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I've taken amazon prime in the last month so am starting to watch GT and without intending to its sort of in parallel to TG. I am not a fan of JC, but I do like Hammond and especially May. I enjoyed GT ep 1 very much. its what TG always wanted to be ( or i wanted it to be). A sort of TV version of Evo magazine, having fun reviewing amazing cars. No lower budget fillers doing daft stuff like destroying a caravan. Ep 2 watched yesterday was less good for me....a big filler with them doing daft stuff running around and shooting guns...oh dear. First episode of TG i liked, not quite the bug budget of GT but still the tv I want, and although i haven't yet warmed to any of the presenters, I don't dislike them either. I'm keen to see what the rest of the series is like.
Watched it last night, thought it was OK, not as good as TGT ep 1 but better than ep 2 which is as far as I got.
That said, I didn't think the last series was half as bad as everyone made out, and I though Evans was OK too.
Chris Harris is probably my favourite out of the new three, quite like his presenting style, watched a couple of his Youtube vids after the last series and they were quite good too.
I quite enjoyed it, nothing too outrageous.
Chris Harris, hmm, I like having someone with some indepth knowledge and technical ability, but he is a bit too much of a smart arse at times.
Matt I like.
Rory is ok, but he's a bit meh.
Hopefully they'll get into a groove and relax a bit then they can develop things a bit.
Rory could well be the new Jason Dawes..... with any luck
Nah he's already lasted one series.
Really enjoying tonight's episode, they seem to be growing into their roles more.
Cock, has it started? I thought it was on at 9.
Enjoying the midwife prog on bbc1...
I'm warming the Harris, I already like MLB.
Ditch the SIAToyota.
Loved the Guila, was surprised because I thought it'd be a pile of 156 in a dress.
Love the Porker, love the challenge so far.
If it ended now I'd give it 8/10, but the boring Tennant bloke is on so it'll get a 7/10 because it's a waste of time.
That was fun - an hour of very easy watching, same stunning photography as always.
I actually prefer it to the Grand Tour.
Enjoyed that - it's really coming together and they're finding their feet. That mammoth mountain bit was ace!
Brilliant, whole family watched tonight lols all round. Now have 8 & 10 year old bugging me to get the Porsche and the Alfa, I can afford nether.
I wonder ...... if the BBC actually pulled a blinder last year; stick the marmite wonder kid in charge (Evans), let everyone aim vitriol at him, let the new guys settle in, let Evans be the fall guy .... let him fall. New guys start second series - everyone loves it. Result! BBC sticks one to Clarkson!
I enjoyed it tonight, it all mostly works now.
What have they done to the track? 1:44 in a GT86, that would be a decent, but not amazing time in the Lacetti.
I know the GT isn't universally loved, but it should be massively faster than the Liana or Lecceti.
Very good. A show about cars stunningly shot without annoying quips, rather than the other way around.
Good wasn't it! Fast forwarded the bloody star bit though.
I actually prefer it to the Grand Tour.
I didn't get on with the Grand Tour - watched the first 2 or 3 but gave up on it.
Like it more than last season and more than the Clarkson era to be honest.
Just good tv without the annoying tossers
Cracking episode!! The Porsche vs Lambo up the mountain was incredible and looked like so much fun! Would love to do something like that. Lucky boys getting to do that for a living.
It's got mr questioning M3 or Giulia though.. always thought it would be the Beemer but not so sure now! Can't afford either one of them mind.
Yet to watch, got it recorded.
Grand tour ep 1 vs TG ep 1..
TG has it by a mile. Feels like it's back to the hayday of clarkson etc..
Just a really good watch.
TGT was fairly painful. Don't know how true the figure is but the top gear series has a smaller budget that a grand tour episode.
I've got a good feeling about TG...!
Didn't enjoy the porker/lambo thing as much as last wek's high miler thing, but a general rhumbs up from me. Good team - Monkey Harris stands out for me.
Agree that it's beginning to feel much more like old Top Gear now, and the presenters appear to be genuinely enjoying it. In comparison, the Grand Tour feels quite stale and you get the impression even the presenters are bored of doing the same gags every week.
I'm liking it so far. Towards the end of the last series of TG it started to get a bit better... mainly as Evans was getting pushing further and further off camera. I've always liked Chris Harris so it's good to see him get a bigger project to work on.
The Grand Tour was... meh, much like the last series of TG. Far too over scripted, and trying too force the jokes today too much, Hammond got right on my nerves, but it did have some good bits, but too many meh/bad bits. Best part I remember was the GT40 documentary that May did. But then he's always been my fav one. Will see how they adjust it for the new series. But for now, TG is better option for me.
But that Lambo- I just squirted something. Gorgeous.
The fastest celeb did a 1:39. Never heard of whoever it was but a quick driver would be in the low 1:30s I reckon.P-Jay - Member
I enjoyed it tonight, it all mostly works now.What have they done to the track? 1:44 in a GT86, that would be a decent, but not amazing time in the Lacetti.
