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[Memles]

on a side note, I hope they go HD with the Amazing Race soon. This is one of the few shows that would benefit from it dramatically. Although I'm guessing the constant travelling makes it much more difficult.

I think it is a cost issue, more than it is a logistical one, although that would also be the case. They're only handheld camera for the most part, so they probably try to keep it relatively cheap. I agree, though; the amazing vistas are a real appeal of the show, and seeing it in HDTV would be a real step forward. Very few reality shows are in HD...none, in fact, so I assume it is in fact the price issue.

The episode was a great one. The tasks were no more exciting than usual, but the idiotic mistakes from almost all teams made this thing an absolute hysterical piece of television.

The Yield
I'm so glad that the use of the yield was completely worthless. I still hate you, Yield.

But, in this case, it wasn't your fault you were worthless, it was all the fault of Adam and Rebecca. First off...why did they listen to Jonathan? They had no reason to yield at random. Really, they were so far behind that there was NO risk of Adam and Rebecca going at that point with them being as far behind as they were. They made a gut reaction. It's an idiotic thing, the yield, but use it well!

One Donkey, Two Asses
I noted that there was only one donkey, but I thought I was seeing things...and then it came true. I almost cried.

They weren't bad racers. They were simply annoying. Colin and Christie took it all so seriously and yelled at each other, but they weren't "Screechy" annoying but just frustrating in their antics. Jon and Victoria were simply screechy, annoying, and a pain in the ass to watch. I didn't find it funny...it was just plain old uninteresting after awhile.

I am glad to see them go, because now I really have no team I'm rooting against. No team that I will cheer their departure. I like that.

Adam the...wow
Dude...that was a really wimpy little temper tantrum. Kind of...well, wimpy. You mess up, you deal with it. But not like that.

This team sure made things interesting in the end of things. They had the entire yield period to do that task, and Freddy and Kendra still beat them. It created some serious tension, but Adam's mistake was just bad. Not on the level of the donkey, but still.

On the whole, the end of the episode kept shifting gears from guaranteed elimination to "Who the hell knows" and for that it was great reality television.

 

[SolidSnakex]

After the whole thing with the constant insults in Senegal, Kendra now goes to Ethiopia and says "It's like a whole different kind of poverty..It's like..It's like they choose to be this way, look even their animals aren't skinny.". Oh my. Why couldn't they just get elimited this time? Jeez.

 

[GXAlan]

Very few reality shows are in HD...none, in fact, so I assume it is in fact the price issue.

Well American Idol and Rebel Billionaire is in HDTV...

The cost of HDTV isn't in the cameras (Enterprise is filmed with a standard Sony HDV camera). It's in all of the post-processing and compositing that happens afterwards. Thankfully, that's just sheer HDD space and CPU power so I'm hoping that the next season will be in HD.

 

[Nerevar]

Well American Idol and Rebel Billionaire is in HDTV...

The cost of HDTV isn't in the cameras (Enterprise is filmed with a standard Sony HDV camera). It's in all of the post-processing and compositing that happens afterwards. Thankfully, that's just sheer HDD space and CPU power so I'm hoping that the next season will be in HD.

yeah, I was going to point that out too. And plus, people watching standard definition broadcasts benefit too as the picture generally is much clearer when it's downsampled form HD.

 

[Manics]

Adam the...wow
Dude...that was a really wimpy little temper tantrum. Kind of...well, wimpy. You mess up, you deal with it. But not like that.

Adam is really coming across as a total wimp and loser in this show. I can only imagine his friends back home watching this show and shaking their heads in disbelief. What girl would want to date this guy after seeing how he handles stress?? The guy is a complete moron.

 

[Tazznum1]

Awww poor V&J. I wanted them to lose one on one at the end in a foot race. Oh well.

Adam is a 2 year old - nice runner up to Jonathan, but he'll never be as bad as Jonathan, unfortunately.

And I'm stoked that there will be an AR right after this one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Mama Smurf]

That was a great episode. Ethiopia's surprisngly gorgeous, and the people were great.

I'm officially calling this "The Stupid Episode":

- Bolo "Catch a ferry to Nice" (pronounced like the adjective)

- Jon and Victoria only getting one donkey

- Adam going miles out of the church

- Using a yield on a team second to last when the last place team is so far behind

- Kendra's feeling that those people chose poverty

On that last one, I like Kendra, but good god. There's nothing malicious in what she says, it's just complete ignorance and stupidity.

