Title: Re: TAR 17 Intro
Post by: Slowhatch on September 27, 2010, 09:19:26 AM
Trivia: during both the intro and the main episode you can see a crop circle (http://www.cropcircleconnector.com/2010/stonehenge/stonehenge2010a.html) while the camera is "ramping" towards Stonehenge.
Title: Re: TAR 17 Intro
Post by: georgiapeach on September 27, 2010, 09:47:43 AM
Thanks for the Intro!
LOVE THE CROP CIRCLE!! I do believe in circles, I do believe in circles....
I did a HD file for the racers, will post it here too....
Title: Re: TAR 17 Intro
Post by: Hooky on September 27, 2010, 12:30:49 PM
You're missing Brook & Claire. :duno:
Title: Re: TAR 17 Intro
Post by: georgiapeach on September 27, 2010, 12:48:59 PM
Sure did, just missed a link...fixed in a sec! Thanks!
Title: Re: TAR 17 Intro
Post by: georgiapeach on October 01, 2010, 02:56:05 AM
Well, you know the magic of the Intro screencaps is gone for good when we don't do them the second they are out.
Thanks to gabrielhan for the video...
We know that starting with Season 14 the magic and charm of the caps disappeared for good, the fun of puzzling these out was gone as they used and re-used old caps. It turns out that the Into caps were Bill Pruitt's baby...and when he left TAR, so did the fun.
Anyway here they are, 98% are recycled, but there may be a couple of new ones.
The best summary is here from TAR 14...I will start a master list that we can copy and update as needed...maybe someone can match these with all the ID'd ones we know, mostly summarized in the TAR 14 thread.
The ones I am not sure of being new or may definitelybe new are 3, 5>6>7, 11>12>13>14 (Stonehenge), 35>36, 44, 58 (Eastnor). Pretty sure the rest are all recycled.
TAR 14 Intro caps: http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,18413.0.html
Title: Re: TAR 17 Intro
Post by: DrRox on October 01, 2010, 04:10:02 AM
5,6,7 = Oman 10 = Florence, Italy I assume it was a typo by you 11,12,13,14 = helicopter shot flying up to Stonehenge in TAR 17 35,36 = downtown St. Petersburg, Russia 44 = Korea?
Title: Re: TAR 17 Intro
Post by: georgiapeach on October 01, 2010, 03:10:01 PM
Thanks! typo fixed...
re # 44:
They travel by subway in Seoul somewhere...did we just figure out where?? I just wasn't sure if it was another recycled one I just don't remember??
Title: Re: TAR 17 Intro
Post by: redskevin on October 01, 2010, 03:18:58 PM
Hi, I'm pretty sure that the Korea one is just recycled from season 4 and is Geunjeongjeon Hall.
Title: Re: TAR 17 Intro
Post by: theschnauzers on October 01, 2010, 03:28:42 PM
There is a new element in the intro immeadiately after the CGI-isn shot of the passenger jet. I have no idea what it is, and it wasn't included in the vidcaps of the TAR 17 intro.
Title: Re: TAR 17 Intro
Post by: georgiapeach on October 01, 2010, 03:48:52 PM
Hi, I'm pretty sure that the Korea one is just recycled from season 4 and is Geunjeongjeon Hall.
Thanks squished plums and :bigwelcome !!
Looks like a match to me! If anyone has the TAR Intro handy, I can look to see if it was there, but I don't recall this shot, but will defer to the experts!! Here is hoping for a "new" screencap!
Title: Re: TAR 17 Intro
Post by: georgiapeach on October 01, 2010, 03:51:02 PM
There is a new element in the intro immeadiately after the CGI-isn shot of the passenger jet. I have no idea what it is, and it wasn't included in the vidcaps of the TAR 17 intro.
I deleted most of the recurrent jet shots but will relook tonight...what is CGI-isn please? ???
That tunnel like shot might be new?
Title: Re: TAR 17 Intro
Post by: Chateau d If on October 01, 2010, 04:01:57 PM
35/36 is the Naval Museum in St. Petersburg (http://www.panoramio.com/photo/161188)
Peach, do you want them all identified or just the red ones? I am not understanding what you wish us to do.
I'm not sure either, but let's find the red ones first! (Cause even I know the Leaning Tower of Pisa)
Title: Re: TAR 17 Intro
Post by: georgiapeach on October 01, 2010, 11:09:02 PM
The red ones are ones I am not sure about if they are new or not.
If someone could go thru that TAR14 link and add the ones we identified already to our list, we would have a nice master list for future races. I just don't have much time this week...
