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gamerfan09:
Rewatched TAR13. Wow what a difference a season makes on rewatch.
Edgic:
Cast-Wise:
I used to really love Toni & Dallas... but now I saw them as absolutely boring racebots who brought nothing to the show. :groan: Aside from Kazakhstan onwards, they did nothing but blandly complete tasks. Toni was alright, but Dallas literally had the personality of a doorknob for me =/
Nick & Starr are much worse on rewatch too. The flirtmance between those two teams also made me roll my eyes so hard. I hate that both made the Final Four since those Russian legs were absolutely BOOOOORING. The penultimate Russian leg is probably one of the worst pre-finale legs EVER. I also take their win much worse now since I find Starr's whining unbearable on rewatch and when Starr's not being annoying, they are absolutely boring racebots. My opinion on them dropped so much that they are now bottom half of TARUS winners.
New #1 is Terence & Sarah, their brand of constantly doing well and getting screwed over (and alternating with dominating and being complete trainwrecks almost every leg) was absolute fun and everytime Sarah says "HI GUYS" when another team comes I legit burst out laughing since it pops out SOOOO much. Not to mention they were almost always fun to watch whether they were doing well or being trainwrecks. I was legit crushed when they were eliminated, if only Nick & Starr lost that FF :(
Also their best running gags (that are probably unintentional) are:
Show content-Sarah always yelling "HI GUYS" everytime she sees another team
-Sarah always learning "FAST" in the language of the countries she goes to
-Sarah unintentionally referring to Terence as a girl at least once
-Terence bitching at Sarah followed by Terence immediately telling themselves to not argue
And some of their best moments are:
Show content-"AND THEY DIDNT EVEN SAY HI TO US"
-Terence randomly bumping his head on the bumper of their cab and later bitching to Ken while having a band-aid on his head
-Their entire Taxi messup in Brazil 2
-Sarah encouraging Terence to kiss the Maori warriors at the New Zealand Roadblock
-Their entire kiwi Detour performance
-Being so flustered at the Launder Money Detour
-Their bitching and random negativity towards the task judge at the Teary Eyed Detour
-Sarah's random moments of being gentle with animals and digging in bird seed :lol: <3
Such an iconic dating team <3 It really speaks volumes that the season instantly went meh and hit some low lows after they and Kelly & Christy went. Too bad too that they broke up before UB but 13 was ignored so C'est La Vie.
#2 is Dan & Andrew simply because in an era where we see a lot of teams literally not move up or down, it was hilarious to see them mess up at literally EVERYWHERE.
Basically:
Show content-Failing to count the steps on Leg 1 and being the only team to repeat the Hard Way Up Detour
-Instantly dropping to last place after getting the Statue ARI in Bolivia in first
-Failing to crank oil while everyone else failed to struggle at all in Cambodia
-Having their ENTIRE Detour fly away in India :lol: <3
-Their entire adventure with the cow Detour in Kazakhstan
-Starting the Russian leg with hotel slippers and wasting their money on new shoes
-THE MARCHING :lol:
-"We're not going to just be chicken feed for Nick & Starr and Ken & Tina" *proceeds to get CURRENTLY IN LAST PLACE the whole way on the finale* :lol: <3
-Getting randomly sprayed by water via a running truck :lol: <33333
And here's a video detailing their iconic moments lol <3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njezNMXKoRU
I'm surprised how much I loved them on rewatch considering I was meh on them originally. Probably one of my favorite all-male teams now.
#3 (tied for #2) is Kelly & Christy because like Dandrew, their brand of trainwreck is something recent seasons just cannot reproduce such as:
Show content-Them ALWAYS saying to not count them out as a strong team immediately followed by them barely surviving almost every leg
-Their entire adventures in South America (Getting lost while looking for the VERY FIRST clue/DIGGING for a SHIPPING CONTAINER in SAND, "WE HAVE LEARNED TO READ THE CLUE" *cut to them failing to read the next clue after*,Letting their Taxi go while it was literally just next to them/Crashing while on Bolivian Bicycles, my goodness, how on earth did they survive South America? :lol: <3)
-RUNNING UP MOUNT EDEN to the New Zealand RB while everyone else drove up and somehow still beating Dandrew to the latter's extreme annoyance
-Their endeavours with crushing kiwis
-Being in first but getting so lost at the gas station clue in Cambodia that they drop to 2nd to last (AND ENTERING THE RESTROOM LOOKING FOR THE CLUE :lol: <333333)
-"DO WE TAKE HER TEETH" and performing part of the Cambodia Detour without even getting the clue
-Their random bitchiness at anything and everything that irritated every other team :lol: <3
And really, their final leg was just moment after moment such as:
-Them randomly talking about making out with Dandrew :lol:
-Their entire Holi Roadblock run (im flabbergasted at how horrible they did it but somehow NOT finish in last)
-Them running while painted looking for cabs (and deciding to stick their faces out the window to scare Indian locals :lol: <333333)
-"Bank of India" "American McDonald's" :lol:
-Attempting to perform the Detour while in a rickshaw :lol: <3
They were so much better on rewatch as well and they're probably up there with classic trainwrecks such as Tian & Jaree/Kami & Karli to be honest lol <3
Ken & Tina are self-explanatorily great too.
