5/4/09 at 10:03am
- Joined: March 2001
- Location: Mississauga, ON, Canada
- Post Count: 34
Home Theater Forum
›
Forums
›
Entertainment and Media
›
TV and HDTV Programming
›
The Amazing Race season 14
Recent Reviews
-
A dysfunctional family heading home for the Christmas holidays is a familiar cinematic theme (think The Family Stone as a recent American example), and this scenario forms the basis of Arnaud...
-
Studio: Acorn Media Group Rated: NR Film Length: app. 468 minutes Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 (enhanced for 16:9) Audio: English DD 2.0, English DD 5.1 Subtitles: English SDH MSRP: $59.99 Package: Box with...
-
Toshiba enters the Blu ray world with their first player. Toshiba with universal had gone with HDDVD a few years back and lost. now they are here with the first blu ray player. I had a Toshiba HD-a2...
The Amazing Race season 14
5/4/09 at 10:48am
- Joined: October 2001
- Post Count: 4,025
Re: The Amazing Race season 14
I'm predicting Tammy and Victor will win. They seem like the strongest team to me."If you're good at something, never do it for free."
5/4/09 at 10:49am
Re: The Amazing Race season 14
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Mike Prades
It's really only Jaime that has displayed ugliness for me. Cara has been quite reasonable and stable, especially considering her partner.
|
Point taken. I agree and I amend my previous statements. Cara is the much nicer of the two but they are competing as a team so Jamie is definitely dragging down her partner.
RAF
[Demented Video Dude since 1997]
[Computer Maven since 1956]
["PITA" since 1942]
CLICK HERE to visit My HT HTF Rules and Regulations
[Demented Video Dude since 1997]
[Computer Maven since 1956]
["PITA" since 1942]
CLICK HERE to visit My HT HTF Rules and Regulations
5/4/09 at 1:43pm
- Joined: May 1999
- Post Count: 346
Re: The Amazing Race season 14
Really liked Jen & Kisha, but a couple of really rough legs for them.I think they had already given up last week after the swimming challenge. Just seemed to lose the will to win and wanted things to end.
It does seem a bit unfair that Tammy and Victor had such a huge advantage, but that's life. Do people expect them to be screened out during auditions just because they speak the language?
Do agree with an earlier poster about how heavily edited things are. But if they're trying to make Luke look bad, there seems to be plenty of footage to choose from. My personal impression of him has nothing to do with him being deaf, it's more that he acts like a bratty ten year old throwing tantrums all the time.
Definitely ties with Jonathan Baker, the guy who always talked down to his wife, for most annoying player ever.
Stan
5/4/09 at 2:14pm
- Joined: March 1999
- Location: On duty and takin' out the fullscreen trash.
- Post Count: 10,270
Re: The Amazing Race season 14
I personally don't think anything of Tammy and Victor's advantage.I mean other people are going to be better at doing certain things than other people, it would be impossible to get 12 teams of people together who are all on the exact same playing field skill-wise.
About Luke, I don't look at it as him throwing tantrums, he raises his fists and grunts when he's upset or annoyed but that's how he expresses himself.
Since he can't speak he has to use body language to express emotions sometimes and on a show like this it must be monumentally challenging and stressful for him to try and communicate everything he feels at a given moment.
So what do we have? We have a deaf man trying desperately to express himself and then we have Jaime...what's her excuse?
"You have no idea how far i'm willing to go to acquire your cooperation." - Jack Bauer
5/4/09 at 5:20pm
- Joined: March 2004
- Post Count: 2,306
Re: The Amazing Race season 14
Being deaf does not give Luke an excuse to act the way he has. Yes, there are communication difficulties and in some cases that needs to be conceded. But if you're gonna be all, "I want to prove that deaf people can run this race, I don't need special treatment" you can't use it as a defense ("Calling the deaf guy a bitch was a bad move"--why? What makes it any worse than calling a hearing person that?). Margie fueled the "bitch" fire more than anyone else involved in that whole incident, and Jen/Kisha clearly got over it, while Margie/Luke held a grudge.Deaf or not, you can't nearly elbow someone in the face trying to grab a clue or shove them with your backpack racing to a taxi.
I'm not going to defend Jaime, but the race is stressful for hearing people as well. I don't see why Luke should get special treatment in that department.
5/4/09 at 6:00pm
- Joined: June 2001
- Post Count: 1,242
Re: The Amazing Race season 14
I still couldn't believe Jen had to stop and pee, I agree with everytthing that has been said about it but with your adreniline going should you even have to? Also, I would think you you would be on the dehydrated side and wouldn't have the need.
