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Mactors/Recruited Teams
Competitor:
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--- Quote from: Coutzy on July 11, 2010, 01:47:29 AM ---I don't mind Mactors, as long as they have applied properly. The thing I really can't stand is RECRUITED TEAMS
But you talk about competent teams, what about the likes of Debra and Steve? They certainly were not recruited, but it was obvious that they were doomed from the word go.
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I've only seen, the most S10-S16, and ARA2-3, parts of ARA1, you'll have to enlighten me on the early seasons...
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Debra and Steve admitted they would not be good racers, and spent all of the first leg at the back of the pack before getting eliminated.
Nicer, sweeter folk you will not meet though (At least on camera)
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Every season sees a team or two that we look at and assume they won't make it very long. Kate and Pat in S12, Anita and Arthur in S13, Steve and Linda in S14, Shannon and Jody in S16, etc. Casting won't put 12 teams out there who are all what we would call "competent" or "competitive".
However, for every one of these teams we get a team like Margie and Luke who so many of us wrote off early. I believe that many of us thought they wouldn't make it through the first few legs, but sure enough they proved everyone wrong. Also, in S14 you had a team eliminated first off the bat who many would have thought had Top 3 potential in Preston and Amanda. A young, athletic couple.
Casting has to put teams out there who are different and who show different talents, personalities, etc. I don't like recruited teams at all. But they're paid to put what they think are the best teams for the show out there. Sadly, it appears that more and more they believe they need to recruit these teams.
Paron:
--- Quote from: redskooky on July 11, 2010, 01:02:57 AM ---likeable personality (Marc & Rovilson, Paula & Natasha ARA2, Mel & Mike AR14, Flight Time & Big Easy, AR15, apart from the Mika-Canaan thing)
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If they were likable, I'm Lana Turner. Which I'm not.
Caelestor:
--- Quote from: redskooky on July 11, 2010, 01:02:57 AM ---likeable personality
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BAM! Nobody will be able to agree on that definition, so you can forget about it.
The producers have chosen ratings over classiness, and I guarantee you we'll be seeing a lot of stuntcasting.
TheZanies:
--- Quote from: Paron on July 11, 2010, 10:11:17 AM ---
--- Quote from: redskooky on July 11, 2010, 01:02:57 AM ---likeable personality (Marc & Rovilson, Paula & Natasha ARA2, Mel & Mike AR14, Flight Time & Big Easy, AR15, apart from the Mika-Canaan thing)
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If they were likable, I'm Lana Turner. Which I'm not.
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Haha Agree completely. Those 2 fools remind me a lot of another team I CAN'T STAND - the Hippies from S9. Everything they said was rehearsed, from the little jokes (which weren't funny by any means) to the reactions on the mat etc. I want genuine reactions, not contrived stuff racers made up before even going on the Race. 96% the things Marc & Rovilson/Hippies said on camera were prepared BS. Competent racers all 4 of them, just couldn't stand their playing to the camera 24/7, the fakeness of it all.
DrRox:
Mactors does not stand for recruited teams. It stands for Model/Actor teams. In the end, ALL teams are recruited.
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