Eliza already talking sh*t about the teams <3
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Art & JJ finally find their clue!
Leo & Jamal don't like Tokyo, cause they were eliminated there on TAR 23!
Rachel & Elissa speak about their BB experiences and their friendship!
Becca & Floyd were on The Amazing Race 29 and they rap about TAR 31 <3
Art & JJ speak about The Amazing Race 20. They look much older!
Chris & Bret were on Survivor 33 and have been friends ever since!
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Chris & Bret from Survivor versus ???? are introduced with both trusting each other. On the antithesis, Corinne & Eliza claim they have zero filters. Corinne's Survivor Gabon jury speech toward Susie is shown. Team Stick are nicknaming teams already. :funny: Please be like Brooke & Claire.
All teams on American Airlines flight to Tokyo!
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Teams must travel to Shibuya to find their next clue!
ROUTE INFO: Travel to either ACB Lock& Security shop or Tokyo Tokyo Restaurant to retrieve a clue. However, only a limited amount of clues are at the two locations.
Teams are asking anyone who knows English. Rupert & Laura are confused and are just standing there overwhelmed.
-COMMERCIAL BREAK-
(Phil's Travelocity commercial <3)
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Corinne & Eliza describe themselves as villains!
They met with Tyler & Korey and they like them!
Corinne & Eliza are now judging all the other teams! :funny:
All teams are now flying more than 5,000 miles west to Tokyo, Japan.
Once there, they will need to take a bus to Shibuya!
Teams have arrived in Tokyo!
Route Info: Teams must travel on foot to ACK Lock & Security or Tokyo Tokyo Resturant to find their next clue!
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There is only a limited number of clues at each location!
Rupert & Laura have no idea where to go!
Commercials!
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I'll try to update on the tasks a little more to keep the updates a little smoother. So far, okay start. The beginning and team introductions seemed too rushed as usual though.
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We come back to Rupert & Laura claiming they are the novices who will turn into the masters. Oh gosh. They don't know what's coming. B:)
ROUTE INFO: Travel to the fifth floor of Edgeof Corporate Office in Shibuya!
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We're back!
ROUTE INFO: Travel to the fifth floor of Edge of Corporate Office in Shibuya, to find your next clue!
ROADBLOCK: Who wants a sweet new pair of shoes?
Teams must find one of only 12 shoes that are made of chocolate and there's only one way to find out: by biting into it! :funny:
Leo does the Road Block!
Christie does the Road Block!
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Leo & Jamal find the clue at the building first.
ROADBLOCK: Inspired by the cringeworthy Japanese variety show stunts (shows clip of woman eating a glass table), team members must find only one of twelve shoes made completely of chocolate to receive their next clue.
Rachel & Elissa are alerted the Tokyo Tokyo Restaurant has no more clues.
Tubers, Santa Beard and Laura, and Chris & Bret are finding the locksmith shop after no more clues at the restaurant.
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No more clues are left at Tokyo Tokyo!
Corinne & Eliza hate Tokyo!
Jamal got the chocolate one and now they need to eat it!
Victor does the Road Block!
Janelle? does the RoadBlock and gets it on her first try!
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Janelle & Britney find the RB in 3rd. And Janelle finds the chocolate sandal on the first try! What?!
TEAMS MUST TRAVEL TO THE TRAIN STATION AND MAKE THEIR WAY BY TRAIN TO SHIBA PARK TO RETRIEVE THEIR NEXT CLUE.
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ROADBLOCK 2: Inspired by Japanese game shows, teams must climb "to the top of Mt. Fuji." In this task, teams must scale a slippery slide to grab the clue at the peak of the mountain!
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ROUTE INFO: Travel by taxi to a station and proceed to Shiba Keon and search for your next clue!
Janelle & Britany get the clue in 2nd!
Christie gets it on her 12th try!
ROADBLOCK: Who wants to climb Mount Fiji?
Teams have to climb up an inflatable hill, which is slippery to receive their next clue!
The person who didn't complete the previous Road Block, MUST complete this one!
