In The Amazing Race "intense" = controlling overbearing ass

[Mike Daniels]

Did anyone see last night's episode?

Jonathan is definitely this year's Colin. Both Jonathan and Colin repeatedly stated how intense they were and both were constantly shown as being total asses to their female partners.

I can't say there are any teams this year that I'm immediately rooting for but there should be high entertainment this year provided by the wrestling couple and Jonathan and his doormat for as long as they last in the race.

[skypilot]

1. I saw it.

That guy was SO obnoxious that I have a hard time believing that he was for real. Some of the people who compete are trying to become actors, hence all the "models", and I'm wondering if he is one of them. The show seems to have alot of really obnoxious people this season. I'm not too keen on the ex-CIA guy who is paired with his daughter. And those pro wrestlers are going to be a bit much.

[Mike Daniels]

13. Jonathan is part of the entrepreneurial couple

However, there does seem to be an invasion of models this year and a poster on FR seemed to think it's that due to the time committment involved in being in the show.

Since models and actors tend to have more flexibility as to when they work and don't have "time off" restrictions, they are more likely to to be available to take part in something that takes several weeks to complete.

[tjwash]

20. Check out their biography...

Jonathan & Victoria were set up on a blind date seven years ago, and have been married for three years. They reside in Los Angeles, where Jonathan is an entrepreneur who owns a spa as well as other business ventures, and Victoria is a model/ pop artist painter. They decided to go on the Race in hopes of getting their relationship back on track after many grueling discussions about starting a family that have taken a toll on their marriage.

Umm, from the way this guy acts, I think it's a little more than discussions about kids that have taken a toll on their marriage.

[shoelace414]

2. I hated him from the monent he first spoke and

drove his corvette past his hummer.

Colin from last year has to be a serious wife beater. but at least Jonathan seems to be not that good at the game.

[shoelace414]

3. I started to warm up to the two Jews from the Bronx

and they're gone!

[shawcomm]

11. They were amusing...

He proclaimed his analytic prowess before attacking the lagoon in search of the next clue, then set about going in random directions until they finally found it. I thought that was funny.

edit:

Oh, and there at the end, when they were looking for the pit stop, why did they think the father-daughter could have been lying to them? The father-daughter would have been done and had no reason to go back to throw other teams off.

[tjwash]

19. *LOL* I know...

...he was telling everyone how smart he was, and then pulls a not very bright move of wasting all that time looking for a buoy.

[Inland]

27. Not his fault--the challenges are of two kinds

One is difficult physically, the other is not but prone to mistake and misadventure. They chose to look for the buoy, which could have worked out lucky, but didn't. I guess the point is, if you are way behind and are hopeing for a lightning strike, pick the task equivalent to looking for buoys and hope for good luck.

[shawcomm]

28. What I thought was funny was that from the start

he didn't realize it was going to be luck. He stated that his intellect would work best in the search then proceeded to go about it in a completely random fashion. He didn't try to search in a pattern, or in sectors, or in anything that showed his analytical skills, just zoomed off in a random direction. LOL, I thought it was funny anyway.

[Inland]

29. Not knowing he would be relying on luck--that WAS a mistake.

[Inland]

4. Much worse than Colin.

Colin flew off the handle, and actually WAS intense and and putting everything into it (not just assholish), so his blowing up, it seems to me, wasn't as intensely directed or personal toward his partner. This guy seems more intense in blaming and accusing than playing.


If I am thinking of the right guy from last night, he seems to have sat in on too many seminars. He had a lot of slogans covering up a lot of nasty blaming. I don't remember Colin blaming his partner.

[soothsayer]

7. My favorite colin moment was when they were plowing the

rice paddy with the water buffalo to try to find a rope hidden in the mud, and he's so frustrated cuz his buffalo is going wherever it wants, and whatsername's not helping him (the other teams worked in pairs) and practically in tears he says "Oh god, I HATE you"---they used it as a promo, and we rewound it several times when watching the show and just howled every single time. Eh, so mebbe you had to be there, but it was choice!

[Inland]

9. No, I saw it, I remember that, but it seems that

Colin spent just as much time kicking ass as being frustrated, so it would have still been more fun being with him than last night's guy.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

16. I kind of liked Colin

Colin was a bit nuts, but he wasn't mean and spiteful like Jonathan was last night. Actually, Jonathan seemed fairly bipolar to me.

I was a bit dismayed too. The Amazing Race is one of the few shows (and the only reality show) that I actually get excited about watching. But the cast for this season seems either bland/milquetoast or mean/weird -- and none of them seem very bright.

