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Why the Amazing Race has lost its magic

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puddin:
Maybe we should stop doing spoilers Raymond? yeah right  :lol:
off topic! I'm officially bored with this seasons Survivor!

Coutzy:
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.

ImANewUser:

--- Quote from: puddin on October 20, 2009, 01:32:34 AM ---Maybe we should stop doing spoilers Raymond? yeah right  :lol:
off topic! I'm officially bored with this seasons Survivor!

--- End quote ---

 :lol: offtopic, so am I. :funny:


--- 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 ---

Was there a leg like this in Season 6 or any other season? I don't recall.

Coutzy:
I was actually mixing 2 legs together in that post. Oops.

Anyway, legs 8 and 9 are the ones I was referring to.

Leg 8 involved taking a ferry to Nice, France and getting a clue instructing teams to travel to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Once in Addis Ababa, teams had to sign up for yet another flight to Lalibela, Ethiopia. From there they completed their tasks and checked in.

Leg 9 involved flying back to Addis Ababa (bunching point number one), and running with 2 runners in a 4x400 meter relay. After that, they fly to Sri Lanka (bunching point number two) and perform a Detour between climbing coconut trees and riding elephants. After the detour, they all travel to the Temple of the Tooth, where an hours of operation provides bunching point number three. The Roadblock has one team member climbing up the mountain and searching with binoculars for the Pit Stop (Two memorable moments here: Bolo doesn't read the additional information, and three teams forget to swim before checking in.)

Jobby:
A big part of the magic that made amazing race "amazing" is the cast. And i do agree that Season 15 teams, alike Season 13 teams.. are very homogenous and boring in a way.

And i also guess that a big part to whether you like a season or not is whether your favourite team wins. I loved TAR 14 because Tammy and Victor won. If Cara and Jaime won, i would not rank it as one of the best seasons of TAR. But i don't really think whether your favourite team winning or not contributes to TAR losing its magic, because it's completely 2 different things.. so lets not keep going in that direction. And to add to my point to prove that you may not naturally like a season because your favourite team won.. for me, i love Uchenna and Joyce like hell, but hated season 7 like hell because of all the "hatable" teams aka, Romber, Ron and Kelly, Lynn and Alex, Susan and Patrick and Ray and Deana... they made the season very hard to watch with all the squabblings. And with the route heavily based in the Europe and less of Asia, it made me like it even lesser because there was so little culture and tradition involved and every leg seemed almost the same. (Europe has this tendency of making every leg seemed the same for me?? It's easier to distinguish Asian countries IMO)

For me, i go with Phil, that Seasons 1,3,5,7 and 14 were the seasons he felt that it was different from the rest, because of the teams, the locations, the tasks and the maybe even the final results. The seasons with really bad teams were IMO TAR 4, TAR 7, TAR 9, TAR 13 and TAR 15 and these homogenous teams made the race hard to watch because they were more or less alike and boring to watch. We need memorable characters like Oswald/Danny, Charla/Mirna, Flo, Colin, Jonathan/Victoria, Romber, Dustin/Kandice, Ronald/Christina, Kynt/Vyxsin and Margie and Luke to distinguish a season from the rest and make it at least a season of its own.. and i would say that cast wise.. i really love Season 1,3,5,10,12 and 14 because there were at least more than one memorable team which you'll probably remember for long.

And sometimes you really need "surprises" to add to the fun/unexpecting factor to watch TAR. Imagine how badly it would suck if Charla and Mirna was eliminated instead of Romber and even though i don't really like them, but them making the final 3 was really unexpected and fun to watch. Same with teams like Lyn and Karlyn, Margie and Luke, Oswald and Danny, Chip and Kim, Ronald and Christina and a few other teams who were not expected to make it far but did so.. and when people get to root for the underdogs, they literally will like the show and enjoy the show more, thus liking the season more? I believe..

Also, route wise and tasks are also very important. One of the reason why TAR 5 revived the whole show after TAR 4 nearly killed the show and nearly caused it to be dropped, was not only because of the teams, but because of the locations that the race went to. Egypt? Philippines? New Zealand? Who can forget about the memorable meat/caviar/ostrich egg tasks, the ox roadblock in philippines, the puzzle pieces in Egypt, the mud detour and white water rafting in the season? Those are tasks which showed alot about the place that they're visiting and also the culture/tradition of the place as well...

IMO, i think equalizers and fixed routes are generally OKAY.. because at least all the teams will be together and it will be more exciting to watch, what i rather not have is the same teams coming in first every leg and make the race very hard and boring to watch. A fine example of it would be Season 9. Of course it applies to different people and if you're a BJ/Tyler or Eric/Jeremy fan.. you'll totally adore season 9..

But i'm not going to judge season 15 too quickly yet. I don't really like the cast, but the legs seemed quite good as of now.. and i believe it will get better.. will watch the whole season before i make the final comment that this season of TAR has lost its magic.. which i still do not think it has... :duno:

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