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Victor gets it on his 43rd try!
Rupert & Laura are completely lost! :funny:
Tyler does the Road Block!
Floyd does the Road Block!
Elissa does the Road Block!
Chris does the Road Block!
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Okay, this sandal challenge is disgusting.
We're back to the ahead teams. Colin & Christie catch up to the Afghanimals while Janelle & Britney are lost and are going inside the wrong station?
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PIT STOP!: Atago Jinja, the climb is arduous and will bring teams positivity. Last team to check in will be eliminated.
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Colin does the 2nd Road Block!
Leo does the 2nd Road Block!
Leo gets his clue!
ROUTE INFO: Make your way to your first Pit Stop: Agato Jinja!
The last team to check-in, WILL be eliminated!
Colin gets his clue!
Corinne & Eliza get to the Locksmith! <3
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Chris finally finds the edible sandal and are off.
LEO & JAMAL ARE FIRST TO ARRIVE AT THE PIT STOP! They win a seven-day cruise sponsored by Travelocity to Tahiti with a gorgeous estate room where they will visit 7 islands with a beautiful feast.
Colin & Christie, tired, arrive 2nd. Janelle & Britney realize their mistake and make their way to Park instead of Shiba Station after reading a transit map.
YouTubers, Victor & Nicole, and Rachel & Elissa are in the middle of the pack doing their best at the slide task.
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Chris & Bret are out in 8th!
Leo & Jamal check into the Pit Stop in 1st Place!
They have won a 7 day cruise to Tahiti! :conf: :cheer:
Colin & Christie check into the Pit Stop in 2nd Place!
Korey does the 2nd Road Block, so does Nicole!
Korey gets his clue!
Rachel does the 2nd Road Block!
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Nicole gets the clue!
Art & JJ gets their clue from the Lock Smith!
Laura does the 1st Road Block, so does Eliza!
Laura gets the clue in 9th
Eliza panics that they are gunna be eliminated!
Commercials!
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The remaining Survivor teams arrive 9th and 10th (Hippies and Team Stick/Vocal Chords) at the Roadblock and are at it with the sandals. Laura quickly finds the sandal and are Lady & Tramping the edible sandal. Gross. Corinne & Eliza are pissed and believe they are the last team and are anticipating their elimination at this point.
-COMMERCIALS-
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We come back to Eliza saying this is horrendous.
Rachel & Elissa and Team Fun get their Mt Fuji clue after military crawling to the top.
Corinne is feeling the pressure and is disappointed as Eliza gets the edible sandal. They talk about working as a cohesive unit is hard.
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YouTubers arrive at Atago Jinja third while Rachel & Elissa are 4th.
Janelle & Britney have now matched up with Chris & Bret at the 2nd RB.
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We're back!
Becca does the 2nd RB
Rachel & Elissa are mimicking Rachel in TAR20! :funny:
Rachel & Elissa are 3rd Place?
Britney does the Road Block and so does Bret!
Bret comes down without the clue and Chris can't help him! :funny:
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Becca & Floyd check into the Pit Stop in 5th Place!
Nicole & Victor check into the Pit Stop in 6th Place!
JJ does the 1st Road Block!
Chris & Bret check into the Pit Stop in 7th Place!
Corinne does the 2nd RB!
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Team Fun are 5th place! Nicole & Victor are 6th place and they are blown out of the water with the expectations and rigor.
Art & JJ are at the sandals completely sucking at it. Brett vs. Brit at the climbing respectively getting the clues in 7th and 8th.
Rupert & Laura... are playing with an old bell at a random temple, hahaha.
Chris & Bret and Britney & Janelle arrive 7th place and 8th place.
Corinne does the 2nd Roadblock and succeeds! Headed for a ninth place finish.
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Yay corrine not last <3
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JJ is doing the 2nd Roadblock and is inherently having flashbacks to the Hawaiian sledding fiasco. Meanwhile, Corinne & Eliza are tricked with a Philimination quote thinking they were last (9TH PLACE!) :funny:
JJ is getting a giant leg cramp and Art is embarrassed for him. In the meantime, Rupert & Laura are doing some more "standup" comedy.
