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Amazing Race finale OAD 5-9-10

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#1 ·
Couple of very smart moves by the brothers this leg. Asking to be moved to 1st class so they could get off the plane sooner, and remembering to take down their answer to the order puzzle.

Bummer that the cowboys didn't win though.

And wow did that one lez come off as a major biotch. Her own partner was embarrassed. And Caite put her in her place ... lol.
 
#152 ·
It was certainly one of the two as they were clearly in United Business class seats.
The interview on People.com says they were on US Airways.

Getting moved to first class mid-flight in order to exit the plane first is one of the best strategies ever seen on the Race.
Dan: Amazingly, we were off the plane, through customs and into a taxi coming from a communist country in about three and a half minutes. We kept the lead throughout. While the cowboys physically caught up to us at Coit Tower, there was a mandatory 15-minute waiting period to get harnessed and do a safety thing. I was 80 percent done when they showed up. At the motion-capture thing, they were next to us but we were getting the clue when they were still on the first level. We ended up beating them by 25 minutes.
Jordan: Daniel’s only now realizing how big of a move that was. In that clip, I had the biggest smile on my face because I knew how big of a coup that was. And to clarify, you can’t buy first-class tickets but there’s no rule that you can’t befriend a flight attendant and get upgraded for free.
Dan: Special love to Karen from US Airways.
 
#153 ·
And it wasn't just Caite's decision to u-turn her. There was a discussion between several teams (Caite & boyfriend, cops, maybe the cowboys, maybe the brothers) of who they should u-turn and the consensus was that the lesbians should go. It was Caite who did the u-turning and maybe she had the most reason to, but other people were in on it.
Sure the copes talking them into u-turning someone other than themselves...makes perfect sense. As the cops said (I don't remember the exact words) but they said they got their little guard dogs (the models) to u-turn another team. Caite only wanted to u-turn the lesbians, and the cops urged her on...before she came to her senses and maybe u-turned the cops.

And if you remember, the brothers were against u-turning the lesbians, they thought the smart move was to u-turn a strong team. They told that to Caite and to the cameras.
 
#155 ·
There was more than just that one comment made. Brandy mentioned on, I think, at least two occasions about how Caite's stupidity was available for viewing on YouTube. There were also a couple jabs at both Caite and her boyfriend for being 'stupid beautiful people' or something like that and several jabs about them just being simply 'stupid' or 'not intelligent'.
Oh, there were plenty of comments made only to the cameras, but I'm talking about comments that Caite knew about. If we want to talk about comments made only to the cameras, Caite made plenty of similar comments herself.
 
#160 ·
It seems that while other teams get chastised for their negativity, Caite mostly gets a pass on here. Why is that?
I don't know, I hated them. They were ugly, ugly people, especially to each other. I wanted them out from early on, but I felt the same way about the brothers half the time. I agree that they didn't cheat, but thought the whole cutting in line was cheap and meaningless, though at the time they thought it might make a difference. The cowboys probably just couldn't think of a way tget him out of line that wasn't physical. His attempts at justifiing his place in line were pathetic though. Just be a man and say "I cut, so what?"
 
#161 ·
It seems that while other teams get chastised for their negativity, Caite mostly gets a pass on here. Why is that?
I don't think she gets a pass, not many people were rooting for her team at the end.

She came in 3rd, and actually got to finish the race and during the dialogue it appeared she was going to drop the rivalry (real or not?) but then the lesbian started talking and it made caite look good, and the lesbian was left looking as a very ugly person (on the inside) and bitter.
 
#162 ·
It seems that while other teams get chastised for their negativity, Caite mostly gets a pass on here. Why is that?
I haven't seen her getting a pass on here. I did like what she said to Carol & Brandy at the finish line.

This year there were so many teams I disliked. I didn't like Caite & Brent, Dan & Jordan, Joe & Heidi, or Carol & Brandy. Actually it was usually just one team member I disliked, but it made me root against them as a team. All the constant bickering and posturing was annoying.

I have no problem with Caite u-turning Carol & Brandy for whatever reason she chose. It was her right to use it how she saw fit, and she chose to go for personal reasons. I am not so sure I wouldn't have done the same just to get rid of a pain in the a$$ team. Maybe she should have u-turned a stronger team, but maybe by u-turning the lesbians, she was able to focus more on the game instead of the petty crap and make herself part of a stronger team. The pettiness could have been distracting her (as well as being distracted by shiny objects).
 
#164 ·
Amazing Race like Survivor develops alliances. She was clearly in an alliance with some of the teams and they decided what they were going to do. The lesbians had no other alliances it appears and so probably wasn't able to strike any deals.

They made a big deal about the cutting in line but I really don't see that made any difference. In the end it seems to me it was the Taxis that made the difference.
This is an international flight and as a result they had to go through customs. It's really hard to know how much the first class thing made a difference relative to all the other delays you can experience leaving the airport.
 
