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TGT new series, started last night. I liked it - a bit more genuine, less sweary and a bit less of the ladism I thought. Some very good camera work and aesthetics.

Actually felt a bit more like a grown up car show.


 
Posted : 18/01/2019 1:59 pm
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Hopefully the choice to drop the "celebrity" spot will continue 😁


 
Posted : 18/01/2019 2:02 pm
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Actually felt a bit more like a grown up car show.

Well that's me out.


 
Posted : 18/01/2019 2:03 pm
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Only a little bit Drac... 🙂


 
Posted : 18/01/2019 2:19 pm
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Phew!


 
Posted : 18/01/2019 2:24 pm
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Yup, ready to watch this afternoon if work stays quiet.
Punisher Season 2 drops today as well.


 
Posted : 18/01/2019 2:26 pm
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Err, please can we get apostrophes in hashtags?


 
Posted : 18/01/2019 4:13 pm
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And Star Trek Season 2 (Netflix) starts tonight.


 
Posted : 18/01/2019 4:26 pm
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Holy shit balls it's stunning in 4K.


 
Posted : 18/01/2019 9:03 pm
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The camera work / whatever has changed right? I was watching the in studio shots I think of the McLaren and was pretty blown away in normal HD.


 
Posted : 18/01/2019 9:08 pm
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Holy shit balls it’s stunning in 4K.

It appears to be HDR but not 4k. Star Trek, that is.


 
Posted : 18/01/2019 9:13 pm
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Apparently amazon can tell which bits are being fast forwarded so they ditched the celebrity sections


 
Posted : 18/01/2019 9:16 pm
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That was pretty good I'd say you're right more about cars with just enough sillyness.

It appears to be HDR but not 4k. Star Trek, that is.

I gave up on the last series.


 
Posted : 18/01/2019 10:24 pm
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Really enjoyed that, great balance of fun/sillyness and car stuff and still in 4k which makes it look stunning.

My wife who was glancing up at the screen now and again was just about to say something, knowing her as well as I do i stopped her before the words came out and said yes Clarkson is pregnant 🙂


 
Posted : 18/01/2019 11:01 pm
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i couldnt stop noticing their bad teeth, and jeremys belly!


 
Posted : 19/01/2019 9:51 am
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Kryton junior - 10 - gives it a thumbs up for 10yo suitable viewing and a loud Mustang which apparently Daddy can afford.

For the second time of watching i think actually they may have got the balance right and this could be the death of Top Gear. I await to see how the next 12 weeks go...


 
Posted : 19/01/2019 2:57 pm
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We can't have a whole series of

"This many horse power now watch me drive find a corner."

Looking forward to a challenge.....


 
Posted : 19/01/2019 10:25 pm
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Jeremy's wrist bands. Forgot to check, as I got used them from the first two series.


 
Posted : 19/01/2019 10:35 pm
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I saw the trailer on TV tonight. Was it pasted together from old TG episodes?


 
Posted : 19/01/2019 11:18 pm
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It was less cringeworthy than recent efforts, but the first episode still seemed a bit devoid of ideas. A pretty decent chunk of time was spent mooching about Detroit for no real reason. Hopefully the ideas bank doesn't remain in the red for the whole series.


 
Posted : 20/01/2019 7:49 am
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a bit more genuine, less sweary and a bit less of the ladism I thought.

Agree, it has improved

jeremys belly!

That's a long gestation period


 
Posted : 20/01/2019 8:42 am
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mooching about Detroit for no real reason.

Although in mini docu-soap fashion it was an interesting dichotomy of the American dream. 43 Car factory’s reduced to two, and the scale of seeing a busy Street with every single spur off that Street a dead shell of former restraunts, hotels and bars not to mention a $2000 4 bedroom house was jaw dropping. Literally like turning a corner from First World into the Third World inside a country that purports itself to be the land of opportunity.


 
Posted : 20/01/2019 10:23 am
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The fast forward button never had so much use,factories close down everywhere , the management should have planned for new vehicles or different things to make, great filming angles but poor content and lacked humour .