The cramp is unsettling as we fade into a -COMMERCIAL BREAK-
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Janelle & Britney check into the Pit Stop in 8th Place!
Art does the 2nd RB!
Art is struggling badly!
Corinne & Eliza are in 9th Place and Phil mocks them being in Last Place! :funny:
Art injures his foot and Rupert & Laura have been in the park for 2 hours! :funny:
Commericals!
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I have to say this... this leg is a bit more intense than what I had expected initially, but the tasks deserve nothing but disrespect from me. :lol: Laughable to say the least.
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We return to the final 10 minutes of the show with JJ and his story of the calf cramp. The medics are cold gassing and lifting his left leg for quicker recovery. Rupert & Laura have elapsed 2 hours just searching for the park. What happened to novices turning to masters?
:carryon: They eventually find the 2nd roadblock.
Hippies realize the border patrol agents have taken the penalty on the first leg. Embarrassing. It all depends on Rupert at this point on.
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We're back!
Ohhhhh that looks like a strained calf (I've done this before, IT HURTS!)
Art & JJ take the 4-hour penalty! :(
Rupert & Laura are still looking for the 2nd RoadBlock! :funny:
Interesting, Art & JJ are serving the penalty at the RoadBlock location, not the Pit Stop? ???
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Rupert & Laura arrive and Rupert does the RB!
Rupert got the clue...
'It's over' Art
Rupert & Laura are Team Number 10
Art & JJ have been eliminated from The Amazing Race!
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Rupert, at 55 and a heavy beard, reaches the top and gets the clue at the first try leaving Art & JJ devastated. Embarrassing.
Another one bites the dust. JJ feels he let Art down which his partner smugly tries to disagree.
-END CREDITS- Stay tuned for scenes for this season of The Amazing Race!
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This season on The Amazing Race!
In our first-ever Reality Showdown, teams travel to new locations, take on new challenges and encounter new twists!
'This is a U-Turn vote!'
Rachel cries :res:
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ON THIS SEASON OF TAR,
In our first ever reality showdown, they will travel to breathtaking new destinations, take on new challenges, and encounter shocking news! Who will win? (Wow. So specific and informative.)
Well, the premiere has officially ended! Thoughts, comments, complaints, reminders, secondhand embarrassments?
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This eposide was chaotic.... :lol: really fun to watch tho
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Rachel cries :res:
Some things just never change. :duno:
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Rachel cries :res:
Some things just never change. :duno:
Rachel is queen <3 Corinne right behind her
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I wasn't the only one laughing at the Art n JJ situation was I? Like I kinda feel bad but it did make me chuckle.
Happy to see the Afghanimals get the first.
The leg was meh. I liked the getting lost aspect in Shibuya, I enjoyed the concept of the sandal RB but the Mt.Fuji was a poor effort. Too linear imo, but I'm excited for the season ahead, premier episodes rarely are spectacles lets face it.
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Too linear, yet the teams' placements kept getting jumbled up due to navigation errors:P
Great episode for a premiere. Really really enjoyed this, I don't know if the prolonged absence is creating a bias, but much better editing and story than I expected.
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I laughed every time a non-TAR team said "This is harder than I thought".
I enjoyed the leg. Loved seeing Colin and Christie have a solid leg. Rupert can go next.
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It is funny to see how Art & JJ turns from a team never placing below 4th in their season to a team struggling through the first leg and took a 4-hour peanality for an easy roadblock :funny:
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Pretty intense first episode. Liked that much of the drama around this leg focused on navigation. At the same time, the navigation element showed the early strength of most of the TAR teams.
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The leg was meh. I liked the getting lost aspect in Shibuya, I enjoyed the concept of the sandal RB but the Mt.Fuji was a poor effort. Too linear imo, but I'm excited for the season ahead, premier episodes rarely are spectacles lets face it.
I'm going to be straight with this. TAR15's Tokyo premiere blows this wannabe rehash out of the park.
