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I didn't like it better than the UK version, but this latest episode of TGUSA is loads better than any episode from the last two seasons (except the alaska special).
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From that last TGUS ep they seem to have gelled with each other as hosts, I really enjoyed it. Are Peterbilts really that much faster than Volvos or was it just discreet vehicular nationalism? That was ridiculous considering how much of a headstart Rutledge had.
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Feb 16, 2012 21:54
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There might have been a limiter on one and not the other? No idea otherwise.
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Feb 16, 2012 22:03
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echomadman posted:From that last TGUS ep they seem to have gelled with each other as hosts, I really enjoyed it. No clue on the speeds but a limiter (or different gearing) on the newer ones would make sense, no real reason for them to be able to go 90+.
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Feb 16, 2012 22:24
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Found this when i was checking the spelling of Rutledge's name for the last post. He seems like a pretty ok guy both in that and the truck episode. Hopefully they can settle into more real personas on the show instead of the caricatures they've been heretofore http://jalopnik.com/5885171/top-gear-usa-host-rutledge-wood-is-not-a-cake+eating-hipster
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Feb 16, 2012 22:33
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The only one I still don't like is Ferrara, replace him with Carolla as intended and we've got a drat good show. I'm hoping for more Explore America episodes like the Alaska special.
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Feb 16, 2012 23:34
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echomadman posted:From that last TGUS ep they seem to have gelled with each other as hosts, I really enjoyed it. Tanner's truck was from 89, the other two trucks were much newer. Ferrara said he was going 65 so I'm assuming the Volvos had limiters enabled on them. The Peterbilt either never had one or it was disabled. There's no way that even with how they are geared that 65 is the fastest a semi can go.
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Feb 17, 2012 00:20
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I really like TGUSA, but they really need to stop with the whole blatant sabotaging of each others stuff. When they were all divvying up what stuff was going to be crushed you just knew that someone would end up just wantonly wrecking someone's stuff just for the hell of it. It's funny every once in a while. Not funny in every single episode.
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Feb 17, 2012 00:26
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Morphix posted:
Car commercials, every car commercial has one of these systems, either the Russian Arm, or the Ultimate Arm, or from Pursuit Systems... There's a number of competitors. And car commercials are probably at least 50% of their work if not more. They are awesome though, and theres a precision driver, a crane op, a head tech and they farm out the head op most of the time to specialists.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA4MLoVoybk Ultimate Arm has a pretty good reel. D C fucked around with this message at 01:04 on Feb 17, 2012 |
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Feb 17, 2012 01:01
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It's nowhere near the TGUK lorry challenge though. If nothing else, Jeremy's fire was much more impressive.
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Feb 17, 2012 01:04
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D C posted:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA4MLoVoybk If I was making a reel I sure wouldn't start out with a PT Cruiser ad :P
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Feb 17, 2012 01:41
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D C posted:Car commercials, every car commercial has one of these systems, either the Russian Arm, or the Ultimate Arm, or from Pursuit Systems... There's a number of competitors. Sorry, when I say movies I meant film/video industry. I'm just trying to think of a use outside of the film world where you'd need to gyro-stabalize a 20-100lb object at the end of a crane that's able to do a full 360 in matter of seconds. The head op is usually the camera operator on the shoot, sometimes the DP, very rarely the director.
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Feb 17, 2012 01:49
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Morphix posted:
With gear like this it is almost never the normal camera operator, unless they have zero budget.
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Feb 17, 2012 02:46
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Just caught this on my DVR: It's fat Ian Malcolm!
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Feb 17, 2012 04:09
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 Really all I want from TGUSA is for them to sound a little bit less like they're reading their banter off cue cards and putting up LAUGH signs for the audience. The thing about TGUK is that even when their ribbing and taking-the-piss is staged and rehearsed, it sounds like it could be spontaneous, because they just know how to sell it. (Plus when they interact with the audience and they get to improvise, it's just as funny as anything they've got prepared.) The TGUS guys still make me feel like I'm watching goddamn Dave Coulier hosting America's Funniest People back in the late 80s.
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Feb 17, 2012 04:37
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D C posted:With gear like this it is almost never the normal camera operator, unless they have zero budget. But the camera head controls should be fairly standard, I think Preston makes a controller that's fairly popular. Certainly anything a camera op with some experience would be able to handle. Maybe he'd be labeled as B Camera Op but it'd only be a title difference, as he'd be doing the same function as an A Camera Op would be doing just with different equipment. Mind you, the biggest thing I've ever worked on was sub 1-mil projects in Seattle, so I havn't really see gear like this much up here.