 
Posted : 20/01/2019 9:04 pm
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Pssst! It’s a car show so they chose Detroit factories for that reason. No one cares about the business decisions it’s about muscle cars racing around their heritage.


 
Posted : 20/01/2019 9:11 pm
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yep i raced through that episode as well


 
Posted : 20/01/2019 9:12 pm
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I enjoyed it


 
Posted : 20/01/2019 10:23 pm
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Hammond is channelling quite a bit of Robert Downey Jr


 
Posted : 20/01/2019 10:31 pm
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this is cool- I didnt realize my months free prime trial included the amazonshitcarshoe


 
Posted : 20/01/2019 10:34 pm
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Is this the last full series and from now on its just a handful of specials?


 
Posted : 21/01/2019 12:32 pm
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Trump added taxes to imported steel Steel makes cars. Car manufacturers stop making cars locally due to high steel prices and make 'em abroad.
Go Trump


 
Posted : 21/01/2019 1:44 pm
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I did enjoy Amazons hit car show. Looking forward to the series and the return of the big specials next year.


 
Posted : 21/01/2019 1:49 pm
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I think you will find that down town Detroit looked like a post apocalyptic waste land well before Trump and his tariffs.


 
Posted : 21/01/2019 2:14 pm
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I thought it was okay. However I had drunk a can or two too many. I might need to try it again sober.


 
Posted : 21/01/2019 2:38 pm
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Yes, you can't blame Trump for what happened in the 70's. That would be like blaming Theresa May for British Leylands collapsed. They were all making stuff (badly) that people didn't want as the alternatives were better.
Now if Trump had been around back then he could have stopped car imports and everyone would be forced to buy the lesser american built cars.


 
Posted : 21/01/2019 3:17 pm
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Am I the only one that thought it was just as dull as the last 2 series?

I want to like it, but I detect no change whatsoever. It's still the same rehash they've been doing for what, 10? 20 years?

If the 3 of them had made a show that wasn't about cars, maybe they'd have created something funny, new and interesting. Listening to the same soundbites and gags week after week while they drift around a racetrack or pretend to race around the streets just isn't doing it for me any more.

It's like watching the same movie over and over again, with subtle differences and re-branded as a new movie. Kind of like the Evil Dead 1 and 2, except in an alternate reality where they didn't stop at 2 and just carried on until 248...


 
Posted : 21/01/2019 4:13 pm
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this is cool- I didnt realize my months free prime trial included the amazonshitcarshoe

I bet it's an SPD - they are really bad for driving.


 
Posted : 21/01/2019 4:25 pm
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Bloody hell. That Donkey bothering is an actual thing 😯


 
Posted : 25/01/2019 2:27 am
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Now this is a pretty neat idea

I don't know if I'd ever play it myself, but loving the concept.


 
Posted : 25/01/2019 12:30 pm
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Just watched episode 2 , a huge difference from episode 1, which was ever so boooooring, 2 is funny has clashes , humour great camera skils and script, that they obviously dont follow to closely, loved the Jeep and the Panda 4 X 4.


 
Posted : 27/01/2019 9:06 pm
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Dont forget that episode 3 (AKA episode 2 part 2) was released on Saturday.


 
Posted : 27/01/2019 9:09 pm
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Enjoyed it. Funny.


 
Posted : 27/01/2019 9:18 pm
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Was pretty good some crappy over scripted moments but still totally entertaining. What an amazing experience that must be.


 
Posted : 27/01/2019 9:26 pm
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Has Jezzer been there before?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear_(series_3)

Same rehashed shit since I remember JC joining 🙁


 
Posted : 27/01/2019 10:36 pm
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This week is a bit silly then they do what they do best a documentary, this time on Jim Clark.


 
Posted : 08/02/2019 12:39 pm
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I enjoyed last week's episode - the pulling over the statue of Hammond had me in stitches.


 
Posted : 08/02/2019 1:15 pm
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