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The leg was meh. I liked the getting lost aspect in Shibuya, I enjoyed the concept of the sandal RB but the Mt.Fuji was a poor effort. Too linear imo, but I'm excited for the season ahead, premier episodes rarely are spectacles lets face it.
I'm going to be straight with this. TAR15's Tokyo premiere blows this wannabe rehash out of the park.
Defo. I reckon S26 beats it too, I reckon I won't get too many agrees on that too. God knows Why I'm up, its 3:30am
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The leg was meh. I liked the getting lost aspect in Shibuya, I enjoyed the concept of the sandal RB but the Mt.Fuji was a poor effort. Too linear imo, but I'm excited for the season ahead, premier episodes rarely are spectacles lets face it.
I'm going to be straight with this. TAR15's Tokyo premiere blows this wannabe rehash out of the park.
Defo. I reckon S26 beats it too, I reckon I won't get too many agrees on that too. God knows Why I'm up, its 3:30am
Probably not that one. :funny: I chose to forget about 26's 2-hour So You Think You Can Dance extravaganza.
And get some sleep!
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First Impressions:
TEAMS
1. Leo & Jamal - went from disliking them in TAR 23, to being indifferent to them in TAR 24, to absolutely rooting for them this season? I don't know how that happened haha but great to see them win this first leg!
2. Colin & Christie - I have never watched TAR 5 in full, but I've seen large chunks of Colin & Christie's time on it. I honestly think they might be boring/"bot"-like this time around but I can't help but adore them every time I see them on screen. The fact that producers reached out to them this season is a WIN itself.
3. Tyler & Korey - surprisingly under the radar?? Even their first season had tons of personalities but somehow they're overshadowed. Obviously, it's only the first episode.
4. Rachel & Elissa - I'm loving what seems like a really "fun" version of Rachel. There's clearly a different dynamic between her and Elissa compared to Brendon.
5. Becca & Floyd - also pretty under the radar, but that's understandable because of so many teams right now.
6. Nicole & Victor - they seem like a sweet couple. That's all I have to say for now, lol
7. Chris & Bret - One of them looks like JJ so thank god Art & JJ went out first lmao
8. Janelle & Britney - Yikes, navigation is not going to be their best friend, it seems...
9. Corinne & Eliza - the whole "mean girl" act is annoying.
10. Rupert & Laura - Rupert has an interesting voice and Laura is incredibly dry for a reality personality.
11. Art & JJ - From 2nd in their original season to 11th... I genuinely felt bad for them lmao but I think if I rewatch TAR 20 I won't feel as bad.
TASKS
Sand - this was a WASTE OF TIME considering all the teams were on the same flight and there was no advantage or disadvantage for the first/last teams. I don't think we've ever had a starting line task without a single advantage.
Route Info - I loved the camerawork through the crowded streets. Ambitious task for sure (with the "limited clues" and all) but it played out pretty boring.
Chocolate Roadblock - cool challenge! it got ruined by teams getting lost and being so far apart from each other though. I would've loved to see this task in action with like 6 teams at once.
Climbing Roadblock - when Leo first attempted this challenge I thought it was going to be super hard... but I guess it wasn't. This Roadblock should've been reworked.
ADDITIONAL POINTS
- The editing was atrocious as usual. Sooooo many "blur" transitions during the Route Info task, for what?? Just play it out without the transitions, dang it.
- I've seen people say that there wasn't any room for movement in this episode. I would disagree--there totally was, it's just that too many teams got lost :groan:
- Overall the "reality showdown" concept isn't bad, I just wish this was a full TAR cast </3
- I'm so glad I forgot a majority of the spoilers, lmao. This is gonna be a fun watch.
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The premiere episode was pretty good, however editing needs to be fixed up ASAP (especially the first ten minutes I was far too rushed lmao)
The two Roadblocks + Route Info was pretty good, but the Stating Line Task was a massive waste of time, considering all teams were on the same fight!
