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Headie
31-03-2017, 06:49 AM
The premiere was decent

Becca & Floyd :love: I like Vanick and Ashton and the All Female team too. I liked the Asians, sad to see them eliminated first (but lol @ the only all ethnic team getting booted first, you can't make this up :joker:)

Wojtek
31-03-2017, 06:26 PM
I liked the Asians, sad to see them eliminated first

Yeah, I liked them too </3

Becca & Floyd are currently my faves :love: I hope they won't be eliminated too early

Natalie.
31-03-2017, 07:17 PM
I like Becca and Floyd atm

Withano
31-03-2017, 09:38 PM
Someone PM me a link to watch this on the internet plz

DrunkerThanMoses
01-04-2017, 06:44 AM
It was okay, I feel the editing was all over the place, they had so much to pack into 42 mins, it really should have been a longer episode.

I dont have a favourites yet, I am interested in the Vanck and Ashton team as they are so different, it has potential to be a trainwreck, I can see her all ready getting the super bitch edit and Hayley 2.0

starry
03-04-2017, 05:09 PM
Never did mind the twist. Self navigation is always needed so hope that sets a trend for the season. The cast might be ok, early to say, though it's mainly the usual photogenic types.

But it was just a detour and that was it.

And an express pass just given randomly, not even earned? What?!

And a team gets penalised TWO hours because it's dark, that decided things right there. Normally I'm sure that kind of thing is more half an hour to one hour. I'm not sure how many canoe races two hours represented but it must have been more than they would have had to do.

Team 'fun' look very forced and gimmicky. Preferred the last placed team that were forced to take the penalty.

Withano
03-04-2017, 08:24 PM
#TeamFun :lovedup:
I thought it was a great show
I was a bit worried cos I didnt like the blinddates series, but this was good imo.

starry
15-04-2017, 08:41 AM
Team Fun now revealed as team angry. Also the u-turn before the detour (decided by taxis) screwed over a competent team who finished the easier side of the detour very quickly but stumbled over the more difficult one (which most of them avoided doing).

DouglasS
24-04-2017, 08:53 PM
I stopped watching this season after episode 2. It really annoyed me and seemed really unfair.

The female team were 'rewarded' for both not being able to pick their partner which is what 'Phil' said. Their reward was that they'd be taken straight to the airport.

This 'reward' put them on the second plane out in the first leg, and because of this 'reward' they were at the back of the pack throughout. It resulted in the next leg them being on the last plane out with no other teams. This resulted in their exit, despite managing to catchup with one of the other teams.

I don't see how it was a 'reward' to automatically be put at the back of the pack in the first episode. It's not like they had a choice, this reward ended their race, and it was out of their own control. They should have instead just put them on the first flight

Macie Lightfoot
28-04-2017, 12:28 AM
That's a shame bc this season is great and its cast is great

Macie Lightfoot
28-04-2017, 02:03 AM
Exhibit A:

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Headie
28-04-2017, 11:59 PM
All the entertaining teams have been eliminated, only ones left I'm rooting for are Becca and Floyd

I won't be sad when this show is cancelled after this season, although I would like a special edition for a 30th and final season

Withano
29-04-2017, 01:34 AM
I want to adopt team fun

Macie Lightfoot
29-04-2017, 02:04 AM
All the entertaining teams have been eliminated, only ones left I'm rooting for are Becca and Floyd

I won't be sad when this show is cancelled after this season, although I would like a special edition for a 30th and final season

I mean, every team is delivering in their own ways, even Matt and Redmond, but Brooke is pretty much the modern day Flo soooooo....... yeah this season's actually pretty great so far!

Macie Lightfoot
07-05-2017, 08:21 PM
Well since I'm apparently the only one watching this treasure of a season let me continue talking to myself. LoLo's CPN breakout and them getting a rich family to take them to the Roadblock was easily the [non-Brooke] highlight of the episode :love:

Withano
07-05-2017, 08:24 PM
I'm watching it too! I despise Brooke and her partner. Team fun are the only ones I want to become millionaires atm

Macie Lightfoot
07-05-2017, 08:34 PM
Brooke is a national treasure you buffoon

MB.
07-05-2017, 08:35 PM
So... is this worth watching?

