10 teams, 14 countries, 18 cities, 39000 kilometers and 1 useless episode. They should’ve just went out with a bang last week, but nooooo… The regular TAR never had this sort of episode before so I was actually kinda looking forward to this, hoping for a Survivor reunion-like episode where all contestants sit down and talk about the race and of each other.
Instead, what we got was this lame assed episode which actually looked like a really poorly edited show out of the travel channel. Sure it was nice to watch all the places that they’ve visited, but I personally thought the format of that particular episode was wrong wrong wrong. And at 5 minutes before the episode ended, I immediately knew why. I can’t believe they had to come up with an entire episode to blatantly promote Bintan Lagoon Resort at the end. Holiday packages, great buffets and what nots? Who fucking gives a shit. It was bad enough they did that, but even worse to hide that fact as a ‘never before seen’ footage. I was expeceting behind the camera drama that unfold during the filming, but what we got was that. Oh for fucks sake.
Anyway, it was nice to watch the racers again. Made me realize what a great bunch of racers we had this time around. The casting directors did an excellent job. I’d say 80% of the cast was memorable (not going to mention who the 20% are). From the ‘villains’ AndyLau to squeamish Sahran to the ultimate underdogs (that actually won!) with Zab and Joe Jer. Zabrian carries herself very well in the interviews, IMO. It was also nice to hear the racers reflect on their experience and what they learned from it. Well, here’s to Amazing Race Asia 2 !!!
In other news,
Lost had returned on the air after it’s 6 weeks hiatus. So we’re gonna get uninterrupted 18 weeks worth of Lost. I still enjoy watching it, but probably not as much as Heroes.
I’m really glad Star World has started to show Heroes. What did I tell you? Best kan? Personally Episode 5 is my favourite where it all (almost) comes together and things start to take off. They’re up to Episode 14 in the US right now, and it doesn’t look like it’s losing any of it’s momentum.
I’ve only started to watch Ugly Betty (which 8tv has just started airing) after persuasions from my friends. The show is very Prada-lite. It’s ultra camp, but it’s pretty good (I love the Scottish girl from Ricky Gervais’ Extras).
American Idol is done with the auditions and we’re going to Hollywood. I’m glad all the sucky auditions are over casue now we’ll get to actually listen to some good singers. Don’t really have a favorite yet, but Ebony.. wow.
And finally, Survivor Fiji is debuting in the US this morning, so it’s time to start downloading the episodes soon. I’m not really feeling the excitement even though we have a Malaysian on the show. I don’t know why. Maybe because TAR All Star >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> all shows on tv ????
February 9th, 2007 at 10:17 am
Exactly my thoughts man. It does strengthen my suspicion that TARA directors and production crew might actually be different than the ones in US. Who would have thought they would let sponsor interest overshadow the teams. What a turnoff.
February 9th, 2007 at 10:57 am
I missed it again! Yikes! I just bought Heroes Season 1 (first 11 episodes) on DVDs and should complete a marathon in the coming days.
February 10th, 2007 at 1:32 am
i guessed they have to do it cos the resort put up with the eliminated teams for a looong time.
the F&B manager at the resort, while watching the teams stuffing themselves at the all you can eat buffets, must’ve thought “they’d better promote us in at least one friggin’ episode to make up for this!”
80% cast was memorable? are you kidding me?? sorry dude, i’d say it’s the other way around.
andylau is nothing compared to romber or bama or team guido.
February 10th, 2007 at 9:28 am
I dunno where to ask. I’ve search ntv7 official website, but the navigation there is really bad now. I can’t find any program schedule or Survivor section on the site (I hate webmaster who use flash for their whole site without knowing what they are doing). So, may I know, does NTV7 still airs Survivor? If yes, what is the date and time?
February 10th, 2007 at 10:04 am
Bryan : I know! They (the producers) say that the sponsors are considerably smaller than the ones on TAR, but the product placements on the show is a thousand times worse.
Gallivanter : Meh.. the ‘Memories’ show is totally not worth the time. Yay for Heroes! I can guarantee that you’ll enjoy every single episode as you go on.
Freako : Agree on the resort not-so-subtle promotion on the show. Okay, maybe I need to rephrase my sentence. Not memorable but, unique? The only really boring and generic ones in the show IMO were Andrew&Syeon and Melody&Sharon, but that’s just a personal opinion.
Reiyi : Yeah, that stupid tv station changed their layout so badly. I don’t think they even have a forum anymore. If I hear any news on the show being aired on tv, I’ll let you know. Otherwise, I think we need to stick to downloading the show from torrent or mirc, or view it online via youtube.
February 11th, 2007 at 5:37 pm
i’ve only got so much bandwidth to spare…aiyo so many shows to download… heroes, betty, survivor, lost, housewives… i’m currently downloading betty 15 haha i skipped ahead from episode 1 straight to 14 only cos 14 was the fastest download to complete. missed the ARA memories episode tho. seems like i didn’t miss much.
February 11th, 2007 at 9:35 pm
Y : the memories show was definitely not worth watching. I’m still on episode 7 of Betty. I can’t keep up! LOL too many shows to watch.