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It's dirty TV, should be sponsored by Greggs.
I don't mind it, but I do wish they'd do something similar to the specials, based around where in the world they are supposed to be.
The tired old Top Gear style features aren't really needed any more.
Still willing to give it a few more watches, but Episode 2 was definately worse than the first.
Long-time TG fan here.
I've now watched both episodes of the Grand Tour and am not totally blown away.
The army thing in episode 2 was tedious and just crap.
I'll give it a go for a couple more weeks but not impressed so far.
Really enjoyed Episode one although I was a little perplexed by the Celeb thing which I kinda understand but does seem very pointless - just don't bother.
Episode 2 - really?? what was the deal with the Army thing - completely pointless all the going back etc. it just got dull very quickly.
3rd one wasn't bad, hammond a bit annoying but I guess that was the point. Curious what the deal was with JC's house.
Not watched it yet but seeing the news reports over the summer with regard to the unusual approach to the rebuild of his house, kind of gave away what the scripted "surprise" outcome will be.
Didn't get all the way through the 2nd one. Rather overstretching the idea considering the budget they had.
Glad I'm only trialling Prime for my Christmas shopping.
So, episode 3 was more engaging.
Casino Lifestyle. pffft
Episode 3 better than the 2nd, Hammond very annoying though. Hopefully episode 4 will improve again.
Ep3 was good I thought. Classic TG and no Eboladrome.
A better episode certainly, bit more like the traditional Top Gear road trip style thing.
The celebrity death stuff is just dire though.
Clarkson's house explosion was real - there was an article in one of the papers saying that the neighbours had complained because they weren't aware it was going to be blown up. Apparently he's building a new £6 million house on the same site with the usual OTT celebrity shit like cinemas and a bowling alley...
"Little winged mouse basterd " Laughed lots
Far better episode.
The house was knocked down, they only did bits and pretend to blow it up. Mega explosion though must have been ridiculously loud.
It's getting more and more like Last of the Summer Wine. I'm going through the back catalogue of Aussie Top Gear, far better.
It's getting more and more like Last of the Summer Wine.
I believe they may have said that already.
Hammond? Annoying? Anyone would think that was what they were trying to do...
Anyway, hate to get all serious and stuff but the Vulcan was a lovely piece of kit. Proper money no object and to hell with what it's actually used for engineering.
And that SRT Hellcat. 18.5 gal in 13 miles 😯
Ep 4 review... meh, there were cars, and challenges with cars, but it just seemed too stupid! The American seemed a little toned down, dead celeb thing is still happening, porsche bit was ok.
It's back to being Top Gear. Yaaay! I liked Top Gear.
[url= https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/dec/09/the-grand-tour-everything-that-was-wrong-with-clarkson-era-top-gear ]well that curdled pretty quickly[/url]
Have watched the first two now. Long term TG fan and IMO the new format plays safe to that audience. Had zero interest in the Chris Evans version. Would I sign up to Amazon for Grand Tour, nope. Am I happy to watch it for nothing yes.
Klunk - Memberwell that curdled pretty quickly
Guardian -Clarkson, Hammond and May have too much cash now
Can't say the same for the Guardian! 😆
Well, I used the opportunity of sofa-based man-flu & the last few days of my Prime trial to watch the second Grand Tour on Wednesday.
I turned it off after 40 mins. Yeah, the expensive Aston was nice, but the article on it wasn't great & Clarkson did that really funny thing of struggling to get into a car that he does every time he has to clamber into a track oriented car.....
The army thing...........?! What?! Erm.......crap.
Dead celebrity thing....erm..........
Spinning car thing........could have been good if James May had actually engaged with the people doing it & they'd have actually told you something about it, or if he'd have actually had the chance to try it. Instead they sat him in the car & he looked scared, annoyed & old....again......
Cancelled my trial & couldn't really care if I see another one or not.
Ep.4 - filmed in the town I grew up in and in the pub I had my first job in!!
