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I was even referring to the slopes as gradients! But seriously it seams like they did little to no homework at all.
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Preoptopus posted:I was even referring to the slopes as gradients! I don't think anyone could have predicted that Argentinians would be bloodthirsty animals when faced with a number plate on a porsche.
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Oct 5, 2014 16:24
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thelightguy posted:I don't think anyone could have predicted that Argentinians would be bloodthirsty animals when faced with a number plate on a porsche. Referring to the fact they seemingly had no cooperation from the government. In this day and age you would think that officials would be smarter than to create an international incident. What kind of poo poo is that? We cannot guarantee your safety and we are leaving you to fend for yourselves.
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This was the takeaway quote for meJeremy Clarkson posted:Back at home, newspapers were saying I had caused the problem by arriving in this political tinderbox in a Porsche bearing the numberplate H982FKL, which if you turned the H into a 1 and transposed the K and the L, could have been seen as a reference to the 1982 Falklands War. If this is true and the plates were removed from the car in Chile, then I agree that Argentina deserves to be left to the descendants of war criminals.
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Oct 5, 2014 16:43
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A top gear special could have given them some advertisement for tourism, too. Isn't their economy in the shitter right now? Seems like they are pulling a Greece here...
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CornHolio posted:Oooh come on filming on the Falklands and talking about how great it is to be back on the queens soil, we don't have enough wars right now. I think that they really should do this. After all, the Argentian govt (literally) cast the first stone.
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wilfredmerriweathr posted:A top gear special could have given them some advertisement for tourism, too. Isn't their economy in the shitter right now? Seems like they are pulling a Greece here... They certainly made Vietnam and Burma look beautiful.
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Ika posted:They certainly made Vietnam and Burma look beautiful. Vietnam looked stunning and vibrant in the special. The people all seemed hard-working and friendly as well.
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Oct 5, 2014 17:33
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As I said before, though... why on earth would Argentina even be on their list of possible special filming locations unless they wanted to do something provocative and headline-making? Why else go to the actual port city that was most closely involved with the war? ("World's most southerly ski resort" my rear end; that'll just be something they came up with as a figleaf once the decision to go there was made.) It might have been a trap that was laid for them, but TG clearly wanted something to happen.
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Because it's loving gorgeous and incredibly interesting and it's a great place to do an adventure roadtrip and that's the southernmost city in the world and the capital of the province? No, I'm sure they did it because they wanted to make some falkland jokes. hopterque fucked around with this message at 19:57 on Oct 5, 2014 |
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Data Graham posted:As I said before, though... why on earth would Argentina even be on their list of possible special filming locations unless they wanted to do something provocative and headline-making? Why else go to the actual port city that was most closely involved with the war? ("World's most southerly ski resort" my rear end; that'll just be something they came up with as a figleaf once the decision to go there was made.) Look at a loving map. They were trying to drive to the bottom of the world. If you've got to draw big red Xs across parts of the world england pissed off, and say they're not allowed to go there, the world starts looking pretty loving small.
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Oct 5, 2014 19:59
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Data Graham posted:As I said before, though... why on earth would Argentina even be on their list of possible special filming locations unless they wanted to do something provocative and headline-making? Why else go to the actual port city that was most closely involved with the war? ("World's most southerly ski resort" my rear end; that'll just be something they came up with as a figleaf once the decision to go there was made.) 
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Powershift posted:Look at a loving map. And that's without adding the places Top Gear themselves pissed off.
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Powershift posted:Look at a loving map. Fair enough. As someone who's been to Point Barrow and driven part of the Dempster, I can relate. (Also didn't realize that was actually the southernmost connected road in the world.) Just saying it wouldn't be out of character, knowing their track record.
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You know, TG is the most watched TV show in the world. That means that in most parts of the world darn near everyone that watches TV regularly probably already knows their schtick. OK, they will make some jokes about our country and its people - that is a given. The question is, how do you act while the show is in your neck of the woods? Do you act like an ignorant asswipe, as in the Alabama episode? Or do you act as gracious as possible? Because however you act, you are an ambassador for your country on the world's most watched TV show. I mean, it IS a ski town, right? So presumably some non-zero amount of their income in that town comes from tourism.... and they just antagonized a sizable chunk of the world's wealthy skiing population.
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I'll say that talking about past wars definitely isn't out of character for the guys but again, show me a corner of the world that Britain hasn't had its paws in. Add to that the fact that Jeremy and James are huge on war history and there you go.
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Oct 5, 2014 21:12
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Top Gear boys should go to Hong Kong right now.
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mod sassinator posted:Top Gear boys should go to Hong Kong right now. License plate: J-41989
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mod sassinator posted:Top Gear boys should go to Hong Kong right now. They're rioting in hong kong, i think that's evidence that they've already been.
