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"TAR losing it's edge?"
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12-10-06, 09:24 PM (EST)
 
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"TAR losing it's edge?" |
I started watching TAR three seasons ago, and since then, to me the show has been going downhill. Lately, it seems as if they're going for quantity of locales over quality. They devote almost no time to each region, resulting in no buildup/intensity/attatchment. In TAR 8, I was facinated with the different regions and the peoples and culture there, and was saddened whenever they left (India was always my favorite, followed by Africa). Recently, though, just as you begin to take in the locale, they're already on a plane somewhere else. You never feel the excitement of visiting some location (on your TV) that you will most likely never see again. I think the biggest letdown was the finale of TAR 10. There was absolutely no buildup to the finale. They flew to New York, found a globe, a box, then finish line, no awesome flag-recap like season 9. This feeling might also stem from the lack of interesting people. The best season that I have watched was season 8. The old couple, the African-American couple, the gay couple, and mother-daughter team, they all just worked so well, and you felt the emotion and became attatched. There were absolutely no entertaining characters (well, that's arguable, however nothing comparable to previous seasons). All in all, it really just feels too short. They're trying to cram a billion events and locations into each season, rather than making each one interesting and emotion-provoking. /rant Hopefully All-Stars will bring together the interesting teams and not be another TAR where they just run through the motions.
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12-11-06, 10:03 AM (EST)
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7. "RE: TAR losing it's edge?" |
Welcome to the Boards!! Good Luck with that TAR:RETREADS thought! It ain't gonna be any different AT ALL except with RETREAD players that we're all tired of!
I think the show HAS gotten a bit long in the tooth, so to speak, not sure why. Too Bad, though; cause when it was good, it was VERY,VERY good. Now? Meh....
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12-11-06, 12:35 PM (EST)
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for a while i was able to say with honesty that TAR was, by far, the most interesting/entertaining/educational reality show on television.now i'm back to having to say survivor is. because with the whirlwind stops, there is no education. with the bunching, there's no entertainment. and with the drab characters (i'd rather hate a weaver than be indifferent to an entire cast), there isn't anything interesting, either. i learned nothing this season. and that's a shame. and i cannot stand romber, but at least they were interesting. they used strategy, and such. maybe they'll help fix it. but i'm feeling like it's jump shark time for TAR. and i'm sad about it. ~ cqc
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12-12-06, 06:03 PM (EST)
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12. "RE: TAR losing it's edge?" |
Fi CBS is expecting ROMBER to save TAR, they've already LOST IT!! All over but the cryin
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12-13-06, 05:54 PM (EST)
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13. "RE: TAR losing it's edge?" |
Agreed. That sound you hear is me snoring… I may be in the minority but I still think the first season was the best season ever for two reasons: a lot less planned bunching and there was a fast forward every episode. The end result being that the episode finish order was constantly being shaken up and teams never knew where they stood in the order. It was more interesting and fun this way. The ridiculous bunching is ruining this show. Bunching at the airport is understandable to a point but if I have to watch one more episode where teams get to a “destination” only to find out it just closed and won’t be open for 12 hours I will lose it. In the first season it was possible for good teams to build up a (usually temporary) substantial lead. The producers now seem intent on never allowing the teams to be more than a few hours apart. Boring… Even in the first season when teams built up a large lead the limits of international flights usually equalized them again, although sometimes it wasn’t until the next episode. Now instead of one amazing race we have 12(?) short boring ones. I would like to see them go back to the first season format with one change – have the final three teams start the final leg at the same time. This would produce an exciting season but still give the producers what they want which is a race to the final mat. Of course, a show like this would probably cost more to produce and be a lot more work for the production staff so I don’t expect it to ever happen…
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