The Amazing Race
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The Amazing Race
Is anybody else watching the current season of the Amazing Race? Only two episodes have aired so far, so it's still early. I was somewhat surprised and interested to see that Bethany Hamilton (better known as the Soul Surfer lady) and her husband are one of the teams. They're looking good through the first two legs! There have been a ton of mistakes made by quite a few different teams over the first two legs, so as a whole things aren't looking great for some teams, but there are always plenty of surprises along the way! The last episode was in London, and one of the tasks was to do a changing of the guard thing correctly, and the guy telling them they did it wrong was my favourite part of the episode. He was hilarious....as long as you aren't the one he's using violently expressive terms to explain the consequences of getting it wrong again.
The Amazing Race always aired Sunday evenings, but it was moved to Friday evenings. Since you can always watch online (through CBS for Americans or CTV for Canadians like me) it isn't a big deal, but I did like Sunday better than Friday. Other thoughts?
The Amazing Race always aired Sunday evenings, but it was moved to Friday evenings. Since you can always watch online (through CBS for Americans or CTV for Canadians like me) it isn't a big deal, but I did like Sunday better than Friday. Other thoughts?
I can't watch it on Fridays so I ha've to go online and I can't very often.
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I saw a couple C-list pro wrestlers are in it, so I'm stoked!
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I've never seen the early seasons - how are you watching? I wouldn't mind watching some of the older seasons that I haven't seen.Woody wrote:Okay, finally getting around to posting here.
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I just searched for "watch the amazing race season 1 online free" or something like that, and found a site with the first 23 seasons. Its probably slightly illegal, but If you do watch it, be warned: Lenny and Karyn and Bill and Joe will annoy you to no end.
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I prefer to stick to watching stuff legally, so I'll skip that, but I think it would be fun if they put old seasons up on Netflix. Maybe one day!
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I believe its the finale tonight. Here's to hoping the Surfers win the million!
Though honestly, I don't care who wins at this point. They're all great.
Though honestly, I don't care who wins at this point. They're all great.
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I watched the finale tonight and enjoyed it a lot! Out of the four remaining teams, there was only one that I would have been unhappy to see win, and that team did not win, so that worked out well.
Thoughts on the preview for the next season? I'm not a big fan of the idea of them doing a "blind date"-style season, with the teammates just meeting as the race starts, but maybe it will be better than I think.
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Well, that was certainly a surprising, suspenseful final leg! It was a close race the whole way(Well, except for you-know-who)
Overall a great race.
I'm halfway on the blind-date race idea. On the one hand, it'll certainly be an interesting first date, but on the other, I foresee a lot of relationship problems, and many, many arguments. Whiny couples annoy me to no end.
I'm halfway on the blind-date race idea. On the one hand, it'll certainly be an interesting first date, but on the other, I foresee a lot of relationship problems, and many, many arguments. Whiny couples annoy me to no end.
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Yeah, I feel like relationships play such a huge part of the race in the sense that you quickly see which teams will snipe at each other no matter what and which teams are suportive and positive through it all, and that sometimes makes a big difference as one team sits and fights while another team works together to get stuff done. This season, both Adam and Bethany and Amy and Maya were great examples of teams that were always kind and supportive, even if they were behind or a teammate was struggling. I think it will be extra hard for people do that with a person they just met, since you don't have that same shared history and you don't know what the best ways are to respond to somebody you hardly know. Like Woody, I find whiny/yelling/blaming couples super annoying, so there is a chance that there could be more annoying drama. However, some people are consistenyly nice, and even with the stress, I have to think/hope that there should still be lots of people that will respond appropriately to their partner, even if they don't know them well. We'll have to wait and see.
I'm seeing commercials for the next season, I guess it starts soon. Even though I have no opinions on the show as I don't watch it, I am opposed to the blind date idea. It's my understanding that the point of the competition is to see how well the teams work together to get by the challenges; racing with someone you have never met before would be a disaster.
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The new season premieres February 25th. I have to agree with bookworm that the blind date thing gives those teams a disadvantage, but one must remember that the singles signed up to be matched with a team member in full knowledge of the disadvantage. It will certainly be an interesting season, and I'll watch at least the first few episodes, though I may end up bowing out if the bickering gets to be too much.
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Yeah, I wasn't instantly sold on the "blind date" idea. I found out a few weeks ago that some of the teams will be matched that way and other teams will be normal teams that know each other already, which I didn't realize previously. I really like the show in general and I assume that they've selected teams in such a way as to provide good entertainment, the same as other seasons. There have been teams who have known each other forever that bicker all the time and teams that haven't known each other that long that have gotten along just fine. Sometimes it comes down to the individuals. The Amazing Race qualifies as a more real reality show than most, but there is still a candidate selection process that must have ratings influencing it. I'm hoping that this season is all the fun of past seasons without too much drama forced on it by the blind date idea.
They're not all blind date teams? That makes it even more of a bad idea! Why would someone sign up for that kind of extreme disadvantage?
I have to assume that people don't think that it will be a huge disadvantage. Casting makes a big difference. I'm curious to see how it all plays out, but I would be surprised if all the blind date teams go out first and only the "normal" teams are left. There are a lot of factors in the race, and while I see strong, mature relationships and knowing each other well to be an advantage, not all teams have that in any season, with other factors contributing, like problem-solving and fitness etc.
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This actually is going really, really well. In fact, my favorite team(The Lawyers) are a blind date.
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I was hoping that somebody else would post in this thread so we could talk about the season so far! Yes, the blind date couples have been doing fairly well overall, though tonight's preview shows a little drama coming up. Nothing shocking, I'm sure. Teams of all stripes have fought on the Race over the years, so it's not like people who know each other for years are always in perfect agreement.
I don't know if I really have a favourite team at this point. I usually develop a few favourites by now, but while there are some teams I like a bit more, there isn't a team that I could lista s a favourite. On the flip side, there also isn't the one team that I spend every episode hoping that it's their turn to go yet, either. There are some I wouldn't really miss, but nobody is too annoying.
I don't know if I really have a favourite team at this point. I usually develop a few favourites by now, but while there are some teams I like a bit more, there isn't a team that I could lista s a favourite. On the flip side, there also isn't the one team that I spend every episode hoping that it's their turn to go yet, either. There are some I wouldn't really miss, but nobody is too annoying.