Macie Lightfoot
07-05-2017, 08:58 PM
I'll let this speak for itself

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but it might be geoblocked so try this https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5kyugs

Withano
07-05-2017, 11:11 PM
Brooke is a national treasure you buffoon

:joker: shes irritating af, but I suppose shes adequate for entertainment value

Natalie.
08-05-2017, 06:22 AM
I'm watching too, I love Brooke :laugh:

Macie Lightfoot
14-05-2017, 09:40 AM
yay Brooke saved TAR and got it renewed for a 30th season. And we get to celebrate with two episodes full of Brooke/Scott meltdowns next week :love:

Headie
14-05-2017, 11:23 AM
Hopefully TAR30 is an All Winners or All Stars season to celebrate its last season

Withano
14-05-2017, 01:17 PM
My 2nd faves left, and my faves were 2nd to last! Hope the 2 blokes go next, theyve been irritating me for ages

Macie Lightfoot
14-05-2017, 05:17 PM
I'd be totally content with another random strangers paired up season again, I think? This season's fantastic and as skeptical as I initially was about the twist, I think one good thing is that it's forcing the editing team to focus on the relationships between teammates and not just pigeonholing people into their slots by occupation ("the cowboys" or "the Globetrotters" or "the snowboarders" or "the boarder patrol agents" et cetera et cetera)

Tregard
14-05-2017, 05:37 PM
Hopefully TAR30 is an All Winners or All Stars season to celebrate its last season

Yeah definitely, ending on a fantastic all-star season would be the right way to go about it. We need Brooke & Claire back <3

Headie
14-05-2017, 06:31 PM
I haven't really enjoyed a season of TAR fully since 26 (the Blind Date season) if I'm being completely honest, I feel like the casting choices have become blander and duller every year. They need to find more modern-day gems again like Shelley & Nici, Blair & Hayley etc. that are both entertaining and rootable, and can last long enough to ensure the season quality does not suck.

Macie Lightfoot
14-05-2017, 06:45 PM
They need to find more modern-day gems again like Shelley & Nici, Blair & Hayley etc. that are both entertaining and rootable, and can last long enough to ensure the season quality does not suck.

https://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/amazingrace/images/f/fb/S29_BrookeScott.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/250?cb=20170401004437

Macie Lightfoot
19-05-2017, 02:14 AM
so the first episode tonight was STELLAR and the second episode already had a Flo Flashback for the TAR3 Switchback so this season stays amazing!

Macie Lightfoot
21-05-2017, 05:18 PM
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Just a friendly reminder that sooooo many people are missing out on the best season of TAR since 17/18 right now. Two weeks left!!!

Headie
21-05-2017, 05:29 PM
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Natalie.
21-05-2017, 06:27 PM
A shame that my favourite team left this week.
Really enjoying this series

Tregard
21-05-2017, 09:16 PM
I can't decide which team I'd bring back for All-Stars: Brooke & Scott or Team Fun

Wojtek
22-05-2017, 01:37 PM
Team Fun definitely deserves a second chance </3

Macie Lightfoot
23-05-2017, 03:03 AM
I think I'm the only person not really mourning the loss of ~Team Fun~ bc they weren't all that to me :shrug: especially when we still have these gems left in the race...

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My favorite part about the second episode was that literally the only thing Brooke had to do was bike through Vietnam and it led to **** like this :joker:

Withano
23-05-2017, 07:27 PM
Boo. No point watching anymore. I get that they're entertaining but watching ***** like Brooke and Scott win a mil is distressing. Dont like the boys, and I barely know the other two couples.

AarynGriesfan
23-05-2017, 08:50 PM
I haven't really enjoyed a season of TAR fully since 26 (the Blind Date season) if I'm being completely honest, I feel like the casting choices have become blander and duller every year. They need to find more modern-day gems again like Shelley & Nici, Blair & Hayley etc. that are both entertaining and rootable, and can last long enough to ensure the season quality does not suck.

I 100% agree with this. I give each season a shot but haven't finished a season since the blind date season.

Macie Lightfoot
26-05-2017, 03:36 AM
20 minutes into the penultimate episode and Brooke continues to be the best casting choice in *YEARS*

"Make your way to the Whatever Nationals Arts and Cultural Center"
"Don't say what we're doing out loud, they don't follow directions" *Tara and Joey are literally standing next to them*
"Oh no Scott! You did it wrong already" "Why?" "Because they're laughing at you so you did it wrong :rolleyes:"

Macie Lightfoot
26-05-2017, 03:48 AM
oh my god and then the Street Fighter Roadblock is amazing for Scott being Scott, London button mashing, and Tara being COMPLETELY clueless...

