The Amazing Race > Amazing Race 33
TAR 33 (2nd Try!) Bitch, Moan, and Squeal HERE! (Spoilers)
elthemagnifico:
--- Quote from: Maanca on February 02, 2022, 07:13:03 PM ---At least we're finally getting out of English-speaking Europe and will have a meaningful elimination tonight. 1 continent route, 4 teams dropped out and the only 2 eliminated brought back, these past couple weeks have felt like those horrible Midwest legs of Family Edition that took 3 weeks to eliminate someone.
Maybe its just me, but with 33 I'm quickly reaching the point where I wish CBS would do like 30 and burn off the rest with 2 episodes a week :duno:
--- End quote ---
I mean tbf europe was the only possible continents who were safe to visit at the time the (rest of the race of this) season was produced.
As for the the post pandemic hiatus eps, im honestly surprised and impressed with the production. The designs are better if not great, the editing is better, we get to see old TAR vibes with it (which i kind find it ironic since they never advertise it as back to basic TAR). Its a really good comeback for TAR so far. Great casts as well
RachelLeVega:
--- Quote from: elthemagnifico on February 02, 2022, 10:46:37 PM ---
--- Quote from: Maanca on February 02, 2022, 07:13:03 PM ---At least we're finally getting out of English-speaking Europe and will have a meaningful elimination tonight. 1 continent route, 4 teams dropped out and the only 2 eliminated brought back, these past couple weeks have felt like those horrible Midwest legs of Family Edition that took 3 weeks to eliminate someone.
Maybe its just me, but with 33 I'm quickly reaching the point where I wish CBS would do like 30 and burn off the rest with 2 episodes a week :duno:
--- End quote ---
I mean tbf europe was the only possible continents who were safe to visit at the time the (rest of the race of this) season was produced.
As for the the post pandemic hiatus eps, im honestly surprised and impressed with the production. The designs are better if not great, the editing is better, we get to see old TAR vibes with it (which i kind find it ironic since they never advertise it as back to basic TAR). Its a really good comeback for TAR so far. Great casts as well
--- End quote ---
Last night leg's editing was pretty good. It had instances of watching the first Switzerland leg as well where the adrenaline and classic race music really elevated the commotion of the race. I just wish Phil could elaborate on the tasks beforehand like in the early half of the series when routes were the primary emphasis of the show, rather than teams trying to "teach" us the details of the tasks through confessionals.
I ♥ TAR:
Raquel confirmed on her Insta that her and Cayla were recruited. Are Arun & Natalia the only team who actually applied for this season or were they recruited as well?
I am just so dissaponted by TAR casting... This is ridicilous. They are recruting even ordinary people now, see both sisters teams from last season.
gamerfan09:
Hot take - I don't mind the recruiting as much as the "stacking" we've been getting these past few seasons.
TAR30 = The eventual Final Five was all the five strongest teams of the season.
TAR31 = The TAR teams steamrolled all the non-TAR teams as they put some of the strongest TAR teams ever vs. complete newbies.
TAR32 = The Mine Five, as polarizing as they were, were objectively the Top 4 strongest teams of the season (Eswar & Aparna being the stragglers that left at Final 5).
TAR33 = The COVID shutdown made it so that it's Ryan & Dusty and Kim & Penn as the clear frontrunners without fail. And surprise, surprise, they make the Final 3 based on our spoilers.
I know it's probably hard to determine what makes a good team race-ability wise during casting, but this is the fourth season in a row where the endgame is relatively predictable. The last time we had a truly unpredictable/balanced season was TAR29.
Hoping 34 and the future is better, because one of the things I really do love about this season is the way the restrictions have allowed them to film safely while also bringing the Race closer to its roots with the self-driving and navigation mattering more than the tasks. In an environment where every competitive RTV format keeps modernizing and modernizing to the detriment of the original format (see: Survivor and Big Brother), it's nice to see TAR go more back to its roots even though this was definitely caused by the shutdown.
Our current format with more countries instead of Europe to the route + a balanced cast + more self-navigation + no shutdown = bigger potential for the future.
TARUSAFan:
--- Quote from: gamerfan09 on February 05, 2022, 04:23:03 AM ---Hot take - I don't mind the recruiting as much as the "stacking" we've been getting these past few seasons.
TAR30 = The eventual Final Five was all the five strongest teams of the season.
TAR31 = The TAR teams steamrolled all the non-TAR teams as they put some of the strongest TAR teams ever vs. complete newbies.
TAR32 = The Mine Five, as polarizing as they were, were objectively the Top 4 strongest teams of the season (Eswar & Aparna being the stragglers that left at Final 5).
TAR33 = The COVID shutdown made it so that it's Ryan & Dusty and Kim & Penn as the clear frontrunners without fail. And surprise, surprise, they make the Final 3 based on our spoilers.
I know it's probably hard to determine what makes a good team race-ability wise during casting, but this is the fourth season in a row where the endgame is relatively predictable. The last time we had a truly unpredictable/balanced season was TAR29.
Hoping 34 and the future is better, because one of the things I really do love about this season is the way the restrictions have allowed them to film safely while also bringing the Race closer to its roots with the self-driving and navigation mattering more than the tasks. In an environment where every competitive RTV format keeps modernizing and modernizing to the detriment of the original format (see: Survivor and Big Brother), it's nice to see TAR go more back to its roots even though this was definitely caused by the shutdown.
Our current format with more countries instead of Europe to the route + a balanced cast + more self-navigation + no shutdown = bigger potential for the future.
--- End quote ---
I'm with you on this. They did go back to roots with this season. It is though, getting predictable. I honestly thought Ryan & Dusty will get eliminated this Leg.
But I do wonder what if all the 11 teams were evenly stacked regardless of the age composition, no clear frontrunners. I'd love to see that.
TAR 29 had teams, that looked strong but did not do well (Shamir/Sara, Jessie/Francesca) and odd couples do good on legs (Liz/Mike, Tara/Joey).
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version