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Why the Amazing Race has lost its magic
Hooky:
I disagree with removing the Fast Forwards and starting in a foreign country. The race should definitely start and end in the US (it is the US edition of TAR!), just not constantly LA. And the Fast-Forwards haven't always been uninteresting. I liked the TAR 9 crickets, the TAR 11 stunt sequence, and the charity one in TAR 14 also sounds interesting; too bad we couldn't at least find out about it on the show! Plus it is always fun to wonder when it will come up. Remove that and there is less of interest to look forward too. Fast Forwards are classic and important to the weaker teams (as long as there are 3 or more of them).
But the tasks have been lame. And I thought the All-Stars tasks was bad with that Bishop or whatever his name was. :groan: And the route maps certainly don't make the race look more amazing.
Caelestor:
1. CBS needs to hire Neobie as the mapmaker. :yess:
2. They need better race design and planners. :groan:
3. It's about time, imo, for TPTB to introduce a new type of task/twist into the race (not the Switchback).
It would be nice if we are really back to 13 episodes (according to Futon Critic). Still, quality is more important than quantity.
Jobby:
10 teams, 7 eliminations, Fast Forwards on every leg if they have to. If not, the FF has to be something "bad" or sacrificial that involves making a decision for the team taking it, or luck based. And not just first come first serve. Getting a tatoo, shaving head, shoving down gross food... beats racing an F1 car in Dubai... which is basically first come first serve.
10 teams, 10 legs, with 7 eliminations and 2 NEL if they really have to cut down on cost. Go to less expensive country like Japan, Dubai... and visit places with greater local culture. I missed those African legs already.. the last time we seen that was in Season 12. :(
Snooky:
--- Quote from: password on October 23, 2009, 04:15:43 PM ---
--- Quote from: Moo on October 21, 2009, 09:52:29 AM ---
--- Quote from: Coutzy on October 20, 2009, 01:45:59 AM ---Season 6 was one of the worst in my eyes. The problem was, in one word: Levelers.
There was a certain leg (I can't remember it off the top of my head) Where teams flew to one country, got an hours of operation, did a task, flew to another country to pick up a single route info directing them to another country.
I understand the ratings nightmare that is a Guido finish, but three levelers in one leg, and only one task being meaningful? Give us a break.
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I think it's not cross country but it may be Sri Lanka...
Ethiopia's baseball thingy, then off to Colombo, only to find out an hours of operation, eliminating Lori and Bolo the next day, even with Adam and Rebecca's 2 hour delay the previous day. :(
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Moo get our facts right baseball ishardly played in Sri Lanka.
In Sri lanka they arived in Colombo travlled to galle did detour thentravlled to Kandy overight thengave rice to a monk then travleld to Dambulla were they did the road block where they had to find the pit stop through binoculars then swim across a pool and finih. One of the best legs ever!
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He was talking about Ethiopia not Sri Lanka, they did the task and then flew to Sri Lanka...It was at a multipurpose stadium where they ran, and I can hardly understand what you wrote about Colombo...
But anyway, for TAR to be more magical again, they need to let teams get hopelessly lost again.
ImANewUser:
--- Quote from: Snooky on October 23, 2009, 05:03:16 PM ---
--- Quote from: password on October 23, 2009, 04:15:43 PM ---
--- Quote from: Moo on October 21, 2009, 09:52:29 AM ---
--- Quote from: Coutzy on October 20, 2009, 01:45:59 AM ---Season 6 was one of the worst in my eyes. The problem was, in one word: Levelers.
There was a certain leg (I can't remember it off the top of my head) Where teams flew to one country, got an hours of operation, did a task, flew to another country to pick up a single route info directing them to another country.
I understand the ratings nightmare that is a Guido finish, but three levelers in one leg, and only one task being meaningful? Give us a break.
--- End quote ---
I think it's not cross country but it may be Sri Lanka...
Ethiopia's baseball thingy, then off to Colombo, only to find out an hours of operation, eliminating Lori and Bolo the next day, even with Adam and Rebecca's 2 hour delay the previous day. :(
--- End quote ---
Moo get our facts right baseball ishardly played in Sri Lanka.
In Sri lanka they arived in Colombo travlled to galle did detour thentravlled to Kandy overight thengave rice to a monk then travleld to Dambulla were they did the road block where they had to find the pit stop through binoculars then swim across a pool and finih. One of the best legs ever!
--- End quote ---
He was talking about Ethiopia not Sri Lanka, they did the task and then flew to Sri Lanka...It was at a multipurpose stadium where they ran, and I can hardly understand what you wrote about Colombo...
But anyway, for TAR to be more magical again, they need to let teams get hopelessly lost again.
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YES. Hopelessly lost, but not hopelessly stranded.
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