Everyone else was really meh or didn't stand out. I liked Anita & Arthur enough but that overall dark green isn't exactly a glowing reccomendation. The teams in light green at least gave me an impression, Aja & Ty and Anthony & Stephanie were absolute bores.
Overall I don't like this cast. With a worse boot order it could have been the new TAR7.
Episode-Wise:
When I first watched TAR13, I thought it was meh overall, but that was because it followed 11 and 12.
Now, I see TAR13 as something like TAR28 - a good season overall with some really high highs and some really painful lows.
Highs are definitely New Zealand (TAR13 has the best NZ leg ever?? <3) and the India x2 (BEST INDIA NIGHT LEG FOLLOWED BY A TOP 3 INDIA DAY LEG <33333) - Kazakhstan stretch is probably my favorite string of episodes in a non TAR3/5/8/11/12/17/25 season.
I also previously enjoyed the Cambodia leg (and thought the Roadblock was great and one of the best tasks of the season), but when I went to Cambodia last year I tried to perform the Angkor Wat Roadblock and it only took me 15 minutes to perform and 10 minutes to go to Bayon Temple (the Pit Stop) so I instantly saw the leg as really bad as the tasks were too easy :lol:
Painful lows were South America - Cambodia - Russia x2 to the Finale definitely. (The last three legs alone (and the fact that the legs I absolutely hate are 1/2 of the season) probably ruin the season's newly built goodwill for me and prevent me from marking it as an "OMG AMAZING" season. Considering 14-16 would happen after 13 also did not help matters.)
But overall I don't regret watching TAR13 again (although I wanted its final three episodes to give me my time back) and I'm gonna watch TAR10 next! :trampb:
Keepcopz:
Really, you didn't enjoy the Russian II in 13? That is my favourite leg of the season. :lol: :lol:
I like that all the tasks involved solving puzzle and navigating through the city. But yeah, the passport incident really ruined all the suspense in this leg. But design-wise, I actually really love it!
gamerfan09:
--- Quote from: Keepcopz on July 18, 2016, 11:10:09 AM ---Really, you didn't enjoy the Russian II in 13? That is my favourite leg of the season. :lol: :lol:
I like that all the tasks involved solving puzzle and navigating through the city. But yeah, the passport incident really ruined all the suspense in this leg. But design-wise, I actually really love it!
--- End quote ---
Yup lol.
I hated it because I thought that the tasks were too confusingly worded. There is a fine line between a cryptic task for the sake of being clever and a cryptic task for the sake of being confusing. I also fell asleep during the Detour and thought the Speed Bump was the only fun task because one of the worst dancers in Amazing Race history did it.
Not to mention that I was actually slightly happy (:X) that Toni & Dallas were the team victimised by #PassportGate because it meant Dandrew in F3. If only it was Nick & Starr instead (:;) (:;) (:;)
cbacbacba1:
Man, I am now in a rewatch of season 5
The episodes are amazing as the production spent most of the time on teams development and finding flight
In most of the episodes, the tasks are not the main focus of the episodes
For example, only 1 minute is spent to show Colin perform the New Zealand Roadblock :wohoo:
and only 3 minutes are spent to show Colin & Christie get through the Leg in Cairo after getting the fast forward :colors
The extra time saved can be used to show teams interaction and flight finding, which is the key of TAR
I now truly understand why season 5 marks the top of TAR :conf:
It is not because of the tasks (tasks are simple), but because of the intense editing of episodes :cheer:
gamerfan09:
Cairo is indeed amazing, I cannot believe Colin & Christie still ended up arguing after being more than 12 hours ahead ON A FAST FORWARD :lol: :lol: :lol: <3
--- Quote from: cbacbacba1 on July 19, 2016, 10:04:38 AM ---The episodes are amazing as the production spent most of the time on teams development and finding flight
In most of the episodes, the tasks are not the main focus of the episodes
--- End quote ---
Yeah, the task-based editing began from TAR9 and sadly got worse from there :(
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