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Not gonna lie, was kinda disappointed. An overused destination with two Roadblocks relating to the same thing (Japanese game show). Really happy the Afghanimals won that leg, tho. I feel bad for Art & JJ, but I guess life will go on. Hoping Team Fun will be as strong this season as last time, I really loved them, but the editing makes it seem like they’re fairly irrelevant this season (which I really hope is not the case).
Here’s to next week!
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Welp, I have to agree with everyone else here. This was a pretty meh premiere. The editing could have been better (this premiere's editing was as atrocious as TAR30's). The only good task on this leg was navigating the Shibuya Scramble. The two tasks relating to Japanese game shows sucked, TAR needs to stop going to Japan and having each tasks relate to "Look, these Japanese game shows are absurd, let's emulate them on TAR." I thought this "Reality Showdown was gonna flop, but I'm interested in some of the teams from Survivor. (These teams might convince me to watch their seasons of Survivor, if I enjoyed them so much), because I've never watched Survivor before.
Rating, 3/5: Terrible editing, I love about half the cast, Two terrible Japanese Game Show Tasks, shocking elimination.
The teams I loved seeing:
Colin & Christie
Becca & Floyd
Rupert & Laura
Corinne & Eliza
Chris & Bret
The teams I'm meh on:
Leo & Jamal
Nicole & Victor
Rachel & Elissa
Janelle & Britney
Art & JJ
Team I don't like:
Tyler & Korey
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The episode was interesting was more interesting on a second watch.
- Probably due to limited runtime - so in some ways, glad it didn't happen - but was initially surprised there was not a short recap of other former Survivor and Big Brother contestants that have run the race previously, especially considering who won TAR30 and also Rob and Amber for the old-timers.
- Also surprised that the opening sequence, didn't label the teams by the show they were representing, like the opening that identified who were the Blind Daters and who were the existing couples on 26.
- Last night, was initially a bit disappointed by number of challenges, as it was a double RB leg, with start line ARI that had little impact on actual placements, it did feel a bit wasted, other than having all 11 teams in the same spot for a little bit. But realized on second viewing how big was a navigation challenge once they were in Shibuya. Separating and limiting the number of clues in the initial RI was very interesting, that had teams lost, and did shift placements around. That probably doomed Art and JJ.
Still bothered by how the RB tasks were centered on, "look how crazy are Japanese Game Shows", instead of being more culturally relevant. I think UB still had one of my favorite Japanese legs for original TAR.
- Not a Survivor or BB viewer, so this was my first impression to those teams. Was surprised by how mellow Victor sounded, from following the spoilers, I don't know why I imagined him sounding gruffier, more Cody-like. First time learning about the legendary status of Rupert. So who's more legendary Rupert or Russell? Having helped out posting links for 2018's season of Australian Survivor, I became mildly aware of the latter who has nothing to do with the race, but being generally unfamiliar with the Survivor franchise, it made me slightly confused for "a minute'.
- Still wished we had a FF TAR team in this season, the feeling I got is that Kym and Alli (one of the teams who were considered during casting) would've smoked all those FF teams.
- Were never an Art and JJ fan, so not sad to see them go. Just disappointed we didn't get any Rachel drama, That would have been interesting.
- Excited to learn more about the teams that I am unfamiliar with and excited that US is bringing other twists from the international version, hopefully works better than US wonky implementation of the H2H / Face-Off.
I should try finding a post I did about how the Vote Uturn was used brilliantly by a team in TAR China a few years ago, and considering the make-up of the cast this season, it will be very interesting twist.
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- Also surprised that the opening sequence, didn't label the teams by the show they were representing, like the opening that identified who were the Blind Daters and who were the existing couples on 26.
Actually the teams were shown by original show in order of their season of participation in that show. (TAR, Survivor, Big Brother). It took me a few times watching those credits before the premiere before I realized that perhaps for the first time ever, the order of teams was actually rationally based and not seemingly random.
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I'm gonna do a rewatch now, but I'm surprised how everyone's ranting about the editing.
I actually thought it was all pretty fine, I got to understand how any team fell behind unlike S30 premiere.
