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Season 16 = Dumbest Cast Ever...?
Dånooky:
So far the only arguments against this season are:
1. "My favorite team(s) got eliminated, therefore only lame teams remain :(" and
2. "x team used the U-Turn in a way I wouldn't have used it, therefore x team must be dumb"
Caelestor:
--- Quote from: Dånooky ✟ on April 13, 2010, 11:45:26 PM ---So far the only arguments against this season are:
1. "My favorite team(s) got eliminated, therefore only lame teams remain :(" and
2. "x team used the U-Turn in a way I wouldn't have used it, therefore x team must be dumb"
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I can think of other arguments besides that regarding bunching, but then again the bunching debate can never really have a right answer. (Should we allow the first team to keep their well-deserved or solely due to luck time advantage and kill the suspense next episode?)
DavidJunior:
i like bunching, to some extent.
what i didn't like was the non-existence of the bunching in the French legs.
WAY too linear. especially the first leg. the detectives, the models, and Carol/Brandy all had poor to mediocre legs, but since it was SO linear, that didn't really translate into much movement in placings. Only for Carol/Brandy since they happened to be close in timing to two teams that had stellar performances that leg. What do the two good performances of the legs get? 3rd and 4th respectively. Had it not been a linear leg, Joe and Heidi may not have been eliminated.
the same (to a lesser extent) with the second leg. the only reason there were changes in placement, was because nearly every team that wasn't Carol/Brandy got lost at least once on that leg.
Poor Jeff/Jordan were at a total unfair disadvantage on these legs. There was absolutely no way they could have feasibly made up that time. I would argue that it would've been extremely difficult (if not impossible) for ANY team to overcome such a large deficit on two extremely linear legs.
Hooky:
--- Quote from: DavidJunior on April 14, 2010, 01:04:47 AM ---I would argue that it would've been extremely difficult (if not impossible) for ANY team to overcome such a large deficit on two extremely linear legs.
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I agree, with the possible exception of a select few (Colin & Christie and Eric & Jeremy are in this category). :snicker:
I didn't particularly like Jeff & Jordan, but I must admit that these two legs weren't structured in a very fair way. People here on RFF often say "We should have some more linear legs, rather than all the bunchings." But having too many linear legs (or even more than one or two a season) can be a very irritating thing to watch. They just don't have much potential for twists of fate.
I was actually really surprised to see two linear legs in a row this season. In a not so good way.
jerseydude:
--- Quote from: docol on April 13, 2010, 09:45:10 PM ---OMFG..!! You're so fraking right..this season's casting (and the locations/tasks) is the dumbest (boring) ever...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is NOTHING in comparison with season's 3-7-10-14 cast...i think the recluting crew should be changed because (obviously) they're not doing a good job.
Here are the reasons i HATE this season:
1. The teams have no passion for the race.
2. There's no so much drama/friction between the racers
3. The tasks are designed for a kids version (put a scarf on a llama?, put a condor costume and jump on a lake??)
4. The perfomances of the racers are no memorables, there's no even one team who should be put on the all-stars season (i hope the producers decide to do it)
5. The decisions they teams made are the dumbest ever, specially on the u-turns...and the speed bumps are so silly than even my little sister could do that.
If they wanna have a really exciting/memorable perfomance they should be copying those teams perfomances: Uchenna and Joyce,Rob and Amber, Dustin & Kandice, Nate & Jane, Nick & Starr, Tammy and Victor and Megan and Cheyne.
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I have to really disagree with you.
1. You can't really prove that they have no passion. Each person has a different way of expressing their passion. I myself feel that Jordan (of Dan and Jordan) has a lot of passion for the race.
2. Yes there wasn't drama but it is really that bad? Some seasons didn't have Drama until the end TAR 15 Brothers/Globtrotters.
3. Well why don't you sign up? Did you feel how cold it was when they jumped in the water. Do you know how fast you run compared to the lamas?? Unless you have done it, don't complain on easy task because some people may think that bungee jumping was easy, sky diving was easy, the FF in TAR 1 with the counting was easy.
4. So basically you would rather have someone who dominates the whole race and wins every single leg right? Because a team is determined as memorable not because they win every single leg but because of their personality. I would rather prefer Dan and Jordan than Nick and Starr on All Star because they bring an entertainment value to the show. Yes they may not be the strongest team, but to some people, some teams may be memorable. Also, If Jet and Cord win this season, did you know that their average would be higher than Nick and Starr?
5. This has been discuss ed before on other threads. They just came off a 10 hour train ride, their tired, and exhausted. Obviously they would target the people that they think have been trashing them. It is all human nature. And as stated in this thread I believe, Speed Bump have always been easy. They're not to seal a fate of a NELed team but to waste time (mainly on transport) and have them catch up on time. If the Speed Bump was as hard as the Hay task in TAR 15 switchback, which team would survive a speed bump?
And just on your list of teams, I like one or two of those teams and Nate and Jen never won a leg. And sorry for my ranting but I just want to get my ideas clear.
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