I have seen Larry David in action, and that man is an animal, and he has to be stopped.
5/5/09 at 4:57am
- Joined: April 1999
- Post Count: 3,046
Re: The Amazing Race season 14
Jen drank four bottles of water during the Roadblock to help flush down all those fried morsels, then sat in a taxi.
5/5/09 at 5:43am
- Joined: March 2001
- Location: Mississauga, ON, Canada
- Post Count: 34
Re: The Amazing Race season 14
Regarding Tammy and Victor's perceived advantage in China, what is often overlooked is that the team had to MAKE it to the China legs first in order to have a chance to put their language skills and geographic familiarity to use. It wouldn't have done them any good if they got eliminated during that vampire leg a few episodes ago.
5/5/09 at 5:53am
- Joined: May 2002
- Location: Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexíco
- Post Count: 12,060
Re: The Amazing Race season 14
Very true Mike. And they had to overcome their lack of physical skills in a couple of instances in order to advance.As an aside, I thought that the sisters did really well in managing to recite the menu orders.
¡Time is not my master!
5/5/09 at 7:37am
Re: The Amazing Race season 14
Yes, I understand that Team China had to make it through to the final six weeks of the show in order to reap any benefit from knowing the language in the China legs. However, when one is designing the various activities for the entire season it's not too much of a stretch to come to the conclusion that if a team with a Chinese heritage is going to be involved then there might be an advantage at what might be considered the most critical junctures of the contest if it involves China. And it's not like China was a short pit stop in the race. It was a major chunk of the trek. Finally, when you come up with a Chinese challenge that clearly involves communicating in Mandarin as a focus you are amplifying the magnitude of any such advantage. To me it's just a poor choice of activities under the (potential) circumstances and could have been thought out better to avoid any controversy.And I agree that the sisters did a remarkable job with the Chinese restaurant challenge (or at least the editing seems to show this) considering the task involved. In fact, we saw that it was Team China that stumbled on one of the entrees, mistaking "Squid" for "Fish."
In any event, the whole thing was an interesting twist and as it turned out the team that was eliminated can't blame the language on their demise but a poor bladder choice.
RAF
[Demented Video Dude since 1997]
[Computer Maven since 1956]
["PITA" since 1942]
CLICK HERE to visit My HT HTF Rules and Regulations
[Demented Video Dude since 1997]
[Computer Maven since 1956]
["PITA" since 1942]
CLICK HERE to visit My HT HTF Rules and Regulations
5/5/09 at 7:44am
- Joined: May 2001
- Location: Waterford, MI
- Post Count: 2,126
Re: The Amazing Race season 14
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by RAF
To me it's just a poor choice of activities under the (potential) circumstances and could have been thought out better to avoid any controversy.
|
Couldn't you say the same thing about giving a swimming challenge to African Americans when that population lacks strong swimmers, historically?
Can't the same thing be said of putting challenges where hearing and communicating are key when one contestant is deaf? Or having the log-stacking challenge in a season when there are two contestants who are shorter than the others? The point of the race is to overcome obstacles any way you can.
See, there isn't a controversy. It was mentioned once, maybe twice, in the episode itself IIRC. Tammy and Victor still mucked up the order challenge before they got it completely right.
5/5/09 at 12:12pm
- Joined: November 2003
- Post Count: 1,118
Re: The Amazing Race season 14
Quote:
| As an aside, I thought that the sisters did really well in managing to recite the menu orders. |
Some how I think the waiters were told that after a certain number of times to give them the next clue. Why didn't they show the closed captioning on the time that they supposedly did it correctly? It didn't sound right to me. Although as a disclaimer, I don't speak the language.
\"and no one seems to understand the glory of guitar, when out of tune, the off timing, the singers who can't sing, - the beauty of flaw!\"
"I apologize if there is anyone in this room I have not offended" - Brahms
My Band - The Bailout Plan
5/5/09 at 12:48pm
- Joined: October 2001
- Location: Rensselaer, NY
- Post Count: 17,677
Re: The Amazing Race season 14
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by MarkMel
Some how I think the waiters were told that after a certain number of times to give them the next clue. Why didn't they show the closed captioning on the time that they supposedly did it correctly? It didn't sound right to me. Although as a disclaimer, I don't speak the language.
|
Yeah...I kinda had the same feeling. Again, it would be nice to know exactly how many times they had to go back and try again...and how close did they really come?
It seemed like the synchronized diving judges weren't about to cut anyone a break.
