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TAR16 - EP5: "I Think We're Fighting the Germans, Right?" (France)
Sailing:
I think if they U-Turned the cowboys more teams would have been mad at Mike and Louie. Remember it wasn't just the detectives Joe pissed off. They did the other teams a favor by getting rid of Joe. Plus Heid and Joe came in 3rd twice and were running a strong race despite Joe's knee.
Caelestor:
--- Quote from: uycocoa on March 16, 2010, 07:53:42 AM ---Uh-oh. To all the teams who hate TAR and this episode, you only got one choice: STOP WATCHING IT! :res:
Too much complain? STOP WATCHING IT. :res:
You are complaining TOO MUCH you think you can make another race based on your taste.
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Let's be fair to everybody's own opinions. Mostly, people are mad because one of their favorite teams is out at the expense of another.
Slightly off-topic: Interestingly, all three minority teams are out so early. Doesn't this seem slightly reminiscent of an earlier season? (Hint: it ends with 0)
Hooky:
--- Quote from: uycocoa on March 16, 2010, 07:53:42 AM ---Uh-oh. To all the teams who hate TAR and this episode, you only got one choice: STOP WATCHING IT! :res:
Too much complain? STOP WATCHING IT. :res:
You are complaining TOO MUCH you think you can make another race based on your taste.
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I watch because there is no other show quite like this. I'm not going to back out just because of this episode. But overall it is losing what once made it feel original, so maybe I will in the near future. :(
--- Quote from: Caelestor on March 15, 2010, 06:48:45 PM ---Hooky, you need to make another rant thread so that you can organize your many complaints. :lol3:
I for one liked the tasks this week, since they were somewhat rooted in history. As for "staged," that's a really broad definition and can encompass a majority of the tasks. Do you mean you don't like tasks with a bunch of actors?
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I mean all the tasks that are just these big "scenes" set up in the middle of a place that would otherwise have absolutely nothing there. In other words, a normally non-existent setting created just to feature certain tasks. For example, the Gypsy Moves Detour of TAR 14, the Japanese Game Show of TAR 15, the ducks of TAR 15, and the French War of TAR 16. Instead of spending all that money on building a place to feature a certain task, the task designers should search out certain places and then choose a task to feature that can already be done at those places. No low-budget staging expenses necessary. This is how seasons before TAR 14 created their tasks. Why did things change?
I just have to ask: Why go to a foreign country if you're just going to set up a location or setting that wasn't already there? Just do it in the CBS studio if you want that so badly (that would be a fun race). :lol:
--- Quote from: Caelestor on March 15, 2010, 06:48:45 PM ---Hooky, you need to make another rant thread so that you can organize your many complaints. :lol3:
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You know what happened the last time I did that. :knuckles:
walkingpneumonia:
--- Quote from: Hooky on March 16, 2010, 03:46:58 PM ---I mean all the tasks that are just these big "scenes" set up in the middle of a place that would otherwise have absolutely nothing there. In other words, a normally non-existent setting created just to feature certain tasks. For example, the Gypsy Moves Detour of TAR 14, the Japanese Game Show of TAR 15, the ducks of TAR 15, and the French War of TAR 16. Instead of spending all that money on building a place to feature a certain task, the task designers should search out certain places and then choose a task to feature that can already be done at those places. No low-budget staging expenses necessary. This is how seasons before TAR 14 created their tasks. Why did things change?
I just have to ask: Why go to a foreign country if you're just going to set up a location or setting that wasn't already there? Just do it in the CBS studio if you want that so badly (that would be a fun race). :lol:
You know what happened the last time I did that. :knuckles:
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In this case this was an actual battlefield that had been preserved - Le Mains de Massiges wasn't created specifically for this task. You can't throw a crêpe very far in this part of France and not hit a WWI memorial or battlefield. It is appropriate and reflective of the culture there to include a WWI re-enactment - just as crêpe making would be. :lol:
Hooky:
--- Quote from: walkingpneumonia on March 16, 2010, 04:05:30 PM ---
--- Quote from: Hooky on March 16, 2010, 03:46:58 PM ---I mean all the tasks that are just these big "scenes" set up in the middle of a place that would otherwise have absolutely nothing there. In other words, a normally non-existent setting created just to feature certain tasks. For example, the Gypsy Moves Detour of TAR 14, the Japanese Game Show of TAR 15, the ducks of TAR 15, and the French War of TAR 16. Instead of spending all that money on building a place to feature a certain task, the task designers should search out certain places and then choose a task to feature that can already be done at those places. No low-budget staging expenses necessary. This is how seasons before TAR 14 created their tasks. Why did things change?
I just have to ask: Why go to a foreign country if you're just going to set up a location or setting that wasn't already there? Just do it in the CBS studio if you want that so badly (that would be a fun race). :lol:
You know what happened the last time I did that. :knuckles:
--- End quote ---
In this case this was an actual battlefield that had been preserved - Le Mains de Massiges wasn't created specifically for this task. You can't throw a crêpe very far in this part of France and not hit a WWI memorial or battlefield. It is appropriate and reflective of the culture there to include a WWI re-enactment - just as crêpe making would be. :lol:
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OK, thanks! My mistake.
It wasn't a bad task, it just got ruined by what happened with Joe & Heidi being stuck there.
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