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The First Leg
Adios, Ryan & Chuck!
Another great season of the Amazing Race has started, and for your
sakes, I hope you watched! Because if you did, you got to see quite
a great race, from the beginning freeway race in Los Angeles (with
an almost-accident) all the way to the photo finish for who would
be eliminated.
Long
Beach, California, USA to Lima, Peru
We got our first introduction to the castaways....err, I mean contestants
and saw the initial stumble of Amber and Rob. Hello? Can you really
not figure out how to open a trunk? Anyways, at this point it's
pretty hard to figure out who I'm rooting for, but it was entertaining
nonetheless to see everyone feeling each other out. From watching
the brothers flirt with the best friends, to Rob and Amber trying
to play dirty against the grandparents, you can already tell this
season was going to be entertaining. Sweet.
Peru: Lima and
Cusco + local environs
Here's where I started to pick favorites. First, hats off to Bianca
and Debbie. I really didn't anticipate liking them, as their picture
makes them look like glamour queens. But damn, they can play the
game. From misleading the poor former POW, speaking fluent Spanish
and to beating everyone to the finish, I'll have to say that I am
definitely most impressed with this team. And Meredith and Gretchen,
I'm still blown away by how easily they handled the llamas in Peru.
It was so smart how they did it, and they did it without seemingly
breaking a sweat or getting snotted all over. Good for them!!! It
looks like Rob and Amber will be using whatever advantage they can
grab, especially if it's due to their celebrity. Whatever works,
right? I'm not rooting for them, but I fully expect them to do well.
Other than that, the contestants were enjoyable to watch, and I
am not really surprised that Ryan and Chuck got eliminated, although
that was pretty damn close. Ron & Kelly had better pick up the
pace, or they're going to be SOL very soon. |
Others' Thoughts:
Robbie
Returns to Hobiespace!
Hey Hobie -
I don't want to write a novel about my take on the first ep of
this season's AR because I should probably spend more time updating
http://sandersworld.us (shameless plug).
First impression of the teams? TOO MANY GAY PEOPLE. There. I said
it. I'm a homophobe. Sue me. At least Chip and Richen from a few
seasons ago weren't "flamers" like the ones in this crew.
Ick.
I personally thought this was a mediocre start. Hopefully I'm not
reaching my AR peak as I did with Survivor a few seasons back.
Random Thoughts -
I guess Rob and Amber have "people" that open their trunks
for them back home...I don't understand why people are so down on
them. I won't get on my soapbox for those of you who feel that "they've
already got their million...".
Why don't they just come out and say that Debbie and Bianca are
more than just "roomates"? They were kissing and pawing
at each other the whole show. The cat's already out of the bag for
the gay couple and gay-son boy...what's the big deal here?
As soon as I heard the hillbillies speak, I started jonesing for
Darrah (sigh)...
Everyone is so upset with Rob & Amber (i refuse to use Romber
or Ramber or Ambob or...) for directing the couple to the wrong
pile of sand. I don't get this. One - it's a competition. Two -
the piles of sand looked like they were like 100 feet apart...walk
your a$$es on down the beach to see the other times available!!
Remember, at least two of these teams were such sheep that they
just started digging where they saw others digging. Idiots.
Anyhow, I was disappointed that Darrah's perhaps-not-so-distant
cousins were eliminated. And I hope the rest of the season picks
up a bit.
Oh - stop what you're doing and go find and watch Carnivale!
robbie
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