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Lovedana

Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 09:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Damn! I couldn't cheer them when the event was actually happening! Maybe I could have sent them enough positive vibe. :(

Anyway, I have to commend Tonya's fiance. He's so understanding ... because, man, if that were me, I would lose my patience with Tonya. She didn't play as if she was really interested in winning them as a couple a wedding.

I guess that's what makes them a great couple. The fiance is very patient, understanding and sweet--contrast that with Coyte and Susan and the other couple eliminated today.

Anyway, congrats to Coyte and Susan. Honestly, I don't think they are prepared. Look at how they hardly smiled when they commented--even when they won a challenge, whereas Tonya and her fiance smiled for the most part. I hope it works for them, in spite of how it seems at the moment.

Hippyt

Sunday, September 14, 2003 - 08:57 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I turned that crud off,I had no interest in watching those two get married.

Reader234

Sunday, September 14, 2003 - 12:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I guess I have ADD when it comes to watching TV, that and child distractions - - would someone please tell me how I mess the fact that Susan's parents refused/chose not to come? Speculation I'm sure - -(they didnt want to be on tV?)

I enjoyed the comments from the "losers"/evictees, I thought that was a nice surprise!! I also thought the wedding was so excessive!! I cant imagine what the bill for the florist was!! And can I just say how immature it always appears on TV when the couple smash cake in the face? I thought we were over that!!

Hippyt

Sunday, September 14, 2003 - 12:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OMG,they did cake in the face?? I am soooo glad I turned it off.

Reader234

Sunday, September 14, 2003 - 01:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
To be fair hippy, only lil Susan did, He cut a piece, she cut this HUGE piece, and he mentioned, we're not smashing cake (or something to that effect!) and she agreed. He fed her very nice a bite of cake, then her turn she starts to feed it nice and then whams it up his nose, he backs away and she giggles... I think, well, what do you expect... but HELLO, you are on TV, not on American's funniest videos!! (sorry I think I want to rant!!)

Jan

Sunday, September 14, 2003 - 01:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Reader, I think that Susan had said that her parents are strict baptists and would not allow dancing or drinking at her wedding.(This is why she did not want the wedding they were willing to pay for) If I remember properly (but I do suffer from CRS) she said that they were more concerned with what the church people think of them than what she wanted at her wedding.

I think they told her if there was booze and dancing they would not go. there was..and they did not.

Reader234

Sunday, September 14, 2003 - 02:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Jan, I just went to another site that agreed with you (I too suffer fromCRS!! *g).. now it makes sense when they toasted at one particular scene I thought it odd that Susan clearly had water in her champagne glass (clear as opposed to yellow in the other to glasses!!) Now, I didnt watch every glass go down her throat, just the one that stood out as water!!

I also have relatives that live in the Baptist tradition, and it is a struggle. I understasnd the ratings were poor, and so we've probably seen and heard the last of these couples!

Rslover

Monday, September 15, 2003 - 11:29 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Looks like I am in the minority but I am glad that Susan and Coyt won. For her age, I thought she was the most mature of all of them. They seemed to get along well and be truly in love. My eyes teared as they read their beautiful wedding vows. They did the best in the competitions and I felt really bad when she told the story of her family. How horrible to tell her what they did and then not to show up. What's a wedding without dancing and booze? LOL. Anyway, Coyt's family seemed so nice and the wedding was a dream.

Realfan

Monday, September 15, 2003 - 11:55 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I got annnoyed when the black couple lost and both couples were so incompetent about their clues, then I got bored and stopped watching during that fey announcer talking about the dresses the bridesmaids wore.

I wanted the black couple to win (was she good at blackjack, or what?!?!), but I guess Susan wanted it really badly, so whatever. Who gave her away?

What most shocks me is how ignorant all three of the final couples were about Las Vegas itself. To not know what Glitter Gulch is, to not know what the LiberACE Museum is, to not be able to find the Viva Las Vegas hotel (and get it confused with a gift shop--that was a mistake caused partly by the phone book, but she should have caught a clue when it said it was IN the Aladdin--why would one resort have another hotel inside it??)--all these dumb mistakes made me want to scream. They were there for two or three weeks solid, with downtime. Buy a Fodor's and read it cover to cover, for goodness' sakes! And Susan, go down to the casino at some point and learn all the games there! They are quite willing to teach you. Her refusal to double down on an 11, for instance. Ouch!

I still don't get the Liberace Museum mistake--didn't they get their instructions on an audio CD for that challenge? Why were they mispronouncing it later?

Not knowing what the City of Light is... That's a general knowledge mistake, true. A guidebook about Vegas may not mention that, but it might make it clear that is NOT A nickname for the city of Lost Wages/Sin City. And a description of the Paris Casino Resort probably would mention that. Even so, in the elevator, they couldn't seem to grasp that the next clue led to the Aladdin (duh, a genie?) which was right next door.

Ah, well. Below average entertainment for the summer.

Hotlantan

Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 07:55 am EditMoveDeleteIP
"Race To The Altar"? More like "Race To The Remote"!

Loved Andree, really liked Coyt, did not like lazy Tonya and could not stand witch Susan. By the final show I was beginning to hope Andree and Coyt could do one of those "TAR Chip & Reichen" dealies :)

I doubt there will be a sequel.

Rslover

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 10:12 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Andree and Tonya didn't even know how to pronounce Liberace. They kept saying liber-ASE.
They did not deserve to win.

Ladybug007

Tuesday, September 23, 2003 - 02:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Race to the Altar (NBC)

VIEWERS 4.6 million

WHAT HAPPENED Eight couples competed for a free wedding, enduring cutely named physical challenges like ''Leap of Faith.''

WHY IT BOMBED It's not like ''The Bachelor,'' where the fate of the relationships is at stake, or ''American Idol,'' where people's dreams are on the line, or even ''Paradise Hotel,'' where hot people have a lot of sex. We now pronounce this boring and pointless.

LASTING CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENRE Happy couples make bad TV.