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Oct 5, 2014 22:33
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And Clarkson encounters the downside of the persona he says he has created and isn't really like, and it's that if you act like a blustering jingoist, people will believe that you were being a blustering jingoist even if you aren't.
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They drove through a Middle East war zone and made Bible jokes and the people weren't 1% as lovely about it as Argentina or Alabama.
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The episode where they trolled the American South was hilarious. Most of the rest of the country views that area with the same disdain and loathing, so when Top Gear made fun of them for being a bunch of bigoted racist homophobes I thought it was loving hilarious. If you can't take a joke or stand being poked fun at then you probably need to seriously consider removing your head from your rear end.
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Huge_Midget posted:The episode where they trolled the American South was hilarious. Most of the rest of the country views that area with the same disdain and loathing, so when Top Gear made fun of them for being a bunch of bigoted racist homophobes I thought it was loving hilarious. If you can't take a joke or stand being poked fun at then you probably need to seriously consider removing your head from your rear end. Which episode was this? I need to see it.
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Huge_Midget posted:The episode where they trolled the American South was hilarious. Most of the rest of the country views that area with the same disdain and loathing, so when Top Gear made fun of them for being a bunch of bigoted racist homophobes I thought it was loving hilarious. If you can't take a joke or stand being poked fun at then you probably need to seriously consider removing your head from your rear end. ^ It was the USA special.
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I watched the new James May series and couldn't help but notice the Design For Dreaming clips in episode 2. Have to wonder if he's aware of why some people know of that film...
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Zeether posted:I watched the new James May series and couldn't help but notice the Design For Dreaming clips in episode 2. Have to wonder if he's aware of why some people know of that film... Just curious, what series is it? Is it his 'Cars of the People' or something else new? I'm always on the lookout for what he's up to next.
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mod sassinator posted:Just curious, what series is it? Is it his 'Cars of the People' or something else new? I'm always on the lookout for what he's up to next.
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http://jalopnik.com/watch-video-of-the-terrifying-attack-on-top-gear-in-arg-1642163724quote:UPDATE: Courtesy of readers Manuel A. and Gilles Dhondt is a translation of what's being said in the video. From here, it's easy to see that at least one of the protestors was riled up based on an inaccurate report of what was actually on the plate:
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japtor posted:http://jalopnik.com/watch-video-of-the-terrifying-attack-on-top-gear-in-arg-1642163724 "What are you guys doing?" "We're waiting to swear at them, dude! That'll really show them!"
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CornHolio posted:"What are you guys doing?" You just cannot comprehend the genius of their plan. They are going to drive the British off the Falklands by swearing at some presenters of a car show. Its fool proof. Aztech fucked around with this message at 05:46 on Oct 7, 2014 |
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Hey guys! We're homophobes! Hahaha, yeah, take that!
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I hope it's lost something in translation, else those are some of the most pathetic threats ever: Gay! Gay! Gay! Gay! Condom! Son of a bitch! Gay! Gay! Gay! Yooohaaa ahahahaaaa" With that fighting spirit, no wonder these 'Falkands Veterns' lost to the Royal Marines.
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What an awesome Top Gear USA episode. Huracan, 911, and a Golf on the Nurburgring? Yes please.
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Residency Evil posted:What an awesome Top Gear USA episode. Huracan, 911, and a Golf on the Nurburgring? Yes please. That was a pretty cool Golf though. The Nurburgring version was nice too.
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Oct 8, 2014 03:09
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This was the most Top Gear episode the US has done.
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Whooo what a clusterfuck! A friend actually met them when they first arrived at the airport and they hung around and said hi to fans even though they were obviously dog tired, she's also translated some of the Argentina "Autoblog" posts which is seemingly where most of this kicked off. They'd managed to sneak in and take photos of the cars and spoil the surprise a little bit before they reached Argentina or just after they got there, no one said boo about the licence plates till several days after they'd posted the pictures. They had also planned to stage a small car Bottom of the World Cup match, there were three fiats rented that will never know the joy of Top Gear Car Football. Also the cars are apparently in the hands of Argentinian authorities because they had to be ditched, apparently there were alternative plates they never used that read things like 'Be11end' as well as camera stuff, electronics and licences.
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lol the Argentinian authorities are a bunch of big dumb babies http://www.independent.co.uk/news/p...na-9782685.htmlquote:Jeremy Clarksons Porsche, which inflamed Argentinian locals with its Falklands war referencing number plate, had an even more "offensive" registration set hidden in the boot. Police in Argentina discovered a pair of plates spelling 'BE11 END' inside the car, which was abandoned near the Chilean border by the Top Gear team as they fled the country in fear of being stoned to death. 
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I like how the paragraph quoting Clarkson is literally just all the choice lines from his article mashed together in one giant context-free wad, like one of those Weird Al celebrity interviews.
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