The Amazing Race > The Amazing Race Discussion
Why the Amazing Race has lost its magic
realshowfan:
--- Quote from: smiley on December 28, 2009, 11:03:03 PM ---
--- Quote from: Caelestor on December 28, 2009, 08:09:44 PM ---^Now that's a good twist that can't cost production money.
--- End quote ---
True.
Oh, and they could change the name possibly. Cuz all the clues are 'street ish' names. E.g. Roadblock, detour, yield, u-turn, pitstop.
They could change it too Side Road...highway....Express Way or even car pool lane haha.
--- End quote ---
All except Fast Forward that is (Switchback is in fact, a 'street ish' name). And I think Highway sounds like the best name for it. Should there be limitations to how many teams use it at once, though?
And they should have 'Toll', where a team forces a team to give up some of their money, the twist I used. :cmaslol
chill_sd:
They could call it the FasTrak. I like this idea.
Coutzy:
Call it the EZ-Pass! Then they could work in a sponsorship deal, easing some budget concerns, and it would be a glorious shout out to the decisive factor in Tyler and James' season 10 win!
Mister RC:
--- Quote from: realshowfan on December 29, 2009, 01:47:28 AM ---
--- Quote from: smiley on December 28, 2009, 11:03:03 PM ---
--- Quote from: Caelestor on December 28, 2009, 08:09:44 PM ---^Now that's a good twist that can't cost production money.
--- End quote ---
True.
Oh, and they could change the name possibly. Cuz all the clues are 'street ish' names. E.g. Roadblock, detour, yield, u-turn, pitstop.
They could change it too Side Road...highway....Express Way or even car pool lane haha.
--- End quote ---
All except Fast Forward that is (Switchback is in fact, a 'street ish' name). And I think Highway sounds like the best name for it. Should there be limitations to how many teams use it at once, though?
And they should have 'Toll', where a team forces a team to give up some of their money, the twist I used. :cmaslol
--- End quote ---
Actually, with the mention of the Toll and the EZ-Pass, I think it would make sense for the teams to give up all of their money in order to skip a task. That way, it would be rather difficult for multiple teams to go for it simultaneously. Plus, they have to factor in whether the task they are skipping is the last one before the pitstop. FWIW, they might think their RB or Detour is the final one (having done the other earlier), but all of a sudden, they run into a random task that everyone has to do. It may be challenging.
I think a FasTrak kinda item would be nice. I could see them adding this. However, soon after in the following season or subsequent seasons, they'd make a rule stating which legs teams can or cannot use them. Hopefully not, since they could make that rule in a leg with a very difficult task. It should be reserved for a leg in which one couldn't get their money back in a certain country that prohibits begging. Finally, they would make a rule stating that it's valid thru the final 5 (while there are at least 5 teams remaining in the race). While there have been FFs (used) in the penultimate episode/leg three times from TARs 2-9, I doubt TPTB would have someone earn a free pass to the final dash to the Finish Line. Especially if the three eventual finalists all end up using theirs (even if they saved theirs until the last minute)
Caelestor:
Bypass or Fastrak sounds nice. Giving up all your money sounds harsh though, especially if a team bypasses a task and then realizes they have to take a taxi to the pit stop.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version