Parthenon is old.... :(
Title: Re: TAR 17 Intro
Post by: Slowhatch on October 01, 2010, 11:28:39 PM
Is the fjord (47-48) new? I just ran through the intros to 15 and 16 again and I don't see it.
Title: Re: TAR 17 Intro
Post by: Evan_Weinstein on October 02, 2010, 12:24:32 AM
To ease searching in youtube, here are the intros for Season 14 to 16
SEASON 14:
SEASON 15:
SEASON 16:
Title: Re: TAR 17 Intro
Post by: milanissimo on October 02, 2010, 05:41:39 AM
10 florence 26 rome 54 -55 pisa
Title: Re: TAR 17 Intro
Post by: DrRox on October 02, 2010, 06:36:50 AM
Is the fjord (47-48) new? I just ran through the intros to 15 and 16 again and I don't see it.
It is possible they are new. If, as Neobie has proposed, TAR17 made a short leg west of Stockholm into Norway.....obvious possibilities. Could they be stock footage from TAR2 South Island, New Zealand or TAR11 Terra de Fuego/Straits of Magellan, Chile? That surface geomorpholoy just doesn't exist in that many places on the planet Earth.
Title: Re: TAR 17 Intro
Post by: georgiapeach on October 02, 2010, 08:15:57 AM
Thanks TarJunkie! Thanks Evan for the Intros! Thanks slowhatch!!
I am away with limited time to look...but I don't see the fjord in these caps which is the last real summary we have:
TAR 14 Intro caps: http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,18413.0.html
This is the best place to look for recycled ones I think! or check our season 13 caps too...
Title: Re: TAR 17 Intro
Post by: DrRox on October 02, 2010, 10:29:45 AM
are this place in Google Earth in Muttah, Muscat, Oman. They were built by the Portuguese. Well I cant get the pic to show, so I will email it to Peach and let her edit this post. Google Earth coordinates are 23o37'29.03"N, 58o34'43.78"
Title: Re: TAR 17 Intro
Post by: TarJunkie999 on October 02, 2010, 12:13:07 PM
#8 - is Machu Picchu in Peru
Title: Re: TAR 17 Intro
Post by: Chateau d If on October 02, 2010, 01:08:40 PM
Stetind is a 3.5 hour drive (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Kiruna,+Sweden&daddr=68.1620936989,+16.5992993209&geocode=FXllCwQdz5w0ASkrfCXkKo7QRTFghozeBkUDBA%3BFS4SEAQdA0n9AA&hl=en&mra=ls&sll=67.855737,20.225231&sspn=5.377053,13.040771&ie=UTF8&z=8) from Kiruna
Title: Re: TAR 17 Intro
Post by: georgiapeach on October 02, 2010, 03:18:52 PM
If you aren't sure what is new or old, then please refer to the TAR 14 link above...that was our last season of recycled caps we can use to compare! :tup:
Title: Re: TAR 17 Intro
Post by: DrRox on October 02, 2010, 05:09:57 PM
Image 49 is not identified in that TAR 14 list. I do seem to remember it being identified later, maybe TAR 15 or 16. I seem to remember it is a castle in France.
Title: Re: TAR 17 Intro
Post by: Chateau d If on October 02, 2010, 06:04:07 PM
That one has been a mystery to me. Can you find the information?
It could certainly be Irish. At the time I thought it was English. The reason I remember it as French is I was quite surprised when it was identified. It just didnt look "French" to me. I am doing some google images searches and hopefully it will show up again.
I got tired of looking for the Intro Screencaps for 15 and 16......spent about 2 hours looking in archieves.....gave up.
Title: Re: TAR 17 Intro
Post by: georgiapeach on October 03, 2010, 02:03:05 AM
I don't think we did 15 and 16...not sure.
Here is 13: WSe didn't know then it was the last of the fun.... http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,17652.0.html
Title: Re: TAR 17 Intro
Post by: Cocoa on October 04, 2010, 12:44:00 AM
Hmmm... I noticed something new in the intros today... looks like from Russia! :hearts:
are this place in Google Earth in Muttah, Muscat, Oman. They were built by the Portuguese. Well I cant get the pic to show, so I will email it to Peach and let her edit this post. Google Earth coordinates are 23o37'29.03"N, 58o34'43.78"
Portuguese Watch Tower in Muttah/Matrah (http://images2.travbuddy.com/326692_12687013992401.jpg)
Can we take another look at this and see if we can say this is Oman for sure? Dr Rox seems to have it...are we all in agreement??
