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Leg 1 Designs

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Jobby:
I remembered my WTF emotions when the LIVE updates said Leo and Jamal were last at the FW and then next moment they were out of the tower. :groan:

Air:
This AS was a lot like last AS: A non-weak team that we didn't expect getting eliminated got eliminated (and UB for that matter too but Amanda & Kris had the U-Turn penalty)

Keepcopz:
I think this premier is OK. At least better than the crap TAR 23 premier which boring as hell, who even care for rowing in some dock.

The wedding shop was good, it required a lot of navigation ability and language barrier. The Ferris wheel was acceptable. It didn't entirely base on luck and the even number trick was pretty cool.

The only weak point of this leg was RB and pit stop. I don't know what the producer think but this is ALL STAR! All the racer must have prepared themselves and have a lot of experience. But this RB was stupid. It take about 5 minutes to complete it and no team ever struggled. Then more worse at the end by put the pit stop just across the street. So it was linear as hell.

I still think the best premier was from TAR10. Fair task between mental and physical. Dramatic and unexpected twist. Good team introduction.

albiegato:
I guess I'm on the outskirts on this one.  :) I really get the Race differently than you guys

The only wrong thing about any episode 1 is that they always feel rushed. With eleven teams to cover, you have to scrape off some of the moments, and not even show teams arriving at certain markers (I read somewhere that it wasn't shown that John and Jennifer finished or even did the Roadblock). The only thing we could ask is for them to extend the first episode to a one and a half hour one so more of what happens is actually shown to happen.

In TAR 24 in particular, the only thing that is lacking is the Roadblock. It was a nod to the Asian Games and it probably was a lot of fun for the racers (it's one thing to consider, guys), but it's basically a 'take a number and stand in line' task, so very linear.

The Canton Tower task is a great 'sifting' task (a batch of teams come in, half leaves with the next clue in hand, half has to start over). Though it wasn't action packed, it was a very intense waiting game for the teams. And the drama brought on by the Twinnies really rounded up the task.

The wedding dress shop hunt was also a great search task that REALLY shuffled teams up. :)

gamerfan09:
The main thing wrong with TAR 24's Leg One was, it focused on the WRONG tasks. It was very entertaining watching teams do the Wedding Shop task (NaNa mainly) and the Starting Line Task was pretty good, but the majority of the episode was spent on the Canton Tower task which was pretty boring aside from NaNa melting down. Not to mention the atrocious editing. They didn't even bother to show that the twins had a chance to survive. Not to mention that they didn't even show every team finishing the SLT. :res:

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