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Why the Amazing Race has lost its magic
Neobie:
The TAR5 final task had a picture from every leg, but I guess Apskip's still right about it not being decisive - if it was it wouldn't have been edited out!
Still don't like the proportion of luck-based events. One way to mix things up is to give the racers more rope to hang themselves with (less spoon-feeding), or to have a variety of tasks that play to different strengths.
I'm not sure if Americans have a fixed mindset that it's got to be cars versus taxis, with public transportation being a novelty thing (in the race context). Apart from say a handful of major cities, everyone needs a car/taxi to get around, right? I'd dare say that public transport ridership is immensely low compared to the rest of the world, where (get this in your head, BvM) it is a very viable third option to taxis and cars.
Hooky:
--- Quote from: Coutzy on May 05, 2009, 10:07:51 AM ---It would be nice to have decisive tasks in every leg of the race, but without luck based events, we would very rarely see an upset.
Look at season 13. The entire race was very much a race to get led by the nose to your next destination, with very little luck involved. And we saw the strongest team come out and dominate, winning all bar 3 legs.
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I agree. As much as I hated the hay in Season 6 Leg 3, without luck tasks, the race would simply be too predictable. Lately, however, the producers have used taxis as a luck element that is present in every leg, so maybe they haven't felt the need for any luck tasks. I just wish that the tasks (rather than the taxis) had more bearing on the result.
NoluckBoston:
Does anyone else miss the Intersection? It would have been great towards the end of this season. What If Luke and Kisha had to work together.
I always loved the clues that just gave you a picture and you had to find out where it was located, or find the Local. I thinks a few clues should be hard. But not impossible like the final to Season 12. That was crazy!
For me I was always upset they brought in Big Brother/Survivor losers. We already saw these bums. Why do we need to see them again.
Dånooky:
--- Quote from: NoluckBoston on May 26, 2009, 05:22:04 PM ---Does anyone else miss the Intersection? It would have been great towards the end of this season. What If Luke and Kisha had to work together.
I always loved the clues that just gave you a picture and you had to find out where it was located, or find the Local. I thinks a few clues should be hard. But not impossible like the final to Season 12. That was crazy!
For me I was always upset they brought in Big Brother/Survivor losers. We already saw these bums. Why do we need to see them again.
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I do miss the Intersection (it was a necessary evil for our entertainment's sake :snicker:)
And yeah I think they should make more difficult clues (maybe a couple like the 'find the monument' clues in S1). And IMO, the final task in S12 was total awesomeness, it didn't only test the memory but logic skills as well, best.final.task.ever
Agree on the celebreality recycling thing...I hated the fact that Romber got additional help due to their fame (something I hated in AS as well)
woden:
This season 15 is the epitome of what's gone wrong with the Race. Homogenous cast, total route control, and pre-packaged/barely cultural tasks. Haven't been this bored by a season since 12.
Here's hoping they shake things up with the Race at least one more time before the franchise dies.
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