This show Rocks!!!!!

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Hippyt

Wednesday, September 26, 2001 - 07:27 pm Click here to edit this post
I really think this show is getting better every week!! It's so much more intense to watch than any other reality TV out there,all the way to the last few minutes!
I thought for sure Granpa and Grandma were out ,and started cheering when they got off on the quicker train route.
And,hopefully someone will tie Team Guido together and throw them off the top of that castle!! Talk about sneaky and snotty!!
It was also so very smart of the frat dudes to figure out they were up with the best chance at the fast forward!
I think Margerite may be the smartest of them all though. When everyone else around her is freaking out,she's always re-reading the clues,and maps,and signs. She's calm,and has saved herself and Frank,and other numerous times now.

Jewels

Thursday, September 27, 2001 - 05:07 pm Click here to edit this post
I love this show for the simple fact that something is always happening! With BB and Survivor you have challenges that take up just a little bit of the show time and the rest of the time people are just sitting around. This is intense for the whole hour! I love it!!!

Voyeur

Thursday, September 27, 2001 - 05:12 pm Click here to edit this post
I know. I keep telling myself to relax when I sit down to watch it, and always end up finding myself literally on the edge of my seat.

Ketchuplover

Thursday, September 27, 2001 - 05:49 pm Click here to edit this post
testing 1 2 3

Misslibra

Thursday, September 27, 2001 - 08:52 pm Click here to edit this post
This show is excellent, and I give it two thumbs up!! After watching all three shows last night, Love Cruise, Amazing Race and Lost, I like this show the most, Lost comes in second because I like learning and seeing other cultures, and Love Cruise come in at third. But I think all three of them are GREAT shows.

Roe325

Thursday, October 04, 2001 - 03:12 pm Click here to edit this post
I love this show and don't want it to end!!!

Lost, I will not miss at all. but this show is just so cool, they show so much of the worlds culture and how people live. doesn't look good for a future show though.

Sunshinemiss

Thursday, October 04, 2001 - 04:55 pm Click here to edit this post
Watched Lost the first week, kind of liked it but it has always been scheduled against one (or sometimes two) things I liked better, and once you miss an episode you are just as "lost" as they are (ok, bad one)

I agree most likely this show couldn't be made again at least internationally, but hey, there are LOTS of places inside the US that you could have fun trying to navigate in or around (Grand Canyon, bayou/evergreens, lava fields of Hawaii to name a few extremes) you would have to change the premise slightly but it could be done.

How are the ratings doing for this, anybody know?

Denimore

Thursday, October 04, 2001 - 05:45 pm Click here to edit this post
I like this show..but I don't like how they let the teams go at a staggered pace just to met up at some destination and all been on equal footing. It seems to me that this has happened for the last two weeks.

What's the point of coming in first, if everyone is allowed to catch up to you?

Sunshinemiss

Thursday, October 04, 2001 - 05:52 pm Click here to edit this post
Good point. They should offer more alternate types of transportation or 24 hour checkpoints to forestall that problem.

On the other hand, it does level the playing field periodically so no one team can literally "run away" with the whole thing. Face it, if one team gets TOO far ahead it would be too predictable and booooring to watch.

Egbok

Thursday, October 04, 2001 - 05:52 pm Click here to edit this post
I really like this show too! Last night when they were advertising for try-outs for AR2, I asked my husband if we could apply. He said that it wouldn't work because if we made it on the show, one of us would get killed - by the other!! So much for team spirit!!

P.S. If we DID make it on AR2, I'm the one who would come home - LOL!!

Sunshinemiss

Thursday, October 04, 2001 - 09:41 pm Click here to edit this post
Wow thats cool Egbok, I guess that means there will be another AR for sure, eh? Where were they advertising?

Voyeur

Friday, October 05, 2001 - 02:20 am Click here to edit this post
Well, I would like to point out that this week nobody went for the Fast Forward, and nobody went looking for the cargo ship that the host said could get them there faster. So the fact that they all got bunched up is because they all made the same choices that got them bunched up.

Corriecat

Friday, October 05, 2001 - 09:10 am Click here to edit this post
I noticed that about the Fast Forward too. I wish the host would tell us what it was even when they don't use it. It would be interesting to speculate if any of them would have done better by taking it.

Jaded

Friday, October 05, 2001 - 10:10 am Click here to edit this post
I really like the relationship between Kevin and Drew (New Yorkers) and Nancy and Emily (Mom and daughter). Especially since M&D are the only female team left, it's sweet how K&D looked after them.

Tbear

Friday, October 05, 2001 - 10:58 am Click here to edit this post
EGBOK

LOL! Your message was entertainingly funny. .

Triple Cutos to you for even wanting to try out!! I couldn't do it.(hence the nurse)

Tell your hubby that you are going to try for BB3 with males, beds, pool, drinking and late nights. That may make him think twice and gladly join the RACE. Ha. Ha.

Tbear

Friday, October 05, 2001 - 11:09 am Click here to edit this post
I agree with you all re: the fast forward comments you make. As for the Cargo ship, I think that you'd have to be extremely intelligent to think of that, especially when you don't live there. I would never have known thought of that or that you are aloud to go that route. Also, they are all running so fast that they are just thinking of the regular mode of transportation. If someone had thought about the Cargo ship, I would have been impressed. (except for Team Guido)

Voyeur, I must say, you have a great memory and a detailed mind showing from your insightful comments on this show. You should try out for AR2 if there is one, which I bet there will be due to the ratings. I don't know what you do for a living, but I bet you would make a good detective also.

