Yeah. I think if they had picked the teams who were the best racers and then given them a REALLY difficult race to run - that would have been interesting, but that isn't what they gave us.
Mmm. Wife soup. I must've done good.
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Experimental TV: Non-Fiction
This thread is part of an experiment to discern the Buffistas' future interest in television discussion. It will remain open until June 1st, 2007, upon which date there will be spirited debate regarding the infinite possibilities for our board's development. This thread is for non-fiction tv, including but not limited to documentaries and reality shows. [NAFDA]
sumi - May 07, 2007 4:27:49 am PDT #369 of 767
Art Crawl!!!
Jesse - May 07, 2007 4:43:03 am PDT #370 of 767
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, that would have been cool.
Big Brother All Stars was awesome, in its ridiculous BB way. And I forget who won!
le nubian - May 07, 2007 4:47:31 am PDT #371 of 767
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Jesse -
fucking Mike Malin won. The most odious of creatures.
Jessica - May 07, 2007 5:08:51 am PDT #372 of 767
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
TAR, blah. At least Charla and Mirna didn't win.
Jesse - May 07, 2007 5:12:26 am PDT #373 of 767
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
fucking Mike Malin won. The most odious of creatures.
Ha! Fucking Mike Boogie. What a fucking tool.
sumi - May 07, 2007 6:29:06 am PDT #374 of 767
Art Crawl!!!
Somebody over at TWOP posted that TAR 12 has already been cast and we should get to see it in the Fall and that plans to cast TAR 13 are already in the works. So, even without official renewal news things seem to be clicking along.
Liese S. - May 07, 2007 8:15:26 am PDT #375 of 767
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
TAR: Yeah, disappointing.
I think the major problem I'm starting to have is the way challenges are constructed. There's too much that compresses the teams, that eliminates any gain or loss from teams' cleverness & luck or stupidity & bad luck. There's no way to gain a strategic advantage on anybody. Which I know makes for more exciting finishes, but it also makes for a dumb race.
Plus they never have to figure anything out.
sumi - May 07, 2007 8:27:15 am PDT #376 of 767
Art Crawl!!!
I think that the last leg is the worst for this -- they want an exciting race to the finish line but it makes the rest of the episode boring.
Amy - May 07, 2007 8:31:34 am PDT #377 of 767
Because books.
I was especially disappointed when time ran out while they were trying to crack the code, and they were simply handed the clue. Give them a penalty! Give them a new task! That was just dumb.
Jessica - May 07, 2007 8:32:24 am PDT #378 of 767
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
That last challenge was just plain dumb -- what's the point of calling it a challenge if you get the clue whether you solve it or not? The 10-minute time limit was clearly to ensure a footrace to the finish, but it made the challenge competely pointless.
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