There's Jessie the yodeling cowgirl. Bullseye, he's Woody's horse. Pete the old prospector. And, Woody, the man himself. Of course, it's time for Woody's RoundUp. He's the very best! He's the rootinest, tootinest cowboy in the wild, wild west!
Top Ten Ways to Find Good Deals on DVDs and Blu-ray...
5/5/09 at 2:32pm
- Joined: March 2001
- Location: Mississauga, ON, Canada
- Post Count: 34
Re: The Amazing Race season 14
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Mike Frezon
It seemed like the synchronized diving judges weren't about to cut anyone a break.
|
I think the one on the left was East German. His scores were usually lower.
5/10/09 at 6:06pm
Re: The Amazing Race season 14
I think the girl that was telling Luke "no" needs her own show, she was very cute.Kudos to the bikini-pig challenge designer.
"Jee-sus, it's like Iwo Jima out there" - Roger Sterling on "Mad Men"
Patcave | 2006 Films | 2007 Films | Dragon*Con 2009 | Heroes Con 2009
5/10/09 at 7:09pm
- Joined: October 2005
- Post Count: 2,202
Re: The Amazing Race season 14
Quote:
| I think the girl that was telling Luke "no" needs her own show, she was very cute. |
Agreed. Loved the finale.
5/10/09 at 7:11pm
- Joined: March 2004
- Post Count: 2,306
Re: The Amazing Race season 14
Quote:
| I think the girl that was telling Luke "no" needs her own show, she was very cute. |
Luke got it wrong so many times that she basically did have her own show tonight
Decent finale to the best non-All-Stars season since TAR5. And for only the fourth time in the show's history, I like the winners!
WINNER RANKING (based purely on how much I like them/entertainment)
1. Flo/Zach (TAR3)
2. BJ/Tyler (TAR9)
3. Chris/Alex (TAR2)
4. Tammy/Victor (TAR14)
5. Rob/Brennan (TAR1)
6. Chip/Kim (TAR5)
7. Uchenna/Joyce (TAR7)
8. Linz Family (TAR8)
9. Nick/Starr (TAR13)
10. TK/Rachel (TAR12)
11. Tyler/James (TAR10)
12. Reichen/Chip (TAR4)
13. Freddy/Kendra (TAR6)
14. Eric/Danielle (TAR11)
SEASON RANKING
1. TAR2
2. TAR3
3. TAR1
4. TAR5
5. TAR11 - All-Stars
6. TAR14
7. TAR12
8. TAR10
9. TAR4
10. TAR7
11. TAR9
12. TAR13
13. TAR6
14. TAR8 - Family Edition
5/10/09 at 9:15pm
- Joined: September 1998
- Post Count: 657
Re: The Amazing Race season 14
Nice finale, it looked like Luke & Mom were going to run away with it but he really cracked under pressure. It looked like he was just picking random boards there for a while.
5/11/09 at 12:47am
- Joined: March 1999
- Location: On duty and takin' out the fullscreen trash.
- Post Count: 10,270
Re: The Amazing Race season 14
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Patrick Sun
I think the girl that was telling Luke "no" needs her own show, she was very cute.
|
What cute? She was hot!
Yay for Tammy and Victor!
As pleased as I am over the outcome if I had to analyze the final leg I would venture to say that Margie and Luke deserved to take it, they were kicking all kinds of ass there for awhile until Luke got fouled up with the last couple of surf boards.
Now that it's over, revoke Jaime's passport so the rest of the world doesn't have to listen to her lol.
"You have no idea how far i'm willing to go to acquire your cooperation." - Jack Bauer
5/11/09 at 1:01am
- Joined: March 2004
- Post Count: 2,306
Re: The Amazing Race season 14
Quote:
| I would venture to say that Margie and Luke deserved to take it, they were kicking all kinds of ass there for awhile until Luke got fouled up with the last couple of surf boards. |
As much as I disliked them, I'll concede that they were really strong racers and dominated the majority of this leg--I think Luke just panicked once Victor (and later Jaime) started the Roadblock and never recovered. I do have to wonder what he was thinking with that skull surfboard though.
Quote:
| Now that it's over, revoke Jaime's passport so the rest of the world doesn't have to listen to her lol. |
Better yet, fly her to a pitstop at my house, I'd be happy to take her in. *insert 30,000 fluttering hearts here*
5/11/09 at 1:15am
- Joined: April 1999
- Location: Calgary
- Post Count: 1,459
Re: The Amazing Race season 14
Another anticlimatic finish to the Amazing Race. This show needs a recap episode, even if only half an hour. I just feel a big let down after watching all season.I'd like to know who Luke's judge was and if we'll be seeing her in anything else?
