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DISCUSSION of TAR 33 SUSPENSION DUE TO COVID (may contain location spoilers)
tar fan:
--- Quote from: cerealking on February 28, 2020, 08:18:19 PM ---They could also take a couple of weeks to figure out a Southern Hemisphere route. Then again by the time they do that, it’ll be Spring officially and the virus will likely have mostly died off. I guess they’ve learned to never do a peak flu season (February) filming ever again.
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It's not peak flu season in Feb for half the world!
OMGitsGARRET:
Oh my gosh, I don’t come on here for barely two days and they cancel the season?! :'(
What happened?! Is there a recap or summary of what’s all went down? I get it was because of cornavirus concerns but do we have more details?
Also what else went on race wise? Last I heard Glasgow was leg 2 and teams checked in the Pit Stop but we never found out who got out. Did we ever find out who was eliminated? Did they end up having a leg 3 or was it already cancelled by then? I would look this information up myself but all the old TAR 33 threads are missing. Are there any links to those threads still or were they removed?
This is such a sad situation overall but as someone else pointed out, it reminds me of the Bachelor in Paradise shutdown a few seasons ago. I dont really understand why they would cancel the whole season... they could just avoid China/Italy/South Korea... but I won’t make any judgements. Hopefully they end up continuing later in March hopefully?
Xoruz:
--- Quote from: tar fan on February 28, 2020, 09:51:12 PM ---
--- Quote from: cerealking on February 28, 2020, 08:18:19 PM ---They could also take a couple of weeks to figure out a Southern Hemisphere route. Then again by the time they do that, it’ll be Spring officially and the virus will likely have mostly died off. I guess they’ve learned to never do a peak flu season (February) filming ever again.
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It's not peak flu season in Feb for half the world!
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Coronavirus is related to SARS not the flu and is a completely different virus to the flu despite similar symptoms.
Plaidmoon:
--- Quote from: OMGitsGARRET on February 28, 2020, 10:21:41 PM ---Oh my gosh, I don’t come on here for barely two days and they cancel the season?! :'(
What happened?! Is there a recap or summary of what’s all went down? I get it was because of cornavirus concerns but do we have more details?
Also what else went on race wise? Last I heard Glasgow was leg 2 and teams checked in the Pit Stop but we never found out who got out. Did we ever find out who was eliminated? Did they end up having a leg 3 or was it already cancelled by then? I would look this information up myself but all the old TAR 33 threads are missing. Are there any links to those threads still or were they removed?
This is such a sad situation overall but as someone else pointed out, it reminds me of the Bachelor in Paradise shutdown a few seasons ago. I dont really understand why they would cancel the whole season... they could just avoid China/Italy/South Korea... but I won’t make any judgements. Hopefully they end up continuing later in March hopefully?
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All we have is the statement from CBS and the articles at variety.com and hollywoodreporter.com. CBS is calling it a suspension of filming not a cancellation though getting everyone together and resuming where they left off will be tough. The Variety article says that 3 legs were filmed in England and Scotland and that teams returned to the US from Scotland. So, if the article is right about a third leg being filmed, it must have been in Scotland and we didn’t get any information about it.
As for who was eliminated, I think we had a good idea who was eliminated in the first leg but weren’t 100% sure. As for legs 2 and 3, I don’t think we have a clue.
I think they looked at the spread of the virus in the last few days and probably concluded that places that looked OK today might not be OK a few days or a week from now. They always have some backup plans if a location doesn’t work out, but if they have to do that for most of the episodes, it would be expensive and likely create chaos.
It’s also possible that their insurance company wasn’t happy about covering liability if people got sick on the race or, God forbid, died.
claude_24hrs:
--- Quote from: dryedmangoez on February 28, 2020, 09:34:15 PM ---I guess we can go through the different options they would have. These would be hypothetical situations based on an assumption that 2 teams have been eliminated in 3 Legs.
1. Continue Race where they left off, same cast
Have the remaining teams continue Racing starting at Leg 4.
"Roadblock": Teams may no longer be available for a one month shoot whenever production restarts.
2. Restart the entire Race, same cast
Roadblock: Unfair for the teams that survived the first 3 Legs. But argument could be made that unfair for the eliminated teams who had to compete in the difficult circumstances.
3. Restart the entire Race, "new" cast
Include teams who would be available when production restarts, fill remaining spots with new teams. Any original TAR33 teams can be held for possible future season, per availability.
4. Restart the entire Race, ALL new cast
Clean slate, brand new cast.
How to deal with the already filmed Legs and episodes?:
For option 1: Start the season off specifically mentioning how the Race was to originally occur in the midst of the outbreak. Then during Episode 3, include the discussions and process over which the decision was made to suspend production. (Would be a very dramatic episode) Episode 4 would begin with essentially summarizing the events between suspension of and restarting of production. Would be a fascinating documentation of the world at this present time.
For options 2 and 3: Start the season normally, then the Episode 3 explanation of the decision to suspend production.
OR
Air a special premiere episode in a sort of documentary style chronicling the series of events from the decision to start production, the production itself then the decision to suspend. Then proceed the season as normal.
For option 4: Turn the already filmed Legs into a sort of miniseries/documentary. Perhaps still consider the season as TAR33 and any restart of production and the next fully complete season will be TAR34. It will be a fascinating moment and document of the world to have TAR33 be a sort of "lost season". But obviously still air it.
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Nice analysis on the summary, Dryedmangoez.
I wonder that option 4 is shown above with a mix of 2 and 3 that the race would be restarted from the beginning, then reshoot the first 2 legs and I don't think that eliminated teams wouldn't be brought back as give the alternates might replace them.
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