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Dantes posted:Is it because you want to make sure you don't see any spoilers or because you didn't know there is a button to mark a specific post as your last read ? I know there is a button that marks last read, but that means I have to read the thread.
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That whole 2 hours was fantastic! To further what happened on the last page, my wife said "I expect the Stig to be standing at the end pissing into the river." Great news! No, it's not the Dacia Sandero, but Jeremy said that they'll be back in the summer. Can we expect them to return around Fathers day like usual? https://twitter.com/JeremyClarkson/status/310858978970173441 GTi_guy fucked around with this message at 17:45 on Mar 11, 2013 |
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I'm glad to see James actually win, it was an intense foot race I suppose. Great special, and nice to see they will be back soonish. 
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Pardon the switch from the Nile discussion, but there's sporadic talk about US Top Gear here so it seems it's the right place to ask-- how is that show nowadays? Saw a couple episodes of the first season and thought they were total rear end, but they're still making new episodes which means it's maybe not as lovely now?
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Ofaloaf posted:Pardon the switch from the Nile discussion, but there's sporadic talk about US Top Gear here so it seems it's the right place to ask-- how is that show nowadays? Saw a couple episodes of the first season and thought they were total rear end, but they're still making new episodes which means it's maybe not as lovely now? Depends entirely on whether or not you can stand to watch the hosts for more than 15 seconds.
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Ofaloaf posted:Pardon the switch from the Nile discussion, but there's sporadic talk about US Top Gear here so it seems it's the right place to ask-- how is that show nowadays? Saw a couple episodes of the first season and thought they were total rear end, but they're still making new episodes which means it's maybe not as lovely now?
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GTi_guy posted:Great news! No, it's not the Dacia Sandero, but Jeremy said that they'll be back in the summer. Can we expect them to return around Fathers day like usual?
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:Wait I thought we were still expecting a delayed Christmas special. Africa was the Christmas Special
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twoot posted:Africa was the Christmas Special
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Cakefool posted:Yup, and repaired it on the side of an African dirt track well enough to beat on it to the finish. Support truck aside that's impressive. haha, no i was just confused while watching it because British car language is a bit different. A makeshift welded control arm out of bits of the sway bar is pretty impressive indeed.
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Foehammer007 posted:I'm glad to see James actually win, Foehammer007 posted:it was an intense foot race I suppose.
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MechPlasma posted:Yeah, I know - James May winning a race! There's one for the history books! He even ran a bit! Also, not entirely impossible. On Top Gear US, Tanner beat Adam in his Mustang II on foot.
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I thought that was excellent. It doesn't quite reach the level of Vietnam, Botswana or Bolivia for me, but it's up there. The handbrake and the penalty car sinking as well as the credits all had me in stitches. I also laughed about "U ARSE", but that's probably because I'm still 12. Really, the entire season was pretty good. It's nice to see them improving again after season 18. nmfree posted:Me four. Star War Sex Parrot posted:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile#BBC_Top_Gear 
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parrhesia posted:It's gone again. Wikipedia has no sense of humor. The edit request on the talk page is hilarious. quote:Can the whole "Top Gear" part of the article be removed? Top Gear is an entertainment show. It shouldn't be used as a source. The whole edit has no citations whatsoever, and is factually wrong on several occasions - most notably the whole "has to flow into a tidal area" part. The Mediterranean Sea is DEFINITELY tidal and the mouth of the Nile is DEFINITELY in Egypt, not Gibraltar.
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Mar 12, 2013 02:19
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People on the Internet get mad over the dumbest poo poo.
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Definitely my favorite episode of the series. I loved that pose James did when his car made it off the raft immediately. I'm also surprised that Hammond's car never burned down after all the time they spent focusing on the burner.
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Drakkel posted:I'm also surprised that Hammond's car never burned down after all the time they spent focusing on the burner.
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Loved the TP rolls on the Subaru's wiper arms after the production crew used the hood scpoop.
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     Drakkel posted:I loved that pose James did when his car made it off the raft immediately. 
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Hey, question: Top Gear on Netflix. Does anyone have any idea on roughly how long it takes to go from the series finishing to the series actually being put up there?