I know the GT isn't universally loved, but it should be massively faster than the Liana or Lecceti.
Great episode and hurray for the Alfa Giulia
Good again. The car is the star again in this reboot, which is kind of the point.
5th gear was just too dull and TGT and old TG is/was stuffed to the gunnels with teeth itchingly cliched and repetitive unfunny skits and one liners. New Top Gear finds a middle way and it is a good way.
Even the stig was ok. Got in car, drove it round the circuit fast, got out. None of the old 'some say' or playing some 'amusing' music ****tery.
Even the stig was ok. Got in car, drove it round the circuit fast, got out. None of the old 'some say' or playing some 'amusing' music ****tery.
This was a good thing.
I liked it.
Now have 8 & 10 year old bugging me to get the Porsche and the Alfa, I can afford nether.
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Pretty good but please replace Harris put him in as a writer, he can drive I'll give him that but he can not present.
Loved it. Thought Harris was great as were the other two.
That Alfa..... oh my... *runs off to check lease deals*
First one I've watched since the Evans era. Definitely massively improved but still no real chemistry between the presenters, although that might develop.
Certainly watchable - which the version with Evans most certainly wasn't.
Loved that. Smiled *almost* all the way through. The SIARFC bit was the only slight disappointment, but largely because the rest was so entertaining. Even Harris was less puppy dog than last week.
The car is the star again in this reboot, which is kind of the point.
Well put. This series of Top Gear feels like they have the balance right. There were a couple of moments were I feared old Clarkson-era habits were creeping back in (for the worse), but were kicked into touch in the edit.
I'm a bit worried about Mat Le Blanc though. He seems to be a bit of a passenger when it comes to the studio set pieces. He's not bad, but just needs to relax into it a bit.
so far so good IMO
the presenters seem to work together and thank god that evans is no longer on there...everything about him irritated the hell out of me last season
eddie jordan and sabine schmidt were just about watchable but very boring so glad theyve been given the boot too.
that alfa giulia looked looked and sounded absolutely beautiful last night!!
It must be moving in the right direction, my wife watched the whole episode rather than finding something else to do. I watch both but my preference is for this and I think the chemistry will come as the episodes progress.
Been a fan of Chris Harris for a good few years now.
Did anyone notice his commentary when the Stig was driving? Full on, accurate, excited and constant, unlike Clarkson's old twaddle, repeating the same old stuff
Enjoyed that quite a bit.
Good cars, Rory was less annoying the other two I think are fine. Matt le Blanc even made a joke that wasn't telegraphed and made me chuckle.
SIARFC format isn't working for me though at the moment, seems like they're just sat there for too long, might work if the presenters were a bit more chummy with the celebs, but not as it is. I suppose they haven't got anyone with any interview experience on the team though now.
I've only seen the first episode and thought that it was better than the previous series.
I like Harris, but the Harris on TG isn't the Harris from his own videos.
TG Extra is a bit crap now that Harris and Rory have been promoted.
I do like Harris' facial expressions when he's pretending to be scared by celeb driving.
Decent and relatively entertaining - some gorgeous shots on the US road trip.
no real chemistry between the presenters, although that might develop
I'd bet a million dollars that MLB has zero interest in 'getting to know' his co-presenters any better. In fact, i'd also wager he'd rather pull a Clarkson and deliver a bunch of fives upon said presenters faces.
I'm a bit worried about Mat Le Blanc though. He seems to be a bit of a passenger when it comes to the studio set pieces. He's not bad, but just needs to relax into it a bit.
He is most probably too busy imagining how he should spend his enormous fee to be worried about actually taking the series seriously.
First one I've watched since the Evans era. Definitely massively improved but still no real chemistry between the presenters, although that might develop.
Indeed....in fact I just feel uncomfortable watching Matt Le Blanc, it almost cringy! I suppose it shows what a difficult thing it is to be as popular as JC has been over the years!
I think MLB has settled into the role nicely. That said, I think the studio pieces are the weak link in the show and hope they can instead keep splashing the cash on stunning looking road trips. It has potential to be a whole series of Top Gear Specials and fab car tests, with just a soupçon of studio stuff.
Really good, edited better than the first episode too so no awkward silences as the editor cuts to the next shot.
The 3 of them are beginning to gel well together, MLB better in the films than in studio but it'll come
Quality 🙂 Thumbs up from me
I've just happened on Top Gear for the first time since 'the fall'.
Heavens above. It redefines the word 'lame'.
Like a lot of people I really didn't like the contrived stuff on the old Top Gear, or a bunch of silly old twunts getting paid a mint to dick around, but I now appreciate what 'chemistry' can do on a TV show.
I think there are a lot of Top Gear fanboys out there who really want new line-ups to work, but honestly, this is dreadful. Might be time to pack it in altogether.