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Burrito Taco		#21	[-]
Posts: 1730 (01/27/09 5:52 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	sunnydaysahead wrote: How about two fans of the show that have never met each other before until the start line. Mama Gaghan wants to get all her Pygmy friends on the show.
Avant Tai		#22	[-]
Posts: 5577 (01/27/09 6:21 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	brianboyko wrote: The best teams are unique - Charla/Mirna, BJ/Tyler, Gary/Dave, Team ChaCha, Kynt/Vyxsin, Lori/Dave, Nicholas/Donald, David/Mary, Jon/Al, Lori/Bolo - we remember them because they were unique people. Friends: Gary/Dave Team ChaCha Jon/Al BJ/Tyler Couple Team: Lori/Bolo David/Mary Kynt/Vyxsin Lori/Dave Okay, well I just categorized most of the teams you just mentioned. The connection is there, but its what the people do that make them unique. Ronald & Christina came in TAR12 as the token parent/child team, but are the most memorable out of all of them because they were funny and smart. You can't say the cast is just like the same when you haven't seen them race.
TAR Addict		#23	[-]
Posts: 417 (01/27/09 6:24 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	But the thing is, I would rather see people just like ME run the race. Sure, throw in a short person, a deaf person, goths whatever. But the thing that makes TAR great that it is NOT about playing the game, like Survivor and BB. it is about how your relationship is with your partner. And I think it is great to see normal(i use this word lightly) people with normal( again lightly) relationships get the chance to interact with eachother for 24 hours, 30 days in a row. Sure we do not see all 24 hour, but we sure do see the effects of it. if you want gimcky people acting like fools, go watch BB. if you wanna see a (sometimes) wide varity of people trying to win a million dollars by backstabbing, watch Survivor. If you wanna watch people that could very well be your next door neighbors run across the global and learn more about the world and themselves, watch TAR.
Annoying Tool Fanboy		#24	[-]
Posts: 1971 (01/27/09 7:04 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I don't want gimmicks on the race. They're usually my least favorite teams in every season. To this day I don't understand how Kunt/Vyxsin and Dave/Lori have fans. Without their bullshit retarded gimmicks no one would be able to distinguish them from Hope and Norm.
kenc333		#25	[-]
Posts: 7313 (01/27/09 7:18 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I don't know how much of an interest they have in TAR, but they haven't had enough lesbians on this show.. that's the one thing... we've had 3 in 14 seasons, right?
Cole		#26	[-]
Posts: 858 (01/27/09 7:23 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Heliox wrote: The only relationship I would like to see explored that seems different would be a boss/worker or co-worker relationship. The U.S. version has yet to do it, but Zabrina & Joe Jer, winners of TARA1, were coworkers.
spragenspelt		#27	[-]
Posts: 2523 (01/27/09 7:46 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Wither a "friends with benefits" team
sunnydaysahead		#28	[-]
Posts: 1076 (01/27/09 9:03 PM) Where's the Red Bean? Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Burritto - I was actually thinking of here. I applied with an internet friend from Sucks back for season 5. I sent her my part of the video and a picture of me and she added me to her video and put herself into my picture. We never met to do the stuff together and she got a precall but then it ended at that.
EnricoV		#29	[-]
Posts: 4050 (01/27/09 10:33 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	sunnydaysahead wrote: brianboyko - What kinds of teams are you looking for??? This show is about relationships and how the show changes them. There are only about 6 different kinds of relationships you can have: Friends Siblings Parent/child Grandparent/grandchild Dating Spouses Cousins The only combos they haven't had which would be inteesting I guess would be Aunt-Uncle/Nephew-Niece, Inlaws, Neighbors, Internet Friends as far as places go They should go to India every season Wasn't one of the Family Edition groups a father-in-law with sons-in-law?
