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I like that this has turned into a TVIV enclave, which I think is both timely and relevant.davebo posted:Mainly because I like Reggie Watts but I also like his format of having all the guests on the couch at once. While I rarely watch it, this reason is why I like the Graham Norton show. It feels like the celebs are finally done with a week of plugging their thing on strict format talkshows, now it's Friday and they all gather at Graham's to drink and laugh, some UK comedian tells a story which makes Al Pacino laugh etc. I haven't watched Corden's beyond some singing clips. Guess I'll start off with the Top Gear one.
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davebo posted:Speaking of TV, I hope the Grand Tour release gets staggered on a weekly basis so I can follow the thread when each episode is released. That is how they're planning to release it, right? If it all came as one lump sum the thread would just explode at once and I would just avoid it until I had watched the whole season, and that's a lot less fun. Yes, they said that they'd be released weekly on Friday nights instead of as a batch like Netflix shows. Data Graham posted:Jesus Christ those sunburns. Was their previous challenge hiking out of Death Valley? Close.
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Ola posted:I like James Corden. On his own he's a bit more of a family entertainer, hasn't got the zingiest of lines. But sit him next to someone on it and he is a great catalyst. I have no idea who Sean Lock is, but is he trying to be a younger Michael Caine with that voice?
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Humphreys posted:I have no idea who Sean Lock is, but is he trying to be a younger Michael Caine with that voice?
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Qmass posted:Shockingly, brits have accents based on geography... unlike the rest of the world? I knew that would be a response and I should have known better. Nevertheless I want to live in that part of Britain if everyone has his mannerisms 24/7 Humphreys fucked around with this message at 11:49 on Oct 6, 2016 |
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Humphreys posted:I knew that would be a response and I should have known better. You don't
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Humphreys posted:I knew that would be a response and I should have known better. He's got an East London accent (working class, cockney) which is the same as Michael Caine. I'm not sure if it is real or an affectation as he is middle-class and was raised in Surrey Humphreys posted:Nevertheless I want to live in that part of Britain if everyone has his mannerisms 24/7 Whorelord posted:You don't
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He got skin cancer on his back working as a builder without a shirt out in the sun. Couldn't ask the fellow builders to put on sunblock. Decent working class credentials IMO. Another strong social indicator is the rapid response to alcohol. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHzsQFS6KfA
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He's sort of the erudite/intellectual working-class man. My parents have a friend like that, he works on his own cars, does all kinds of manual work, but is also very well-read and a very adept debater of all subjects.
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KozmoNaut posted:He's sort of the erudite/intellectual working-class man. My parents have a friend like that, he works on his own cars, does all kinds of manual work, but is also very well-read and a very adept debater of all subjects. The Ipcress File is a film using this archetype in the place of James Bond. Played by... Michael Caine. 
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Yeah, The Ipcress File is a great anti-Bond. It was made in the 60s when the Bond craze was at its hottest except Palmer is, indeed, working class and a former Army NCO who shops in the supermarket. The sexy intro sequence is replaced by Palmer getting up in the morning and making coffee. It doesn't feel that novel these days since Le Carré et al. have really left their print on the popular consciousness and the idea of espionage as boring paperwork and sitting in cars eating terrible food isn't new anymore.
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I think Derek Flint is my favorite Not-Bond.
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Michael Caine has always been a solid actor, and I think a lot of younger people, or people not as into older British films, don't get that he was readily cast as something of a tough guy. It's like whether someone looks at Ian McShane and thinks Lovejoy or Al Swearengen.
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Steve 'arris has the same exact accent, except he's quite a bit quieter. I guess if you're going to be on an English panel show with Jimmy Carr and that Alexei Sayle impersonator you had better be loud.
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Cojawfee posted:I think Derek Flint is my favorite Not-Bond. Bernard Samson is mine. With George Smiley coming second.
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Cojawfee posted:I think Derek Flint is my favorite Not-Bond.
