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Quote from: elthemagnifico on January 04, 2023, 01:29:58 AMit might or it might not be related to this, but a Japanese game show "Sasuke Ninja Warrior" allowed Non-Japanese contestants to participate in their 40th season. It probably indicates that Japan is more open to tourists, especially to reality game shows. hopefully, this season will visit Japan again.Now would be a good time. To task designers, Japan essentially = Shibuya Crossing and game shows. The country is so much more, and maybe Covid era TAR will help push them out of Tokyo to show a fresh side of it.
it might or it might not be related to this, but a Japanese game show "Sasuke Ninja Warrior" allowed Non-Japanese contestants to participate in their 40th season. It probably indicates that Japan is more open to tourists, especially to reality game shows. hopefully, this season will visit Japan again.
I agree. Japan is such a diverse place with so much to offer but they’ve never really gone outside of Tokyo and it’s all the same genre of tasks. Maybe the new way they do it where they try to stay out of cities and keep stuff outside as much as possible will get the creative juices flowing again. I get it makes sense to stay close to Tokyo because they usually use it as an entry or exit point but things have changed. I’d argue the same to a lesser extent with Korea and Seoul. I don’t believe they’ve ever even been to Busan.
Quote from: cerealking on January 06, 2023, 07:17:23 PMI agree. Japan is such a diverse place with so much to offer but they’ve never really gone outside of Tokyo and it’s all the same genre of tasks. Maybe the new way they do it where they try to stay out of cities and keep stuff outside as much as possible will get the creative juices flowing again. I get it makes sense to stay close to Tokyo because they usually use it as an entry or exit point but things have changed. I’d argue the same to a lesser extent with Korea and Seoul. I don’t believe they’ve ever even been to Busan.They visited Osaka in TAR 12 and 20, Hiroshima in 20 and Nagano in Season 26. But agree with you on the task's genres. Admittedly, in TAR 18 they when to the countryside and they had a good leg for once.
Quote from: cerealking on January 05, 2023, 11:48:49 AMTheoretically all they need is a 767 or A330 to go a more typical pre-pandemic route of Northwest US- Northeast Asia- Middle East- Europe- US or the opposite way without having to stop to refuel all the time. Most of Africa that's in the accessible range is probably not where they'd like vaccination wise and Oceania would require lots of fuel stops or a bigger and therefore much more expensive plane. Maybe some stops in the Caribbean or Central America too. All things considered, that would be about as close to normal as imaginable.I looked at several leasing websites and the cheapest rate I saw was at least $20,000 an hour. It would get expensive fast.
Theoretically all they need is a 767 or A330 to go a more typical pre-pandemic route of Northwest US- Northeast Asia- Middle East- Europe- US or the opposite way without having to stop to refuel all the time. Most of Africa that's in the accessible range is probably not where they'd like vaccination wise and Oceania would require lots of fuel stops or a bigger and therefore much more expensive plane. Maybe some stops in the Caribbean or Central America too. All things considered, that would be about as close to normal as imaginable.
Occam's Razor: the route emulates Season 34 only this time with some permutation of Ireland, the Low Countries, and North Africa alongside the rest of Western Europe.
Quote from: Parasparopagraho on January 07, 2023, 03:31:37 PMOccam's Razor: the route emulates Season 34 only this time with some permutation of Ireland, the Low Countries, and North Africa alongside the rest of Western Europe.How reliable is the source?Not disappointed with the idea of returning to Ireland, but do we really need another European season (especially since Western Europe generally equates to yet another visit to France/Germany). Wouldn’t mind some Baltic countries, but I highly doubt it’s going to be another 34 situation. Also, where in North Africa would they go other than Morocco? Even if they don’t go full commercial, I could see them doing one long haul flight just to get diversity in locations.
Morocco is probably the only country in North Africa that's where they want vaccine wise with 69%. To go further south, Rwanda and Botswana are both highly vaccinated but they'd probably need a bigger plane if they're still doing charter to get there.
To be fair, Jordan does not have a very high rate of vaccination (last I looked it hovered around 43%) and they still visited in Season 34.
Quote from: Brannockdevice on January 28, 2023, 05:45:38 PMTo be fair, Jordan does not have a very high rate of vaccination (last I looked it hovered around 43%) and they still visited in Season 34.And how did that work out for Abby and Will?
I guess tar36 will be predominantly middle east and Africa coz the last two have been Europe and south America
Officials in the United States appear to intend to end the COVID-19 emergency declaration on May 11, before the original shooting date for TAR Season 36. I believe there are some possibilities that this season will be back to normal, taking commercial flights and flying to different continents. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-end-covid-19-emergency-declarations-may-11-2023-01-30/
As of now, I think they'll go back to flying commercial. Everywhere they would feasibly go to is back to normal with Japan having opened up this fall. Especially it being the summer season where they can do a lot of stuff outside.
