Dubai is like the over-the-top Mary Sue of countries. If you can conceive it, they can probably make it happen. So long as you're a bajillionaire.
Saffron: He's my husband. Mal: Well, who in the damn galaxy ain't?
'Trash'
Non-Fiction TV: I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own
This thread is for non-fiction TV, including but not limited to reality television (So You Think You Can Dance, Top Chef: Masters, Project Runway), documentaries (The History Channel, The Discovery Channel), and sundry (Expedition Africa, Mythbusters), et al. [NAFDA]
brenda m - Oct 18, 2009 5:22:11 pm PDT #11286 of 23273
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Theodosia - Oct 19, 2009 3:34:09 am PDT #11287 of 23273
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I probably shouldn't be astounded by the racers who thought "The Persian Gulf" was a country, but... WE'VE ONLY BEEN INVOLVED IN WARS THERE FOR THE PAST 8 YEARS. How dumb-ass-American can you get, anyway?
Good fakeout on going up The Tallest Building In The World, just to bunch 'em up and keep 'em on their toes. And how dumb-ass does Mika look, because if you've watched past seasons, sometimes half the challenges seemed to involve heights -- did she miss the ones where they rappelled down buildings? Walked out on catwalks over nuclear reactor stacks? Climbed cliffs?
Lance & Keri: in comparison to last week, this was a much-deserved elimination. And despite the fact that I found them pretty unpleasant, they weren't spending their screentime blaming each other for their screwups.
sumi - Oct 19, 2009 4:11:56 am PDT #11288 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!
True, there is that.
Jessica - Oct 19, 2009 4:45:23 am PDT #11289 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I probably shouldn't be astounded by the racers who thought "The Persian Gulf" was a country, but... WE'VE ONLY BEEN INVOLVED IN WARS THERE FOR THE PAST 8 YEARS. How dumb-ass-American can you get, anyway?
Remember that this is the same group of people who just last week couldn't recognize a photo of Jackie freaking Kennedy.
Jesse - Oct 19, 2009 4:54:43 am PDT #11290 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Lance & Keri: in comparison to last week, this was a much-deserved elimination. And despite the fact that I found them pretty unpleasant, they weren't spending their screentime blaming each other for their screwups.
Yeah, this leg they seemed to get over trying to win and seemed like they were having a better time with each other, so that's something. Although he still wanted to kick the snowman! He's not right.
SuziQ - Oct 19, 2009 5:23:50 am PDT #11291 of 23273
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I was happy to see the teams do their own driving. And getting lost. Ahhh, good times.
Kathy A - Oct 19, 2009 6:41:15 am PDT #11292 of 23273
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
As much as I reallyreally hate Lance, I did laugh when he was wandering in the desert, muttering, "Let's do the Amazing Race! It'll be fun!!!"
Theodosia - Oct 19, 2009 6:56:30 am PDT #11293 of 23273
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I think I would have "started" the find-the-snowman challenge just to ride the sleds down, then bypassed the snowpiles and gone directly to the snowman building, because "finding" tasks can work out spectacularly badly, historically. But I wouldn't have wanted to miss the slopes in Dubai!
megan walker - Oct 19, 2009 7:06:15 am PDT #11294 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Remember that this is the same group of people who just last week couldn't recognize a photo of Jackie freaking Kennedy.
Seriously. More reasons why J and I would never be picked for the race I suppose.
All in all, I've been supremely uninterested in this season.
On the other hand, I am loving Next Iron Chef.
Jesse - Oct 19, 2009 7:15:59 am PDT #11295 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
because "finding" tasks can work out spectacularly badly, historically.
Yeah, I was really surprised how many people picked that one first. And laughed and laughed when the Globetrotters just walked up and picked up the snowman!