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TAR14 EP7: 'Gorilla? Gorilla?? Gorilla???' (Phuket, Thailand)
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--- Quote from: hakushu8 on March 31, 2009, 02:33:36 AM ---I'm just gonna offer a speculation on the lack of a roadblock this leg... a first for a leg that's not the 1st or last! :ascared
The Phuket Zoo tasks were probably supposed to be a Roadblock: probably another homage to the TAR1 Thailand 1 leg RB w/ the tigers. However, they might have found it quite dangerous to do the picture taking with the tiger alone, so they just made it a general task. :(
I think if they made the "picture with the tiger" a RB, the elephant task would still be a second part of that RB.
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Call it a quasi-ROADBLOCK. The reason that World Race Productions did not call it a ROADBLOCK is probably that that would have lmiited the pictures to half of each team. By making it look and feel like a ROADBLOCK, they could get the whole team in.
Now as the the quality of this task, I think it stinks on several dimensions. First is the exploitation of the tiger, which is chained for the pictures and really should be in a natural habitat without any people close. Second, the use of a serial task where each team has to wait for the others adds to the lead of the leading teams. I don't don't it's fair to ever do something like that (and it is most typical with FAST FORWARDs).
Hooky:
It's very strange that all of the recent "No Roadblock" legs (that were not first or last) have occured on Leg 7. Why? :duno:
Ashe:
You all know what the good thing about Tammy & Victor, Mark & Michael, and Kisha & Jen all making it to the F5 is? At least one sibling team is guaranteed to be in the F3!
Also, Mel & Mike's F6 elimination guarantees that Kisha & Jen will officially tie the record for the highest-placing team of sisters. At least in a two-person-team season. They tie with Kami & Karli from TAR5, who had their own fifth-place finish. They make it through the Bangkok leg, though, and they'll have officially broken that record.
TARAsia Fan:
I've caught up! :jumpy: :jumpy:
Here's the recap from the last episode.
georgiapeach:
Good job, Ken. These are always lots of fun to read! :hearts:
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