Judy

Friday, October 05, 2001 - 11:21 am Click here to edit this post
Oh there is def. gonna be an AR2- They are actively soliciting for romantically involved couples on the Official Site with a pop up window on the main page.
Maybe they are recieving a lot of friends applications and want more couples. I wouldn't mind seeing some siblings next time. I have often thought of how my sister and I would do on this show...you think Nicole can cuss??!! LOL

OH and about that "CARGO SHIP" here is an excerpt from official site summary that sounds like they were told about the possibiblity of a cargo ship:

While they could have looked for a cargo boat to take them across the Mediterranean, all Teams opted for the same scheduled ferry.

Voyeur

Friday, October 05, 2001 - 12:07 pm Click here to edit this post
Tbear, I have young children right now, so I won't be going on any reality shows right now, but I would be gung ho for it if I didn't. I'd have to find a partner though, my husband says, "No way!" Maybe I'll have to wait 19 years for my son to grow up. :)

Jaded

Friday, October 05, 2001 - 01:57 pm Click here to edit this post
Voyeur, I know how you feel. It would be totally cool to be able to do it~even if you didn't get to the end.

Floresmama

Friday, October 05, 2001 - 04:41 pm Click here to edit this post
My Brother and his son are going to try out tomorrow here in L.A. I think they would be great I hope they make it.

Grooch

Friday, October 05, 2001 - 06:28 pm Click here to edit this post
That's so cool, Floresmama! Let us know what they were asked and what they had to do at the interview.

Is anyone else trying out?

Smileeys

Friday, October 05, 2001 - 08:09 pm Click here to edit this post
I thought about it but don't have a partner plus am in graduate school. I will graduate next May and then I plan on trying to get on one of these reality shows :)

I wonder how it would work out if people from the message board teamed up. We are all big reality buffs so that would work to our advantage.

Ocean_Islands

Wednesday, October 10, 2001 - 07:17 pm Click here to edit this post
This show is so much better than Survivor. This is about true survival, not just waiting out starvation tactics on a closed site.

Car54

Wednesday, October 10, 2001 - 07:24 pm Click here to edit this post
The thing I like about this show is that at the end, after all the tension, all the teams are together, and are happy for each other... and they all try to make the losers feel ok...
On BB2 and Survivor, after a vote, there is no way for anyone to have that kind of comraderie...

Every episode ends with a good feeling, even for the losers... they always say they are glad they did it.

Hippyt

Wednesday, October 10, 2001 - 08:10 pm Click here to edit this post
Yeah,I know the timing on this show was bad,and it's obviously an expensive show to produce. I guess the ratings aren't that great. I hope they'll give it a second go ,because I like it more than Survivor too. Much more scenery and action.
It's getting kinda old watching hungry,miserable people sit around and get skinnier.

Voyeur

Wednesday, October 10, 2001 - 10:18 pm Click here to edit this post
I keep ending up on the edge of my seat during this show. I resolved tonight to sit back comfortably, but I caught myself on the edge again *four* times.

God, I loved it when our beloved frat boys (I admit it, I love them now and despise Guido) jumped up on the roof to throw Guido off and they took the bait. ROFLMAO!!!

Realtvfan

Thursday, October 18, 2001 - 10:55 am Click here to edit this post
The Amazing is definitely my favorite show. I like:

a) the concept (way beyond the starving and bitching concept of survivor.)

b) the destinations
c) the contestants (all except for 2 teams.)
d) the silliness of some of the stunts.

The sewers of Paris for example. The ride in the Ferrari. The camels. The bungee jump. I could go on and on.

e) The choices they are given. For example, use a driver or not use a driver at many locations. Take the closer route or the longer route. Take the easier task or the harder task. What the decision says about each of the teams.

f) the discussion forced about the single person stunts.

g) some of the scenes with the less inclined participants. Paul's smile when they "lost" was amazing. He was ecstatic.

For me, this show is just plain awesome. I'm very happy to at least see the requests for applications for AR II. I'm just so disappointed I'm not able to take part. My significant other would seriously be angry with me if I did.

I start each show on the edge of my seat.

Jewels

Thursday, October 18, 2001 - 11:21 am Click here to edit this post
Me too Realtvfan! I can't wait for the show to start each week.
I have thought that my husband and I would do really well on this show, we work great as a team, no matter what we do. But he would never go for it, he is not that adventurous. And I am afraid, put in that situation, that we would end up looking like Lenny and Karyn! Me always saying GO! GO! GO! and him just rolling his eyes.

I love the quick pace of this show. They are always doing something, not just sitting around starving and scheming. I think The Mole would be more exciting if it was fast paced like this, could you imagine the whole group having to go from place to place, through airports, trains, etc. I think it would be great!

Corriecat

Thursday, October 18, 2001 - 03:45 pm Click here to edit this post
I like the way that they have events planned that even everyone up and allow teams to come from behind and move ahead. Even if there is an alliance it is not certain that they will win because anything can happen just like it did to the grandparents. I enjoy watching people have to make a decision that will move them ahead in a race or help them discover the Mole rather than gag on worms and bugs.

Peggy1026

Friday, October 19, 2001 - 07:12 am Click here to edit this post
Absolutely my favorite reality show! You get interesting interpersonal relations, intrigue, suspense, humor, and great, changing settings. That last would frustrate me if I was on the show--I'd want to say, look, look, honey, the coliseum, the Eiffel Tower and not be able to keep running!

Hippyt

Friday, October 19, 2001 - 09:51 pm Click here to edit this post
Peggy,Lenny actually said that. I think that's why he looks so dazed all the time,he really wanted to see everything,and there just isn't time. I think I'd be doing the same thing. I'd be running into shops buying postcards and wasting our money,lol!