Archive through December 12, 2002
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Archive through December 12, 2002
Halfunit | Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 08:41 pm     I agree Allie, Teri and Ian are running a great race. Sshhhh.... don't tell anyone I said that!!! ½ |
Jimmer | Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 08:58 pm     I agree with the last few positive posts about Terri and Ian. I'm starting to like them more and more and I think that Phil is starting to like them more and more. Let's face it - while Ian may not be the most consistently pleasant guy on the planet (to put it mildly), they do have the option of showing good and bad moments out of hours and hours of tape and now they are starting to show some good moments for Terri and Ian. It makes me think that they may actually be the winners. If they are, it will be an great victory - without any help from any other teams. Flo is painful to watch. The only good thing is that Zach is really getting to know what she is like. |
Fanny | Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 09:30 pm     <hesitantly places one foot on the Ian & Terri bandwagon> |
Djgirl5235 | Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 04:54 am     I'm with you Fanny... I am very hesitantly joining the parade... Both my boyfriend and I were gawking at the TV every time that Ian & Terri were on the screen simply because he was being so affable last night.... I am afraid to admit that I'm rooting for this couple...... |
Dogdoc | Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 05:17 am     Count me in as an Ian/Terri fan now too. I didn't become one till last night (12/11).I think they are trying the hardest of any team. I also am in my fifties and I think it great time in my life. |
Juju2bigdog | Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 06:49 am     Hahahahahahaha!!! Errrrr ... mmmpfffhhhhhhhh.
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Essence | Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 07:01 am     I can't say that I'm actually rooting for Teri & Ian now, but I have softned up quite a bit to them. I've thought for a while now that Teri gives as good as she gets, and if it works for them...then it works for me. I wouldn't mind it one bit if they win the whole thing. In fact I want them either #1 or #2. As long as Flo & Zach are last I don't care. |
Fruitbat | Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 07:04 am     Nope, not here. I still do not want them to win. I am not rooting for either of the others strongly but any will do. |
Ladytex | Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 07:06 am     I agree with you, Bat ... not gonna root for them. |
Webkitty | Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 07:12 am     I'm still not liking Terri. There is something very odd about her to me. I also think if it weren't for Ian p-u-l-l-i-n-g her along at every turn, they would have been eliminated long ago. He has come through in every tough situation with a solution and has not stopped pushing for them to move ahead. |
Car54 | Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 08:10 am     I hope the people we saw last night are the real Teri and Ian. I think until this leg they felt like losers...the old people... and it brought out the worst in them...suddenly they are in the lead...they feel successful, and we see a different side. I hope for their sake this is the real them. |
Brenda1966 | Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 08:18 am     I'm now convinced they are going to win. The show last night was successful in actually making people like them and want them to win. All the stuff about Vietnam and his being a veteran and how much he was enjoying his trip back there painted them in a much more favorable light. I, too, hope this reflects what they are really like most of the time at home and with their children. However, I am not still rooting for them to win. If then win, I will respect it because they have fought hard, with no help from any other team. They have never given up and Ian has always been determined. I won't be cheering though. The team I wanted to win is gone *sniff*. |
Seamonkey | Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 10:07 am     I think Teri has pulled her weight.. remember when SHE was rolling the 90lb barrel of wine while Ian was standing there? And there have been other times like that. When Ian was being all expansive for the camera in the cab last night and was saying I'm in first, have my beautiful wife, etc.. she just LOOKED at him, like.. "dry up". I still don't like them. |
Guinevere | Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 10:26 am     Well, I still think they are both miserable people. While Ian didn't make as much of an ass of himself last night as he usually does, I hardly found him charming or likeable. I get sick of the "ugly American" whooping and hollering. And I thought Teri was her usual rude brusque angry self when she borrowed the cab driver's cell phone to call the airlines. Even when these two aren't angry, they seem angry. I'm still hoping for third place for them. I won't deny that they've run a decent race, but I tend to root for those I like, not just the best racers. |
Tabbyking | Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 10:47 am     seamonkey, i caught that look, too, when ian said something about his beautiful wife--like, "huh? never heard that from you before, quit kissing a$$"...she seemed to have the same 'yeah, right' look on her face my family did while watching it! while they are running a good race, the whooping and hollering ALL along the way (i don't mind the cheers when someone finds out they are still in the game when they hit the pit stop) bother me as much as flo's 43.5 minutes of "we'll never get anywhere. you're a loser, zach, and we are just not going to get anywhere, because of you, zach, and i can't go any farther, zach, you have to carry all my stuff and maybe me, too, zach, and this is f'd, zach and it's all your fault".... and then the 30 seconds of, "oh! we're not eliminated, yeah, zach!" and i don't want either of those teams to win. go ken and gerard!!! |
