Dueling Idiots: Week 7

Being an editor for any MTV show must be tough but especially if you’re an editor for The Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Duel 2. You spend one and a half episodes focusing on the wall punching lunatic Dunbar (RW: Sydney) and his “partner” Paula Walnuts (RW: Key West) only to have the rug predictably pulled out from under you. To top it off you have to find a way to edit one of the most ingenious yet boring challenges in reality history.

At first both my partner and I were excited by the contraption hanging above the water for this week’s challenge. Suspended players used a pully system in a series of flag races…for 7 heats! Yes while the dynamite exploding made for an initial sensory shock, by round 7 it was like watching Eric (Fresh Meat) and Derek (Viewer’s Revenge) all over again. Super soldier test subject Landon (RW:Philly) won yet again and even though this was finally a much needed individual challenge, his partner Brittney (RW:Hollywood) showed much strength in pulling out the win on the women’s side.

This episode lacked any drama what so over as Paula and Dunbar found themselves in the bottom two. Dunbar picked on MJ (RW: Philly) while Paula chose bitch killer Aneesa (RW: Chicago). I’m guessing these two wanted to go home because there was no way Dunbar and Paula were going to pull out victories and sure enough after a few short minutes that was proven true.

In the end though, I couldn’t help but think of that poor editor who now has to fashion a new storyline out of the hours of footage for the next episode. Let’s face it, there are only so many times we can have Evan (Fresh Meat) ruminate on how tough this game is and how dirty it’s going to get.