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The Amazing Race Intro
« on: September 28, 2009, 06:48:15 PM »
I personally like TAR15 intro and Israel Intro, which one do you guys like?
I've posted all the intros I can find please vote for the one you like!

The Amazing Race 15 Intro

The Amazing Race Israel Intro

The Amazing Race Asia Intro

The Amazing Race Season 1 Intro

The Amazing Race Intro (Previous version)

The Amazing Race Brazil Intro
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Re: The Amazing Race Intro
« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2009, 09:11:29 PM »
Love TAR 1 because of the action shots and brilliant travel graphics (flight information board, camera effects, the CG plane), love TARI because of the revamped theme, would love TAR 15 if it wasn't a cop-out to be lazy about later seasons...


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Re: The Amazing Race Intro
« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2009, 10:32:07 PM »
TAR Classic's Intro was unique.  It's the only one where Phil overvoices an intro that, in many ways, I wish they had kept using.

I'm not familar with how to embed the youtube video, but here's the link: TAR Classic Original Intro with Phil Khoegan narration
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Re: The Amazing Race Intro
« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2009, 10:55:41 PM »
I like the remixed of the theme (needed some change), but I hate how they don't update the intros anymore. They should at least put some pictures of the places they visit! However, they still have pictures of the racers doing tasks (it's updated every 3 episodes).

Phil's overvoice would not work with the current intro, sadly.

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Re: The Amazing Race Intro
« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2009, 11:02:24 PM »
TAR Classic's Intro was unique.  It's the only one where Phil overvoices an intro that, in many ways, I wish they had kept using.

I'm not familar with how to embed the youtube video, but here's the link: TAR Classic Original Intro with Phil Khoegan narration

Here you go!


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Re: The Amazing Race Intro
« Reply #5 on: September 28, 2009, 11:10:06 PM »
Um...I had it up there...
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Re: The Amazing Race Intro
« Reply #6 on: September 28, 2009, 11:23:52 PM »
Um...I had it up there...
Actually the one the peach put up has the voice over ;)

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Re: The Amazing Race Intro
« Reply #7 on: September 28, 2009, 11:27:54 PM »
Quote from: :jerry:
Um...I had it up there...

Jerry, what you posted did not have Phil's voiceover. Only reason why I went and searched for a You Tube clip that had it.

I posted a link to that video and Peach kindly reposted that as an embedded video since that's a coding I don't know.

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Re: The Amazing Race Intro
« Reply #8 on: September 28, 2009, 11:38:24 PM »
Here is a video from our own TexasLady on "how to embed" (from the support thread, lots of great tips there):

http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,19027.msg420700.html#msg420700
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Re: The Amazing Race Intro
« Reply #9 on: September 29, 2009, 12:02:24 AM »
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Re: The Amazing Race Intro
« Reply #10 on: October 22, 2009, 11:34:07 PM »
Just a tad fact... WHY TAR1 and TAR14's intro are soooo amazing and magical is that the editors do not use sliding screens but uses fade-aways...

if you would like to compare TAR14's to TAR15's.... go to Youtube and see it... you'll see that all teams will be introduced through the images fading, not cameras quickly sliding compared to TAR15's.
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Re: The Amazing Race Intro
« Reply #11 on: October 22, 2009, 11:47:34 PM »
TAR Classic's Intro was unique.  It's the only one where Phil overvoices an intro that, in many ways, I wish they had kept using.

I'm not familar with how to embed the youtube video, but here's the link: TAR Classic Original Intro with Phil Khoegan narration

Here you go!



Anyone know why they got rid of the voice-over? Having it for every episode might be a little excessive, but I think having it on each season premier would've been neat.

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Re: The Amazing Race Intro
« Reply #12 on: October 23, 2009, 04:38:18 AM »
I'm looking for the Asia Season 3 intro. :P
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Re: The Amazing Race Intro
« Reply #13 on: October 23, 2009, 09:26:20 AM »
Absolutely love that they've reinstated race footage into the intro, but it doesn't have that epic an impact if they keep reusing the same formula of 'race scene + scene at home' - change it up a little like in Season 1, and throw in a couple more scenes to speed up the action!

(I know, TAR 1's opening sequence was the only one designed by a professional media company, so the difference in quality is immensely stark...)

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Re: The Amazing Race Intro
« Reply #14 on: October 23, 2009, 10:25:34 AM »

(I know, TAR 1's opening sequence was the only one designed by a professional media company, so the difference in quality is immensely stark...)

