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[apocalypsos]

Re: TAR ...

"To be continued"?!?! *hits things*

I mean, I kinda figured it would be something weird like that when the clue said, "Hurry, hurry, hurry!", but FUCKSHITCOCKDAMNIT.

So anyway, by team --

Rob and Amber: "Imagine if I built something like this for you, it'd be twice as nice." AWWWW. You know, this is why I can get past all his scamp-like ways of causing trouble -- because you can tell from the way he treats Amber that he's really not a bad guy. I mean, seriously ... compare his behavior towards Amber to Jonathan's towards Victoria. He barely ever loses his temper at her, and most of the time, they're incredibly sweet to one another.

And then there's the way he treats the other teams. Hee! That part where he told the ticket agent, "If they ask why you won't show them other planes routes, just point to me." *snerk* I'd probably complain more about their cockiness, but they've been in or near the lead for the entire race, and not based solely or even partly on any sort of devious behavior. Quite frankly, most of their devious behavior has bought them, at the most, mere minutes or sometimes even seconds, and considering how close to the lead, if not IN the lead, they usually are, they'd probably be in the same place by now that they are.

Also, he put on a scarf over his Sox cap. BWAH.

Ron and Kelly: First off, Ron, here's a valuable lesson -- Every busy city is not like fucking bombing downtown Baghdad. In fact, if you use the words "bombing," "downtown," and "Baghdad" together in a sentence again, I reserve the right for Kelly to take that American flag on the pole that's behind you in the opening credits and shove it right where the sun don't shine.

And secondly, Kelly, a valuable lesson for you -- If you address the camera one more time to let anything "be known," and especially if it has to do with some overblown wrong that Ron has done to you, he gets to do the same thing with the American flag behind you in the opening credits.

In short ... can it, you watery, red-state jerkwads. (TM Miss Alli)

Uchenna and Joyce: "Walking in the rain with the one that I love ..." AWWWWW. You two are so cute. I think that if you don't win, when you get home, they should just ship you that entire South African orphanage, because I'm starting to believe that you two would make a faaaabulous mommy and daddy.

Lynn and Alex: Okay, so you didn't have any really repellent moments during the show tonight, but Lynn, you did grate an awful lot. Dude, what was with the wrist-flapping at the clue box in Bouli? Sheesh, I know you might be playing to stereotypes a wee bit, but still.

And at least tonight, you might have realized what it means when you're behind most of the time when aaaaaaaall you do is whine about Rob and Amber. Yes, you might be warranted to whining about their behavior to a certain extent that you cross on far too many an occasion, but it might bite you in the ass when you get to a Yield. You two really lucked out this time around.

Meredith and Gretchen: I've decided that I ADORE Gretchen, occasionally screechy voice notwithstanding. The woman is a scrapper, I'm telling you. They lose their belongings and their money, she gets a bloody head injury, and yet they still keep chugging along, twice beating out teams who are much stronger and younger than they are. And Gretchen just ... hee. With the cute baby backpack and that exhausted hug at the steel emporium and "Shame on you!" Love. Her. (And he's not so bad, either, although I'm afraid from the previews for next week that maybe Killer Fatigue might be getting to them.)

And you people who don't watch TAR wonder why this show kills the rest of us. :)

EDIT: It would be so much easier to persuade people I know to try watching TAR if it weren't up against every other show on the friggin' planet. *sigh* I love my backpacking, hitchhiking, taxi-riding, sexily-hosted, entertaining-as-fuck reality show. I just wish more people did, too.

EDIT TO ANYONE WHOSE CURIOSITY IS NOW PEAKED: No, seriously, it's fun. Honest. And you learn geography, too! Last season, I learned that Iceland is really pretty and I want to go. And Ethiopia is really pretty and also filled with lots of ubercute Ethiopian kids. It's like the Travel Channel on crack.

Comments

[slodwick.livejournal.com]

I think my favorite thing in the entire episode (other than Rob, because I've stopped trying to fight my all-consuming love for him) was Phil's Uber Eyebrow of Intrigue... it was, like, super-arched! I love it! But AUGH! The tension! Killing me!

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Oh, my God, the Eyebrow. *dies* That was the best, especially following by Rob and Amber's combined Aw-Fuck Expressions.

But, yes, the tension! And the fear and the impatience and the Muppet arms! *flails helplessly as I wait for next week*

It's official. I LOVE this season. *bounces up and down happily*

[kathih.livejournal.com]

Depending on whether or not you both watch WWE wrestling which I highly doubt, I said to my dad... Phil just gave them the "People's Eyebrow!" - The Rock Eyebrow lift thingy. Ok I'll shut up now.

