Topic: TAR 27 Ep 1 LIVE SHOW Updates and Commentary! Tonight at 8PM EST

[gamerfan09]

This was a decent premiere, definitely better than 26/24/23/21's openers.

The negatives were definitely editing, it felt a bit rushed and inconsistent?

Other than that, I really don't hate anyone in the cast, but Tiffany & Krista <3 <3 <3

Kelly & Shevonne

[Alenaveda]

There was more: one of the girls team carrying a cartonero cart and another of the male teams doing the task too.

[Keepcopz]

I kinda like the premier, even though the Fast Forward and the Helicopter task are really meh. The Detour is really amazing, you know it's great when like half of the teams switch it right and left. <3

Jazmine & Danielle is doing really really better than I expect! I hope they manage to keep up their front of the pack. Tiffany & Krista is really <3. They are fun and their spirit to stay on the race is really strong and I hope they go really far. <333 Getting kick out of the Taxi in the middle of no where is <3. I kinda like Tanner & Josh too, they seemed like they're gonna have epic meltdown soon (Like the one on ST). And this is coming from the one who didn't cheer for M/M team, but I think they did a right job with M/M this season, no one had irritated me yet.

I think TMZ is such a missed opportunity since had they stay a little longer, they're gonna be like epic trainwreck lol. But since their elimination save Tiffany & Krista, I think I can't complain it. <33

So far, this season started off really intense and I'm looking forward to the rest of the season! The new graphic is nice and refreshing. And I wanna see how the EP twist is gonna turn out this year!

[Platrium]

TMZ took almost 4 hours just to finish a slider puzzle. Wow! Phil had to come to them for that!? That slightly made up for the episode , but overall, it was underwhelming.

Most of the episode focused on Justin & Diana's fall. I don't remember seeing a lot about Jazmine & Danielle, Ernest & Jin, Joey & Kelsey, and Logan & Chris. It was obviously rushed, and the way that I'm thinking of which can fix this "underwhelmingness" in future seasons is if they add another task and extend 30 more minutes into the episode.

At least, a new season of TAR has started. I will be looking forward to more TAR every Saturday (my time zone).

[Theo]

Other than that, I really don't hate anyone in the cast, but Tiffany & Krista <3 <3 <3

Kelly & Shevonne

Ikr, even Tanner & Josh surprisingly is fun and okay.

[Keepcopz]

Btw, did Phil mention anything about limitation of EP? Like, it still had to be used before leg 8?

[gamerfan09]

Last peeve with editing this episode: Did anyone feel that elimination felt awkwardly edited? =/

Like there was no suspense at all if they were out or if it was an NEL. It felt kinda off.

[Platrium]

Btw, did Phil mention anything about limitation of EP? Like, it still had to be used before leg 8?

Before the end of Leg 5.

[elthemagnifico]

Btw, did Phil mention anything about limitation of EP? Like, it still had to be used before leg 8?

Phil said that EP can be used before the fifth leg

[gamerfan09]

Btw, did Phil mention anything about limitation of EP? Like, it still had to be used before leg 8?

Anytime before Leg 5, and then if they use it they have to hand it over to a team and that team MUST use it on the next leg

[Platrium]

Last peeve with editing this episode: Did anyone feel that elimination felt awkwardly edited? =/

Like there was no suspense at all if they were out or if it was an NEL. It felt kinda off.

Yeah, which is why I think TAR26 premiere was slightly better.
Now that you mentioned it, I don't remember any kind of suspense being shown this episode.

[gamerfan09]

Last peeve with editing this episode: Did anyone feel that elimination felt awkwardly edited? =/

Like there was no suspense at all if they were out or if it was an NEL. It felt kinda off.

Yeah, which is why I think TAR26 premiere was slightly better.
Now that you mentioned it, I don't remember any kind of suspense being shown this episode.

The only suspense was with the bottom two teams

[Keepcopz]

Thanks. <3 My Live Stream got a bit rocky during that time so I miss it.

I like it, before leg 5, because Tanner & Josh will more likely to use it now rather than just stick with it till leg 8. The twist of giving the EP would really shake it though. There's more to think about the EP so I think WRP did really good job with it.

[RachelLeVega]

So tonight, after snacking on popcorn and downing a martini glass of caiprinha made of cachaça and a splash of Sprite, all I have to say for this episode is, "What?"

Leg 1 (United States --> Brazil)
[DRINK: Homemade caipirinha]
The beginning felt like a surge of an ocean coming at me, and before I knew it, the teams had arrived in Rio de Janeiro without telling us much about the team's backgrounds besides their cliché. Now I wish this was a 90-minute premiere to make up for the extremely speedy editing.

FAST FORWARD: (Gutsy Grannies' triumph)
I thought this would have been a crazy, fantastic start for the first Leg. But like TAR23, the wind won't stop for a team until the fat lady sings. An unused Fast Forward is like shopping on Christmas Day. You're out of luck. I am sad that Justin & Diana had to fall to the bottom of the pack in the first leg this way.
FAST FORWARD SCORE: 7/10

I thought touring the city in a helicopter was just an excuse to film overhead shots. As if anybody would forget the Christ the Redeemer statue if Ernest & Jin noticed the large touring map at the aviation agency. Still took in the beauty like I was riding in midair with one glass in my hand. Not a very good idea to think about.