Cole		#30	[-]
Posts: 859 (01/27/09 10:56 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	EnricoV wrote: sunnydaysahead wrote: brianboyko - What kinds of teams are you looking for??? This show is about relationships and how the show changes them. There are only about 6 different kinds of relationships you can have: Friends Siblings Parent/child Grandparent/grandchild Dating Spouses Cousins The only combos they haven't had which would be inteesting I guess would be Aunt-Uncle/Nephew-Niece, Inlaws, Neighbors, Internet Friends as far as places go They should go to India every season Wasn't one of the Family Edition groups a father-in-law with sons-in-law? Yes -- the Aiellos. A father and his three sons-in-law. They were eliminated third. I guess a parent/child-in-law team would be kind of interesting.
AlsoKnownAsJer2002		#31	[-]
Posts: 180 (01/27/09 11:48 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Wither a "friends with benefits" team Russell and Cindy of TAR 4 were so that type of team. Last Edited By: AlsoKnownAsJer2002 01/27/09 11:57 PM. Edited 1 times.
brianboyko		#32	[-]
Posts: 6 (01/28/09 1:52 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Heliox wrote: But this show isn't only about the originality of the relationship, it is more about the personalities within the relationships. Yes, they have a template for couples, but that template works pretty well. Otherwise we wouldn't be here discussing or watching the show correct? Actually, that's just it. I was a huge fan of The Amazing Race. Huge. Watched every season except 7 (couldn't stand Romber) and Family Edition. And I loved it. Exciting places, interesting people (for the most part.) Indeed, TAR has been huge in my life. Because of TAR, I got off my ass and lost 50 pounds. I got into The Mole (and made some cool Internet friends) only because I was waiting for TAR 13 to start. But when it did... I couldn't help but get the feeling that "we've seen this all before." For crying out loud, can't they mix it up a little? The problem is not the relationships - it's that the relationships are in no way special. How many "seperated but hoping to reconcile" couples? What distinguishes one from the other? How many model/actors? How many brother/sisters? Look at Lori/Bolo. They were a married couple... but they were an INTERESTING married couple - they had interesting jobs and interesting ways of looking at the world. Same with Kynt/Vyxsin. And you don't need to go for "weird" or "wacky" to present unique - look at Nick/Don. Long story short: Who CARES about YET ANOTHER pair of hot blonds, YET ANOTHER bickering couple, YET ANOTHER pair of actors... I really can't tell what makes any of them stand out. Maybe that'll become evident when the season starts, but it absolutely didn't for TAR 13 (save the comic geeks and the old hippies - both eliminated early), and I'm afraid that this is going the same way.
brianboyko		#33	[-]
Posts: 7 (01/28/09 2:00 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	TAR Addict wrote: But the thing is, I would rather see people just like ME run the race. Sure, throw in a short person, a deaf person, goths whatever. But the thing that makes TAR great that it is NOT about playing the game, like Survivor and BB. it is about how your relationship is with your partner. And I think it is great to see normal(i use this word lightly) people with normal( again lightly) relationships get the chance to interact with eachother for 24 hours, 30 days in a row. Sure we do not see all 24 hour, but we sure do see the effects of it. if you want gimcky people acting like fools, go watch BB. if you wanna see a (sometimes) wide varity of people trying to win a million dollars by backstabbing, watch Survivor. If you wanna watch people that could very well be your next door neighbors run across the global and learn more about the world and themselves, watch TAR. I watch TAR for three reasons. Location, Location, Location. Why would you want to see people like yourselves on television? You already know what you yourself are like.
survivorjordancontestant		#34	[-]
Posts: 1750 (01/28/09 2:12 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	brianboyko wrote: Okay, I thought Season 13 might have been a bad year. But apparently: A) They're still repeating themselves - there isn't a team on there that isn't a clone of one that's come before it. Even the mother/son deaf team isn't that different than Charla/Mirna or that one lady in TAR 10 who was a gifted athlete with one leg shorter than the other. And of course, tons of attractive women and people with connections in the film industry (mactors and writers.) B) They're going back to Russia. Again. And India. Again. Please, I understand that those legs are cheap, but there's a whole world to explore. TAR used to be my favorite show - but c'mon. After 14 seasons of this, you'd expect a little bit of variety. I can't believe that these are the most interesting people and places that the writers could come up with. there can only be so much variety for teams of 2, this isn't exactly Survivor where you can just cast anyone who stands out, there are a lot more variables that must be checked to make a good team. You do realize there has never been a deaf contestant in the US TAR, there have never been 2 midgets in one team, (how could you say that they are not that different from Charla and Mirna, who are a team of women who are cousins!?) there has never been a gay father and gay son team (not to mention they're actually legitimately successful in the film industry) , they've never had flight attendants before... as for the locations, you do realize the economy is in the crapper right now and TAR isn't exactly the highest rated show of them all.... And after 14 seasons, it's not exactly easy to just keep on exploring newer and more obscure countries as you go along, a lot of things are taken into account when planning something like a race around the world. if anything this season's casting looks more like a repeat of past successful, interesting teams rather than the repeats of bland boring teams from last season.