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Oh poo poo this is going to be fantastic. It looks like a movie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLtpcxtk4HI
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Disappointing Pie posted:Oh poo poo this is going to be fantastic. It looks like a movie. I'm so glad I bought a 4k tv a month ago. It's going to look amazing.
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Disappointing Pie posted:Oh poo poo this is going to be fantastic. It looks like a movie. I love the stall of the car at the end. It just seems so natural even if it's scripted.
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gently caress yes! No idea how I will give amazon money for this but I'm sure I'll find out.
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bull3964 posted:I'm so glad I bought a 4k tv a month ago. It's going to look amazing. Does amazon actually stream 4k now? Any idea what the bitrate is?
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Data Graham posted:What the hell even is that car at the end? Aston Martin Vulcan. A track-only supercar.
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davebo posted:Does amazon actually stream 4k now? Any idea what the bitrate is? They steam a bunch of their originals in 4k, many with HDR even. (The Tick in 4k HDR was a treat.). They have some movies in 4k too (some on prime, some pay.) Minimum bandwidth requirements for UHD is 15Mbps, so average is north of that.
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Disappointing Pie posted:Oh poo poo this is going to be fantastic. It looks like a movie. And they even have the Kongos for the trailer music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz2GVlQkn4Q
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bull3964 posted:They steam a bunch of their originals in 4k, many with HDR even. (The Tick in 4k HDR was a treat.). They have some movies in 4k too (some on prime, some pay.) Wow that's a bit more than I was expecting, thanks for the info. That Tick premiere was fun but I love the cartoon more and every time I see that actor all I can think of is his amazing Alan Alda impersonation and oh hey can amazon hurry up and release the grand tour so this thread can go back to anything remotely resembling car show chat?
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Wife watched the preview for Grand tour. Guess we're getting prime now 
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Powershift posted:Aston Martin Vulcan. A track-only supercar. And it has a brutally heavy clutch, when it turned up to a show here the test driver nearly stalled it multiple times pulling off. And that's the guy who's been involved in testing the thing for 6months +
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tobu posted:gently caress yes! Same here. Absolutely no idea if it's even going to be available in Denmark, ever.
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Disappointing Pie posted:Oh poo poo this is going to be fantastic. It looks like a movie. AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I really wonder what the Amazon Prime uptake spike is going to look like when this comes out.
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Thread title change to The Grand Tour Season 1: Who Needs Top Gear? coming this November.
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Humphreys posted:Thread title change to The Grand Tour Season 1: Who Needs Top Gear? coming this November. Probably just best to make a new thread? It is a different show afterall
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pik_d posted:Probably just best to make a new thread? It is a different show afterall We need a good poster to create the new thread. I am not that person.
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tobu posted:gently caress yes! We're in Australia... Its going to be the " The Grand Your-watching-this-on-a-torrent tour" because of reasons that noone can comprehend we cant get amazon prime video.
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Ferremit posted:We're in Australia... Its going to be the " The Grand Your-watching-this-on-a-torrent tour" because of reasons that noone can comprehend we cant get amazon prime video. Same but in Canada. Wtf Amazon?
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Ferremit posted:We're in Australia... Its going to be the " The Grand Your-watching-this-on-a-torrent tour" because of reasons that noone can comprehend we cant get amazon prime video. Q2 from what I've read. Yep, not loving good enough and of course it's going to be  FFS, when are content deliverers going to loving get it? Look at Netflix, we're happy to loving pay if you give us the chance!
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Q2 from what I've read. Yep, not loving good enough and of course it's going to be Murdochs fault*. Same reason that it's harder for us to get deals like US Netflix just got, where a bunch of shows from one network are available the day after they air. *I just like to shovel poo poo on Murdoch. It's mostly because our terrestrial channels buy airing rights from whoever. Various shows from one US network get spread across several TV channels, which then makes it harder for Netflix/whoever.
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