That was niice...
5/11/09 at 1:30am
- Joined: March 1999
- Location: On duty and takin' out the fullscreen trash.
- Post Count: 10,270
Re: The Amazing Race season 14
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by AnthonyC
Better yet, fly her to a pitstop at my house, I'd be happy to take her in. *insert 30,000 fluttering hearts here*
|
Trust me, man, you wouldn't want her, I mean can you imagine her in the sack?...
"Not there, idiot! What are you doing!? I can't understand what your doing! Where's your hand!? No your other hand! No not there, further up! To the right! To the RIGHT!! TURN RIGHT!!! Your missing me completely!! Here, like this!"
"You have no idea how far i'm willing to go to acquire your cooperation." - Jack Bauer
5/11/09 at 6:13am
Re: The Amazing Race season 14
Can someone post a screencap of Jaime, it's right when they go to commercial break in the middle of the pig challenge, and it's just a solo shot of Jaime with hands on hips and a sigh of resignation."Jee-sus, it's like Iwo Jima out there" - Roger Sterling on "Mad Men"
Patcave | 2006 Films | 2007 Films | Dragon*Con 2009 | Heroes Con 2009
5/11/09 at 6:40am
- Joined: May 2001
- Location: Waterford, MI
- Post Count: 2,126
Re: The Amazing Race season 14
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Inspector Hammer!
As pleased as I am over the outcome if I had to analyze the final leg I would venture to say that Margie and Luke deserved to take it, they were kicking all kinds of ass there for awhile until Luke got fouled up with the last couple of surf boards.
|
That's the thing: he showed time and again throughout the race that he becomes frustrated way too quickly. Instead of keeping his cool, there's a big meltdown whenever something doesn't go exactly his way. I don't know the complexities of being deaf, but you'd think he would have learned to be under control by now.
5/11/09 at 2:20pm
- Joined: March 2004
- Post Count: 2,306
Re: The Amazing Race season 14
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Inspector Hammer!
Trust me, man, you wouldn't want her, I mean can you imagine her in the sack?...
"Not there, idiot! What are you doing!? I can't understand what your doing! Where's your hand!? No your other hand! No not there, further up! To the right! To the RIGHT!! TURN RIGHT!!! Your missing me completely!! Here, like this!" |
That's far more accurate than I allow my fantasies to be.
5/11/09 at 2:26pm
- Joined: March 1999
- Location: On duty and takin' out the fullscreen trash.
- Post Count: 10,270
Re: The Amazing Race season 14
Of course it dawned on me that some guys would actually like that sort of bossiness so it looks like my joke blew up in my face lol.
"You have no idea how far i'm willing to go to acquire your cooperation." - Jack Bauer
5/11/09 at 3:40pm
- Joined: December 2001
- Location: Columbus, OH
- Post Count: 6,427
Re: The Amazing Race season 14
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Patrick Sun
Can someone post a screencap of Jaime, it's right when they go to commercial break in the middle of the pig challenge, and it's just a solo shot of Jaime with hands on hips and a sigh of resignation.
|
Ms. "No":
The man I loved - the man who vanished - he never came back at all. But maybe he's still out there, somewhere. Maybe some day, when Gotham no longer needs Batman, I'll see him again.
5/11/09 at 5:40pm
- Joined: June 2001
- Post Count: 1,242
Re: The Amazing Race season 14
How old is Luke? Yeah, he got frustrated and really lost it once Victor got there, Victor's presense was like Tiger Woods vs Ernie Els on him. Who knows how we would act, this is a very high pressure situtaion with swings of emotion that few of us have experienced.Gawd, how the hell does Jamie and Kara get the worst Cab driver in Maui? It's not that big of a place, and the cabbies boss popping off was ridiculous, your stupid cab driver doesn't know where the hell he is going, so you better fuking tell him, and then he needs to get gas?!! All this in a race for a million dollars.....Unreal.
I don't know why the the girls and Tammie/Victor didn't squat down and try and put the bamboo stick on their shoulders and then stand up, if that happened the race would of been more intense.
I have seen Larry David in action, and that man is an animal, and he has to be stopped.
5/11/09 at 7:34pm
Re: The Amazing Race season 14
Thanks, ThomasC. Lemme see...right-click...save...Luke was 23 years old, graduated at the top of his class in college (the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind).
"Jee-sus, it's like Iwo Jima out there" - Roger Sterling on "Mad Men"
Patcave | 2006 Films | 2007 Films | Dragon*Con 2009 | Heroes Con 2009
