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rewatching season 1
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--- Quote from: mswood on December 29, 2008, 01:09:20 PM ---Really the only real problem with season 1 I had, is that I really, really missed Phil. But the locations starting with the very first leg all the way to the next to last episode (I did think the last episode was weak with almost nothing in NY city before the final task).
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mswood, you have an interesting point to consider, but there is a flip side to this. Any extra time given to New York City would have been at the expense of Alaska, which was also part of AR1, Ep.13. Does that really sound like a good idea to you? It doesn't to me. I would much rather see Alaska than NYC(although living near it does take the bloom off a bit).
mswood:
As a native alaskan I have no problem with the amount of time the show has spent in that state, but one of my biggest complaionts about the finale leg (of all but season 112 and 13) is that due to equilizers mid leg, it makes it easier for any team to win. And that leg was the worst offender out of all final legs. They should have ended it in alaska.
puddin:
--- Quote from: mswood on December 30, 2008, 12:15:25 PM ---As a native alaskan I have no problem with the amount of time the show has spent in that state, but one of my biggest complaionts about the finale leg (of all but season 112 and 13) is that due to equilizers mid leg, it makes it easier for any team to win. And that leg was the worst offender out of all final legs. They should have ended it in alaska.
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Leg 12 was a waste of time for me, the equalizers, the blanket tossing to see the clue in the show that was not more than 10 feet away, visible to the naked eye. They could have squeezed this leg into the final leg.
And then we have Franks tude in leg 12, maybe frustration? I don't know but it was piss poor. On the other hand the Guidos kept a positive attitude, hoping for the slightest opening that they might still be contenders to win.
TARAsia Fan:
It's why we love the Guidos. They may have had the villain's edit in TAR1, but certainly didn't have that in TAR All-Stars and they always maintained a positive attitude.
And puddin's re-viewing caused me to pull out my TAR1 DVD set and watch the first episode again. Boy is Paul a wuss or what?
Umass:
Season 1 was very good cast wise infact only second to season 5 for memorable teams. The ending was quite a surprise being that the final was in NYC.
For a pilot, S1 was quite remarkable compared to future seasons.
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