Very impressive from Hayden and Aaron. Start the leg last and with no money (with ferries and planes being necessary too), end it first.

Adam is a fucking loser. It's so unattractive to me, so I can't imagine how girls must feel about that sort of thing. And you know you've completely lost it when Rebecca starts being nice to you to keep you from going insane.

 

[Tazznum1]

Kendra is an ass.

 

[Interlude]

That was a great episode. Ethiopia's surprisngly gorgeous, and the people were great.

I'm officially calling this "The Stupid Episode":

One more. Bolo knocking his head when he was about to enter the aircraft.

 

[Tazznum1]

What about doing the "Eye for Detail" as the guy falls into the fence post. :lol :lol :lol

 

[Trakball]

Celicar, are you for real?

 

[Memles]

Kendra is an ass.

I know what she was getting at with that comment, but shook my head in shame when it came out.

She was essentially saying that they were more or less living a simple life, rather than living in overcrowded cities. She put it in an idiotic manner, but her point was more that it was less poverty and more a simple lifestyle.

But she's still kind of crazy.

Rebel Billionaire is in HDTV? I guess I'm wrong, then. I do hope to see TAR in HDTV then. My father wants to buy an HDTV soon, so it would be nice, for sure. With the second one airing into May, I'd be home to watch it.

 

[Mama Smurf]

What about doing the "Eye for Detail" as the guy falls into the fence post. :lol :lol :lol

:lol I never thought of it like that.

 

[SolidSnakex]

I know what she was getting at with that comment, but shook my head in shame when it came out.

She was essentially saying that they were more or less living a simple life, rather than living in overcrowded cities. She put it in an idiotic manner, but her point was more that it was less poverty and more a simple lifestyle.

She's just made a habit of being stupid. She's basically as hated, if not more, than Jonathan is on the Television Without Pity board. She's earned herself a nickname there also, KKKendra.

 

[Mega Man's Electric Sheep]

Jonathan and Victoria on the Early Show:

http://guide.real.com/?DC=RN30AV3&r...layer=true&flash-version=7&version=6.0.12.872

 

[Trakball]

This is really the worst season of TAR, yet. Even the J&V elimination felt hollow. I want Kris & Jon to win, but at the same time, it's because they're the LEAST hateful of the bunch. They're boring, though! Cute, yes, but boring.

 

[Mega Man's Electric Sheep]

Warning...don't look at the title for next week's episode until tonight's airs.....unless you want to be spoiled about who is 100% not eliminated tonight. There is a small chance that another team may say the episode title next week, but it's highly unlikely.

The title of next week's episode is

Spoiler

You Deal With This Before I Hyperventilate

Now think about that - could anyone except

Spoiler

naggy Hayden

say that?

 

[Tazznum1]

Maybe it is a non-elimination episode.

 

[Mega Man's Electric Sheep]

Nah - the non-elim is almost certainly next week, since that is the way they did it last time, when there were 4 teams left. Then they'll cut out a team halfway through the two hour finale, then 3 teams race for the finish line.

 

[Memles]

Nah - the non-elim is almost certainly next week, since that is the way they did it last time, when there were 4 teams left. Then they'll cut out a team halfway through the two hour finale, then 3 teams race for the finish line.

This sounds sound, folks, but this was NOT the case in the first 4 seasons, so who knows what they'll do. But, I'd expect that is safe.

Man. I am PISSED that a mistake was made on the final task. Because a swimming race to the pit stop was very simply an awesome idea, and I am disappointed that neither the race for first nor the race for last were much of a race at all. It was great to finally see what would have been a great end of leg planned out, but was crushed to see that mistake take place. Ugh.

All this talk of Kris and Jon being so good is scaring me. I'm expecting some major mistake (

Spoiler

Next week could be it?

) or something of that sort, just because of the editors hyping them up so much. Once again though, strong Detour/Roadblock performances overcome the bunching to keep them ahead.

Their airport work hasn't been too great, which could cost them in the end.

 

[Tortfeasor]

It sucks that Lori and Bolo lost... Now it is just a matter of which set of young 20 something models wins. Ugh... I wish they would stop casting those types of people. Besides the fact that they are completly interchangable, they have a distinct advantage over all of the other teams because of their condition. My dream season of the show would be a bunch of "regular guy (and gal)" teams.