Bastable | Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 10:49 am     I can't believe how so many viewers can watch a show for a whole season without realizing how susceptible they are to manipulative editing. Teri and Ian were edited to be more agreeable last night. No more, no less. I find it depressing that public opinion seems to exactly match the opinion the show's editors want to project from week to week. |
Fanny | Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 11:21 am     True, Bastable, and they've been edited to look like *sses previously. What brought my foot onto the bandwagon was this. Their first clue box or route marker in Viet Nam was in a city park under a statue of some communist guy (don't you like my amazing affinity for detail?) in Saigon, oops Ho Chi Minh City. I thought CBS showed insensitivity toward Americans and especially Viet Nam vets by using that statue so prominantly. Showcasing it (wasn't it Ho Chi Minh himself?) and putting it in the same category as a major tourist attraction, like say the Eiffel Tower or Big Ben was, IMHO, a slap in the face to all those Americans who lost so much fighting against the guy. They KNEW Ian is a Viet Nam vet; couldn't they have chosen someplace else in the city to use? Yeah, yeah, yeah the war's over but still. That bothered me. Anyway I was watching for a reaction from Ian, and thought I may have detected a small expression of distaste while he was at the statue. Don't know, though....editing. Ian & Terri had such a good time in Viet Nam, and both were much more comfortable than anyone else. That's what made me soften my cold heartless attitude towards them. Yay old people! P.S. Hermione, can you come over here and say what I really mean? Your posts are of the utmost elegance. |
Squaredsc | Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 11:37 am     fanny/square my half will continue to have the cold heartless attitude towards them. i just don't care for them. my oldest d.s. doesn't like them either. but i would prefer them to win than flo/zach. i would like to see a female win for once. |
Squaredsc | Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 11:37 am     p.s. fanny/square also speaks with elegance, afterall we say aubergine instead of purple, lol. |
Fanny | Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 11:41 am     Square/Fanny of the teams left I would rather see the brothers win. But I want Terri/Ian to beat that whiney Flo. |
Tabbyking | Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 12:01 pm     square: aubergine beats 'eggplant', too! editing schmediting--there is a general 'feel' to people, regardless of editing after so many weeks. ian probably is pompous and used to giving orders and having them followed a good deal of the time (how many police commanders aren't somewhat, because they are used to having subordinates?)-- teri probably is the long-suffering, but still loves her man, wife (who can dish it out herself by this time!)-- flo probably is pretty spoiled and wants things done her way, and gets by on her looks a lot--zach probably is pretty easy going and unflappable--the brothers probably do squabble and laugh and trip each other and sit on each other's heads and demand, "say 'uncle' or i'll fart on your head!" it's too bad zach can't win by himself, but since he can't, i am still for the brothers... |
Squaredsc | Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 12:07 pm     oh most def fanny/square. we are again of the same mind. whew, i was getting scared, lol. tabby, lol. |
Bastable | Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 12:24 pm     Fanny, I agree with you on the other stuff but I have to disagree about the "slap in the face" about using the statue as a route marker. Part of being a good citizen of this world, and a grown-up, is accepting the choices that foriegn countries make for themselves, whether we agree with them or not. If that statue is an important place to people in Vietnam, it would be wrong to ignore it. There are many Americans who never thought that we should have been trying to fight in Vietnam anyway--so you're bound to offend someone, no matter what you choose. The best route is to honor the things that that country honors in itself. |
Lumbele | Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 12:35 pm     Was anyone else bothered by all the "number 1 this" and "number 1 that"? Something in Ian's enthusiasm didn't quite ring genuine. Perhaps realising they were in first place was inflating his cocky ego even more, or was he perhaps trying to drown out old memories? If the baldies can't win this one, then alright let Ian/Teri get it. At least they will have earned it all by themselves.(That's the most positive I can come up with. ) |
Car54 | Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 12:42 pm     You know, I think it is kind of condescending to say that we don't realize Teri and Ian have been edited. Of course they were edited. First to look stupid and rude and irritating, and last night to look a bit more sympathetic. Personally I doubt if either portayal is the gospel truth but I figure the real person is probably somewhere in the middle. Guess I just need someone really smart to come here and explain that to me. |
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