I love that they made a point that this village isn't all there is to Burkina Faso.
Illyria: We cling to what is gone. Is there anything in this life but grief? Wesley: There's love. There's hope...for some. There's hope that you'll find something worthy...that your life will lead you to some joy...that after everything...you can still be surprised. Illyria: Is that enough? Is that enough to live on?
'Shells'
Non-Fiction TV: I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own
This thread is for non-fiction TV, including but not limited to reality television (So You Think You Can Dance, Top Chef: Masters, Project Runway), documentaries (The History Channel, The Discovery Channel), and sundry (Expedition Africa, Mythbusters), et al. [NAFDA]
Jesse - Nov 25, 2007 4:09:52 pm PST #2649 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Jesse - Nov 25, 2007 4:14:49 pm PST #2650 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Also, I think it's funny that even the Ethiopian-Americans are all, "The Africans are always so friendly!" I've never been to Africa, but I'm pretty sure it's not a continent full of only jolly people.
Vortex - Nov 25, 2007 4:33:03 pm PST #2651 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
PR: How much did I love that Christian was in the bottom 2
and how much did I love the gentle smackdown after he insisted on hearing what Sarah Jessica thought.
brenda m - Nov 25, 2007 4:37:05 pm PST #2652 of 23273
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
This U-turn thing is turning out to be kind of fascinating. Not the thing itself, but the responses of the various teams.
quester - Nov 25, 2007 5:09:32 pm PST #2653 of 23273
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
The U-turn is new this cycle? Instead of the Yield?
Kathy A - Nov 25, 2007 5:14:29 pm PST #2654 of 23273
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Yep, it is. I like it better, because the teams can determine how long they are delayed--if they do the second task quickly, the U-turn can backfire on the team that made them do it. The only enjoyable Yield to watch was the first one, where Colin went into slow burn and started the road to "My ox is broken!!"
brenda m - Nov 25, 2007 5:16:56 pm PST #2655 of 23273
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I'm assuming.
It's nice to see that teams have thought about it - a few of them at least, e.g., "we're not using it because we're not at the back of the pack" etc.
If it had been Jason and Lorena coming up on the blondes like they thought, then they did exactly the right thing, and for the right reasons. As it panned out, it didn't matter, since it was just way too short a leg for J & L to make up their time deficit out of the gate. Which is too bad, since I liked them a lot more this leg than I have before.
WTF was with that "it's our turn to come in first! Phiiiiiil, make them stop" shit at the finish? That team can start losing any time.
Kathy A - Nov 25, 2007 5:21:56 pm PST #2656 of 23273
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
WTF was with that "it's our turn to come in first! Phiiiiiil, make them stop" shit at the finish? That team can start losing any time.
Oh, I wanted to smack her for that whining.
brenda m - Nov 25, 2007 5:27:36 pm PST #2657 of 23273
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
My concern with the U-turn, actually, is that the detours will have to be pretty short in order to keep a U-turned team remotely competitive.
Because these were some seriously quick tasks, don't you think? They could have stretched out the leg in other ways if they'd chosen, so it's not like it's a huge deal. Still better than the yield.
Theodosia - Nov 26, 2007 2:32:39 am PST #2658 of 23273
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
For all her silly name, I felt for Vixen, tearing up when the reality of the place she was in set in.
I agree that Lorena was much better this round. I try to keep in mind that we see a lot of these people on the worse day of their lives, sometimes!
Ron appears to have dialled it back a bit. Christine just rocks.
And Grandpa is not just adorable, he's really good, too. He knew exactly what to do with the gold panning, and they seem to have gone through really quickly.
Don't blame the blondes for taking the U-Turn option. The time to use it is if you're one or two teams out from the end. I think it's harsher than the Yield, because tasks can be unexpectedly long if you pick the wrong donkey or sandpit or whatever, so an insurmountable time penalty can happen instead of ten minutes or whatever it was.