[miggy.livejournal.com]

This season of TAR actually made me want to go to South America, and when I applied for the show, that was the place I selected for the question asking where in the world I had the LEAST interest in visiting.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

South America was so much prettier than I thought it would be, and I always thought it would be lovely. The Andes, especially, and my disaster-laden brain has alway associated them with Alive, which goes to show you what my mental image of them was.

And what they've shown of Africa this season was just ... *swoon* That last episode being constantly interrupted by wild animals crossing the road was the best.

[jedilora.livejournal.com]

Your notes make me want to watch it, buuuuuuuut....L&O:SVU. Munch! Finn! Benson! Stabler! Too much love to give up. Mmm...Munch.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but SVU isn't on until after TAR. SVU is at 10, and TAR is at 9. *tempts you with snarky hosts and pretty filming locations*

[jedilora.livejournal.com]

Ooh, really? I thought it was on later for some reason. Huzzah! Methinks I shall.

[minaloush.livejournal.com]

but...but. house. and veronica mars. 0_0

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

See? That's what I'm talking about. *sigh* I hate the TV schedule. Everything good is on Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and the rest of the week is pure crap.

[dragonwhishes.livejournal.com]

From what I've heard of Ron and Kelly, I take it they're the kind of people that sane amaricans want to go *HEADDESK* about?

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes. Between their everpresent references to either his time in Baghdad or her time as a beauty queen and their constant bickering, the two of them just make you wish you could reach through the TV and smack some sense into them to act like a couple of adults, for crying out loud. (And you know, both teams that I loathed the most this season, Ron and Kelly and Ray and Deana, voted for Bush. Why am I not surprised?)

I actually like Ron

[aexia.livejournal.com]

He seems like a cool (if understandably fixated on Iraq) guy saddled with a really bitchy girlfriend.

Re: I actually like Ron

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Yeah, he's not so bad when separated from Kelly, but the "bombing downtown Baghdad" references are getting really old, and frankly a little insulting.

[drewbeartx.livejournal.com]

Plus, as Miss Alli put it, they really only met 5 minutes ago. And we don't mean 5 minutes before the season, we mean 5 minutes ago.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

I know. This is like the worst speed-dating session ever. Instead of staying in the same room and moving around meeting a bunch of different guys and girls, Kelly and Ron are moving around the planet meeting the same two assholes over and over again.

[ladyelaine.livejournal.com]

I watch Survivor because I love the personalities on that show. I mean, Rupert!!! (Granted, there hasn't been another Rupert, but that doesn't stop me from hoping.)

But I can't stand Amazing Race, for pretty much the same reason. In Survivor, you see the folks under stress, sure, but not under STRESS. In Amazing Race, all they're doing is yelling at each other--probably half the couples have at least one abusive member. I just can't handle watching it. I even tried this season, honestly, because Rob and Amber were on it... and again, I just hate every single person on there.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

probably half the couples have at least one abusive member.

Well, "abusive" is going a little far. The closest they've had to an abusive relationship this season is Ray towards Deana (and pretty much everybody else on the planet) but he's long gone. And the worst relationship on there right now is Ron and Kelly, who are mostly just behaving like two people who've never met before.

Rob and Amber are actually a blast to watch this season. They're doing incredibly well, and Rob's making good use of his charming, snarky little attitude to drive the other teams out of their minds.

[ex-zombieham605.livejournal.com]

I'm starting to love this show, but every time Rob speaks, I want to stab a knitting needle in his EYE. I really can't explain this.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

It's probably the smugness. Just remember, he's not really a bad guy in real life. He just likes driving everybody out of their minds, and really if you were in his situation and the rest of the teams thought the same way about you, wouldn't you kind of savor it a little? ;)

[ex-zombieham605.livejournal.com]

...well...no. I'd suck at reality shows.

It's also his face. It's very punchable.

[jrosestar.livejournal.com]

"If they ask why you won't show them other planes routes, just point to me."

That just made me want to hug him tight - I'd so love for him to be my little brother. I just think he's so adorable.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

I want to steal him away from Amber. He's a great boyfriend, and he'd be a hell of a lot of fun to hang out with. And you've got to give him credit, too. Not only does he know that everybody else is annoyed at him, but he doesn't mind and he seems to be genuinely entertained that they actually give that much of a shit about him.

Of course, I can still understand why anyone would hate him, but it's pretty obvious from his behavior that even Rob would wonder why anyone would want to waste that much energy on him over a silly Race. In summation, LOVE LOVE LOVE. :)