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MechPlasma posted:Hey, question: Top Gear on Netflix. Does anyone have any idea on roughly how long it takes to go from the series finishing to the series actually being put up there? I'm pretty sure it's a long time because I think the latest series up there is 17, and we're on 19 now. I think it has to come out on DVD in the states first.
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Pretty sure the support crew repaired Hammond's car and that welding was just for show. Serious disbelief right here.
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Top Gear US is making cars to survive the apocalypse tonight. This should be interesting.
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GutBomb posted:I'm pretty sure it's a long time because I think the latest series up there is 17, and we're on 19 now. I think it has to come out on DVD in the states first.
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koollook124 posted:Top Gear US is making cars to survive the apocalypse tonight. This should be interesting. i haven't been able to really get into top gear us. obviously its hard to live up to the british original, but i really enjoyed the episode a few weeks back of them trying to hit 150mph. Rutledge's infiniti was really cool (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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I've only just begun watching this show but so far I've watched the western U.S. road trip and the Africa special (and the part where he drove the Toyota GT86 because I'm about to buy one). I'm really enjoying it. All of the hosts are hilarious and the jokes they play on each other are great. Should I start the show from the very beginning or are there certain episodes I should really watch (I see a lot of people mentioning Vietnam)?
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koollook124 posted:Top Gear US is making cars to survive the apocalypse tonight. This should be interesting. Can anybody do the Camry Magic Eye? I can almost get it but not quite. Edit: oh god I hope it's what he says it is. CornHolio fucked around with this message at 02:34 on Mar 13, 2013 |
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Daric posted:I've only just begun watching this show but so far I've watched the western U.S. road trip and the Africa special (and the part where he drove the Toyota GT86 because I'm about to buy one). I'm really enjoying it. All of the hosts are hilarious and the jokes they play on each other are great. Should I start the show from the very beginning or are there certain episodes I should really watch (I see a lot of people mentioning Vietnam)? The earliest episodes aren't as great (and the very earliest don't have May), but the middle series are definitely great all around. Check out the Wikipedia episode/challenge listings. Anything with cheap cars or Reliant Robins is usually excellent.
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fivre posted:The earliest episodes aren't as great (and the very earliest don't have May), but the middle series are definitely great all around. Check out the Wikipedia episode/challenge listings. Anything with cheap cars or Reliant Robins is usually excellent. This man is wrong, watch every episode start to finish, have no regrets. 
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The first season is ok, the second is better, and from about the third on it's my favorite show. You could probably skip straight to season 2 or 3 but there is some good stuff right from the start.
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Koirhor posted:Pretty sure the support crew repaired Hammond's car and that welding was just for show. Serious disbelief right here. Chekov's gun was left unfinished with Hammond's Subaru, too- no consequences for shitcanning his spare and it never once caught on fire.
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The fact they acknowledged the production crew to me lead to more "organic" moments and a more natural feel to the show - when things did go wrong they REALLY went wrong despite the backup. There wasn't the usual scripted gags in the main - they were if anything actually giving a poo poo about what they were doing. You could see they were thinking about the usual gags like setting Hammond's car on fire but in the end they took a surprisingly competent turn and made a big effort to take a lot of this seriously. And as they said, they were ambitious but actually not rubbish.
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I think they were setting up for if they felt they "had" to pull some of those forced gags that have become sort of a Top Gear staple, but then enough entertainment just sort of happened naturally that they didn't "need" to fill some gaps. There were still a few obviously forced bits, but so few that I honestly can't remember any more about them.
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On the whole I thought the Africa special was pretty great, but I felt a bit underwhelmed by part 2. The first part was absolutely fantastic though.
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Data Graham posted:Wasn't the "Hammond" in the welding mask wearing a sidearm?  No, that's a multitool. Also, I actually believe that while the support mechanic probably did a good bit of work, Hammond actually did at least some of the real work on the car himself. Both he and May have taken up restoring old vehicles as a hobby, so they both will know at least something about doing basic repairs, welding, etc. Or maybe the mechanic did all of the work and this was just a beauty shot. v  v
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I just want to know where in his kitchen he was hiding welding tools, a generator, a jack and a half dozen spare wheels.
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grover posted:I just want to know where in his kitchen he was hiding welding tools, a generator, a jack and a half dozen spare wheels. Under the sink.
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