I'm not even sure what to say about it. There sure were hundreds of beavers.
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i'm sorry I love this show so I had to do the intro voice.
Man I love it so much. I have basically stopped watching tv and movies the past two years, I watch maybe (like not even) once ever two months. I just don't enjoy it very often and I have trouble sitting still just watching if it isn't super interesting. This absolutely is tho. Makes me laugh a lot and think and go "aaa far out man".
Started Invincible Season 3, some Next Level Chef. High potential just because its Sherlock Holmes like. Nothing amazing, still entertaining
I don't even remember what led me to this, but watching the Amazing Race has been my latest guilty pleasure. The Amazing Race Canada, too. TAR still has all the super-dramatic reality TV editing and music but is way less focused on interpersonal conflict. It's the places and tasks that make it interesting.
Compared to the US show, the Canadian show is way lower budget and milder in vibes, but the Canadian host is way more enthusiastic. He actually does the challenges while explaining them.
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If you don't want it to end you'll have to switch to the books.
How close does the TV series follow the books?
Pretty closely. All the main Roci crew characters are the same. Some peripheral characters are sometimes swapped or amalgamated. Or scenes are changed to be more cinematic.
The books are also a slower burn which explains a lot of details better... The show can someones gloss over a lot of stuff.
But the broad plot is the same. And the TV show stops roughly at book 6 while there are a total of 9 books.
So in theory I could start at book 7?
You'd probably be okay and able to follow along but some things will be different or not make sense as they might mention characters who were never in the tv show. Eg Drummer was completely different. And without spoilers there is one giant difference with one of the main characters due to stuff that happened in real life with the actor. Also in the books you get to know the characters' inner thoughts and motivations which might make some decisions in the last 3 books not too clear.
I'd recommend reading them all as they are very good. But yeah you'll probably be fine.
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Collateral - 2004. Cruise and Jamie Foxx. Also holds up really well. Standard Tom Cruise flick but very enjoyable.
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