There are 11 teams, and this is the premiere with introductions and all that. You're not gonna get as good editing as for a F6 or even a F10, because the episode is packed by default. This was good.
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An okay premiere, not their greatest by any means. Whoever's in charge of designing Japan legs needs to research the country better...Shibuya Scramble and game shows. Every time :(
Not at all sad about the first boot, I never cared for them much the first time around.
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That was one of the worst designed leg ever (stop with game show tasks in Japan, jesus), but teams bringed it, so I enjoyed this episode.
I LOVE Corinne & Eliza, Bonehams and Colin & Christie.
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To be honest I think even Art and JJ fans are disappointed in their performance considering that they ended up taking the 4-hour penalty instead of taking a short break and try the roadbloack again. What a major letdown for their fans lol
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Finally.. Amazing Race on my screen after a long hiatus, I wish the premiere was 1,5 hours.
i like how their navigation skill tested in this leg, but hate they did Japanese game show task again in Japan, like there was nothing else to do. Funny to see comments from non-TAR teams like "It's harder than it looks" or "we'd rather be on the island" :D
Interesting, Art & JJ are serving the penalty at the RoadBlock location, not the Pit Stop? ???
I just realized that
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To be honest I think even Art and JJ fans are disappointed in their performance considering that they ended up taking the 4-hour penalty instead of taking a short break and try the roadbloack again. What a major letdown for their fans lol
Considering they were one of the most purely disliked teams from season 20.... :duno: Not going to say karma told them so, but...
(Heck, I have no clue why they were brought back. The most defining events they had for me was call out the "kindergarten teachers", give Bopper & Mark their prize money in the Turin leg, and JJ injuring his hand from scrap metal in Cochin.)
And side note: We didn't have a repeat married hippie couple elimination! The walking Anita & Arthur curse has been broken! :clap2:
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Interesting, Art & JJ are serving the penalty at the RoadBlock location, not the Pit Stop? ???
I just realized that
Not that different from Flight Time and Big Easy, Franz Kafka RB penalty in Czech Republic, when they got eliminated in TAR15. If I remembering that correctly they served the penalty on the RB spot, before they were allowed to continue racing.
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Interesting, Art & JJ are serving the penalty at the RoadBlock location, not the Pit Stop? ???
I just realized that
Not that different from Flight Time and Big Easy, Franz Kafka RB penalty in Czech Republic, when they got eliminated in TAR15. If I remembering that correctly they served the penalty on the RB spot, before they were allowed to continue racing.
TAR 7 also had teams wait out the penalty at the Roadblock. TAR 22 & 25 were unique cases in that they were that last 3 teams, so there was no point in having them wait 4 hours before going to the Pit Stop. They also couldn't wait on site during TAR 6 during to the gondola closing. In this case, the Pit Stop close to the Roadblock, so it didn't make a difference where they waited.
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I'm gonna do a rewatch now, but I'm surprised how everyone's ranting about the editing.
I actually thought it was all pretty fine, I got to understand how any team fell behind unlike S30 premiere.
There are 11 teams, and this is the premiere with introductions and all that. You're not gonna get as good editing as for a F6 or even a F10, because the episode is packed by default. This was good.
I think editing in terms of actual content and just stylistically/visually, editing feels basic/cheap/not slick. But that's nothing new.
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I was really annoyed with Nicole and Victor looking shocked she HAD to do the second Roadblock. Her victim attitude, needing a man to always save her makes me crazy!
And really makes me wish we had a Jen and Kristi back on this season. Strong women who don’t bitch and moan to get people to feel sorry for them.
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I was really annoyed with Nicole and Victor looking shocked she HAD to do the second Roadblock. Her victim attitude, needing a man to always save her makes me crazy!
And really makes me wish we had a Jen and Kristi back on this season. Strong women who don’t bitch and moan to get people to feel sorry for them.
This probably isn't the right place to put this, but regarding the second part, Jen said on Justin Scheman's Racers Recap thing that nobody from S30 got contacted for S31, so there's that. They could also be holding teams for a full all-stars season.