 

[Memles]

It sucks that Lori and Bolo lost... Now it is just a matter of which set of young 20 something models wins. Ugh... I wish they would stop casting those types of people. Besides the fact that they are completly interchangable, they have a distinct advantage over all of the other teams because of their condition. My dream season of the show would be a bunch of "regular guy (and gal)" teams.

Yes, because when I think of a team that will pale in comparison to 20 something models, it's two professional wrestlers.

Their last mistakes was their fault, based purely on a lack of reading, and had nothing to do with their age. Models or not, they got beat. Simple as that.

 

[Nerevar]

Yes, because when I think of a team that will pale in comparison to 20 something models, it's two professional wrestlers.

Their last mistakes was their fault, based purely on a lack of reading, and had nothing to do with their age. Models or not, they got beat. Simple as that.

I'm confused, are you implying that a team of two professional wrestlers (who were, as was expected, dumb as bricks) were the team you expected to win? I was honestly shocked they made it as far as they did. they made a number of big mistakes and were only saved by sheer luck on numerous occassions in the past. I agree with the original poster, I hate the model teams, and I hate how the amazing race is becoming like every other reality show in casting only:
beautiful people
annoying people
"weird" people

I want them to have more "regular people" teams (like chip and kim from last season). I really felt like, as the years have gone on, they've gotten worse.

 

[Memles]

I'm confused, are you implying that a team of two professional wrestlers (who were, as was expected, dumb as bricks) were the team you expected to win? I was honestly shocked they made it as far as they did. they made a number of big mistakes and were only saved by sheer luck on numerous occassions in the past. I agree with the original poster, I hate the model teams, and I hate how the amazing race is becoming like every other reality show in casting only:
beautiful people
annoying people
"weird" people

I want them to have more "regular people" teams (like chip and kim from last season). I really felt like, as the years have gone on, they've gotten worse.

From all accounts, the previous poster has insinuating that Lori and Bolo had no chance against younger models...and I DOUBT he was talking about brain capacity. I did NOT expect Lori and Bolo to win, but it was not the fault of the casting that they lost, as you say. It was purely a mistake.

The casting hasn't been too bad; Avi and Joe, Meredith and Maria, Gus and Hera are 3 out of 11 teams that I wouldn't considering any of those things. And you could probably include Lori and Bolo, or some may find pro wrestling weird (The jerks, the lot of them). And, really, that's not that bad. Every season you'll get a few. It's not going to be them all, because let's face it, there are three reasons people watch Reality Television.

1. To see people prettier than themselves do exotic and new things.
2. To see people like themselves do exotic and new things.
3. To see weird and annoying people makes fools of themselves while doing exotic and new things.

You can't just play to one, or some people WILL be bored. I think it caters to all very well; it can't be their fault the 2nd group loses early, the 3rd group outstays its welcome and the 1st group becomes dominant. They're not psychics.

 

[Manics]

Finally saw last Tuesday's episode last night (recorded it while away)

What's up with Adam and his temper tantrums? Has he not watched the show enough to know that even if you get 5 hours behind everyone else there will inevitably be a "oh this thing doesn't open until tomorrow morning, guess what we're all back together again!" part. Doesn't seem to matter if you miss a train, plane or automobile, the producers of the show help you out by scheduling some task that you're forced to wait 10 hours for which gets all the teams back together again. I supposed it wouldn't be much of a show if one team was 3 days ahead of everyone else...

I was glad to see the wrestlers gone - they were too dumb to be allowed to continue.

 

[Mega Man's Electric Sheep]

Since each team member can only do 6 roadblocks, here's a breakdown of how many each person has done so far:

Hayden: 5
Aaron: 4

Jon: 5
Kris: 4

Rebecca: 3
Adam: 5

Freddy: 5
Kendra: 4

Adam is such a wuss, but luckily Rebecca can still do 3 roadblocks! She can do them all if she wants, since there's probably 3 left. If you're wondering why their numbers don't add up to the same as the rest of the teams, remember that they skipped a roadblock due to the fast forward. Since this season seems to be placing greater emphasis on task performance, I'd say Freddy and Kendra might be in trouble, if Kendra is forced to do a roadblock where she has to SLEEP OUTSIDE or BE NEAR POOR PEOPLE. But seriously, Kendra might have to do something hard that she will suck at.