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Morphix posted:But the camera head controls should be fairly standard, I think Preston makes a controller that's fairly popular. Certainly anything a camera op with some experience would be able to handle. Maybe he'd be labeled as B Camera Op but it'd only be a title difference, as he'd be doing the same function as an A Camera Op would be doing just with different equipment. The head controls are different for each system. I do this stuff for a living. Anyway enough derailing, sorry.
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I'm watching from the first episode on out. Is it wrong to wish pain upon Jason Dawe?
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Matlock posted:I'm watching from the first episode on out. Is it wrong to wish pain upon Jason Dawe? He seems like a nice guy.... But yeah, those "used car deals" segments he did in the first season were so painful.
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Feb 19, 2012 05:41
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It wasn't much better when James and Hammond kept doggedly at it for another year or two. Yes let's spend ten minutes reciting prices of five-year-old Volvos that have been advertised in local newspapers.
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Feb 19, 2012 06:00
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Matlock posted:I'm watching from the first episode on out. Is it wrong to wish pain upon Jason Dawe? No. He was an annoying used car salesman who didn't have a clue what he was talking about, so he just made things up - e.g. when buying a Skyline, take care because the brake discs explode! 
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Sweevo posted:No. He was an annoying used car salesman who didn't have a clue what he was talking about, so he just made things up - e.g. when buying a Skyline, take care because the brake discs explode! To be fair, this was apparently a thing; www.r33gtr.com posted:In 1993 a V-Spec version was released offering some small improvements over the original and successful GTR, an Active LSD, better brakes (earlier brake discs were allegedly prone to exploding under high temperature and load).
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Feb 19, 2012 15:22
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"I can't dumb it down to your level because I'm scared of heights". Also, Brian Johnson makes everything better.
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Feb 19, 2012 21:12
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£227k for that FF? gently caress me.
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Feb 19, 2012 21:24
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That ice track looks awesome. So far much better than last week.
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Feb 19, 2012 21:32
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Djarum posted:That ice track looks awesome. So far much better than last week. Agreed. The first two episodes have been quite weak. This is far superior so far.
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Yeah, that was a really good episode, and I can't say there was anything in it I didn't enjoy.
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Is it just me, or did it sound like the Bentley was on winter tires up against the Ferrari on something else (summer!?)? Loved the challenge in the end. 
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Residency Evil posted:Is it just me, or did it sound like the Bentley was on winter tires up against the Ferrari on something else (summer!?)? Ferrari had the winter tires without studs, traction tires I think they are called in english. Definitely not a balanced challenge, though they do come close on some surfaces.
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Great episode tonight. The mobility scooter segment was off-kilter and really funny. Loved the camera work in the Bentley/Ferrari comparison.
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the slow-mo shots in the Ferrari/Bentley segment were just fantastic. Would have like to have seen how well the FF would have done on studded tires though
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angryhampster posted:Loved the camera work in the Bentley/Ferrari comparison. When they were fading back and forth from the real Silverstone to the ice track with the violin in the background: 
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Good episode tonight. Also, liked Clarkson's "India Special" jab. At least they can make fun of their weak episodes.
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I'm sure this isn't really possible due to all the drat commercials the American version has (it's literally 20 minutes shorter than the UK), but I really want to see the build-up phase of the cheap car challenges. This movie one could have been better if they had shown Tanner screwing those hinges onto the doors or Rutledge gluing all those drat buttons onto the dash. And I was kinda surprised when Adam mentioned that his Duster had a six. I guess when you only have two grand you can't even get a 318, huh? (Or proper brakes, holy poo poo.)
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I thought they were going to make a crack about 5th gear for a second, but I guess that would've been too easy. I also like how they all the tags on their outerwear for the last bit.
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Rated PG-34 posted:I thought they were going to make a crack about 5th gear for a second, but I guess that would've been too easy. I also like how they all the tags on their outerwear for the last bit. Ha. Thought I was the only one who noticed that. I'd love tot ride around town in Richards halftrack btw.
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Why didnt Richard just buy a kettenkrad proper?? Pretty fun episode all in all.
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Jusupov posted:Ferrari had the winter tires without studs, traction tires I think they are called in english. Definitely not a balanced challenge, though they do come close on some surfaces. The FF had studded tires, watch the intro shots closer.
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Christ the filming on the FF segment was amazing. I'm glad they tackled the FF review the way they did, I was almost a believer in the FF when I first heard about I almost believed the whole everyday Ferrari scenario they sold it as. Once you see that it's 2" wider than a Range Rover, not that great off road and really not much of GT car. I've always thought that their luxury coupe range were all pretty ugly anyway. Also Fisker are up the creek financially http://www.autoblog.com/2012/02/19/analyst-predicts-fiskers-demise-spokesman-says-thats-prematur/ Shame really, I kinda think the "range extended electric" is probably the best way forward at this time (though plenty of other people are doing better than them.
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