"Did I get it? Is that me?"
"She's got a zero percent."
"Did I win?" *gets slammed into a train* :joker:

Macie Lightfoot
26-05-2017, 04:08 AM
k so after Tara and Joey being awful in Leg 9 re: Brooke and Scot and now Tara and Joey being awful this leg re: video games I am definitely *NOT* a fan. At least we have Brooke and Scott AND LoLo in the final leg so there's a 67% chance we get great winners :3

Headie
26-05-2017, 11:11 AM
Thank god the douche bros were eliminated before the finale

Hopefully Brooke & Scott win, if not them then Logan & London

Joey was a mess @ how bitter he was being to the gamer

Natalie.
26-05-2017, 02:12 PM
Hopefully Brooke and Scott have this :fc:

Tregard
28-05-2017, 08:58 PM
Scott being a Chun-Li main <3

Tara & Joey were vile at that final Roadblock, Joey especially. I get that it's the pressure of the whole environment, but they wouldn't have reacted to that if the task had been almost *anything* other than a video game (Also, I found Tara's comment about being too busy being in the army to play video games quite amusing, given every male in South Korea has to do 1 year mandatory military service).

Brooke & Scott for the win, it's Flo & Zach 2.0!

Macie Lightfoot
28-05-2017, 10:08 PM
http://i.imgur.com/Ko2hFjO.gif

Macie Lightfoot
02-06-2017, 02:42 AM
okay this funale is FANTASTIC so far, like TAR27 levels of greatness. Brooke is continuing to take every word of encouragement as a personal attack :love::love::love:

Macie Lightfoot
02-06-2017, 02:58 AM
GOD IS REAL THIS IS THE BEST MOMENT OF 2017 HANDS DOWN alol and this *MIGHT* be a top five (?!?!?!?!) season for me now????

Headie
02-06-2017, 11:16 AM
Brooke winning :love: Wasn't that fussed about Scott but I guess he was the cause of most of Brooke's meltdowns so <3

I still think the season was pretty underwhelming but they're definitely one of my favourite winning teams.

awhael
02-06-2017, 01:47 PM
The correct ending. I really hope they try out the pairs of strangers twist again.

Natalie.
02-06-2017, 07:09 PM
The winners :love:

Benjamin
03-06-2017, 10:04 AM
Yes, was so happy Brooke and Scott won :love:

DouglasS
13-07-2017, 01:52 PM
I stopped watching this season after episode 2. It really annoyed me and seemed really unfair.

The female team were 'rewarded' for both not being able to pick their partner which is what 'Phil' said. Their reward was that they'd be taken straight to the airport.

This 'reward' put them on the second plane out in the first leg, and because of this 'reward' they were at the back of the pack throughout. It resulted in the next leg them being on the last plane out with no other teams. This resulted in their exit, despite managing to catchup with one of the other teams.

I don't see how it was a 'reward' to automatically be put at the back of the pack in the first episode. It's not like they had a choice, this reward ended their race, and it was out of their own control. They should have instead just put them on the first flight

Okay I take this back, I'm now 9 episodes in and this season is brilliant. Easily the best season since 25, and is genuinely one of the best seasons of the whole show. Brooke and Scott have me dying with laughter its amazing. Also Vanck and Ashton were brilliant together and was a great pairing. Even team fun are providing even if they are a bit OTT.

Headie
09-08-2020, 05:43 PM
After a rewatch this season has gone up in my rankings :love: I still think it has its flaws and the editing wasn't the best BUT there were some great individual stars and Brooke & Scott (moreso Brooke) are top tier TAR contestants <3

Of the stranger seasons I still prefer the Blind Date one but this one was pretty enjoyable overall too!

Headie
09-08-2020, 05:50 PM
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LukeB
09-08-2020, 08:54 PM
After a rewatch this season has gone up in my rankings :love: I still think it has its flaws and the editing wasn't the best BUT there were some great individual stars and Brooke & Scott (moreso Brooke) are top tier TAR contestants <3

Of the stranger seasons I still prefer the Blind Date one but this one was pretty enjoyable overall too!

The fact most of the cast worked for the police or were from the army :skull:

Brooke vs the ladle was one of the best moments from the season, people helping her and she was still freaking out ssks then she promised not to U-Turn Liz & Michael and she did!