#166 ·
Amazing Race like Survivor develops alliances. She was clearly in an alliance with some of the teams and they decided what they were going to do. The lesbians had no other alliances it appears and so probably wasn't able to strike any deals.

They made a big deal about the cutting in line but I really don't see that made any difference. In the end it seems to me it was the Taxis that made the difference.
This is an international flight and as a result they had to go through customs. It's really hard to know how much the first class thing made a difference relative to all the other delays you can experience leaving the airport.
The taxi split the last two groups but the brothers got the lead on the plane and never lost it.

My only real problem with the last leg was the Lucasfilm challenge. They should have started them all from different corners so that they didn't end up needing to be in the same spot. Of course, the cowboys didn't help but not figuring out the rotation trick quicker.
 
#167 ·
The taxi split the last two groups but the brothers got the lead on the plane and never lost it.

My only real problem with the last leg was the Lucasfilm challenge. They should have started them all from different corners so that they didn't end up needing to be in the same spot. Of course, the cowboys didn't help but not figuring out the rotation trick quicker.
Acutally, if you watch when Caite finishes, she is in a different spot than the Cowboy. So, it looks like their maze was different. When the cowboy ran in to Jordan, he was only at his first checkpoint.
 
#168 ·
Oh, there were plenty of comments made only to the cameras, but I'm talking about comments that Caite knew about. If we want to talk about comments made only to the cameras, Caite made plenty of similar comments herself.
While they didn't show a lot of negative comments made by Carol and Brandy directly to the other teams, they did show Phil asking the other teams who they wanted to be eliminated, and most of them wanted Carol and Brandy gone, so there must have been enough negativity emanating from their team in order for all the other teams to want them out of the race.
 
#169 ·
Acutally, if you watch when Caite finishes, she is in a different spot than the Cowboy. So, it looks like their maze was different. When the cowboy ran in to Jordan, he was only at his first checkpoint.
It looked to me like they just started wherever they wanted when they got out there, and the cowboys just had the terrible luck to start in exactly the wrong spot at the wrong time to get stuck together in the corner like that.
 
#170 ·
The taxi split the last two groups but the brothers got the lead on the plane and never lost it.

My only real problem with the last leg was the Lucasfilm challenge. They should have started them all from different corners so that they didn't end up needing to be in the same spot. Of course, the cowboys didn't help but not figuring out the rotation trick quicker.
It is true the brothers had the lead the whole time but they were very close in the Lucas challenge(literally and physically). We really don't know how many minutes it took for them to finish after the brothers left. Figuring out how to read the spinning clue may have taken longer then it appeared.

I surmise that the cowboys could have easily taken the lead at that point but things like taxis, and even the puzzle totally put them put them in the wrong direction. I think the lead the first class gave them was totally inconsequential. It was all the little steps they just did slower from Lucas onward.
 
#173 ·
Like survivor TAR is also a social game. Brandy was unbelievably nasty and condescending to Caite and all the other teams. As a result, like a pebble in your shoe, they removed it. Being smart is one thing, acting smart is another. Brandy could, just as easily, ignored Caite or been nice to here and this would be a non issue. But, for the same reason as Joe earlier, they were so annoying that getting rid of them instead of a stronger team was more desirable.
I'm not sure how long the U-Turn has been in effect, only a couple of years I think, but one of the reasons I've always liked TAR above all other of these type reality shows is it's purity. You run the best race, get some luck, and you're going to win.

Now with the U-Turn, like in Survivor, if you're too good, another team can say, those guys are just too good, let's U-Turn them.

I'm not sure it adds much to the show. I like that it's a skill show mainly, and not a show where if you rub somebody the wrong way, they have a way to slow you down.

-smak-
 
#174 ·
The cowboys did finish ahead of the models. She was right that they should have gotten rid of a strong team.
That isn't necessarily the right choice. Better to get U-Turn a team you think you can beat because of their added task. If a strong team is right on your heals, you might be better off delaying a weaker team that's farther behind, especially if you're not on a strong team yourself.
 
#175 ·
It looked to me like they just started wherever they wanted when they got out there, and the cowboys just had the terrible luck to start in exactly the wrong spot at the wrong time to get stuck together in the corner like that.
They did but before starting to navigate the maze the screen was just a large star field with a blue starting point. If they didn't have a starting the point then the path of the maze may have taken them outside the boundaries of the equipment.

What also amazed me was the motion capture equipment was able to differentiate between multiple players/teams. I looked and didn't see anything different with the balls (such as one being green the other red, etc.). I didn't know that equipment could do that.
 
#176 ·
What also amazed me was the motion capture equipment was able to differentiate between multiple players/teams. I looked and didn't see anything different with the balls (such as one being green the other red, etc.). I didn't know that equipment could do that.
The Project Natal software for the Xbox can differentiate four people, and that's without any balls at all. Project Natal has a smaller area to watch, but it's also confined to the Xbox hardware. I'm certain ILM has better hardware than that. :)

tk
 
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