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I am slightly surprised by all the haterz...
I mean...
What did you expect?
It was always going to be a rehash of TG with a few tweaks to keep the lawyers happy - if you were hoping for more, then F me, you're a bit deluded!
Top Gear was better. This is more puerile. Hammond is even worse than he was. Started #5 - yes, I hung in that long - switched off. Even the boy said was boring.
One season only I predict.
more worrying is the decreasing download count 7.9 6.4 4.6.... 😉
Very meh this time.
The car battleships was simply a way of (literally) burning an awful lot of money.
The Morocco thing was fairly pointless. Started off OK then degenerated into stupid scripted jokes.
And the sooner they get rid of the celebrity death thing the better.
Well I enjoyed watching it with my boy.
It's never going to win any literature prizes- it's simple entertainment.
Simple...Yes
Entertainment?.......
I enjoyed this week's found it very entertaining.
I've now seen the first two episodes so feel qualified to join in the fun on this thread (albeit not having bothered to read all that up there^).
Conclusion? First episode was full of the kind of cars the kids and I drool over almost daily and was hence enjoyed immensely, despite expecting something a little more different.
Episode 2? Crap. Drivel. Potentially good segments like the Aston Martin Vulcan were massively overshadowed by that awful piece with the VIP rescue. I watched in disbelief wondering (a) what it had to do with a car show (b) why the producers thought it deserved all that airtime when it stopped being entertaining after the first couple of minutes.
Should I bother with episode 3?
Gets better dan. Saying that, I've just cancelled my Prime freebie.
Should I bother with episode 3?
Yes - if you liked the first.
The 2nd episode seems to be the odd one out so far. The rest are just like Top Gear of old - funny in parts, and bit meh in others.
Best one by far this week. A small dose of silliness, playing in car and with a lovely amount about car racing history.
Have only watched 1.5 episodes so far, maybe I'll skip the others and just watch this last one then
Everyone just skip straight to Episode 6. That's how every show should have been.
Another dig at Top Gear.
6 was superb. Bit of fun with the mustang and focus... bit rubbish in the middle but the GT40 piece James did was pure classic petrolhead TV. Brilliant.
The nod to the TG Hoonigan around the Cenotaph was a bit cheap I thought. That was a great bit of TG tv. Should have stayed away.
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The Le Mans section was great, and that's what they were really good at in the past. Some great stories to pull out and tell if they can add some more of those it should carry on.
I eat ice cream.
Suspect the Ice Cream bit was added to get the Guardianista's frothed up, some free column inches and both parties get internet traffic, win/win.
I also like ice cream though I draw the line at lolly's.
Suspect the Ice Cream bit was added to get the Guardianista's frothed up, some free column inches and both parties get internet traffic, win/win.
Do you honestly think that? Even Clarkson looked a bit non-plussed at the words tumbling out of the hamster.
Oh yes, it wasn't carefully scripted at all.
Top Gear in casual homophobic shite non shocker.
I also like ice cream though I draw the line at lolly's.
There's more to this than meets the eye! 😯
Ah! The ice cream comment. At least those three are predictably consistent. Nothing to see here about a tasteless way of generating publicity. Unless you're an internet SJW, in which case. Carry on! You might even drown out the sound of those three chuckling at you.
The forum vamp sucks! btw?
😉
Unless you're an internet SJW
Eh?
Social Justice Warrior...
... Anyway, onto important things. I watched the Top Gear Africa special for no other reason than it came up on catch up telly while I waited for The Grand Tour.
It was back to the three stupid arses messing around in cars on an epic journey, I've seen the Nabibian desert done on 4x4 videos, but did enjoy the tomfoolery. Most entertaining.
Looking forward to part 2.
Wow, that was a spectacular return to form. Great cars, great visuals, adventure, good seemingly off the cuff banter. Makes the first 6 episodes seem very ordinary indeed.
I’ve watched most of the GT episodes, and am pretty indifferent towards it. Certainly wouldn’t get Amazon Prime just for watch it.
I stumbled last night across some old Top Gear challenges episodes. In comparision to GT, the three of them look to be genuinely having a lot more fun, and the whole thing felt a lot less scripted. They all seemed a lot younger and less jaded.
Just goes to show that all of Amazon’s millions doesn’t necessarily beat the three of them buying £1500 bangers.
Just goes to show that all of Amazon’s millions doesn’t necessarily beat the three of them buying £1500 bangers.
Thats the problem innit. Thrashing a £1500 'supercar' around before one of the cars blows a gasket/seal/whatever and breaks down is classic TG fodder, and all the better for it. Doing the same with three £200k supercars means the said gaskets/seals won't break so you're having to fill in the time with their witty 'banter' and 'japes'.
The studio/tent stuff is just dire on the Grand Tour. Fat american too.
For something thats always been popular with children there's a fair bit of random swearing in it too. Tricky to explain some of it to the little 'un when we watched one together.
Its back to being (a sweary) Top Gear. Love it.
So the series is now over, what's everyone's thoughts?
I think it's ok, not great but not awful either. Certainly better than the Chris Evans version of Top Gear!! Perfectly watchable while eating my grub on a Friday evening 🙂
Series 2 is planned for the autumn too, wonder what running changes they'll make?
Later episodes were better than the earlier ones I thought. I rewatch TG on Dave all the time, I doubt I would rewatch the earlier GT shows, especially episode 2.
Needs more controversy from clarkson, less obviously scripted nonsense, less of the American, a better track and no more celebrity rubbish.
The launch control clip made me laugh.
Some proper laughable moments. Some rubbish, but on the whole good. I wouldn't pay for it though. 😈
Nah, watched the first two then cancelled Prime.
Can't honestly say I think I missed much.
I'm a TG fan so I loved the way TGT ended up. And the first episode was epic. Maybe just erase E2 from the files though...
I've just seen the trailer for the new series of Top Gear - it doesn't look great! How can you create chemistry with 3 people who have no character.
As for the The Grand Tour - I've really enjoyed it so far (apart from episode 2!). Nice to seem them let of the leash. Just makes you wonder how much good stuff got binned in the editing room when they were on Top Gear.
Did they really just fly to Dubai then spend most of the episode showing a film about a Golf GTI test drive in London? I'd like to see TGT accounts...
The whole tent thing makes zero sense. Scotland + Maseratis should be good....... oh they're fannying around in Northern France
Did they really just fly to Dubai then spend most of the episode showing a film about a Golf GTI test drive in London? I'd like to see TGT accounts...
Sponsorship? Maybe just somewhere to make the films
The whole tent thing makes zero sense.
Think it was covered earlier and it's a legal thing about not copying the TG studio idea
It got better. The celebrity braincrash thing needs to go, that was awful. Some of the short films were getting near what they'd achieved as Top Gear, some (that war games thing in South Africa for example) were far too long and contrived.
See what Series 2 brings...
The most disappointing thing for me is the lack or 'tour'. Or at least the lack of focus on the visited countries driving/car culture/etc.
When they went to Finland and mentioned all the big rally names, I was really hoping for some old school rallying. Nope. Not even anything to do with Finland at all in the whole show.
Stopped watching after that.
I've just seen the trailer for the new series of Top Gear - it doesn't look great! How can you create chemistry with 3 people who have no character.
Is that the one shown the other evening, lasted around thirty seconds?
Really easy to tell from that how well the chemistry is working... 🙄
Did they really just fly to Dubai then spend most of the episode showing a film about a Golf GTI test drive in London? I'd like to see TGT accounts...
About £4.5m per show.