[S06.E12: Forever]

On 9/9/2019 at 4:07 PM, Yeah No said:

According to this article, something like this has happened before, with Australia getting one episode without a small subplot.  In the article the Australian streaming service Stan said it was "the distributor" (whoever that is) that edited it out in the overseas version, not them, and that in the future Australia would be sure to get no more cut versions.  No explanation for why it was cut, though.  Weird.

Yeah, we definitely got the ice-toilet subplot in Australia, but I don't recall Redmond being in the episode.

[Pre-Release Pilot Discussion]

I was really not a fan of this. There seemed to be a few too many instances of *blah* happened because reasons (eg I don't know how I got out of the phantom zone, I never used my powers before, literally because reasons), and between the cut-rate Miranda Priestly (Cat Grant) and the off-brand Torchwood (the DEO), it feels like it's just aping more iconic references.

 

I will, however, be eternally grateful that they're giving Laura Benanti work, although when they first showed the Danverses, I immediately recognised Dean Cain and guessed that they had cast Helen Slater as Mrs Danvers

 

BTW: if you look across the web there are hundreds of places where people are screaming and yelling and insisting the show is ducking saying "Superman".

 

It's hilarious how people build their own reality to support their own notions.

I think in the back half of the episode, it does feel like there is a conscious effort to find ways of referring to him without having to call him Superman over and over.

[S25.E04: Thinly Sliced Anchovies]

 

I was surprised by the Dentists. If they were going to be sniping at each other this leg would have been it.

I have the feeling that Jim is super concerned about appearances and saves all his sniping for off camera. That's why Misty was all trying to butter him up, about being such a supportive teammate, during their TH. But his face said, to me, "Oh, just wait til I get you alone". 

 

This is based on nothing but my gut instinct, and I could be totally wrong.

I also get a distinctly sinister vibe from their dynamic. That does not feel like a healthy relationship. Like, at all.

 

While I remember, let me just say that two-faced flower pot was deliciously evil.  Someone deserves a bonus for thinking that one up!

Yes. The people who thought "Oh, the garden one is easy" got tripped up but good by the Flower Pot Of Evil.  

 

I'm beginning to think that they're playing a lot dumber than they really are. They're used to being characters.

... 

I'm rooting for them.

I second these thoughts. 

 

Either an elimination is scheduled -- in which case you get eliminated -- or NO elimination is scheduled, in which case you DON'T. 

 

Mugging, Marked for elimination, Speed Bumps, etc, are all attempts to jazz up a formula that was just right from the beginning.  I call for the elimination of the U-Turn, and the return of the Yield, and a Fast Forward on each leg.

Nope. Kill the Yield. Kill it with fire. I have better things to do with my television-watching time than spend it having to put up with people sitting around with nothing better to do than bitch about the people what done them wrong. And the festering animosity poisons any future legs.

This also brings up what I think should happen with the Save on an NEL. I agree there should have been a contingency, but I don't think they went with the right one. If there'd been a contingency NEL later in the race (which the racers had been made aware of), it would've made this situation that much more bearable.

 

Jim and Misti are not my favorite team, but I just wanted to slip in a correction before we go too far assuming how old they are.  They are actually 37 and 36, respectively.  I found this information on The Amazing Race CBS website.

Jesus, really? Rode Hard clearly married Put Away Wet. 

 

Sorry, but both acted immaturely but Shelley was worse to me.  She has decided that instead of being on the Amazing Race she wants to be on the Amazing Teach My Daughter a Lesson show.  And I'm not very interested in that show.

Amen. I do not need to see a show about how to cut off your nose to spite your face.

 

Funny how they don't grab a passer-by and ask "What are the capitals..." Instead they ask "Do you have a SmartPhone?"  Like, "Well, I don't know the answer, so everyone else must be a dumb-ass too!"

Eh. I think the equation was more "I don't know" = "I need to look it up on a phone" + "I don't have a phone" = "I need to find someone with a phone".  

[S25: Misti & Jim]

The editors adding the fake sparkle effect to their too-white teeth creeped me out even more.

I suspect that's the editors' way of saying "look at these massive douche bags. You are going to hate them by the end of this season", which is my story and I'm sticking to it.

 

Seriously. can the casting team stop it with the casting of That Guy And His Equally That Girlfriend/Wife/Partner?

[S25: Brooke & Robbie]

I kinda like these two. They seem to have a very healthy sense of just how ridiculous they are.