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Fruitbat
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08-07-2000

Sunday, August 01, 2004 - 6:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
There is not much action in this section so one thread for all comments sounds good.

It was funny to watch the different reactions to eating the caviar. I like it, but on a cracker and usually accompanied with chopped egg and onion.

Team Jesus continues to amaze me. It is a game and certainly get ahead anyway you can but admit you are pulling out all stops.

Alliances just don't work in this game beyond a hour or so. The lead team buying the last tickets for 4 teams was a good idea. It didn't work but the plan was sound. It, at least, allows you to control what teams will be behind you for the short term.





Upstate
Member

01-16-2004

Sunday, August 01, 2004 - 6:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
good idea to get back to one thread. i was so amazed at the scenes from russia. i've always wanted to go and see katherines 'abode". lol it looked magnificent.

Fruitbat
Member

08-07-2000

Sunday, August 01, 2004 - 6:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
That was probably the most interesting stop they have ever made.

I am not a huge fan of this show because of the pace. It seems we see much more of the worst travel can be than anything else. Not that I want a travel log either.

I still dont know the names. I like the black couple and the one with Chris. That is as good as it gets with me.


Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Sunday, August 01, 2004 - 10:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I can't believe they made them eat sooo much of that stuff! You never eat that much of it at one time, I am surprised they all weren't violently ill.

Charla is amazing!! Good thing Myrna has her, she would lose otherwise. Myrna makes Charla do all the hardwork.

Fruitbat
Member

08-07-2000

Sunday, August 01, 2004 - 10:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I loved watching them come to the finish line. Had you not seen which player ate the cavier you could have guessed by their expression abd lack of enthusiam. Most had their arms still cradling their belly.

Lycanthrope
Member

09-19-2002

Sunday, August 01, 2004 - 10:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yeah, Fruit, I thought that was funny too. One player with a , the other with a

Hermione69
Member

07-24-2002

Sunday, August 01, 2004 - 11:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I wish I could follow this show better. I understand it is hard enough for a lot of you, but for me, it is the pits. the caption lags behind the action so i can't put who is saying or doing what with the correct person. it usually gets slightly better as the herd thins so i may tune in soon. i watched one of the earlier episodes and my head was just spinning.

Hermione69
Member

07-24-2002

Sunday, August 01, 2004 - 11:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
BTW, just how much caviar did they have to eat?

Kitt
Member

09-06-2000

Sunday, August 01, 2004 - 11:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1kg (2.2lb). It gives me the creeps just thinking about it!

Fruitbat
Member

08-07-2000

Sunday, August 01, 2004 - 11:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Both Survivor and Fear Factor contestants would welcome a big bowl of carviar. I do agree it was difficult to do but preferable to bull testicles and that rotting fish on Marquesas.

Kitt
Member

09-06-2000

Sunday, August 01, 2004 - 12:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Definitely preferable! But still gross.

Lancecrossfire
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07-13-2000

Sunday, August 01, 2004 - 1:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
One of the things that Survivor and AR have in common that I like is how they tie in the various challenges to the place they are located. It is a way to allow one to get a feel for the local even though they are going across the world at a rate too fast to enjoy what's there.

I think that it also helps put into perspective some of the customs and the local fare for the TV audience.

I wish they would put out a video with the 12 hour pit stops for each season. I'd love to see the interactions that take place between the teams. That was the part I missed about the Mole--as it was those interactions--not the challenges--that helped people to decide how to answer the questions in the quiz each week. We missed getting to see the real game part of The Mole.

Ok, back to AR--I agree with Bat that alliances are a much different animal in AR than the other shows. Very short term and also a potential for huge affect per minute the alliance is alive.

I would think that AR could have a big affect on someone--be life changing as far as how one sees the world, the people in it, and the big picture of life.

Fruitbat
Member

08-07-2000

Sunday, August 01, 2004 - 2:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
sigh, I miss the Mole. That was my favorite. I love a good mystery.

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Sunday, August 01, 2004 - 2:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
which couple has Chris in it?

Lancecrossfire
Moderator

07-13-2000

Sunday, August 01, 2004 - 3:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Collin and Christie--they are dating--and still in the game.

Knightpatti
Member

12-06-2001

Sunday, August 01, 2004 - 5:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
the cavier must have cost a fortunate! Too bad it just made them all sick!

Lancecrossfire
Moderator

07-13-2000

Monday, August 02, 2004 - 8:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
<waves wildly to Knightpatti>

Calamity
Member

10-18-2001

Monday, August 02, 2004 - 10:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I love TAR's pace - it's one of the things that attracts me to the show. But it's definitely confusing in the Race's early legs when there's so many teams to follow.

Like I wrote in the latest show spoiler thread, I'm a little bored with the challenges so far this season. While the caviar binge was suspenseful, it wasn't that much fun for me to watch.

And yeah, I agree that TAR alliances typically are much more transient and a matter of convenience. But we have occasionally seen teams help each other out simply because of common decency, such as when the Clowns stayed with Millie & Chuck when she had an asthma attack.

Jasper
Member

09-14-2000

Monday, August 02, 2004 - 7:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I too love the pace of TAR, this season there just seems to be so much going on that the hour just races by!

And I'm with Lance I'd like to see some of the candid interaction between the teams at pit stops.

Jimmer
Member

08-30-2000

Monday, August 02, 2004 - 8:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I really like that they don't seem to be bunching the teams up so much this season.

Kitt
Member

09-06-2000

Monday, August 02, 2004 - 8:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yes, me too, that was so frustrating last year, it made some of the ejections almost random.

Enricov
Member

07-15-2003

Tuesday, August 03, 2004 - 4:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
They have been bunched at the beginning of every episode so far --
1) the start
2) the ferry in Uruguay
3) airplane to Barlioche
4) busses to Buenos Aires

That's pretty much where the bunching has always occurred in the past - early in the episode, then they stretch out according to their skill/luck. It's why being 1st at a pit stop is good for nothing more than a confidence boost.

Spear
Member

08-06-2001

Tuesday, August 03, 2004 - 9:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, there are the occasional prizes (cruises) given for finishing first in a leg. Not a bad incentive for finishing first.

There's usually bunching at the start of a leg because they often finish the previous leg during the afternoon and thus have to start the next leg so early in the morning, when many places are closed. If they start later (as they will in the next leg), there's a good possibility the early teams will catch earlier flights/buses that could increase their lead over the other teams. (I doubt the producers would let that happen, though.)


Roxip
Member

01-29-2004

Tuesday, August 03, 2004 - 1:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Is it just me or is everybody else happy that it is Tuesday?

Kitt
Member

09-06-2000

Tuesday, August 03, 2004 - 1:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
But this year's bunching is much fairer, they are usually split up in some way, even if only by half an hour or an hour. One of the worst bunches last year was when they had people who were hours ahead of others, and all had to wait for a store(restaurant?) to open before they could do the next task, and to make it worse it was the last task before pit stop. It was the one where they had to recognise someone (a bit like the dancing one this year). That really spoilt the show for me.

Yep, really glad it's Tuesday!