I think that this week is probably non-elim, due to the finale being 2 hours long again. I bet Kris and Jon will come in last, but be saved. Then in the final episode, Rebecca and Adam or Freddy and Kendra will go out in 4th place, with whoever survives joining Hayden and Aaron and Kris and Jon in the final 3. It's harder to predict these things when there's no obvious villain like last season (now that Jonathan is gone anyway). Kendra is villain-ish with her princess attitude and ignorant comments, Adam is villain-ish due to being so wussy and flipping out, Rebecca is villain-ish due to being nice to Adam and then whining about how she hates being with him, and then saying she'll pretend to like him so they'll do well. Hayden is villain-ish due to being a shrieking, nagging harpy with Aaron.

I'm just clueless who the editors want us to root for besides Kris and Jon. Are we supposed to root for Rebecca because Adam is so useless? Are we supposed to root for Aaron because Hayden is so annoying? Are we supposed to root for Freddy, because if we don't, he's going to break us in half?

 

[Mega Man's Electric Sheep]

And about that rumour about Amazing Race 7, Rob and Amber being a team? The answer is

Spoiler

ya

 

[Trakball]

I am sooooooooooooo over this season. I'll still watch it to the end but who cares? I don't have much hope for the All-Star TAR7 to be much better, either. STOP WITH THE FUCKING BUNCHING ALREADY

 

[BigJonsson]

And about that rumour about Amazing Race 7, Rob and Amber being a team? The answer is

Spoiler

ya

Spoiler

Fuck, and you know they are going to win

 

[Memles]

I am sooooooooooooo over this season. I'll still watch it to the end but who cares? I don't have much hope for the All-Star TAR7 to be much better, either. STOP WITH THE FUCKING BUNCHING ALREADY

Uhhh...it's not an all-star season, I don't believe.

The bunching, in my view, is no more prevalent than it has been in past seasons. The only huge leads in the history of the race that weren't clawed back eventually were Team Guido falling behind in Season One (Only due to an idiotic decision on the part of Nancy and Emily) and then David and...other guy in Season 3, falling behind due to a missed connection. Bunching has always been there. I will agree that it appears like it's gotten a bit worse, but it will ALWAYS be there, and always has been.

And, as for Season 7...that's been confirmed for months now, first off, and second there is no guarantee that they'll win or place well.

 

[Trakball]

Uhhh...it's not an all-star season, I don't believe.

You and your "uhhh". It doesn't invite polite discussion, mang! There's a lot of rumor & innuendo floating around various message boards regarding TAR7 being an "reality show all-star" edition. Of course, now that I want to show you some of these posts, I can't find them.

The bunching, in my view, is no more prevalent than it has been in past seasons. The only huge leads in the history of the race that weren't clawed back eventually were Team Guido falling behind in Season One (Only due to an idiotic decision on the part of Nancy and Emily) and then David and...other guy in Season 3, falling behind due to a missed connection. Bunching has always been there. I will agree that it appears like it's gotten a bit worse, but it will ALWAYS be there, and always has been.

We've seen some of the most awful bunching ever this season! Think of all the places that were closed for operation until the next morning. Lori & Bolo were like EIGHT HOURS BEHIND and they made it through to the next leg, thanks to bunching (and the Fast Forward, but mainly due to the bunching). Adam & Rebecca missed the fucking TRAIN the other teams were on, but it was all rendered irrelevant from the fucking bunching. It sucks, and this is not what I want to see in TAR.

And, as for Season 7...that's been confirmed for months now, first off, and second there is no guarantee that they'll win or place well.

Yeah look at Big Brother's Allison. Second team to be eliminated!

 

[Mega Man's Electric Sheep]

The title of the final episode is: generic.

"4 Continents, 24 Cities, 40,000 Miles"

Guess the final 3 teams are so bland in the final minutes that they're not even quotable!

Also, TVtome's episode guide for the episode says: "A close finish is billed for the sixth season of The Amazing Race."


Yay, mega bunching in the finale!

 

[Memles]

You and your "uhhh". It doesn't invite polite discussion, mang! There's a lot of rumor & innuendo floating around various message boards regarding TAR7 being an "reality show all-star" edition. Of course, now that I want to show you some of these posts, I can't find them.

We've seen some of the most awful bunching ever this season! Think of all the places that were closed for operation until the next morning. Lori & Bolo were like EIGHT HOURS BEHIND and they made it through to the next leg, thanks to bunching (and the Fast Forward, but mainly due to the bunching). Adam & Rebecca missed the fucking TRAIN the other teams were on, but it was all rendered irrelevant from the fucking bunching. It sucks, and this is not what I want to see in TAR.

