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ReiseKaiser 20 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Got Milk? Spokesperson" 09-27-01, 11:38 AM (EST) "Sorry - I kinda like this show" I have hated every reality show up until now. The settings are banal, the contestants morons, and the games/challenges/rules totally without imagination. But I am not ashamed to admit that I kinda like TAR. I am a bit biased in that I love to travel and it's fun to see all the different locations the labrats are sent to. Now here's what I can't stand about the show: The contestants are, once again, taken from the bottom of the gene pool. You would think at least the two homos (sorry, "life partners") would be able to speak some french in Paris having lived there for two years, but noooooooo... and what's with all the crying, bitching, and general animosity these so-called "soulmates" "best friends" etc are showing to each other. Her name escapes me right now but that little redhead chick who is always bitching at her boyfriend - I wouldn;t be surprised to see her with a black eye in the next episode... vous avez un steak tres rare s'il vous plait? When I saw the first episode I thought the two I would hate the most were the frat boys - lewd crewd and unwashed. But at least they are genuine and don't scream at each other on the first sign of a setback. OK you cynical bastards, let me have it!!!   Top

Subject     Author     Message Date     ID    RE: Sorry - I kinda like this show NightScribe 09-27-01 1    RE: Tea Hunt KelvinKing 09-27-01 2    RE: Sorry - I kinda like this show ReiseKaiser 09-27-01 3

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NightScribe 761 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Fitness Correspondent" 09-27-01, 12:44 PM (EST) 1. "RE: Sorry - I kinda like this show" Yeah, I like the show too, but the FF (find the tea at the not-so-obscure tea shop) was about as lame as it gets. How come one fast forward required shooting down fast rapids, and another is "find the tea"? If this keeps up, my enthusiasm for the show will certainly fade. The LIFE PARTNERS do speak French, actually. They were asking for directions in French, so they have at least a working knowledge of the language in order to do that. I think the Festers bicker quite a bit, but didn't really feel all that stressed last episode, what with the ever-so-challenging find-the-tea clue. I've also had my fill with Frank pushing Margarita around, playing intimidation tactics, and the garden variety verbal abuse he hurls at her every time he opens his mouth. Quick question: is there some kind of rule that says the teams have to help one another? Because I thought it was a RACE for one million dollars. Team Guido, catty and stereotypical though they may be, don't feel that they need to help anyone, and are using every tactic available to win the RACE and the money. Their smugness will hurt them, but their willingness to do what it takes to advance tells me they are formidable and aren't going anywhere. Why worry and rant about backstabbing when it is one of the basic tenets of reality programming? Food for thought. NS Sometimes I feel like a nut, sometimes I don't.   Top

KelvinKing 64 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Hollywood Squares Square" 09-27-01, 01:17 PM (EST) 2. "RE: Tea Hunt" Yeah, I agree that that tea hunt thing was kinda lamishhh. Bit I believe that it was due to the editing. Maybe it really was hard to find. BUt they didn't show them looking for it. AS u remember, all they did was show them walking up to the tea house and tossing their bags at the door. They might have travled around town quite a bit and asked alot of people before finding it.. who knows ???????????   Top

ReiseKaiser 20 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Got Milk? Spokesperson" 09-27-01, 02:12 PM (EST) 3. "RE: Sorry - I kinda like this show" I remember the LP asking for directions in French at the airport - but I speak french and let me tell you it was french 101 at best they were using. When they were looking for the Pantheon they asked in English... I just think that if you have lived in Paris for 2 years you should have a command of the language, not just oui and non... I think that the tea shop was probably tucked away in a tertiary side street and I agree that the editing made it look easier. It would have been fun though to see those two good ole boys walk around Paris at 2:00 AM asking for directions to this shop. Must've scared a few people. PS - isn't sleeping out on the sidewalk illegal?? I don't believe there is a rule for or against helping other teams. Since this is a RACE, it would hinder you to help someone else (like when the Guidos told a bunch of them which train to take to get to Les Baux) but I can also help you in the future if another team decides to return the favour. If nobody likes the Guidos anymore they are going to have to fend for themselves more, which is OK for France but not OK if they end up in the middle of Russia or China or other places where it's harder to get your bearings. My money is now on the two lawyer guys. They are efficient, smart, they get along and the other teams like them. They are the ones most likely to double-cross other teams closer to the end where it matters. When was this show taped?? It looks like they were freezing their asses off in Paris and they all had tuques on? Must have been February or something...?   Top

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