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Why the Amazing Race has lost its magic
tarflyonthewall:
--- Quote ---I kinda don't agree. Cheaper challenges could bring better challenges, and saving money does not mean isolating the teams in any way, in fact, is the opposite. Guys, do you remind the Macchu Pichu leg in TARLA? Some task required simply finding some random dude all over the town. That required almost NO money at all and all teams ran francticly and spread everywhere, a lot where lost, frustrated, a team was proppelled to first place, there was a lot of drama, etc...
So, between the WW1 french task in TAR16 and the Macchu Pichu one, which one is more entertaining to watch, which one feels more real and which one was the cheapest? It's pretty clear to me at least.
I don't get the producers, why can't they realise this? Let the teams run everywhere like decapitated chickens, it's cheaper and cooler than a staged plastic task.
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Agreed. Considering that one of the most popular tasks in Amazing Race history is the Swiss banking Detour from TAR3, the only costs of which were (1) hiring the vault and guard, (2) putting goldfish bowls of Swiss money out -- which would easily have been converted back into US dollars and reused to pay for something else, and (3) buying fifty yellow ribbons, it's ridiculous that these big expensive tasks that aren't great keep happening.
georgiapeach:
I never thought of that as a particular favorite though... ???
tarflyonthewall:
No, neither did I. Just using it as an example of how a brilliant task can be done on a tight budget. (It seems to be one of those tasks that gets brought up when discussing Best Tasks Ever, though.)
Jobby:
--- Quote from: tarflyonthewall on October 01, 2010, 01:27:07 AM ---
--- Quote ---I kinda don't agree. Cheaper challenges could bring better challenges, and saving money does not mean isolating the teams in any way, in fact, is the opposite. Guys, do you remind the Macchu Pichu leg in TARLA? Some task required simply finding some random dude all over the town. That required almost NO money at all and all teams ran francticly and spread everywhere, a lot where lost, frustrated, a team was proppelled to first place, there was a lot of drama, etc...
So, between the WW1 french task in TAR16 and the Macchu Pichu one, which one is more entertaining to watch, which one feels more real and which one was the cheapest? It's pretty clear to me at least.
I don't get the producers, why can't they realise this? Let the teams run everywhere like decapitated chickens, it's cheaper and cooler than a staged plastic task.
--- End quote ---
Agreed. Considering that one of the most popular tasks in Amazing Race history is the Swiss banking Detour from TAR3, the only costs of which were (1) hiring the vault and guard, (2) putting goldfish bowls of Swiss money out -- which would easily have been converted back into US dollars and reused to pay for something else, and (3) buying fifty yellow ribbons, it's ridiculous that these big expensive tasks that aren't great keep happening.
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I remember it! That tells something! Not a particular favourite but memorable! But i think racers make the tasks memorable too. Colin made the Ox task in The Philippines memorable, the bowling moms made the abseiling also in The Philippines extremely memorable too.
One memorable and cheap FF (doesn't involve bungee jumping or helicopter to scale the tower or something is the cheese FF JVJ took in TAR 3. LOL. Extremely creative. :hearts:
Mug Costanza:
The TAR3 Swiss Bank Detour IS one of my favorite tasks. I think it's because it was a task that reminded me of something I might see on "The Mole", which was another one of my favorite shows at the time. Tasks like those were what got me hooked on The Amazing Race in the first place. Compare that with the "Find a castle that is the opposite of Nor'Easter" clue from TAR17 Leg 1, and it goes to show how lame the puzzle tasks are getting!
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