It was meant to show that I had to think about it before realizing I had heard nothing of this. Man, that would be fucking terrible.

Basically, what the bunching has done this season is that its made Roadblocks and Detours more important, since many times the bunching comes right before one of these tasks. I don't mind it too much, personally.

In terms of the finale, it's always closely bunched. Like, in Season Two there was a FOOTRACE. In Season One the two teams were like 15 minutes apart, only because of a train missed. Season Three all three were close (Came down to Seattle traffic, really), Season Four one team got a cab at the airport, the other didn't, and last Season it came down to cabs and Performance in the final task.

Really, the bunching is always there. This season there have just been some annoying tasks that seem to really bunch them up, amplified by someone actually making a big mistake in that instance. But I don't really care, personally.

 

[Belfast]

I just noticed when Rebecca and Adam came up to the host at the end of tonight's episode that she was wearing a shirt with the Suicide Girls logo on it. I wonder if she's just a fan or if she's done any work for the site??

 

[Tortfeasor]

I just noticed when Rebecca and Adam came up to the host at the end of tonight's episode that she was wearing a shirt with the Suicide Girls logo on it. I wonder if she's just a fan or if she's done any work for the site??

I was just about to post the same thing... Great minds think of porn

Let's hope she is a model.

 

[Memles]

Not much bunching in this episode, due to only one flight and the bulk of the task taking part in the span of the day. This made for hectic taxiing, and that almost killed Kris and Jon.

Very simply, go Kris and Jon. Die Adam and Rebecca. You're on your own, everyone else.

 

[Belfast]

I'm trying to look through the models. If she's on there, its not under Rebecca. Then again, few of them use their real names. If she has a different hairstyle or something, I might not recognize her, though. Still, I'm giving it a look.

 

[BigJonsson]

I also noticed the SG logo

 

[ShadowRed]

Huh wait they had a non elemination round the show before the finale? Talk about a waste. Yet one more reason to get rid of the stupid secret non elimination round crap.

 

[suaveric]

TAR season 8 (not the one airing this spring) is supposed to be the All-Stars edition and like the Survivor one, it will only have past members from TAR, not just any reality show.

 

[Manics]

Tonight's the night! Any predictions on who wins? I hope it's Jon and Kris.

 

[Memles]

Huh wait they had a non elemination round the show before the finale? Talk about a waste. Yet one more reason to get rid of the stupid secret non elimination round crap.

Were you even watching last season?

It was a necessary move in both seasons because of the new "Lose all your money" stipulation. They don't want to have someone, in the second last leg, to have no money, as it limits what tasks they can do and essentially would handicap them. For the final leg, they want an even race, to hopefully get an exciting finish.

I have no idea how this will go...but I think just to spite us all, Kris and Jon will be going home in the first leg. Just a hunch that better not be true.

 

[Mega Man's Electric Sheep]

In hardcore circles, there is a thing known as "the fourth place curse" whereby a nice team gets eliminated in fourth place (like the bowling moms last year). Now, Kris and Jon are much better racers than them, but they are not really that much stronger than Hayden and Aaron or Freddy and Kendra, so they could fall prey to the fourth place curse. But that will have to be some more massive bad luck a la the cab fiasco of last week to make Kris and Jon fall before Adam and Rebecca. They deserve to go next...

If Hayden and Aaron make it to the last leg, I predict that they win. If they don't make it, I think Freddy and Kendra will win. I just don't see Kris and Jon winning, just because two seasons in a row of the most popular nicest team winning is a little much to ask for.

 

[MoccaJava]

There's no way Kris and Jon can win. Editing wise it is clearly between a Freddy and Kendra and Adam and Rebecca race to the finish.

 

[Memles]

There's no way Kris and Jon can win. Editing wise it is clearly between a Freddy and Kendra and Adam and Rebecca race to the finish.

...do tell, because I have absolutely no idea how you can discern this.

 

[ShadowRed]

Watching these two get screwed over by the chinese Barney Fife cab driver is a fucking whoot.

 

[BigJonsson]

LAST LEG!

 

[BigJonsson]

WINNER!

Spoiler

1. Freddy and Kendra 2. Kris and Jon 3. Adam and Rebecca

 

[Memles]

This is the

Spoiler

worst day

in the history of ever!!!!!

 

[Diffense]

ah well...