Originally Posted By Rsey103 The Amazing Race, season 19, premieres Sunday September 25, 2011 on CBS.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Looks like a start to a good season. I don't think I have a favorite team yet, but there are definitely some I like more than others. I just think it's funny how all the teams that set out to prove to people that they're smart (snowboarders, showgirls, wannabe-Doublemint twins) all just end up looking really dumb. They may still be able to do well in the race, but I'm not convinced that they're braintrusts. I understand what they're trying to do with the new Hazard thing, but it just seems like a pain in the butt. Obviously, it's just to create enough of a challenge to slow them down, without hurting them too much, but it seems more like an annoyance than a real challenge. It will be interesting to see how it plays out when the teams don't all start at the same time, so they'll have even more time to makeup.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I don't have much of a feel for most of the teams yet, except the battling siblings, who so far are kind of annoying.
Originally Posted By Rsey103 I also saw only the last 15 minutes. I always feel kind of badly for the first team to be eliminated---so I was glad to see them get to stay in the race. I think I can view the episode online at cbs.com.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I watched a couple episodes last season on cbs.com, so I would assume you can do it again this time around too
Originally Posted By tashajilek It was pretty annoying seeing how clueless the older couple were. Wasnt it obvious what the clue was?
Originally Posted By Rsey103 I liked the tricky sign at the orphanage, but didn't care for the outcome of the episode.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I agree that the sign was pretty clever, but I was hoping that some of the other teams would be eliminated. I didn't feel like we really got to see enough of the two teams to really form thoughts on them before getting sent home. I did like how they edited together a bunch of shots of the other team members into the brother/sister argument, to make it look like they were all listening in, when it was fairly clear they were nowhere near the other teams. Just silly.
Originally Posted By Rsey103 I like TAR but I don't enjoy it when I see them pushing/pulling/chasing/dragging animals in the race. Last night the contestants had ropes tied around goats necks and were making them run along side them. And at the end of the episode they promoted a swim-with-dolphins program in Dubai. This doesn't work for me. If they want to film people in a race around the world for prize money, fine, but leave the animals out of it.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros The animals don't really bother me. Raising livestock is part of agriculture, and as they said, nearly half of all Indonesians work in agriculture. They probably could have been a little more gentle to the sheep, but from my experiences with them, they tend to be pretty tough creatures. It also seemed that the only people who were falling in the mud were the ones doing the sheep challenge, so maybe it was kharma. Overall, it was a pretty fun episode with a lot of different challenges. I thought that the Bhudda counting got frusterating at times, since people weren't reading the directions, but they got through it. While the snowboarders didn't seem like the brightest pair, they've won twice in a row because they were able to follow the directions given to them. What a novel concept!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I really liked the challenge that was clearly inspired by The Goonies, and how one of the teams also caught on! Lining up the islands through a dubloon is just a classic! After watching the twins struggle on the beach all episode, I don't think I would have been sad to see them go. The couple who is dating is also getting a little annoying, but I still like everybody else. I want to see the grandparents go further, but I really doubt they'll win.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 The snowboarders finally didn't win a leg. The twins who were last last week, but didn't get eliminated, got eliminated.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Oh, and they didn't say this on the show, and I didn't make the connection before I saw something on the web, but remember that 16 year old girl who attempted to sail around the world and had to be rescued? Zac and Laurence are her brother and father.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Hmm, I didn't know that, but it makes sense. I guess she was trying to beat her brother's record or something. I thought that it was interesting that they overcomplicated things (again) and it really hurt them (again). I suspect that they'll be gone in the next 2-3 shows, due to making things harder than they need to be and not following the straightforward directions.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Anybody else still watching? I'm really impressed with how well Bill and Kathi are doing. I figured they wouldn't have much of a chance, but they're turning out to be really solid competitors. Plus, they just seem like really nice people. Other than Sandy and Jeremy, I really like all of the teams left, so I guess I know who I'm cheering for (or rather, against).
