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Why the Amazing Race has lost its magic
Moo:
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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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One of the WORST, DESPICABLE, WORTHLESS legs ever in that season of giving an hours of operation in a clue slot before the Pit Stop. The other tasks became SENSELESS.
We can't tell about JAPAN because TPTB CUT OUT THE LEG INTO HALF AND THE OTHER HALF NOT BEING SHOWN TO US. It was unappealing but at least there wasn't an hours of operation that blew away everyone's lead.
P.S. Read the posts before you reply and verify things first.
Hooky:
Another factor to add to our discussion - noticeable set-ups which I HAVE noticed in the past but have remained silent on. Pinstrip brought up a good point in another thread:
--- Quote from: pinstripe on October 26, 2009, 07:27:58 PM ---What is it about this season that feels so wrong? Why are the challenges so lame and easy? I'm starting to believe that the producers of the show are slanting the show to benefit one team over the others and that team would be Maria and Tiffany, the poker players. We have an all female team and none of the challenges have been physically challenging so far, something that's been know to do in the women in past seasons. What city did the producers choose as the final destination, Las Vegas, the one city Maria and Tiffany will know like the back of their hand.
Last year felt much the same way with so much time spent in China which benefited the eventual winners.
I'm almost willing to bet this years race will not end in a foot race just to help push Maria and Tiffany across the finish line without the traditional last challenge.
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This season certainly does seem to be geared toward physically weaker teams rather than strong ones. Look what happened to the strong teams in the last two seasons. I'm going to even propose that these set-ups may have been going on much earlier than now. Let's see:
Season 9:
This is the first season that looks like a potential (not very strong) set-up to me. Japan as the penultimate destination gave BJ & Tyler a huge advantage, assuming they could make it that far. I can't find evidence of any other favoritism in this season, though (thank goodness).
Season 10:
The finale seemed to be an obvious attempt in favor of Tyler & James. And I just barely got a new idea: with all the physically challenging tasks that season, could it be possible that the intended winners were in fact Tyler & James?
Season 11:
Honestly, this one shouldn't be here. The tasks were varied and didn't seem to favor any one team more than the others. Good thing, too, as it is the All-Stars race.
Season 12:
To me the "favored" team this season was Ronald & Christina, for much the same reason as Season 9. But again, other than that, no further evidence to me.
Season 13:
I can't see evidence in favor of any one team here, either. Feel free to argue if you have any.
Season 14:
I would have to say that this seasons team was (rather obviously) Tammy & Victor, with all the China this, China that, once again in the penultimate (and likely most critical) legs of the race. I can't think of more evidence at the moment, but I remember thinking that there was more than just this.
Season 15:
Pinstripe summed it up. There is only one female team, which to me seems rather odd. Likely because they don't want the "wrong" female team to win, so if a female team were to win, it would be the poker girls. There have been a lot of tasks and challenges that seem designed specifically for them. By far the most obvious promotion of any season.
Feel free to add to my list, 'cause I can't remember a lot right now.
Zack.:
The only issue with that is that there's no guarantee of those favored teams making it far enough to benefit from the route. Tammy/Victor could've been eliminated in Romania, leaving a final four of teams with varying degrees of communication issues in Beijing. BJ/Tyler could've been eliminated in Greece (not to mention, even thought they made it to Tokyo all three teams were bunched on the final flight to Denver). Ron/Chris could've been eliminated in Amsterdam. Tiffany/Maria could've been eliminated in Phnom Penh (or Tokyo could've resulted in their elimination). The prevalence of (or lack of) physical tasks might be a better indicator of who they don't want to win; TAR 14 comes to mind immediately re: a female team victory.
Not to mention, teams don't always do well in legs placed in areas they've resided (Schroders, Tara/Wil, Frank/Margarita).
River:
With me, The Amazing Race still hasn't lost its magic, the only thing I'm really not that happy about, is that they need more self driving...
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Caelestor:
TAR should take a note from Rick Steves and go off the beaten path and interact with the locals in cultural villages.
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