DETOUR: (Cheating At Footvolley or Puzzled In Agony)
I loved how teams could just as easily lose in both tasks as win. Alex & Adam impressed me the most during this Leg, channeling their inner Charla spirits, and defeating the footvolley task in untroubled serves. And seeing the opponents use their head, literally, to bump the ball over the net, holy cowabunga! Kelly & Shevonne further impressed me at the pavement puzzle by taking three hours and forty-five minutes to finish. Though it did take that long, they did finish and that's what matters on the Race. Drinks well deserved. Cheers!
DETOUR SCORE: 8.5/10

MVPs this Leg: Rick, Alex & Adam, Tanner & Josh, Justin & Diana
UNIQUENESS & INTERESTINGNESS: 6/10 (reused TAR2 material like the hanggliders and footvolley, but the pavement puzzle was fine though I have seen sliding puzzles before: Amani & Marcus's Speed Bump in Malawi of TAR19)
WORDS ABOUT EDITING: 8/10 Mid-race introductions were a big mistake - Unnecessary choppiness. Bike race was a dud. The episode became a lot more focused nearing the end of the Leg. More suspense!
FINAL SAY: 7.9/10

[theschnauzers]

It was a good start, and I have few if any issues with editing.

Seems to me the editors focused on #team green's unlucky choice to go for the fast forward. It llokd to me they used the same location as TAR 2 did for the same tasks, and a team would have landed at Copacabana Beach.

The beach volleyball task was the same as in TAR 2 or 3. Was surprised some teams chose it, but my general impression is that teams that chose it finish the detour faster that teams doing the puzzle.

How the heck did #teamtexas make it to the mat first? My guess is that they used good taxis from the airport and after the helo flight. It was interesting to see the contrast between the Brazilian and American style of beach volleyball. As it was, I think the local were instructed to start letting team score points once the locals were up to 12, and some teams actually played under the American teams well enough to get their 6 points before then.

The puzzle shouldn't have taken 4 hours for any team. It seems to me many teams did not play off of the one piece that was painted onto the open space, and logically you would have matched the right side, the left side and the one blow that painted on piece first, and it would have made solving the puzzle a lot faster. This is where teams ended up shuffled up the order, especially if a team decided to switch detours.

All in all we could tell why teams reached the pit stop when they did except for #team tmz, which becomes one of the few teams Phil had to eliminate away from the pit stop.

And, how beautiful can #Rio be? It shows how enchanting the place is when TAR visits.

[RaceUntilWeDie]

This was definitely an interesting premiere in terms of how the flights went down. With Justin & Diana landing in Brazil at basically the same time as the other 10 teams, all 11 teams were on equal ground right from the airport. I've always thought TAR should get 11 teams in one flight to keep the competition close, and here, we basically got that in this episode. However, the helicopters basically split everyone individually and lowered the level of intensity greatly. So if a Roadblock had taken the place of the helicopter task, we would have had a pretty tight first episode.

The standouts for me were Denise & James Earl, Justin & Diana, and Tiffany & Krista. I was so rooting for Jazmine & Danielle to randomly win the leg, but Tanner & Josh don't seem so bad. As for the other teams... they either were not shown much or I just don't really like them

I love the new text/team captions at the bottom of the screen. I never thought that needed a change, but the fresh new look looks great. That, to me, is a sign that they are still somewhat trying in their editing. And is it me, or are some of the shots (especially in the intro) extra picturesque this season? They look like shots from the TARAus intro, which is a good thing.

I am not a fan of how Phil came out to eliminate them. What, did the crew not want to wait? Sure, Team TMZ was taking too long, but the sun has barely set. At least let them finish the FIRST leg. If this were a case like Dana & Adrian's, I'd understand...

And what's with the way they introduce teams these days? Why did they have to proceed to the Starting Line when they did not even finish introducing all of the teams? It felt very choppy and rushed. I miss Phil saying "The 11 teams are..." They could have introduced the teams like old times and cut down on the helicopter shots (which got very repetitive if you ask me).

This left a better taste in my mouth than TAR 26's premiere. But nothing can beat TAR 25's premiere, which was excellent for a recent season.

[redskevin88]

The puzzle shouldn't have taken 4 hours for any team. It seems to me many teams did not play off of the one piece that was painted onto the open space, and logically you would have matched the right side, the left side and the one blow that painted on piece first, and it would have made solving the puzzle a lot faster. This is where teams ended up shuffled up the order, especially if a team decided to switch detours.

Wasn't the puzzle detour a repeat of Amani & Marcus's speedbump in Season 19?