survivorjordancontestant		#35	[-]
Posts: 1751 (01/28/09 2:14 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	brianboyko wrote: I watch TAR for three reasons. Location, Location, Location. Why would you want to see people like yourselves on television? You already know what you yourself are like. then watch the travel channel you moron.
survivorjordancontestant		#36	[-]
Posts: 1752 (01/28/09 2:20 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	brianboyko wrote: Heliox wrote: But this show isn't only about the originality of the relationship, it is more about the personalities within the relationships. Yes, they have a template for couples, but that template works pretty well. Otherwise we wouldn't be here discussing or watching the show correct? Actually, that's just it. I was a huge fan of The Amazing Race. Huge. Watched every season except 7 (couldn't stand Romber) and Family Edition. And I loved it. Exciting places, interesting people (for the most part.) Indeed, TAR has been huge in my life. Because of TAR, I got off my ass and lost 50 pounds. I got into The Mole (and made some cool Internet friends) only because I was waiting for TAR 13 to start. But when it did... I couldn't help but get the feeling that "we've seen this all before." For crying out loud, can't they mix it up a little? The problem is not the relationships - it's that the relationships are in no way special. How many "seperated but hoping to reconcile" couples? What distinguishes one from the other? How many model/actors? How many brother/sisters? Look at Lori/Bolo. They were a married couple... but they were an INTERESTING married couple - they had interesting jobs and interesting ways of looking at the world. Same with Kynt/Vyxsin. And you don't need to go for "weird" or "wacky" to present unique - look at Nick/Don. Long story short: Who CARES about YET ANOTHER pair of hot blonds, YET ANOTHER bickering couple, YET ANOTHER pair of actors... I really can't tell what makes any of them stand out. Maybe that'll become evident when the season starts, but it absolutely didn't for TAR 13 (save the comic geeks and the old hippies - both eliminated early), and I'm afraid that this is going the same way. that's kinda sad that you needed a reality show to make you get off your ass.... "we've seen this all before" ...the season hasn't even started yet, for a former fatty you're pretty shallow. and Lori and Bolo were interesting? Seriously? that's the best you can come up with after the multitudes of entertaining couples this show has had, you come up with Lori and Bolo.
HieroHero		#37	[-]
Posts: 469 (01/28/09 2:39 AM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	This is actually one of the best casts I've seen in a while. Extremely diverse group. Looking forward to it
arcuid		#38	[-]
Posts: 562 (01/28/09 2:49 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	AlsoKnownAsJer2002 wrote: Wither a "friends with benefits" team Russell and Cindy of TAR 4 were so that type of team. And they NEVER spoke to each other afterwards EVER AGAIN.
survivorjordancontestant		#39	[-]
Posts: 1755 (01/28/09 3:43 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	HieroHero wrote: This is actually one of the best casts I've seen in a while. Extremely diverse group. Looking forward to it X
Zzunk		#40	[-]
Posts: 4652 (01/28/09 4:46 AM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	survivorjordancontestant wrote: as for the locations, you do realize the economy is in the crapper right now and TAR isn't exactly the highest rated show of them all.... And after 14 seasons, it's not exactly easy to just keep on exploring newer and more obscure countries as you go along, a lot of things are taken into account when planning something like a race around the world. It's a BIG planet and a lot of cultures and thousands of traditions to choose upon. Theoretically, TAR will never run out of material, but eventually they will run out of the surprise element and spontaneity. I sure hope they go for another 5 years before that becomes more evident.

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