Remember when the destinations were cool???

Re: Remember when the destinations were cool???

feeds@yuku.com (A Dying Clown) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 07:39:46 GMT

Most of the "culture" we see on The Amazing Race is totally fabricated and orchestrated to make the place seem more exciting - especially when they visit big urban, English speaking, Western world cities like Auckland.

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The show has been touristy since the start - believe it or not, most Parisians don't go around the Eiffel Tower every day (and most Scottish...

Re: Remember when the destinations were cool???

feeds@yuku.com (gervasemyman) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 07:23:57 GMT

Mooyou wrote:
As far as I'm concerned, I'm quite happy with what I'm seeing in the race. We see different places in a real perspective, not on a travelers... We see how those people who live in the places they visit, their jobs, their customs, their traditions... Not the place everyone have seen in usual postcards. They indeed showed the real life, what's supposed to be in...

Re: Remember when the destinations were cool???

feeds@yuku.com (A Dying Clown) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:56:32 GMT

This leg proved you can have go to an interesting location, but without the tasks and the teams, it's a damp squib.

Re: Remember when the destinations were cool???

feeds@yuku.com (Charming Nemesis) — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 05:39:12 GMT

This thread isn't about whether Eric or Danielle were a good team, or a useless team, or if teams are important. Teams are obviously important.

This thread is about destinations. This is a show called "The Amazing Race" about racing around the world. The destinations have been anything but amazing lately. Suckage more like it.

Re: Remember when the destinations were cool???

feeds@yuku.com (mypimpmademejoinsucks) — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:18:23 GMT

papapago wrote:
imagine eric in danielle doing a task in the eiffel tower...

if the task involves eric flinging danielle down the tower without safety contraptions, then it is EPIC.

this is an unpopular opinion but i found eric/jeremy funny. eric teamed up with danielle, on the other hand, was just a disaster. he became a humorless twat.

Re: Remember when the destinations were cool???

feeds@yuku.com (Apprentice Talker) — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:19:58 GMT

I remember the Eiffel Tower task (Roadblock, TAR1; RM, TAR10). It is the most iconic places in the world.

Re: Remember when the destinations were cool???

feeds@yuku.com (JT Rocks) — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 02:13:51 GMT

papapago wrote:
imagine eric in danielle doing a task in the eiffel tower

*puke*

Re: Remember when the destinations were cool???

feeds@yuku.com (bryanpasa) — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:59:24 GMT

papapago wrote:
i think it's not about the location... it's about the task design and the teams... imagine eric in danielle doing a task in the eiffel tower... nice destination, but team...

Lol!! I still love Paris, France! :)

Re: Remember when the destinations were cool???

feeds@yuku.com (papapago) — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:54:40 GMT

i think it's not about the location... it's about the task design and the teams... imagine eric in danielle doing a task in the eiffel tower... nice destination, but team...

Re: Remember when the destinations were cool???

feeds@yuku.com (Mooyou) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:30:22 GMT

The race is still amazing compared to other reality shows...

Worst Season of TAR >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Best Season of Any Other (Insert name here)

Re: Remember when the destinations were cool???

feeds@yuku.com (Baby VOX) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:25:49 GMT

I still think it's amazing.

Re: Remember when the destinations were cool???

feeds@yuku.com (BJ) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:06:23 GMT

I agree the race is not so amazing anymore.

It's just an Okay Race.

Re: Remember when the destinations were cool???

feeds@yuku.com (peanuts4444) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:54:51 GMT

Flo was crazy wherever they went...but her meltdown on that leg was epic!!

Re: Remember when the destinations were cool???

feeds@yuku.com (Charming Nemesis) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:13:34 GMT

Season 3 when they went to Vietnam and they had to paddle the tea cup boats. Excellent location and tied in the culture. Flo going crazy was a bonus. That's the kind of stuff I like.

Re: Remember when the destinations were cool???

feeds@yuku.com (A Dying Clown) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:31:30 GMT

Remember when the tasks were actually culturally linked to the place the racers where in? Now the location is merely a backdrop for pie throwing, Segway riding, driving a snow plow, etc - tasks that you could do almost anywhere.

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It seems the producers are so keen to put it "promo-worthy" moments (like TAR11's stunt-driving, the tilt-cars in...

Re: Remember when the destinations were cool???

feeds@yuku.com (token lunatic) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:08:06 GMT

Charming Nemesis wrote:
Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Pyramids, Great Wall of China, a Colosseum, Pagoni factory, Taj Mahal, Christ statue in Rio, the Burj al-Arab sail hotel in Dubai, Petronas Towers, Venice, the Brandenburg Gate...

Now they are driving snowplows in Krasnoyarsk. Seems the scouting has gone downhill lately.

Re: Remember when the destinations were cool???

feeds@yuku.com (mypimpmademejoinsucks) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:56:55 GMT

agree, mateui. the producers seem to rely on breakdowns & meltdowns for entertainment, hence the season after season of casting bickering couples.

enrico, it doesn't have to be literally around the world. but it would be nice to have a change of culture & scenery every episode & every season. TARA is bullshit precisely because they just go round & round in their backyard ('cept maybe on season 2) with bullshit tasks & bullshit cast.

Re: Remember when the destinations were cool???

feeds@yuku.com (Mateui) — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:47:58 GMT

I think a major part of the reason why TAR doesn't feel as great anymore is the lack of cohesion between the locations and the tasks. Remember when the tasks were actually culturally linked to the place the racers where in? Now the location is merely a backdrop for pie throwing, Segway riding, driving a snow plow, etc - tasks that you could do almost anywhere. This just cheapens the whole experience IMO. I don't care if the cast is super amazing. If I had to watch them do boring tasks...

Re: Remember when the destinations were cool???

feeds@yuku.com (fainting goat) — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:42:28 GMT

They need to go here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamayev_Kurgan

(as long as they don't bungee jump off the sword or something)

Re: Remember when the destinations were cool???

feeds@yuku.com (EnricoV) — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 01:02:39 GMT

I don't get the need some people have for the race to literally go around the world. TAR Asia is great, and they don't go around the world. They're pretty much just traveling in the countries in which the contestants live.

Remember when the destinations were cool???

feeds@yuku.com (Charming Nemesis) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:40:32 GMT

Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Pyramids, Great Wall of China, a Colosseum, Pagoni factory, Taj Mahal, Christ statue in Rio, the Burj al-Arab sail hotel in Dubai, Petronas Towers, Venice, the Brandenburg Gate...

Now they are driving snowplows in Krasnoyarsk. Seems the scouting has gone downhill lately.