[Slowhatch]

Sort of. Both were 4x3 variations of the "15" puzzle (google 15 puzzle and you'll find solution methods and online practice). A/M had the flag right in front of them, making it easy to resolve colored squares to number places. The calçada puzzle required a good pattern memory, even if the pattern was at their feet. This--to me, anyway--made it deceptively simple and the only clever part of the episode.

[theschnauzers]

Sort of. Both were 4x3 variations of the "15" puzzle (google 15 puzzle and you'll find solution methods and online practice). A/M had the flag right in front of them, making it easy to resolve colored squares to number places. The calçada puzzle required a good pattern memory, even if the pattern was at their feet. This--to me, anyway--made it deceptively simple and the only clever part of the episode.

Just the fact that it was the national flag of Malawi that they could see made it easier. What I don't know or can't remember is if that puzzle had the open space painted as was this detour option; and the source was much hard to remember and match up the pieces correctly. But still, solving that puzzle should not have taken 4 hours, and it is clear some teams that struggled with it and/or switched detour options really lost time compared to the beach volleyball. IIRC, the Rio beach volleyball task in season 2 was also relatively quick as well. The fact that #thecousins accomplished the volleyball task contrary to intuition, is also a confirmation that the puzzle was in fact the more difficult option.

[bottle]

I just loved that in this episode the team that made some kind of mistake was able to come back usually that doesn't go like that (Natalie and Nadiya,Hoskote and Naina, Misa and Mayia, etc...)  and that was the team I'm rooting for so that's great too

[Quốc Nghĩa]

Spending hours to solve the sliding puzzle,  they deserved to go back to their TMZ room.

[cbacbacba1]

Spending almost 4 hours to finish a 4x3 sliding puzzle?
The TMZ team deserved to be eliminated 

The cheerleaders are in 10th this leg
Hopefully they can break the curse and be the race winner 

[Hysha]

It was a nice premier, but, just a Detour?? C'mon The Amazing Race, you can do it better!

I don't know why Phil had to go to the beach to tell the girls they were eliminated... I mean, there was sun, they can go to the mat. No need to go to the beach because it's midnight or something. :/

The edit was a little bit meh.

I really like the cast, I really like the route, but this premier wasn't the best. There were better.
Btw, I have a lot of expectations for this route, and I'm sure it will be amazing.

P.D: Thanks God Tiffany & Krista are safe.

[Platrium]

I just rewatched the episode, and even though it was still underwhelming, I noticed how TMZ's "look good" and "do good" comment on the cheerleaders backfired to their detour performance. Seriously, who finishes a 4 by 4 slider puzzle in almost 4 hours!?

[Jobby]

I like the episode? I thought the editing was fast paced, and am generally appreciative of the really different style of editing. We just need to get used to it! Getting teams' intro after the race has started was okay for me, it seemed rather confusing because I didn't know who have had their intro done already.. but thank goodness the teams were quite diverse so it was easy to differentiate them.

We have the mother/son, the reporters, tmz, dancers (again not being racist but really, it's easy to diff), alex/adam (i wouldn't call them little people, but they're easy to diff you see), justin/diana, cheerleaders, asians (again not being racist but really, it's easy to diff), good looking tanner/josh, paparazzi and the athletic girls. Really really a diverse group.

I am surprised that the mother/son, tanner/josh, justin/diana, jazmine and danielle and ernest and jin got the main bulk of the edit. (Sorry, am an editing freak here, so I like to analyse it)

The paparazzi, reporters, alex/adam and the cheerleaders were not as much exposed as them. Not sure about cindy and rick's edit but it was most certainly not positive. And this group = also the group i do not like as much.

LOVED THE HELICOPTER RIDE. THANK GOD AMAZING RACE FOR SHOWING SUCH AN AMAZING AERIAL VIEW OF BRAZIL.

Would have loved to see the Fast Forward play out, but am certainly happy that Justin and Diana thought of it as a humbling experience. They certainly went from cocky to reflecting and when Justin cried just because he wanted to be so badly in the race, I felt for him. It would have sucked to be eliminated from a bad decision you made which didn't even seem bad (who would have thought of the chances of them not being able to fly?). Is there a way to call the place to check? I don't think so lol considering the circumstance.

AND OH, A MOMENT OF APPRECIATION FOR THE LOVELY CAB DRIVER WHO DROVE THEM FOR FREE <333333333333333

Things to do before I go on Survivor:
- Learn how to make a fire

Things to do before I go on TAR:
- Learn how to solve a slide puzzle

I like the Detour, it was fair, and a matter of SKILL VS BRAINS.

I think some teams may be disadvantaged but at the same time... 18 vs 6... I think you just gotta try and you'll get it. As for the slide puzzle, I was watching the episode and remembered that slide puzzles are more of a patience thing. You gotta keep one piece in tact, and move the other pieces carefully in order. But first you must make sure you get the pieces in their right places (divide the puzzle into two, then move all the pieces to their correct left and right positions, then start solving it)... BUT then again it's easier said than done.

One thing for sure, BRAINS ARE NOT AN ASIAN THING FOR CINDY AND RICK.