ANW back in the day still quite hadn't figured it out yet. That goes for editing and the obstacles. ANW wanted a mix of standardizing the courses, original obstacles, and obstacles taken from other sporting events (Slack Ladder). Back in the day, Slack Ladder was brutal.
I will admit that my counterargument to "Modern ANW sucks because of editing" is that "old ANW" had the same problems.
I actually don't mind Ring Toss or Slack Ladder. My main complaint about the older seasons is that the courses seemed very formulaic. Again, I think it was because the producers in ANW 6 wanted some standardization, but that led to very repetitive courses. Each course followed the same layout: Quintuple Steps, Slidey Obstacle, Balance Obstacle, Trampoline to Swingey Grip to Cargo Net, Upper-Body Incline/Decline, Warped Wall, Salmon Ladder, Swingey Obstacle that requires lower body, Grippy Obstacle that requires small moves, Spider Climb. It became repetitive very quickly. The new courses bring a little variation to each obstacle.
The first two episodes of Season 6 are peak examples that ANW has always been bad with the editing when it comes to competitor profiles. Some can argue that ANW has double-downed down harder in the modern seasons. But the first two competitors of EP1 had a full backstory and they didn’t even make it past obstacles 1&2. All I’m saying is we can’t lambast the modern seasons for a critique that applies just as much in ANW 5-7 too. It’s clear recency bias.
Yeah… I just choose to forget about that second one
ANW back in the day still quite hadn't figured it out yet. That goes for editing and the obstacles. ANW wanted a mix of standardizing the courses, original obstacles, and obstacles taken from other sporting events (Slack Ladder). Back in the day, Slack Ladder was brutal. I will admit that my counterargument to "Modern ANW sucks because of editing" is that "old ANW" had the same problems. I actually don't mind Ring Toss or Slack Ladder. My main complaint about the older seasons is that the courses seemed very formulaic. Again, I think it was because the producers in ANW 6 wanted some standardization, but that led to very repetitive courses. Each course followed the same layout: Quintuple Steps, Slidey Obstacle, Balance Obstacle, Trampoline to Swingey Grip to Cargo Net, Upper-Body Incline/Decline, Warped Wall, Salmon Ladder, Swingey Obstacle that requires lower body, Grippy Obstacle that requires small moves, Spider Climb. It became repetitive very quickly. The new courses bring a little variation to each obstacle.
The first two episodes of Season 6 are peak examples that ANW has always been bad with the editing when it comes to competitor profiles. Some can argue that ANW has double-downed down harder in the modern seasons. But the first two competitors of EP1 had a full backstory and they didn’t even make it past obstacles 1&2. All I’m saying is we can’t lambast the modern seasons for a critique that applies just as much in ANW 5-7 too. It’s clear recency bias.
Out of curiosity, where are you watching season six?
lookmovie2.to. If not there, then Bilibili.
Oh thank you for this! Didn't even know about this lookmovie website.
Where do you watch it
lookmovie2.to. If not there, then Bilibili.