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Kep421
Member
08-11-2001
| Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 4:10 am
I'm loving this show big time too. I guess I enjoy it so much because I don't compare it to TAR as I don't see them as the same kind of show. I don't think the "coverage" of the teams is any worse than TAR or Survivor or any other show that has a lot of people to cover in the beginning. I think as teams are eliminated, the editing will get better as there will be less people to cover. I'm SO glad the Hanlons are gone. A little of them goes a long way for me, especially when they turned mean. Love the kid though....what a sweetheart!! I'm sorry to see the Grad Students go and I felt bad for the Young Hanlon, he was really good at solving the clues. I wish him all the best.
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Nancypj
Member
08-17-2001
| Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 10:33 am
What Fab pointed out above is really the only big issue I have with this show - how after one team unearths the clue box or whatever, all others can easily find it. Case in point, the buried box under the firepit behind the 14th star last week. It was obviously pretty deep in the ground, so the Air Force team lost most of their considerable lead by counting out the paces, identifying the firepit as a potential place to dig and doing the actual digging. There was no way to make the area the way they found it. The other teams just showed up and got the clue. What if the AF team made a wrong turn on the way to the next place, or were stumped by the code? Any extra time they had built up on the river would have been needed. Heck - same thing with "bend the light". They were the first to figure that you had to pour water into the bucket to read the clue. And even though they scooped out as much water as they could, there was still water in the bucket - not to mention splashes all over the area - so the next team didn't have to do any thinking. If they could fix that, I'd be a happy camper 
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Kep421
Member
08-11-2001
| Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 11:37 am
I think the fact that being first isn't always a positive is the one thing I like best about this game. If you are first, you just make it easy for the competition. Like someone said early, being first isn't what this game is about, its about not being LAST. The strategy in this games requires teams to use all available resources, and if that means other teams, then so be it. I like the fact that you HAVE to get along with other teams to make it in this game. Its really not good strategy to go with the "ME FIRST and screw everyone else" attitude in this game. This game is about balance. Balance of being close to first....but not too close.... The balance of using other teams, without the competition feeling "used and abused".... The balance of taking the time to "measure twice, cut once" while still remaining ahead of the majority of your competition. This game isn't a mad dash from one place to the next....its about smart play.....and being able to work all the different levels of strategy... I think Team Airforce so far is the brightest of them all, and is effectively strategizing on all the different levels... GO AIRFORCE!!!
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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 11:57 am
I'm really enjoying this show. They're beginning to realise the shenanigans they can pull on each other with the cell phones, so there'll probably be a lot of trickery going on. I agree about the clues, though, but I'm still enjoying it. I don't think it makes that much difference, because they get bunched up so much. Feel sorry for the Hanlon boy.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 12:28 pm
Nicely put, Kep! I totally agree. It's not just about who gets there first, it's about not being last. I like the concept of having to use all available resources, not just be fast. As the teams are eliminated (Cell-liminated? Ha!), it'll get easier to keep up with who's who, and I'll bet the challenges get harder to solve. Can't wait to find out!
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Nancypj
Member
08-17-2001
| Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 12:45 pm
While I realize it isn't about being first, it IS about each team's ability to solve clues in order to not be last. The huge advantage afforded those arriving at stations later in each leg (not really having to do much searching - "hunting" - for the next piece of the puzzle) seems unfair. Don't get me wrong - I do enjoy the show. I would just prefer the play to favor those with puzzle-solving ability rather than the good fortune to be next-to-last.
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Donut
Member
07-31-2001
| Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 11:19 pm
The show is growing on me..,kind of TAR meets the Mole, although it could use more of the humor of the Mole.. But this ep. was well done and suspenseful, almost like a mini movie. But do agree that the editing really stinks. Hubby has been complaining about it since the beginning. There does need to be more problem solving and less cutting major things out and skipping... Also the timing is poorly represented. It looked like Fogals and AF were way way behind and suddenly they were at the school with everyone else. Did any other Bostonians, Lurk, Fruit etc, esp enjoy the local stuff? With all the sights to work with in Boston I found it funny that they sent them all the way to New Hampshire and Connecticut for their clues...Although I love Portsmouth and it was fun to see Strawbery Banke. My mom went to some Burke school, i have to find out if it was that one! One crazy thing was that when they got the clue to go to the lighthouse in Hull ( an hour or so south of Boston), they did a close up of a sign for Lynn/Swampscott 129 on the highway. I have no clue why, since that is North of Boston and nothing to do with where they were going or coming to. Wierd part is that thats the road we go to to see FIL every week, since hubby grew up there. Its not any kind of major road, so don't know why they showed it!
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Donut
Member
07-31-2001
| Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 11:25 pm
btw Lurkie, hope you are feelin better. Sorry you had a crappy 4th. It was so muggy too..and i don't like when it's muggy on my birthday.. You didn't miss much with the fireworks.. Steven Tyler didnt sound too good...
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Fruitbat
Member
08-07-2000
| Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 3:18 am
Donut, scenes from a familiar place are always fun to watch. There was so little and it went so fast, however. I am enjoying this show more too. Boy do these guys have the wrong idea! Air Force is the team to befriend, not alienate. To pair up with the strongest team is the way to go. The Fogels may benefit for being an outcast for the opposite reason.
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Cornea
Member
09-02-2005
| Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 7:17 am
My best friend lives right down the street from Old Newgate Prison (visited on the show last week). I was shocked when I saw the clue. It is very far from Boston (about 2 hours) in a rural area of Connecticut. To drive there and back in a day (besides all of the other driving) is exhausting. I think they must have blocked off a section of the tunnels for them to search. There are tons of tunnels and it seems that all the teams found the little bullets quite quickly.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 8:50 am
The Hanlons have this HUMONGOUS movie poster outside of their house from "Almost Famous". I saw that and had to pull over cuz I was laughing so hard ...
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Heyltslori
Moderator
09-15-2001
| Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 9:03 am
Oh that's funny!
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Kep421
Member
08-11-2001
| Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 9:21 am
As disappointed as I was in the older Hanlon's game play, I do appreciate their ability to recognize their shortcomings and ability to laugh at themselves as well... Kudos to them...
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