From the start Nathan & Jennifer didn't seem serious. In a taxi, in second place, careening to the Umeda Sky Building, Nathan & Jennifer joked with an easy sway about TK & Rachel being over three hours behind. Ho, ho! The Final Three prize loomed as an inevitability. It was theirs. Ah, the sunny determination of youth...to live forever! These other fuddy-duddies? No problem. (Full Story)
Published in Amazing Race on Jan 18, 2008 - 11:53 AM RRMID_3702
The Amazing Race 12: TK & Rachel Face Calamity But Sparkle & Shine (More)
If you would ask me which one of the remaining four teams on The Amazing Race 12 I have a fancy for I would have to think about this for quite a while. If one team should win and others lose, it would matter little. This Season's teams remain, for the most part, for me, an enigma. There has been no one who routinely stood out in terms of strategy, personality or nerve. Until now... (Full Story)
Published in Amazing Race on Jan 11, 2008 - 04:59 PM RRMID_5917
The Amazing Race 12: Nathan & Jennifer Escape Certain Death (More)
The incredibly silly mind games of Kynt & Vyxsin were no more better on display than on this sweeping and frantic Amazing Race episode through the barrens of India. (Full Story)
Published in Amazing Race on Jan 03, 2008 - 11:15 PM RRMID_4936
The Amazing Race 12: Kynt & Vyxsin Hit The Wall (More)
I have a good friend who beckons from Dubrovnik, Croatia. He says his country is every bit as luxuriously quaint as the postcard-esque seaside oasis we saw in the next-to-last episode of The Amazing Race. He also confirmed the anal-retentive nature of the Dubrovnik taxi drivers. You see, their cabs are their temples — badges of honor and pride. They are meticulously maintained. A body dripping liquids — like those of Nathan and Jennifer's — would most definitely be banned, in most cases, from taking a seat within. (Full Story)
Published in Amazing Race on Dec 28, 2007 - 06:06 PM RRMID_4214
The Amazing Race 12: The Descent Into Shake Your Booty (More)
At the start of the third leg of The Amazing Race 12 we saw Ronald and Christina squeezed into a tiny Durgerdam hotel room, video floodlights cascading. And some guy in a casual sport coat was squatting on the dingy floor speaking to Ron about "pushing the tissue back into your abdomen.." obviously prescribing services for Ron's bothersome hernia. (Full Story)
Published in Amazing Race on Dec 02, 2007 - 06:09 PM RRMID_3845
The Amazing Race 12: Amsterdam With The Real Truth Flavor (More)
Kynt & Vyxsin were agog that they were headed for Amsterdam. The "hippies", TK and Rachel, were equally moved — Rachel barking with expected retro-bliss, "Amsterdam, that's going to be bitchin." Kynt — or is it Kunt? — said, "I really can't wait to get to Amsterdam...I know they are going to love Vyxsin and I there." (Full Story)
Published in Amazing Race on Nov 17, 2007 - 05:48 PM RRMID_3462
The Amazing Race 12: Going To Ireland But Not Really Going Anywhere (More)
I loved The Amazing Race. It was a lovely melody in my life. Through Season Three I was mesmerized. In many respects Season Four gave me an unexpectedly queasy jolt, a pause, and left me bitter. That's when the show's trajectory started to bend significantly: blaring music; ubiquitous slow-motion edits; a heavy reliance on ghostly voiceovers, and so on. The lyricism faded, sacrificed to what seemed like cookie-cutter entertainment. Cinema Verite died. (Full Story)
Published in Amazing Race on Nov 08, 2007 - 11:34 AM RRMID_3559
CBS announces the 11 Teams set to compete in The Amazing Race 12. The 11 Teams will travel approximately 30,000 miles, covering five countries never before visited on the Race, including Ireland, Lithuania and Croatia. The five-time Emmy Award-winning reality adventure series premieres Sunday, Nov. 4 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on CBS. (Full Story)
Published in Amazing Race on Oct 27, 2007 - 03:16 PM RRMID_3285
The Amazing Race All-Stars: The Near Disaster Of The Old Mint Roadblock (More)
Well, chalk one up again for the Amazing Race internet spoiler. The entire All-Stars leg-by-leg elimination roster posted online months ago, sadly, as well as the ultimate Final Three winners. Hello, time to invest in some sort of post-production security or ritual beheadings. And where were the ratings? All-Stars couldn't even beat the Neilsen numbers held by the series bastard-child The Amazing Race: Family Edition. And everyone was told to hate that show! (Full Story)
Published in Amazing Race on May 10, 2007 - 05:16 PM RRMID_5145
The Amazing Race All-Stars: The Final Obnoxious Three (More)
Danny & Oswald were my last hope to salvage any sort of excitement about All-Stars. My feelings towards Dustin & Kandice, Eric & Danielle and Charla & Mirna are merely neutral, lukewarm-ish...each could win and that would be just OK with me. OK in the tepid sense. (Full Story)
Published in Amazing Race on May 05, 2007 - 07:04 PM RRMID_5055
