Last night's THE AMAZING RACE thoughts:
I kind of liked last night's episode because it put the other races into a new perspective for me. The fact that the teams were directed to drive from NYC to Washington's Crossing--not exactly a simple Sunday drive--gave me an appreciation of how former participants had to do similar drives in foreign lands (with a language barrier to boot.) And I thought it was really cool that they were next directed to Belmont Plateau (home of the first Earth Day) here in Philly, mere walking distance from where I live.
Teamwise, except for a few obvious cases, they all pretty much blended into each other and were hard to tell apart. Unlike DR JRrand, I didn't find the kiddies as bratty as I expected them to be (and I did expect them to be bratty after those intros!), but that could change as they begin to focus more on each family. I guess the team I like the best so far is the three brothers and their sister--I liked their energy and enthusiasm. But I'm not holding out much hope for them in the long run--they've already confessed that they have more brawn than brains and they sort of showed last night that their brawn runs to empty awfully fast. As for the team I like the least--yeesh!--do I even have to say who they are? What a despicable bunch! Like I said yesterday--future Dr. Phil guests.
Here's a problem I think I'm going to have with this race being set in just America: unlike in foreign countries, where there is a lot of varied types of public transportation, I see the contestant families spending a lot of time in SUVs driving from point to point. The constant driving and the claustrophobic camera views inside the vehicles was the dullest part of the show last night, and I see a lot more of that coming up. That is, if I stick with it.