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TAR 21 or 22 Suggestions
TARFansurvivor:
Since The Amazing Race 21 is under the way now. Here is my suggestions for 22.
1. three to four new countries.
2. 12 teams.
3. The Salvage Pass.
4. Night legs in cities like Rome, Paris or London.
Cocoa:
I've just watched TAR Australia 2. I enjoyed it FAR better than ANY leg from TAR 18-20. Here's the reasons why I think I enjoyed TAR Australia 2, which TAR America should emulate/bring back
1. The teams. I think Australians are more unique... or does the Americans cast the wrong people? Nonetheless, I think TAR Australia has an excellent cast and no one is the same with the other. Every single person in the cast delivers (except Shane and Andrew LOL) and every single one of them is promising. TAR America should put up teams that are entertaining on their own, and not rely on inter-team interaction/drama (which got overkill in TAR20). TAR America should bring more colorful teams, ROOTABLE teams (villains are rootable too, but never ever cast Art and JJ likes again)
2. The intro. I liked how Amazing Race classic music was injected in every scene. I liked how the editing put up an exciting and mysterious and omg-I-am-part-of-the-race feeling. After watching the first 10 minutes of TAR Australia 2, I think I never had this thrill compared to the last THREE seasons of TAR. The intro is a big deal, because it tones up the rest of the season.
3. The host's narration. Well, Phil Keoghan is unbeatable, but Phil's voice in narration and description and voice overs nowadays are seriously annoying. I love Phil, but hey, stop being enthusiastic. Grant Bowler, on the other hand, sticks with the more 'cool and slow but mysterious and exciting' narration voice, which gives me the chills and thrills. The way he described the first task was epic, which adds another element of excitement.
But I know Phil Keoghan is unbeatable. Phil, please bring back the "epic and cool and slow but mysterious and exciting" narration, which you did best during pre-HD TAR Seasons (I think he did it best in TAR 17). And also, please narrate all the tasks. Some tasks/destinations in TAR20 did not have an any voice over whatsoever, which is kinda boring and not memorable.
4. The music and editing. WHERE DID THE EDITING TEAM OF TAR 17 GO?!? Did they all resign?!? I think TAR Australia did an amazing job in editing music. Music is everything. I'd rather have Amazing Race music injected at every scene than a kroo-kroo-zzzzz-boring music which are evident in TAR20.
5. The tasks and the legs. IT SHOULD BE LONG. IT SHOULD BE HARD. It should present the chance of shuffling positions. Though, TAR America has done an excellent job with the legs already.
There. This is just my opinion. I am really sad that TAR 19 and 20 has not give me an impact like TARAus 2 (even with its first episode!).
JordanJones123:
--- Quote from: Cocoa on May 30, 2012, 08:47:20 PM ---I've just watched TAR Australia 2. I enjoyed it FAR better than ANY leg from TAR 18-20. Here's the reasons why I think I enjoyed TAR Australia 2, which TAR America should emulate/bring back
1. The teams. I think Australians are more unique... or does the Americans cast the wrong people? Nonetheless, I think TAR Australia has an excellent cast and no one is the same with the other. Every single person in the cast delivers (except Shane and Andrew LOL) and every single one of them is promising. TAR America should put up teams that are entertaining on their own, and not rely on inter-team interaction/drama (which got overkill in TAR20). TAR America should bring more colorful teams, ROOTABLE teams (villains are rootable too, but never ever cast Art and JJ likes again)
2. The intro. I liked how Amazing Race classic music was injected in every scene. I liked how the editing put up an exciting and mysterious and omg-I-am-part-of-the-race feeling. After watching the first 10 minutes of TAR Australia 2, I think I never had this thrill compared to the last THREE seasons of TAR. The intro is a big deal, because it tones up the rest of the season.
3. The host's narration. Well, Phil Keoghan is unbeatable, but Phil's voice in narration and description and voice overs nowadays are seriously annoying. I love Phil, but hey, stop being enthusiastic. Grant Bowler, on the other hand, sticks with the more 'cool and slow but mysterious and exciting' narration voice, which gives me the chills and thrills. The way he described the first task was epic, which adds another element of excitement.
But I know Phil Keoghan is unbeatable. Phil, please bring back the "epic and cool and slow but mysterious and exciting" narration, which you did best during pre-HD TAR Seasons (I think he did it best in TAR 17). And also, please narrate all the tasks. Some tasks/destinations in TAR20 did not have an any voice over whatsoever, which is kinda boring and not memorable.
4. The music and editing. WHERE DID THE EDITING TEAM OF TAR 17 GO?!? Did they all resign?!? I think TAR Australia did an amazing job in editing music. Music is everything. I'd rather have Amazing Race music injected at every scene than a kroo-kroo-zzzzz-boring music which are evident in TAR20.
5. The tasks and the legs. IT SHOULD BE LONG. IT SHOULD BE HARD. It should present the chance of shuffling positions. Though, TAR America has done an excellent job with the legs already.
There. This is just my opinion. I am really sad that TAR 19 and 20 has not give me an impact like TARAus 2 (even with its first episode!).
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Gotta agree with the above. Living in Australia I was really excited when TARAus was announced, but I was adamant that I would remain loyal to TAR. The original version. But unfortunately, TARAus was spectacular, with good teams, night challenges, awesome/obscure destinations! TARAus is 10 times better because of all of this.
However, the big difference is the length of episodes. In TARAus, 5 or 6 legs were 90 minutes - This allowed for it to be slow paced, like the old TAR, and showcased the countries they were in more. TAR should be a 90 minute show, and the american version needs to make 90 minute episodes!
As a TAR enthusiast, I hope the american one gets better until it overtakes TARAus, but seeing the boring destinations, teams and fast paced eps are likely to continue, I doubt it
theamazingracer21:
Heres a twist i would like to see.
For next season the starting line should be near 2 airports which are equaliy as close to the start line(we will say Central park in NYC and the airports are JFK and Newark)
Teams are told that a flight departs at both airports to their first destination and both flights have a max of 8 teams on a flight but not told which flight departs or arrives first.
bcp19:
--- Quote from: theamazingracer21 on June 03, 2012, 12:50:23 AM ---Heres a twist i would like to see.
For next season the starting line should be near 2 airports which are equaliy as close to the start line(we will say Central park in NYC and the airports are JFK and Newark)
Teams are told that a flight departs at both airports to their first destination and both flights have a max of 8 teams on a flight but not told which flight departs or arrives first.
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Not a bad idea, but 8 would probably be too many on a flight, no drama from teams having to switch. Also, in this day of cell phones, they'd likely call both to find out times. On top of that, you'd have to allow enough time for teams to get to one airport, find out it's full, get lost on the way to the other airport and still make the flight. To prevent calls, you'd have to have a clue that read something like "Drive yourself to JFK or Newark Liberty Airport and search for the yellow and red route marker to find your flight. Warning: no more than 6 teams per flight." Since LaGuardia is also very close by, could make it no more than 4 or 5 teams per plane on 3 flights that way.
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