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Prophet:

--- Quote from: Coolio! on June 24, 2011, 09:38:24 PM ---I think to fairly review this show, we need to forget about TAR. If we constantly compare EI to TAR, in the end TAR will win. TAR has has 18 seasons to perfect it's formula. EI has had 1. Of course TAR will have a better opening segment, they have had 18 tries at it.
Good Things About EI
-Challenges are creative, and add a nice mental aspect to a very physical show
-Teams of three add more minds and more opinons. Expect alot of 2 vs.1 action.
Not So Good Things About EI
-Editing is awful. With 13 teams and 6 challenges, it's hard to keep track. I thought Latin Persuasion was really far behind. Suddenly, they are right behind Mom's Army. WHAT!
-Besides challenges, watching people hike & rappel is really no fun.
-No opprtunity for teams to pass another.
-Poor challenge design. The find water idea was great, but everyone mooched off of Fab 3's hole.
I'm excited to see what happens next.
Winner Prediction: Fab 3.

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This is what I think too. A good idea ruined by really bad post production work.

But the planning wasn't that great either. The water thing was dumb and the rest was boring. The tasks were interesting for the contestants but not the viewers.

apskip:
I disagree with Coolio on the dumbness of the rappel (which I found thrilling and I know those doing it did too) and with Prophet on the dumbness of finding water. Figuring out that you had to dig for it was not rocket science, but I wish the Amazing Race would do some more tasks which involve more brainpower. I applaud the producers of Expedition Impossible for the creativity of their tasks. Watching teams walking on the trails is indeed boring, but you do have to get from task to task. Doing so on the Amazing Race is not that difficult, but doing that in desert heat above 100 degrees is quite a feat!

Prophet:
The heat is a factor that the viewer cannot fully appreciate, but the water task only required the brain power of the first team to arrive. All other teams merely copied that team or used their hole.

kiki:
I actually liked the water searching. There were at least 3-4 teams looking for water and only Fab3 figured it out and even when more teams came. the Gypsies were the only ones to understand what's going on and helped. It gave us a first idea of the abilities of each time and also laid the foundation of future alliances. It's certain that Fab3 are not going to team up with the athletes any time soon. LOL.

 

Snooky:
I was doing the same thing as TS with the intro. :lol: (I still need to watch the whole thing, though)

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