Amazing Race: All Stars

[Nephythys]

Originally Posted by JWBear

I guess it just comes down to those of us who believe in fair play and sportsmanship, and those who don’t - between those of us who prefer to see teams succeed or not based on their own abilities (and not on how good they are at sabotaging their competitors), and those who enjoy the backstabbing that characterizes most other reality shows – and leave it at that.

mmmkay- ethical judgement based on how we feel about a reality TV show edited for impact and ratings.


That's a doozy.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I thought that episode was pretty lame. The whole thing was nothing but catch-up legs:

* Wake up and hurry your asses to the glacier...but you all have to wait for the 8AM ski lift

* Hurry up and find a better flight or you'll end up on the flight arriving at 3PM. But they all made it on the earliest flight.

* Pull out your buggy whip and get your driver to get you to the training field as fast as possible...where you stop and wait at the gate while everyone else catches up to you.

And then, to top it off, the only part of the race that actually matters came down to getting lucky and picking the right detour option as one took WAY longer than the other (all three teams that chose nail painting leap-frogged in front of everyone else who took the coal delivery). Though I did like the idea of teams being punished for thinking "A man can't get away with painting nails."

Overall, lame as can be.

As much as I didn't want Mirna and Charla to win anything, CP had a good point. Them coming in first means 20 minutes of the episode without having to listen to them. Hooray! And can you imagine them doing the coal challenge? Ugh the thought of watching them scream at each other while doing that makes me shudder.

[Moonliner]

Have you noticed the detours trend this season?

Horse care VS Artifact Searching

Sign Building VS Compass Walk

Nail painting VS Coal schlepping..

The detours are clearly designed so that one is faster/easier than the other. Hopefully the smarter teams will pick up on this and start switching tasks at the drop of a hat.

Oh and thank the maker that Ian's cabbie took them to nail painting and not the coal schlepp. Yea old folks in paper underwear!

[Jughead P. Jones]

You know, I'm starting to think that maybe Charla might have benefitted more by choosing a different partner other than wackjob-Mirna. Granted, Charla can get just as loud and obnoxious as Mirna, but at the very least, Charla tries her hardest at anything she does, which is a lot more than I can say for her whiny partner in crime. But, at any rate, it is nice to see Charla/Mirna win at least one leg...as long as it's not the final leg.

I have to say that I cringed once again when Dustin and Kandice failed to read yet another clue again. As much as I love these two and want them to go all the way to the end, they need to wake up! At least they chose the nail painting option to come in second place so they redeemed themselves.

[Mousey Girl]

Danny and Oswald make a reference last night that made me laugh. When they were leaving the pitstop and going to their car once of them did a perfect "Santino" voice and asked, "Where's Andre?" Now I get to call my mom and explain that it came from Project Runway.

While I am glad that the airport was not a total equalizer, I still didn't feel the whole thing was very fair.

[mousepod]

I actually liked the episode. The fact that early risk-taking at the airport determined the final order was gratifying. Though I'm not really enamored with Charla and Mirna, they played the leg right.

[Nephythys]

blarg- missed it.
We went biking last night and Ian asked me to tape Extreme Makeover:Home Edition and I totally spaced AR. Meh- I kept thinking I had missed something- now I know what it was.

Bummer- did I miss anything great?

[JWBear]

I'm going to miss Teri & Ian. I knew it was coming, but it was still sad to see. I was enjoying them this time around.

[Moonliner]

Romber out, Terri and Ian out, WitchBitch at the top of the pack...

Could this season go any more wrong?

[Alex]

I forgot about this and was watching Planet Earth on Discovery Channel for the first 20 minutes. So I missed whatever happened to separate everybody at at the airport. I wasn't clear on how separated they were other than that the first two planes finished before dark on one day and the last teams finished after dawn the next.

Anybody willing to give a quick rundown?