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gingerman28:
If they have seen any of the previous TARs, I hope they realized that the ability to read a map is critical. In watching the replays of TARs 1 - 5, I am still amazed to see how poorly teams can read maps or follow simple directions and instructions. What a bunch of klutzes we have had on TAR!!
puddin:
Springing a NASTY SURPRISE
Sticking to a familiar formula can make even the hottest reality TV show turn stale. But many are so saturated with twists that the game gets lost in the process
By Jeanmarie Tan
September 10, 2005
THE AMAZING RACE 8: FAMILY EDITION
ITS eighth season hasn't even aired yet, and already, some fans are upset with the Emmy-winning series.
For the first time, teams now comprise four related family members as opposed to the typical two-person team.
Here's the catch: Half of the teams have contestants younger than 18, and one family includes brothers aged 11 and 8.
Former racer Hera McLeod from the sixth season apparently thinks it will make the race un-Amazing.
She protested on a fan website: 'From what I hear, (the producers) are having a lot of problems with it... Personally, I think it would be a blessing in disguise (if it was canned) because The Amazing Race is not meant for children!'
Adjustments and concessions to the traditionally gruelling around-the-world course have already been made to accommodate the youths.
In the upcoming season which premieres at the end of the month, teams travel only 48,300km - a far cry from the standard 115,900km - and most of the 'globe-trotting' is limited to cities in North America.
More family-friendly, less-crowded locales were chosen, as well as educational and historically significant sites (from the starting line beneath New York's Brooklyn Bridge to the rumoured finish line at Niagara Falls).
http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/show/story/0,4136,94286,00.html
Slowhatch:
48,300 km works out to about 30,000 miles, the figure quoted in the USA Today interview. I was wondering how 30,000 turned into 11,000. My guess is that 30,000 is just a figure Van Munster threw off the top of his head for the interview before the final tally was made, and that 11,000 is the more accurate mileage.
gingerman28:
11,000 miles seems to be the correct figure. It is included on screen in one of the CBS promos which have been aired during the last week.
The 30,000 miles was thrown out in an interview published in USAToday when the producers were still teasing us about TAR8 "going around the world". The world seems to include only North American sites. Hopefully TAR9 will take us back to the world of exotic places we have become accustomed to.
teletart:
Hey, thanks Puddin, for looking out for me! :<(
cheers,
teletart
http://longplastichallway.blogspot.com
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