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TAR 32 EP 12 FINALE!! LIVE SHOW UPDATES AND COMMENTARY 12/16/20 8-9PM
ZBC Company:
I know only get beat up for saying this but I think 32 was again a good season
RachelLeVega:
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--- Quote from: Bookworm on December 16, 2020, 08:06:35 PM ---Leg design wise, I can't help but seriously admire the amount of tasks sandwiched in- the production team really made use of the locations and I'm sure they're proud of that! Between traveling by washboard, adding a second rappel task, and adding in a little clue that fit the Jazz aesthetic, there were little task-ettes that made the leg shine.
However, it wasn't super challenging, and besides the King Cake RB, which was luck-based (maybe a little skill?) there unfortunately wasn't much room for teams to advance themselves.
Perhaps Will & James would have passed the others if they were last to the first RB, but instead they only expanded their lead. Like Peach said, a memory task would have been fantastic. I didn't think the Crescent City Connection added much to the leg and the French Quarter could easily have served as the adrenaline-heavy venue of the leg, replacing the typical means of adding craziness to final legs.
All in all, I respected the production teams' willingness to become more flexible with ARIs replacing Detours/Roadblocks, a la HaMerotz LaMillion; hopefully the next step can be making these ARI more challenging and permitting of placement shifts.
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That leads to an interesting discussion: is it better to have a lot of tasks in a finale that aren't too difficult or time consuming or to have not as many tasks but the tasks are all difficult and time consuming?
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2 countries finale - the former
1 country finale - the latter
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Eh, this leg is clear proof that it's not a set result
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It's airport scramble vs task struggling.
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I guess it depends. As long as teams are up and moving throughout the whole episode, that's where I think a finale is most successful. TAR12 is a great example of a modern finale leg. You have tasks relevant to the region and collectively, but don't have teams just stalled somewhere after completing a task. It doesn't dig up the winner directly off of basic knowledge and basic premises. This is where legs like TAR15 and last season's falls flat.
cbacbacba1:
--- Quote from: RachelLeVega on December 16, 2020, 08:11:02 PM ---
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--- Quote from: RachelLeVega on December 16, 2020, 07:53:08 PM ---James begins talking about being a superfan of the race and applying various times until getting on the 32nd season.
Kaylynn & Haley - "we're proud of you. We're so happy for you."
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Does they having a time of speech mean they actually get a chance of returning? :luvya:
Like CaroJen did in Season 22 :hfive:
Meanwhile, the editing of this finale is strange.. They don't even attempt to make any suspense on the winning of Will & James :groan:
This season starts out strong, keeps deteriorating since India, and the finale is one of the worst in recent seasons :groan:
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I feel like the gap between Will & James and Hung & Chee were a blowout. After they left Cafe Beignet, who knows how long Chee took to locate the missing baby. It became pretty obvious who was going to win when Hung & Chee were two task-ettes behind them when they were en route to the convention center.
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Tara & Joey were also more than 1 hour behind Brooke & Scott at the placement memory challenge. But editing wise, it is still much better than this season :groan:
They played the suspense on the race between 2nd & 3th, which is not interesting to viewers :groan:
alecbaldwin:
--- Quote from: RachelLeVega on December 16, 2020, 08:30:52 PM ---
--- Quote from: alecbaldwin on December 16, 2020, 08:26:09 PM ---
--- Quote from: ianthebalance on December 16, 2020, 08:20:41 PM ---
--- Quote from: alecbaldwin on December 16, 2020, 08:18:09 PM ---
--- Quote from: ianthebalance on December 16, 2020, 08:10:16 PM ---
--- Quote from: Bookworm on December 16, 2020, 08:06:35 PM ---Leg design wise, I can't help but seriously admire the amount of tasks sandwiched in- the production team really made use of the locations and I'm sure they're proud of that! Between traveling by washboard, adding a second rappel task, and adding in a little clue that fit the Jazz aesthetic, there were little task-ettes that made the leg shine.
However, it wasn't super challenging, and besides the King Cake RB, which was luck-based (maybe a little skill?) there unfortunately wasn't much room for teams to advance themselves.
Perhaps Will & James would have passed the others if they were last to the first RB, but instead they only expanded their lead. Like Peach said, a memory task would have been fantastic. I didn't think the Crescent City Connection added much to the leg and the French Quarter could easily have served as the adrenaline-heavy venue of the leg, replacing the typical means of adding craziness to final legs.
All in all, I respected the production teams' willingness to become more flexible with ARIs replacing Detours/Roadblocks, a la HaMerotz LaMillion; hopefully the next step can be making these ARI more challenging and permitting of placement shifts.
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That leads to an interesting discussion: is it better to have a lot of tasks in a finale that aren't too difficult or time consuming or to have not as many tasks but the tasks are all difficult and time consuming?
--- End quote ---
2 countries finale - the former
1 country finale - the latter
--- End quote ---
Eh, this leg is clear proof that it's not a set result
--- End quote ---
It's airport scramble vs task struggling.
--- End quote ---
I guess it depends. As long as teams are up and moving throughout the whole episode, that's where I think a finale is most successful. TAR12 is a great example of a modern finale leg. You have tasks relevant to the region and collectively, but don't have teams just stalled somewhere after completing a task. It doesn't dig up the winner directly off of basic knowledge and basic premises. This is where legs like TAR15 and last season's falls flat.
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TAR 21 finale was also a success. I guess you really need to have have a successful final memory challenge. As long as you can have a real battle for the win in the last challenge, you would have a memorable finish. That's why I really think the music task should have been in the finale. Imagine what could have been if none of the teams held each other's hand to get through that challenge.
Declive:
Don't know how, but i knew Riley/Maddison would end up third.
Anyways, Will & James were the ones that deserved this win the most.
Can't remember a team being such a protagonist of a season before.
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