I believe this is a new cap, so this combined with our sighting, apskip's great flight info saying Oman as transit is unlikely, AND a new cap, seems as though we would be safe calling Oman as a leg, right??
Can we get some other views to help confirm this 100%??
Title: Re: TAR 17 Intro
Post by: DrRox on October 28, 2010, 07:14:00 PM
The place that I identified, is very close pretty far from the Muscat Airport. Then again, Muscat proper is pretty far from the airport. The airport is long way from "downtown" due to the local topography there. I have a GE shot of the area and will add it, when I can capture it.
Title: Re: TAR 17 Intro
Post by: georgiapeach on October 28, 2010, 09:38:19 PM
Thanks Dr Rox!!
Title: Re: TAR 17 Intro
Post by: Chateau d If on October 29, 2010, 01:24:32 AM
are this place in Google Earth in Muttah, Muscat, Oman. They were built by the Portuguese. Well I cant get the pic to show, so I will email it to Peach and let her edit this post. Google Earth coordinates are 23o37'29.03"N, 58o34'43.78"
Portuguese Watch Tower in Muttah/Matrah (http://images2.travbuddy.com/326692_12687013992401.jpg)
Can we take another look at this and see if we can say this is Oman for sure? Dr Rox seems to have it...are we all in agreement??
I believe this is a new cap, so this combined with our sighting, apskip's great flight info saying Oman as transit is unlikely, AND a new cap, seems as though we would be safe calling Oman as a leg, right??
Can we get some other views to help confirm this 100%??
You all know that this is rehashed material right ? :lol:
Title: Re: TAR 17 Intro
Post by: georgiapeach on October 29, 2010, 01:47:49 AM
Thanks Chateau!! So this location was used in TAR 9?? I just checked our archived TAR 9 Intro caps, but didn't see this one....
Anyone remember if this Intro cap has been used before??
Title: Re: TAR 17 Intro
Post by: DrRox on October 29, 2010, 07:09:56 AM
I will pull out my DVD for Season 9 and check it out. I do think I had seen that location before. I didn't think it was new for this season.
Title: Re: TAR 17 Intro
Post by: DrRox on October 30, 2010, 09:33:01 PM
I watched my DVD for the Oman Leg in TAR9. When they flew from Athens to Oman, their first clue was in Riyam Park in Muttah. They had to go to the Giant Insense Burner for route info to the detour. The Portuguese watch tower in my photo above is also in Riyam Park in Muttah. Muttah is a section of Muscat, I guess. When they got the clue, they had to drive about 150 miles down the coast to Sur, Oman. That was the location of the detours. One of the detours was to deliver the camel out in the desert. The other was to pick one of three watchtowers across the bay and find a silver message "bottle." Watchtowers are sort of a national symbol for Oman. In modern times, they seem to build them everywhere.
Whether the current screencap was from the TAR9 Intro screencaps or from TAR 17, I do not know. When I find a new capture program, I will try and get all the intro screencaps from TAR9 and compare.
Here is a picture of the Giant Insense Burner and the watchtower I think is in that screencap.
Title: Re: TAR 17 Intro
Post by: apskip on October 30, 2010, 10:59:01 PM
Dr. Rox,
I think i have the missing link on the question of where Muttah is. I have searched hard to find it without success. However, I have found Muttrah:
Muttrah, (Arabic: مطرح) population 650,000, is a city located in the Muscat province of Oman. Before the discovery of oil, Muttrah was the center of commerce in Oman. It is still a center of commerce as one of largest sea ports of the region is located there. Other landmarks include Souq Muttrah, a traditional bazaar and Sour Al-Lawatiah, a small community of houses surrounded by an old wall.
Title: Re: TAR 17 Intro
Post by: DrRox on October 30, 2010, 11:33:09 PM
apskip,
I had no problem finding where it is located. I just don't know what to call it. It is between the airport and "downtown" Muscat. I am sure it started out as separate enclave, but now the the population has moved into the land between all the old towns...it is part of the greater Muscat metropolitan area. The physical geography and topograpny of Muscat is very similiar to Rio de Janeiro, with Copacabana, Ipanema, Leblon, etc. I dont know if you would call it a neighborhood, barrio, surburb...someting like that, I just can't remember the arabic word right now.. It is spelled a couple of ways.....Muttrah and Matrah....
Title: Re: TAR 17 Intro
Post by: georgiapeach on November 01, 2010, 11:41:41 PM