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The Survivor cast in this really is meh, was really hoping Rupert and wife would get eliminated. Art and JJ were villains but they brought the drama in the first Amazing Race I watched live and the last really classic one for me. Would have been interesting seeing them v Rachel again. And penalty eliminations aren't really the best. The 'mountain' just needed some patience and figuring out anyway. Otherwise Japan is a great first location, the girl doing the does task really found it funny.
This show has been off TV for so long I wonder if that will affect the ratings.
I thought this "Reality Showdown was gonna flop, but I'm interested in some of the teams from Survivor. (These teams might convince me to watch their seasons of Survivor, if I enjoyed them so much), because I've never watched Survivor before.
There are much more interesting people on Survivor than what they picked here.
I think there was another youtube team I liked more (maybe even a couple, one way back who had a memorable NEL and another in more recent years). But the Amazing Race team I'm really disappointed to see back are Becca and Floyd, just too over the top and annoying (mainly her really).
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Note - The following is coming from someone who knows NOTHING about the Survivor & Big Brother teams. :funny:
I'll start of with what I didn't miss:
- The scattering of the team introductions. I've never liked this from the first time they did, and I dislike it more with every season they do it.
- Phil STILL not announcing all teams placements. I know we haven't had it for some time but it still really bugs me. And for some reason it really erked me that editing left out Phil saying "You're the last team to arrive" to Art & JJ.
As for the episode, I'm in the same boat as most here, the tasks were awful and the leg design was shocking bad.
I'm definitely in the minority too because I was a huge Art & JJ fan first time around. I was sold on them the second they gave Bopper & Mark their prize for winning Leg 4. So was sad to see them go, although Rupert & Laura were my pre race newbie faves so can't be too upset about it.
I'll give this episode the benefit of the doubt though as it is the premiere and most premieres will never reach the pinnacle of Season 18's first Leg - The Leg 1 which set the bar for what a 45 minute Leg 1 should be.
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I thought this "Reality Showdown was gonna flop, but I'm interested in some of the teams from Survivor. (These teams might convince me to watch their seasons of Survivor, if I enjoyed them so much), because I've never watched Survivor before.
There are much more interesting people on Survivor than what they picked here.
Well, it's my first time seeing these people from Survivor and am enjoying them. I really liked Rupert, Corinne, and Eliza. Do you think I should watch their seasons, so I know where they came from?
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Rupert was best on his first season before he became more self-righteous, and from what I remember Pearl Islands was a watchable early season, though Survivor has obviously changed a great deal since then. All the other Survivor people on this I don't particularly remember.
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Let's all be glad that Million Dollar Mile was pulled. Let's also be glad that the show rated well. Let's hope that CBS stops trying to find shows to replace TAR. For now, let's enjoy this season. I thought that this was a fun premiere. The tasks themselves weren't anything to write home about; however, the teams for me brought the entertainment. I enjoyed everyone on the show and thought that they all brought something to this episode. With all the complaints that TAR is too task focused, it was great seeing so much self-navigation in this leg. Even the little addition of having teams take a taxi to a subway station and have them search on foot in the park, I loved that this led to multiple teams getting lost. I also never would have guessed that a team would take a penalty this leg, so I was surprised.
My sand is broken. :funny:
Leo doing everything for Pablo. :funny:
Elissa riffing her sister on her previous races. :funny:
Afghanimal's fake argument to throw off the teams. :funny:
Colin Guinn with old man strength. :funny:
Eliza saying "Go Twinnie." :funny:
Octopus: Not too much to say about this task though it does make more sense now knowing there was a second part cut.
Shibuya Search: Love that teams were forced to face a language barrier right away.
Sweet Shoe: The task was essentially the opposite of TAR 17 fake food challenge and was pretty fun.
Mount Fuji: TAR decided to bring over the OTEV challenge. Not too much to say as the task itself was pretty simple though it did create some fun moments like Bret climbing the mountain and forgetting the clue. Didn't expect Art to quit, the man has terrible luck with hill challenges.
