Judy | Wednesday, April 03, 2002 - 07:54 pm     LOL at Webkitty and Wink.... I still like Blake and Paige. *ducking* Are you allowed to hand another team it's envelope? Because if you are - wouldn't teams that are paired up just send one person to get both envelopes and stay in the taxi, etc?? Anyway- Blake and Paige just don't seem to rub me the wrong way like they do most people. I like that they are so close- on the web site their quote is "We are not only brother and sister, we are best friends." Personally I think that's wonderful. I didn't develop a 'friendship' with my sisters at such a young age like they have. We were still fightin' over clothes and boys! |
Hippyt | Wednesday, April 03, 2002 - 08:07 pm     I don't know ,I think Will is so Evil he overshadows Blake by a mile!!! They aren't at the top of my list,but they did redeem themselves a little tonight.And,yes,they're from Texas,lol. |
Mygetaway | Wednesday, April 03, 2002 - 08:10 pm     My brother and I hated each other and fought horribly until after I moved out. We later had one child each who were 11 months apart and more like siblings than cousins. Now I have 3 step-kids, and two of them (one boy, one girl) are very close. They are closer than the two sisters who share a room and fight like cats and dogs..{LOL} |
Muse | Wednesday, April 03, 2002 - 08:49 pm     I don't think Blake should have necessarily helped Peach get out of the cave. He helped her by leading the way in. Why should he be responsible for getting her out? She wasn't freaking out *that* much. And it is a race...I think most of the other teams forget that at times, and dislike Blake/Paige because they don't. Their priority is to win, not to make friends. They apparently want to be civil to the other teams (I think we've seen that when they allowed Peach/Mary to start ahead of them in tonight's episode, and when Blake tried to resolve things with Wil/Tara), but they are trying their best to stay in the game, even if that does occasionally step on someone's toes. So I guess I'd say that Blake/Paige are extremely competitive, and I think that's part of the reason why some people dislike them. But personally I like them for it...but they still can't hold a candle to super sweet, funny Danny and Oswald.  |
Sadiesmom | Wednesday, April 03, 2002 - 09:31 pm     Letting people ahead of you when there are seconds is moderately OK. They just did not let them ahead when they thought they were going to be eliminated coming in. I must say, it looked like people did not comein so spread apart this week. |
Cliotheleo | Wednesday, April 03, 2002 - 09:53 pm     An update: Reasons I have to dislike Blake and Page: still haven't come up with any Reasons I have to dislike Will: 1. bad choice in hat wear 2. called his partner, former wife and potential mother of his children "stupid" and refused to apologize for it Reasons I have to dislike Tara: 1. bad choice in partners (life, not game) 2. said the phrase "game on!" WAAAAAAY too many times for my taste |
Spear | Thursday, April 04, 2002 - 12:23 am     Kizz, Blake and Paige did not leave ahead of the Grannies in Episode 3. The Grannies left about 40 minutes late but they finished the previous leg more than 40 minutes ahead of B&P so they were still ahead. Not that it mattered -- all the teams caught up with each other at the airport. |
Kizz | Thursday, April 04, 2002 - 03:53 am     Right, mygetaway thought that B & P COULDN'T leave until the grannies had left so that it would not give them an advantage to let them sleep, but it did since they could leave as soon as their 12 hour rest period was over. |
Wink | Thursday, April 04, 2002 - 04:28 am     Muse I agree their priority is to win. A little chivalry on Blake's part (okay he probably can't hand her the envelope but he could have said "come on Peach follow me"), would have softened him in my mind. |
Twiggyish | Thursday, April 04, 2002 - 05:40 am     When I wrote about changing my opinion, it meant I like them better..LOL |
Judy | Thursday, April 04, 2002 - 05:49 am     Well Wink- I think we can be pretty sure that even if he had said that to Peach- it would have been edited out. LOL I think that the scene at the start of the leg- when they tried to let Mary & Peach go first was evidence that they are trying to find that balance between cut throat & competion that the more mature teams (excluding Wil) already have. I mean if the rules don't clearly state that you have to remain on the path... or that you can't try to find a clue by another means before a scheduled opening time, etc. then they are thinking in their competitive brains - DO IT! This is a RACE - we are supposed to be trying to win not make friends. I think they are starting to realize that their relationships with other teams CAN be important and to make some ammends. But Blake needs to give up on making peace with Wil- that guy just plain ole dislikes him. And the fact that B&P made it through the Bangkok ('wil's town') leg faster than W&T did must burn Wil's scrawny butt! *Correction- B&P came in right behind W&T- but I know it still bothers Wil that they didn't get lost in Chinatown and made it through the leg with relative ease... |
Squaredsc | Thursday, April 04, 2002 - 06:13 am     i like blake & paige. i don't see them as cut throat like the guido's of last season. they are just playing the game.  |