...and it gave away lots of spoilers. :lol:

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Re: The Amazing Race Intro
« Reply #15 on: October 23, 2009, 10:39:39 AM »
Did anyone not realise that the TAR1 video without the voiceover in the first post was posted by me? :funny: :funny:

I loved these intros best -

#1 Ann and Diane's dance move which almost synchronizes with the music, lmao!
#2 Black family's HIAAAAKKK in season 8's intro
#3 Teri and Ian's robotic TAR3 head-turn, priceless! :funny:

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Re: The Amazing Race Intro
« Reply #16 on: October 23, 2009, 10:42:34 AM »
The Amazing Race Brazil Intro is probably the worst among the lot, it's highly unexciting.. -_-

And i love TARA 2's intro too, because there's a Singapore Airlines plane right at the start. Too good. :funny:

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Re: The Amazing Race Intro
« Reply #17 on: October 23, 2009, 12:54:38 PM »
I actually recognize most of the places they filmed the TARA 2 action shots... -_-

(The Hotel Inter-Continental, Fort Canning, Kampong Glam etc...)

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Re: The Amazing Race Intro
« Reply #18 on: October 23, 2009, 02:30:25 PM »
Did anyone not realise that the TAR1 video without the voiceover in the first post was posted by me? :funny: :funny:

I loved these intros best -

#1 Ann and Diane's dance move which almost synchronizes with the music, lmao!
#2 Black family's HIAAAAKKK in season 8's intro
#3 Teri and Ian's robotic TAR3 head-turn, priceless! :funny:

Kynt and Vyxsin had the best head snap I've seen out of all the teams.  :lol:

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Re: The Amazing Race Intro
« Reply #19 on: October 23, 2009, 04:36:43 PM »
Just a tad fact... WHY TAR1 and TAR14's intro are soooo amazing and magical is that the editors do not use sliding screens but uses fade-aways...

if you would like to compare TAR14's to TAR15's.... go to Youtube and see it... you'll see that all teams will be introduced through the images fading, not cameras quickly sliding compared to TAR15's.

I'm glad that you pointed out the use of fades.  It's one of the reasons that I prefer TAR14's intro to TAR15's intro.

After re-watching all of the intros, I think that the panning started with TAR3.  TAR2 used fades for some teams and I didn't notice any of the typical panning in it.

I think TAR7 is pretty good because they only pan from top to bottom, either vertically or diagonally.

I don't like it when they pan horizontally or from the bottom up, like most of TAR15.


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Re: The Amazing Race Intro
« Reply #20 on: October 23, 2009, 04:53:44 PM »
I like Seasons 1- 7's intros the best, once they changed the beginning, it didn't seem the same, but TAR 14 had a good one, but I don't like how TAR15 just used recycled images.

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Re: The Amazing Race Intro
« Reply #21 on: October 23, 2009, 07:53:42 PM »
I finally had a chance to go back to the season 1 DVD to transcribe the subtitles of Phil's voiceover.

You know how many words would have needed to be changed for most of the subsequwnt seasons?

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It’s the most daring competition ever attempted.
Eleven two-person teams, bound by friendship, love or family, will race around the world.
They have no idea where they are going, what dangers they may encounter, or how the journey will affect their lives.
Most of the teams will be eliminated, but the team that reaches the finish line first will win a cash prize of one million dollars.
This is a race like no other in history.
This is The Amazing Race.

One. Change "attempted" to "conducted" and you've got it.  And four of the other five seasons would have needed "twelve" instead of "eleven." It explaina everything a new viewer would have needed to know. And that is why I wish it had been kept in the intro.
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Re: The Amazing Race Intro
« Reply #22 on: October 23, 2009, 10:30:04 PM »
Did anyone not realise that the TAR1 video without the voiceover in the first post was posted by me? :funny: :funny:

I loved these intros best -

#1 Ann and Diane's dance move which almost synchronizes with the music, lmao!
#2 Black family's HIAAAAKKK in season 8's intro
#3 Teri and Ian's robotic TAR3 head-turn, priceless! :funny:

Kynt and Vyxsin had the best head snap I've seen out of all the teams.  :lol:

Teri & Ian + Susan & Patrick's eerie headturns/headshots FTW. :funny:
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Re: The Amazing Race Intro
« Reply #23 on: October 24, 2009, 12:03:10 AM »
Did anyone not realise that the TAR1 video without the voiceover in the first post was posted by me? :funny: :funny:

I loved these intros best -

#1 Ann and Diane's dance move which almost synchronizes with the music, lmao!
#2 Black family's HIAAAAKKK in season 8's intro
#3 Teri and Ian's robotic TAR3 head-turn, priceless! :funny:

Kynt and Vyxsin had the best head snap I've seen out of all the teams.  :lol:

Teri & Ian + Susan & Patrick's eerie headturns/headshots FTW. :funny:
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Re: The Amazing Race Intro
« Reply #24 on: October 25, 2009, 12:47:29 AM »
Has anyone ever tried watching two of them at the same time, muting the sound on one so you can have a newer intro that still has the voiceover? I highly recommend it. Then, when you are done with that, go and watch the old season intros (pre-14) with the remixed music. It is also fun! :lol:
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