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TAR 17 Ep 7 " I Want To Be In The Circus, That's Where I Belong!" (Russia)
DrRox:
Slowhatch......
I think the backpacks are already on the bus. I think teams without backpacks got there early, put their backpacks on the bus, then went sightseeing to wait out the departure time. Screencaps 18,19,20 look like a queue to get on the bus. Maybe one of those........."Get a departure time and take a charter bus" deals to another location. I see no indication of anything to do with that church or its museum. I think it is get a charter bus in the square in front of the church. Four teams are seen.....N/K, N/V, M/K, and B/C. Since the Peter and Paul Fortress is on its own little island, there may be driving restrictions there. So Production gets them charter buses to take them there? The teams without backpacks could just be sightseeing around the area waiting for the bus to leave at a certain time. If that is the case, then it appears that K/N helped Nick and Vicki find the location of the bus.
I think it is...detour first, then roadblock. The preview from last week sort of spells that out......with two racers fighting it out with the lawn game to escape elimination.
Looks like Jill/Thomas tried both sides of the detour.......plates or accordian. Stephanie is seen at the P and P fortress. No Gary or Mallory in any shots that I could see.
The 3 missing teams could be sitting on the bus for all we know.
Btw, St Petersburg is @ 60 degrees North Latitude. The sun will go down, but it will not get dark at that time of year. Pretty much the same as Anchorage, Ak at that time of year.
Prophet:
--- Quote from: DrRox on November 05, 2010, 10:31:11 AM ---Slowhatch......
I think the backpacks are already on the bus. I think teams without backpacks got there early, put their backpacks on the bus, then went sightseeing to wait out the departure time. Screencaps 18,19,20 look like a queue to get on the bus. Maybe one of those........."Get a departure time and take a charter bus" deals to another location. I see no indication of anything to do with that church or its museum. I think it is get a charter bus in the square in front of the church. Four teams are seen.....N/K, N/V, M/K, and B/C. Since the Peter and Paul Fortress is on its own little island, there may be driving restrictions there. So Production gets them charter buses to take them there? The teams without backpacks could just be sightseeing around the area waiting for the bus to leave at a certain time. If that is the case, then it appears that K/N helped Nick and Vicki find the location of the bus.
I think it is...detour first, then roadblock. The preview from last week sort of spells that out......with two racers fighting it out with the lawn game to escape elimination.
Looks like Jill/Thomas tried both sides of the detour.......plates or accordian. Stephanie is seen at the P and P fortress. No Gary or Mallory in any shots that I could see.
The 3 missing teams could be sitting on the bus for all we know.
Btw, St Petersburg is @ 60 degrees North Latitude. The sun will go down, but it will not get dark at that time of year. Pretty much the same as Anchorage, Ak at that time of year.
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DrRox, you have a lot of good info there. The idea about boarding the bus in front of the church actually makes a lot of sense and explains a few things. It looks like G/M C/S and J/T may be behind the first group although they could be on the bus.
Why do you think that the detour is first? It looked like on the map that it would make more sense for them to go over to Gorodki and then head south towards the circus. I know the promo made it look that way but I have found that those can be deceptive.
gator27:
--- Quote from: the-pr0phet on November 05, 2010, 11:33:39 AM ---
Why do you think that the detour is first? It looked like on the map that it would make more sense for them to go over to Gorodki and then head south towards the circus. I know the promo made it look that way but I have found that those can be deceptive.
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If you visit the TAR 17 Maps Thread, you will see many excellent maps created by Neobie. You will notice that many routes loop back on themselves. In short, the order of an episode is not designed to make "map sense". The producers have other reasons for their construction of a TAR leg.
Prophet:
--- Quote from: gator27 on November 05, 2010, 11:45:37 AM ---
--- Quote from: the-pr0phet on November 05, 2010, 11:33:39 AM ---
Why do you think that the detour is first? It looked like on the map that it would make more sense for them to go over to Gorodki and then head south towards the circus. I know the promo made it look that way but I have found that those can be deceptive.
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If you visit the TAR 17 Maps Thread, you will see many excellent maps created by Neobie. You will notice that many routes loop back on themselves. In short, the order of an episode is not designed to make "map sense". The producers have other reasons for their construction of a TAR leg.
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That's very true, but the only problem I see is that that explanation almost makes the leg too easy to figure out. I find it hard to believe that Brook and Claire and Michael and Kevin are fighting it out at the end. If that is true then we know that B/C will not be eliminated and having the promo basically telling us who will be eliminated does not make sense to me.
Coutzy:
--- Quote from: the-pr0phet on November 05, 2010, 11:56:51 AM ---
--- Quote from: gator27 on November 05, 2010, 11:45:37 AM ---
--- Quote from: the-pr0phet on November 05, 2010, 11:33:39 AM ---
Why do you think that the detour is first? It looked like on the map that it would make more sense for them to go over to Gorodki and then head south towards the circus. I know the promo made it look that way but I have found that those can be deceptive.
--- End quote ---
If you visit the TAR 17 Maps Thread, you will see many excellent maps created by Neobie. You will notice that many routes loop back on themselves. In short, the order of an episode is not designed to make "map sense". The producers have other reasons for their construction of a TAR leg.
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That's very true, but the only problem I see is that that explanation almost makes the leg too easy to figure out. I find it hard to believe that Brook and Claire and Michael and Kevin are fighting it out at the end. If that is true then we know that B/C will not be eliminated and having the promo basically telling us who will be eliminated does not make sense to me.
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You forget that the promo does not tell the average person who is getting eliminated.
If you did not look at this forum, or indeed any spoilers, you wouldn't know that B/C make it to the top 3, thus it would all be up in the air. You're overthinking things, Prophet. Just relax.
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