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TAR16 - EP4: "We Are No Longer in the Bible Belt" (Germany)
Zack.:
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--- Quote from: Caelestor on March 08, 2010, 11:08:01 AM ---I think it may have been easier to go through customs at Frankfurt. That, or to delay the team's arrivals such that the leg would take place at night.
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I doubt that customs would be the reason. There are a myriad of flights arriving into Europe everyday and it would be totally inefficient to route all German flights through Frankfurt (and presumably also Munich, Dusseldorf and Berlin) before connecting to other German cities.
Caelestor, I think you have nailed it with the "leg would at night" proposition. The bungee would have attracted great attention if visible in daylight. There are many fewer prying eyes that could have spotted this task in action and reported it to the world. I don't think it mattered if the soccer stadium, sauerkraut restaurant, beer pub or club were at night or in daylight, but the bungee would be a big deal.
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Especially given the attention at the Singapore Flyer.
Though they have forced teams through Frankfurt before in TAR 9, when they could've easily taken a flight to Munich or Stuttgart (if they were desperate for the product placement).
Neobie:
I think customs are our most likely reason. Routing through a particular city always, if I remember correctly, happens when the city is not the primary air hub of the country, or sometimes part of the country.
Luke, do you know the reason why production forced you through Guangzhou while flying from Bangkok to Guilin? I'm pretty sure it's the same case happening here.
gingerman28:
With all the pre-program publicity and speculation about what early Beatle-related tasks the teams were supposed to perform in Hamburg, we sure got shortchanged last night. I have a feeling that whatever task was related to the Beatles after they arrived at Beatleplatz and before they arrived at the pit stop in the club the Beatles first perfomed in it was edited out. When each team was reading their clue after downing the boot of bear their reading was abruptly cut off after "proceed to Beatleplatz." They never mentioned what they were to do after arriving at Beatleplatz and they never mentioned "pit stop". Too bad all this ended up on the cutting room floor after such anticipation of seeing more of the Beatle-related locations in Hamburg.
Plaidmoon:
--- Quote from: gingerman28 on March 08, 2010, 03:20:35 PM ---With all the pre-program publicity and speculation about what early Beatle-related tasks the teams were supposed to perform in Hamburg, we sure got shortchanged last night. I have a feeling that whatever task was related to the Beatles after they arrived at Beatleplatz and before they arrived at the pit stop in the club the Beatles first perfomed in it was edited out. When each team was reading their clue after downing the boot of bear their reading was abruptly cut off after "proceed to Beatleplatz." They never mentioned what they were to do after arriving at Beatleplatz and they never mentioned "pit stop". Too bad all this ended up on the cutting room floor after such anticipation of seeing more of the Beatle-related locations in Hamburg.
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After seeing the episode, I can see why they didn't play up the Beatles aspect. It probably sounded like a good idea, but no doubt they decided during editing that the other tasks were more entertaining, so the Beatles task (whatever it was) was cut out and left in the cutting room scrap heap. Certainly we have sleuthed out a number of other times when tasks were undertaken and then later left out. This is yet another case. Perhaps it was just the reality of seeing teams wandering past strip clubs over and over that made them decide to remove it rather than deal with complaints by the easily offended.
Plaidmoon
Slowhatch:
The chart for the episode is up. The detective's big boost was winding up on the same flight as the cowboys, but that wasn't explained in the show.
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