Last night’s premiere of the sixth season of the Amazing Race seems promising, although I fear the show may well be going down the path of casting really obnoxious people to keep viewer interest up. Other than my general interest in cheering for the oldest team (Don and Mary Jean this time), there was little to make me want to root for anyone in the first installment. As usual, it made me want to visit the locale (Iceland this time), particularly the glacier.
I was glad to see Avi and Joe go down, as they were clearly among the most annoying. They also have not learned Amazing Race Rule #1: never, never, never choose a Road Block task that involves searching for something. Other early conclusions:
Team that appeared kind of endearing but now must go (tie): Lori and Bolo and Gus and Hera. The wrestling on the glacier was kind of fun, but you are both incredibly horrible people. And Gus, please no more half-naked snow baths. Who sleeps naked in a tent with their daughter, anyway?
Satan: Jonathan
Likely to lack endurance to go far: Lena and Kristy
Week 2 prediction: Gus and Hera
Week 1 prediction: Don and Mary Jean (0-1)
And is it just me, or was there a conscious decision to cast more cleavage?
November 18th, 2004 at 3:18 am
Hey-
Came across your blog today. Good. I like the photos on the side. And your commentary about popular TV shows.
Noticed you were a sports fan. Hoping you could add a blogroll link to my College Basketball Blog, http://collegeball.blogspot.com. I’d very much appreciate a link on your site.
And would gladly return the favor, adding a link from my site to yours.
Thanks!
Yoni Cohen, http://collegeball.blogspot.com
College Basketball Blog
November 18th, 2004 at 11:58 am
Why, why, WHY must we deal with models and superly-boobular women on Amazing Race? I wanna know why some producer believes this makes for interesting TV. There’s a Christie/Nicole clone, again, this season, so I’ve already written her off. That’s unfair, but still…I can’t help it. Models are usually simply uninteresting. I don’t think most of the audience can relate to them!
However, I think Hayden and Aaron might be different from the other models we’ve seen, so I’m keeping an eye on them. They may be some good competition.
I think Victoria married Jonathan simply because he told her to, or ELSE. He’s the Mental Magician, you know.