Wink | Thursday, April 04, 2002 - 06:35 am     Judy. Okay I will back off on Blake. I just don't want that little pisser to win. |
Llkoolaid | Thursday, April 04, 2002 - 06:45 am     Me too Square, so what if they went off the path, if it had of been against the rules they would have been penalized for it. You saw people jumping over fences and trying to find shortcuts all the time in the last race. I haven't seen all of the amazing race because I keep switching back and forth with that and No Boundries. It is called a race and it is not over until they step on the mat. What is the differance between racing someone up to the counter and racing them up to the mat. I like Blake and Paige. I think Peach would still be ducking bats and screaming if Blake hadn't led her in. |
Julieboo | Thursday, April 04, 2002 - 07:17 am     Yeah, you guys are finally seeing that B&P are all right! Muse, Clio and Judy, I agree with you all. I think all three of you made excellent points about Blake trying to be nice and yet smart-trying to win all ways possible that aren't cheating. ***B&P want to win, isn't that that point of the game?*** So they are being smart, not little helpers to the other contestants. I also like that they treat each other nicely. I think peach woulda been in trouble if Blake hadn't been there to help her in the batcave. |
Demeter | Thursday, April 04, 2002 - 08:23 am     The Revs said on the Early Show that they loved Blake and Paige and they were sweet kids. They clearly did not care for the Wil/Tara team at all. |
Mindyrama | Thursday, April 04, 2002 - 08:28 am     I like Blake and Paige more and more...I have to root for a team who seems to be the nemesis of Will and Tara. When Blake told Will "I just don't like you guys" I wanted to kiss him! Tara really isn't that bad, but it's the whole -guilt by association- thing! Will is just...just...so...AHHHH! I can't say it without having to use some choice swear words (which I know are not allowed here). Let's just say I hold great contempt for the man! Oh, and could someone please rationalize why Blake should have helped Peach back out of the cave?? Like I said previously, why is this guy always condemned for not holding the other teams hand?? Why should he help? It's a friggin' race! He helped her to the clue as it was! So he should hold her hand back out?? If she can't handle the challenges alone, then they shouldn't be in the race. Besides, they came in 2nd didn't they?? And Blake and Paige were like, what? 5th? They are having a hard enough time as it is getting through this race, why do they have to help the others?? Blake and Paige are alright as far as I'm concerned. |
Julieboo | Thursday, April 04, 2002 - 08:32 am     Mindy Excellent 2nd paragraph!!!! Why IS Blake always condemned for not helping? They ARE having a hard enough time. I hope people cut them the slack already! |
Grooch | Thursday, April 04, 2002 - 08:39 am     <<Oh, and could someone please rationalize why Blake should have helped Peach back out of the cave?? >> It would have been the decent human thing to do for someone when you see someone in need of help like that when they are afraid. I'm sure Danny and Oswald, the Revs, the Grannies, the first team that got booted off, would have done it. Including every team from last season. And big deal that he let the sisters open up the letter a whole 2 seconds before they did. That took no effort on their part to be nice. I will have to wait and see if I like them. The jury is still out with me. |
Wink | Thursday, April 04, 2002 - 08:55 am     I think Peach was terrified. I don't think he needed to physcially hold her hand and lead her out but he could simply have said Peach follow me. When I think back to the teams from last year I think even the Guidos would have done that much. A kindness given is often returned. |
Julieboo | Thursday, April 04, 2002 - 08:55 am     Sorry Grooch, I respectfully disagree. :o ) I don't think it would have been the decent human thing to do. He did not try to make it more difficult for her. He did not try to scare her. He did not try to make her lose. Why should he risk losing just to hold her hand? |
Wink | Thursday, April 04, 2002 - 08:58 am     It absolutely would have been the decent human thing to do. |
Grooch | Thursday, April 04, 2002 - 08:59 am     If I was in that contest, and I saw that my husband didn't help lead her out when she was scared like that, I wouldn't have the same respect for him any more. But that is just me. |
Wink | Thursday, April 04, 2002 - 09:02 am     I totally agree Grooch. The reason I posted my opinion in the first place was because I tried to imagine being in her position. Again nobody says he physically has to hold her hand and lead her out but a kind word wouldn't have lost him any precious "seconds". |
Demeter | Thursday, April 04, 2002 - 09:11 am     Do we know that he was aware that she was that afraid? When you are in a game you are focused on what you are doing and less focused on the others. I would have to see the clip again, but I think she was already getting the clue when he turned around and left, probably thinking she was right behind. It was going back out that she got turned around. |