The Voice: Yeah, I definitely liked Sarah over the other girl. I liked her stylistically, I thought she was much more versatile, and I disliked the way the other girl refused to take direction.
That was the only decision I really disagreed with, though, over the whole battle rounds thing so far. Some of the others I was sad at, like, I liked both the preachers' kid and the single dad last week, and paired up against anybody else I think they both would have gone through. But in the end, I still agreed with all the decisions. Except Sarah, because she's awesome.
Top Shot: Man, that Greg is a self-destruct machine. It's a shame blue team managed to pull it out because surely he would be gone now. I was sorry to see Iggy go, but I like Tim, so I'm glad he stayed. That was a tough challenge. I realize they said not to try it at home, but I would totally rig up a fake moving pirate ship in my yard to shoot through the porthole if I could.
Next week? Atlatl!
ANTM: Cat Deeley!!!
Still wack drama-wise, but a great challenge.
So last night I was thinking I don't mind how stupid the Speed Bumps are... and then I realized that's probably only because I was happy to see the last-place team get a shot at not being eliminated this week.
Ha, totally true for me too.
I would also like to say that this season's McBickersons are not bickering in a way that is entertaining at all. It is just hard to watch and they should go home and get actual couples' therapy.
I like the Speed Bumps. They're an extra thing to do, so it does slow you down, but they're never very difficult, and almost always have some kind of "slow down and enjoy the local culture" aspect to them, so it's not a HUGE punishment on top of already being in last place.
I caught part of TAR last night. When the people were susposed to be at Neuschwanstein and were at ... Hochswanstein? the wrong castle, anyway. Seriously - it's one of the most photographed sights in the area!
It was amazing to me just how many of the teams made that same mistake.
I don't watch TAR, but Hohenschwangau is right next to Neuschwanstein. I can't remember the exact layout, but you can see one from the other. And I think the town is Hohenschwangau.
ah - that's it. As far as I could tell, the clue was something about looking for Sleeping Beauty's castle and at least two couples ended up at Hohenschwangau. They had to wait for the English-language tour, go through the castle, and then discovered - oops! - wrong castle!
I know the way the hill wraps around, from certain vantage points you can't see Neuschwanstein.
From Wikipedia, it seems even more confusing:
In the Middle Ages, three castles overlooked the village.
One was called Schwanstein Castle. In 1832, Ludwig's father King Maximilian II of Bavaria bought its ruins to replace them by the comfortable neo-Gothic palace known as Hohenschwangau Castle. Finished in 1837, the palace became his family's summer residence, and his elder son Ludwig (born 1845) spent a large part of his childhood here.
Vorderhohenschwangau Castle and Hinterhohenschwangau Castle sat on a rugged hill overlooking Schwanstein Castle, two nearby lakes (Alpsee and Schwansee), and the village. Separated only by a moat, they jointly consisted of a hall, a keep, and a fortified tower house. In the 19th century only ruins remained of the medieval twin castles, but those of Hinterhohenschwangau served as a lookout place known as Sylphenturm.
The ruins above the family palace were known to the crown prince from his excursions. He first sketched one of them in his diary in 1859. When the young king came to power in 1864, the construction of a new palace in place of the two ruined castles became the first in his series of palace building projects. Ludwig himself called the new palace New Hohenschwangau Castle – only after his death was it renamed Neuschwanstein. The confusing result is that Hohenschwangau and Schwanstein have effectively swapped names: Hohenschwangau Castle replaced the ruins of Schwanstein Castle, and Neuschwanstein Castle replaced the ruins of the two Hohenschwangau Castles.