It also seemed like none of the teams were that "into" the race. (For example, the diesel fuel disaster). There was a definite lack of hustle and awareness.

[shawcomm]

12. LOL! And she did nothing but nag him the whole time

telling him how he needed to do it and how simple it should be.

Then he acts like a complete ass in someone else's country, in disbelief that some feriner might possibly jail a murikan, with her upset in the background.

They deserve each other.

[Inland]

25. You know, I thought a lot about that incident with the cabbie,

and I decided I knew exactly how I would have handled it.

When in front of the police chief, I would have called him "captain" or give him some other ridiculous promotion, and ask him to arbitrate right then and there, saying you would accept his decision in his wisdom.

Clearly that beats getting delayed when you really want to get out of town. Or arrested. And you aren't going to get better justice than that, anyway.

[shawcomm]

30. I wouldn't have taken it as far as getting

to the police station. He made a deal with the guy. He should have paid it with no question.

I wonder if he would have treated a cabbie over here that way. I doubt it. He thought he could treat the 'third worlder' like trash.

[funkybutt]

5. I missed it! will they be airing that episode again? eom

[skypilot]

10. Last year...

...they would rerun each episode on Saturday night--at least, here on the East Coast.

[Inland]

6. And the reason why I love the Amazing Race--the screw ups.

and any traveller should, was evident in the first two minutes where the pro wrestler guy dashing past a Chicagoan asks "where's the train station"

which is precisely the WRONG question. If he had referenced O'Hare, or had stopped running, the guy would have told him to go to Dearborn Street, for the EL. Instead, by asking for the "train" while running west, got him directions to Union Station for the commuter train which doesn't go to OHare.

[shawcomm]

8. They all suck!

However, when the screen isn't filled with breasts, the countryside is beautiful to behold. What is it? Sweeps month? Because half the time, they showed nothing but closeups of contestant boobs.

As for the wrestling couple - pathetic. They weren't about to let some punk-ass glacier steal the show, so they had to wrestle at the camp. Then the namecalling is ridiculous and immature, from all of them. And the father guy coming out of the tent with his pants halfway down and the snow rub down was just wierd. I did not need to see that.

[MallRat]

14. My wife and I both noticed that the breast-o-meter was cranked WAY up.

Not that I'm complaining. :-)

-MR

[Mike Daniels]

15. One has to hope the CIA guy is administrative and not an analyist

Based on his performance last night, if he's an analyist that could explain the sorry performance the agency has displayed over the last few years.

[skypilot]

22. One rule of thumb I have come up with is...

...that if you're ever in a reality show competition DON'T hitch your star to the ex-CIA/ex-FBI guy's wagon. I've seen a couple of them over the years on some of these shows and they are not terribly impressive.

[Inland]

26. Well, wait a second on that breasts commentary!

Only one was wearing a really great, er, inappropriate top. All the other women were either dressed modestly or had such obvious inflated bagos (the wrestler) that it came off more ridiculous than inappropriate.

[curse10]

17. that guy is a tool! he is worse than Colin, IMHO

he appears to have a nasty Napolean complex. And that stupid HUmmer of his? We all know what that means....

[tjwash]

18. Jonathan is Colin X 10

This dude is a serious fucking asshole. I would also not be surprised to see them get kicked off the show for him hitting her later. He shows all the signs of an abuser, domineering, overbearing, puts her down at any given moment, and then is sweet as pie and apologetic afterward. She shows all the signs of an abusee, whereas all she does is put up with it, makes excuses for his sorry ass the whole time. It should be entertaining though. I am waiting for one of the wrestlers to suplex his scrawny ass...

[ironflange]

21. Jonathan makes Colin look like Gandhi

[The empressof all]

23. The funniest moment last night for me

I was howling when the older couple stopped to ask directions in that small Icelandic hamlet. When the natives started to press their noses against the car windows and "babble in native tounges", I was rolling on the floor. "Get out of here They're all looped" was the mans reaction. I don't know why this struck us as funny but the three of us were crying with laughter.

[Willy Lee]

31. We were laughing at that "looped" comment also.

I wonder if they'll say that about all foreigners???

It was also bizarre when the wrestlers (I think) stopped to ask directions in Iceland... and here is this woman with a shopping bag out in the middle of an empty barren field, all dressed up... wtf?

[SPQR]

32. And he asked her

if she was "a local from around here."

"No, I just wandered over from Portugal. I'm looking for the pickle aisle."

[yvr girl]

24. This season is fully stocked with

obnoxious or stupid people. Jonathan made me angry every time he was on screen. I can't believe his wife puts up with him. The wrestlers are pretty over the top too.

The gas incident was just plain dumb. Pay attention people.