Was fun but seemed a bit safe, apart from the odd swear word. Good to see they're doing the modified car stuff still though.
well that curdled pretty quickly
You could have warned about the guardian link. I feel dirty now. 🙁
Watched the first 4 and pretty 'meh' for me. Has some great bits in it, but so much tosh for my liking. Hammond is very irritating, May seems like he doesn't really want to be there and Clarkson's just shouting louder really. Wish they would bin all the over staged scripts and get back to the three of them just chatting and having a laugh. Old Top Gear went then same way at the end. Once Chris Evans was removed I quite liked the new Top Gear and over all Grand Tour isn't massively better just has more money thrown at it. Much more.
All they need to do is drive from a to c stopping off at b to drive some fast cars on a track.
If they complete their challenges they get to drive the nice cars next week, if they don't it's bangers.
Do a trip on each continent to soak up the big budget.
They really aren't justifying the budget.
Just watched it. Like TG was for ages; almost OK in parts, the bits where they arse about, possibly unscripted. Rest is just filler. It's getting slightly better with each episode though, unlike Evans' version did. Figure they are getting comfortable with their new employers.
They must be getting Ramsay to do the catering, as I can't see where the budget is going - unless that's what the BBC paid per episode?
1 good. 2 crap. 3 ok. 4 ok. Hmmm. Dissapointed as there are bits i love. Less script. Less obvious stupid. How hard can that be?
I've seen 3 out of 4 so far, and, on average, I'd give it 6/10.
I've also been watching some old editions on Dave this week. Nothing on Amazon had me laughing out-loud (even on a repeat) like the old versions. (Particularly the door falling off a Rover SD1 when full of water.)
But, having Amazon Prime, I've found other stuff I've enjoyed.
Average at best.
Having the tent in each location is a bit pointless if they then go off somewhere completely different for each episode - surely the whole point of having a portable studio is to set it up and then do things at that site?! It just seems disconnected - it's not at the test track, it isn't in the location of that week's storyboard film, it's just a random location to get a bunch of people to come and fawn over the Three Stooges.
It's sort of settling down but I think all that it's done is to highlight how tired and formulaic the whole show actually was. BBC relaunch was a rush job and while it had some good bits it too had really run out of ideas. This is the same - in trying so hard not to be Top Gear, it's just showing that it's actually Top Gear and it's all old hat.
Was ok this week watchable certainly better than Ep2
An upwards trajectory I feel/hope..
Thanks to Drac I'm now in the right place.
GT is utter tosh deserving of some B roll edits on some re-run show they host with whom ever can fill Wogan's shoes on BBC4 at 3am
On a Tuesday
Ok. I'm glad you got that off your chest.
BBC 4 too good. Needs to be on ITV Be
You are wrong
GT is utter tosh deserving of some B roll edits on some re-run show they host with whom ever can fill Wogan's shoes on BBC4 at 3am
But why did they leave Top Gear?
Never heard of it.
Watched the repeat of the Bolivian Special from ye olde TG. Still makes me laugh, about the fifth time around, unlike the first viewing of new, shiny GT.
My email reminder to cancel my free trial of Prime just popped up. 🙂
My email reminder to cancel my free trial of Prime just popped up.
Haven't you got Kodi then?
The question of why leave is probably all about money.
Clarkson's books are telling you the same thing; regurgitated column inches with no inclination to raise a solitary finger to embellish or to create a stream of thought.
Was this done in an intelligent broadsheet?
No. It's in a Murdoch pastiche of what a broadsheet used to be.
So you just know his intent is to make money, for its own sake.
Don't get me started on May 'The reassembler'!
Well if we're posting the same crap as the other thread....
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Never heard of it.
Well played there, 50 STW niche points for that iirc
The question of why leave is probably all about money.
Maybe it was something else.
Such as?
Maybe it was something else.
Such as?
😆
Haven't you got Kodi then?
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