Poorer countries=boring locations?

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NickF227		#41	[-]
Posts: 121 (12/11/07 5:42 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	There was a United Arab Emirates Leg? When? I loved the zorbing task. Am I the only one who wanted to do it as soon as I saw it?
Avant Tai		#42	[-]
Posts: 1443 (12/11/07 6:03 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	NickF227 wrote: There was a United Arab Emirates Leg? When? I loved the zorbing task. Am I the only one who wanted to do it as soon as I saw it? The UAE leg was pretty uneventful in TAR5. This leg was the one right after Charla/Mirna were eliminated. They did ride camels to the pit stop though.
florida		#43	[-]
Posts: 293 (12/11/07 6:44 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Riliss wrote: Honestly, if ANYTHING is boring, it's the editors fault. Thousands of hours of footage can be whittled down to 11 interesting 42 minute episodes, even if nothing is going on. I cite Meerkat Manor. Did that renegade Mozart end up dying? Remember season one? They sent the racers to one of the poorest areas of India where people were reaching into the cars begging for money and little children holding even littler children were also begging for money and men were soliciting Emily for sex while Nancy was off doing the Roadblock. After all that Nancy began to break down in the car and Emily started flipping out. That shit was real and what made the show compelling. You don't really see that anymore. There are a few bits and pieces. Andre/Damon being driven to Whoknowswhere, Morocco and asked to surrender their passports, the constant groping on Indian trains in subsequent seasons (post-TAR 1), Last Edited By: florida 12/11/07 7:52 PM. Edited 1 times.
bagochips5		#44	[-]
Posts: 70 (12/11/07 8:18 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Yeah that Emily and Nancy moment in India was one of the best of the series. Why does it seem like all of the editing these days is "go, go, go" and there aren't any slower moments to focus on the emotional aspects of the race?
Apprentice Talker		#45	[-]
Posts: 2330 (12/11/07 8:36 PM) WRP Official Spokesperson Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	A Dying Clown wrote: They've never been to Denmark. Oops, poor copy-and-pasting - thought I deleted it. The 'poorer countries' have a disadvantage in not having as many big cities to confuse everyone (Bangkok and most of the India destinations being the big exceptions) but a well-planned leg like the Mongolia one can more than level the scales. Teams never been to Denmark, the country has a stopover to Oslo, Norway back in TAR6, other stopover countries were never featured on The Amazing Race: Bahrain, Czech Republic, Qatar and Taiwan.
Reality Show Dan		#46	[-]
Posts: 255 (12/12/07 4:49 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	They've also yet to hit Bulgaria, and Rumania I believe also. They should also visit a few more Caribbean islands, as well as the Balearic Isles off Spain, that's a can't miss location.
Riliss		#47	[-]
Posts: 2171 (12/12/07 5:52 PM) Ugly on the inside Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	TheEasyOne wrote: Dr Will Hatch two point oh wrote: Actually I noticed this myself. The first few TAR seasons and TAR9 went to many first world countries and the WOW factor just went right up, not that there aren't amazing developing countries. I know I've just rewatched TAR 9 and that series was unpredictable with a TBC leg in leg 3 and the locations were all awesome. For the next tar they need to skip South America completely, they've been to all the countries there. They should try to get the racers in completely new countries and visit parts of countries that the race hasn't been to like southern Egypt or Israel maybe. I'm eagerly awaiting the season where the racers go to Tehran and have the option of a rape gang fast forward.
sammyhain2364		#48	[-]
Posts: 779 (12/12/07 7:59 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Riliss wrote: TheEasyOne wrote: Dr Will Hatch two point oh wrote: Actually I noticed this myself. The first few TAR seasons and TAR9 went to many first world countries and the WOW factor just went right up, not that there aren't amazing developing countries. I know I've just rewatched TAR 9 and that series was unpredictable with a TBC leg in leg 3 and the locations were all awesome. For the next tar they need to skip South America completely, they've been to all the countries there. They should try to get the racers in completely new countries and visit parts of countries that the race hasn't been to like southern Egypt or Israel maybe. I'm eagerly awaiting the season where the racers go to Tehran and have the option of a rape gang fast forward. that would be TAR: U.S. Congressmen Edition
dogpillow		#49	[-]
Posts: 264 (12/12/07 9:56 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I sort of agree, but based strictly on what they showed us. Africa is an amazing, fascinating country besides the diversity of people and the animals. Have they done South Africa yet? I remember fondly the India episodes where they went into that temple with the rats where they had to feed the rats milk. India has everything for interesting "tasks," which helps to make the country interesting on the show vs. like we saw last week, putting a stone in a stone wall a big zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Did they go to Australia or Brazil yet?
Riliss		#50	[-]
Posts: 2182 (12/12/07 10:03 PM) Ugly on the inside Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	dogpillow wrote: I sort of agree, but based strictly on what they showed us. Africa is an amazing, fascinating country besides the diversity of people and the animals. Have they done South Africa yet? I remember fondly the India episodes where they went into that temple with the rats where they had to feed the rats milk. India has everything for interesting "tasks," which helps to make the country interesting on the show vs. like we saw last week, putting a stone in a stone wall a big zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Did they go to Australia or Brazil yet? ...
sammyhain2364		#51	[-]
Posts: 783 (12/12/07 11:03 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Africa is a continent
dogpillow		#52	[-]
Posts: 266 (12/15/07 12:39 AM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I know that, I've been there. Typo. duh.
Apprentice Talker		#53	[-]
Posts: 2362 (12/16/07 2:06 AM) WRP Official Spokesperson Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	sammyhain2364 wrote: Africa is a continent This continent has over 50 countries with 100 different languages.

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