I'll watch begrudgingly, then rejoice when Romber gets Philiminated. Hopefully I will be rejoicing very early in the season.

>I'll watch begrudgingly, then rejoice when
>Romber gets Philiminated. Hopefully
>I will be rejoicing very
>early in the season.
>
>

Same here!

I don't think "all-stars" has to mean the people that won....for crying out loud they already won a million! It should have been teams that we loved (or hated) and/or that played really well. Yes, I know that leaves Romber in the bunch so in a way I'm okay that they are playing....at least I know I will watch each week begging for an elimination.

Same here. Hopefully they will be the first ones gone. Doubtful though. CBS will keep them on as long as they can.

Last time they were in TAR, I started a thread about the various laws that Rob may have broken (and boy did that thought go over well in the midst of Romber fever).

I would actually cheer for them this time. Why? Because I am an agent of Chaos and nothing would serve our cause better than to have horrible people like them (geg's onetime encounter notwithstanding) on reality shows. They are divisive and sneaky and horrible to watch, but this would force people to take stands and voice their opinions instead of just being tv zombies.

The higher the agitation, the greater the cogitation I always say.

...tv zombies... I like it!

Oddly enough, I'm neutral about Romber; to me, they're just another set of reality TV contestants. They've already had much more than their allotted one shot at fame and fortune, so why are we getting them again? Let me predict: Rob will be conniving and entertaining to watch, while Amber will be perky and cute and do little of consequence. Then they will get Philiminated and not win, AGAIN.

LAST EDITED ON 11-27-06 AT 04:27 PM (EST)

I'm glad to see Romber back. They made their season the best ever in my opinion. I did not like them at all on Survivor and pulled against them, but I thought they were excellent racers on TAR and enjoyed seeing what they would do next.

Dave and Mary will probably be the first team eleiminated in an all-star edition of TAR. They are good people but pathetic racers.

I'm with Seahorse.

HATED them on Survivor. I think because I was perpetually screaming at all the others for being stupid enough to let Romber run away with the whole game.

But on TAR? They cracked me up. Loved them. I think because on TAR, no matter how much crap any team may pull, racers still succeed or fail because of their own skills (or lack). So I was able to just laugh at Romber...& shake my head at Lyn & Alex for being stupid enough to let Romber get to them.

I'm also OK with an All-Star version of TAR vs. ASS or BB. As I said, each team rises or falls by their own skill level. Some existing relationships may inspire brief alliances, but alliances don't work well for long on TAR.

I am - however - a little diappointed that they're putting some fairly poor racers in the mix. David & Mary? Glad you expanded your horizons - you're weak racers, go away.

Schmirna? You were not only poor racers, you made my ears bleed. PLEASE go away.

As we all complained during ASS and BB7 -- "All Stars" should mean ALL STARS. Not necessarily all winners - but GOOD RACERS.

(shouldn't we all just be glad that they didn't invite Alison & Danny back?)

We've debated it before, but how does CBS define an "all-star"? Is it a team who finished in the top 3 of a previous season? (Unfortunately that includes Romber.) Do past winners get to try again? What about unlucky early-exits like Lena/Kristy? Don't we need a couple of strong-racing villains like Colin/Christie or the Guidos?

What it looks like we're getting is the ratings-inspired CBS version of all-stars. That means ratings magnets Romber are automatically included, along with "controversial" or "likable" teams like Charla/Mirna and David/Mary who also happen to be horrible racers. And "boring" winners like Chip/Kim and Rob/Brennan don't make the grade.

I just hope all-star TAR is more watchable than all-star Survivor.

I think CBS defines allstar according to who generates the most press. Good or bad, a lot of press is what it's all about. Lamber was only cast for Survivor All-Stars because those ahead of her on the list decided not to play.

>(shouldn't we all just be glad
>that they didn't invite Alison
>& Danny back?)

How do we know they didn't? )

DON'T SCARE ME!!

LAST EDITED ON 11-27-06 AT 06:17 PM (EST)

I'm just thankful that Jonathan and Victoria and the Weavils won't be back. Romber I can stomach.

Jonathan and Victoria recently had a baby, I would have to thoroughly deplore them both had they taken off to do another TAR at this time.

For whatever reasons they must genuinely love each other; I hope they can focus on that love in life's hardest adventure, raising children.

As soon as I he stops throwing up, the Travelocity Gnome will be available for grief counseling.

Urp! I don't feel so good.