I'm excited for this season. Looking forward to Laos next week.
3.5/5
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I was really annoyed with Nicole and Victor looking shocked she HAD to do the second Roadblock. Her victim attitude, needing a man to always save her makes me crazy!
And really makes me wish we had a Jen and Kristi back on this season. Strong women who don’t bitch and moan to get people to feel sorry for them.
This probably isn't the right place to put this, but regarding the second part, Jen said on Justin Scheman's Racers Recap thing that nobody from S30 got contacted for S31, so there's that. They could also be holding teams for a full all-stars season.
Interesting! Thanks for sharing.
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Let's all be glad that Million Dollar Mile was pulled. Let's also be glad that the show rated well. Let's hope that CBS stops trying to find shows to replace TAR. For now, let's enjoy this season. I thought that this was a fun premiere. The tasks themselves weren't anything to write home about; however, the teams for me brought the entertainment. I enjoyed everyone on the show and thought that they all brought something to this episode. With all the complaints that TAR is too task focused, it was great seeing so much self-navigation in this leg. Even the little addition of having teams take a taxi to a subway station and have them search on foot in the park, I loved that this led to multiple teams getting lost. I also never would have guessed that a team would take a penalty this leg, so I was surprised.
My sand is broken. :funny:
Leo doing everything for Pablo. :funny:
Elissa riffing her sister on her previous races. :funny:
Afghanimal's fake argument to throw off the teams. :funny:
Colin Guinn with old man strength. :funny:
Eliza saying "Go Twinnie." :funny:
Octopus: Not too much to say about this task though it does make more sense now knowing there was a second part cut.
Shibuya Search: Love that teams were forced to face a language barrier right away.
Sweet Shoe: The task was essentially the opposite of TAR 17 fake food challenge and was pretty fun.
Mount Fuji: TAR decided to bring over the OTEV challenge. Not too much to say as the task itself was pretty simple though it did create some fun moments like Bret climbing the mountain and forgetting the clue. Didn't expect Art to quit, the man has terrible luck with hill challenges.
I'm excited for this season. Looking forward to Laos next week.
3.5/5
I wonder if Janelle and Elissa were disappointed that they couldn't do the Mt Fuji roadblock, because they'd both have been great at it, since they each won the OTEV comp
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The navigation is definitely a plus, would be nice if they could find their own planes too this season. Phil's genuine attempt at a fake out at the mat was a plus too.
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I finally watched the episode after over a year of hiatus. The leg was intense especially geta on chocolates. Rupert and Laura are so freaking lost in hours to locate the second Roadblock destination.
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My sand is broken. :funny:
Leo doing everything for Pablo. :funny:
Elissa riffing her sister on her previous races. :funny:
Afghanimal's fake argument to throw off the teams. :funny:
Colin Guinn with old man strength. :funny:
Eliza saying "Go Twinnie." :funny:
I think I missed the bolded part. Was this at the chocolate task?
Also, Elissa and Rachel saying "being on the race is supposed to be fun" and they giggled and were actually having fun. :cheer:
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Eliza saying "Go Twinnie." :funny:
I think I missed the bolded part. Was this at the chocolate task?
Eliza said this while Corinne was climbing Mount Fuji. She even tweeted that it was an intentional reference.
https://twitter.com/eorlins/status/1119074267931529217
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I just realized this is Tyler & Korey’s first time experiencing the Starting Line. Must’ve been really exciting compared to S28’s “virtual” start :groan:
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My sand is broken. :funny:
Leo doing everything for Pablo. :funny:
Elissa riffing her sister on her previous races. :funny:
Afghanimal's fake argument to throw off the teams. :funny:
Colin Guinn with old man strength. :funny:
Eliza saying "Go Twinnie." :funny:
I think I missed the bolded part. Was this at the chocolate task?
Also, Elissa and Rachel saying "being on the race is supposed to be fun" and they giggled and were actually having fun. :cheer:
That was one of my favorite parts...Rachel being able to laugh at herself :lol:
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