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Data Graham posted:Same here. Though of course my roommate (who is always looking at gun porn websites when I look over at him) thought it was the best thing ever. The Scimitar was adorable but that was about it.
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I liked The Excellence. It looked like if you explained to a british dude what a donk was like over the phone. Pretty good episode. I liked that all the segments were in one piece, not split up in parts.
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Modus Man posted:I just wanted this to be seen more because I laughed so hard at this it hurt The throw, the camera angle and the reactions are all so good.
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Tayter Swift posted:Something odd about doing a show in Germany and yet the only German vehicles on display were the top half of a Mercedes and a VW van they blew up. Where the tent bits are filmed have nothing to do with the content of the films. I don't know why people can't figure that out.
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For anyone looking for a Fiero joke in amongst their various bodged cars, one of those Duke class frigates is the HMS Iron Duke...Cojawfee posted:Where the tent bits are filmed have nothing to do with the content of the films. I don't know why people can't figure that out.
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InitialDave posted:For anyone looking for a Fiero joke in amongst their various bodged cars, one of those Duke class frigates is the HMS Iron Duke... It is even more bizarre that they film the opening segment with 3 cars that chances are you are interested in driving around the local area and then do nothing with that material during the show. The Stuttgart episode really highlights what a poor choice this is. Home of Mercedes and Porsche and within easy Autobahn driving distance of both Audi and BMW. Instead we get three really poor film segments. The NSX review was vintage but it was tarnished by the 'Merican and the wet lap. ETA: Actually if it isn't really a car show anymore, I would have gotten a kick out of them setting up the tent during the pumpkin fest. Walk the grounds, get blitzed on mulled wine, and rag on the pumpkin sculptures. mythadile fucked around with this message at 11:42 on Jan 7, 2017 |
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At this point, the show isn't so bad I refuse to watch it, but isn't good enough for me to care much about new episodes. I watch them when I have an hour to kill, not the moment they're released. Watching James reassemble stuff is far more enjoyable.
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mythadile posted:It is even more bizarre that they film the opening segment with 3 cars that chances are you are interested in driving around the local area and then do nothing with that material during the show. I thought this episode was incredibly Old New Top Gear, and enjoyed it. They haven't been doing anything related to where they're camped since the South African one, so its probably a good idea to not expect it anymore.
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Deteriorata posted:Watching James reassemble stuff is far more enjoyable. Everything James has done outside TG has been good - Reassembler, Toy Stories, Big Ideas, even Oz and James's Big Wine Adventure where he basically just gets drunk all the time.
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I dunno why they think "Does that mean he's not coming on then?" "Well James, he's currently a fine mist in the upper stratosphere, so I think that's a no" is a good running joke.
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I want a lot James May and Bill Watterson in a room together and record what happens. I feel like they would absolutely love each other.
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I honestly laughed my arse off when James may rolled up in the little Scimitar tank and then they cut to clarkson rolling in in the loving Challenger II. Aint no kill quite like overkill. Or watching a fat man trying to get into a tank turret.
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Rated PG-34 posted:James May has some p boss screwdrivers. He has Japanese skrew drivers for Japanese screws because that is the correct tool.
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Data Graham posted:I dunno why they think "Does that mean he's not coming on then?" "Well James, he's currently a fine mist in the upper stratosphere, so I think that's a no" is a good running joke. I'm finding myself fastforwarding through the celebrity sections, just like top gear. They need to drop that gag and the unfunny american guy. ed: VVV oh yeah, that's when the show gets to actually shine. I wish they'd let them relax and have a bit more fun when doing the tent segments, their chemistry together is what made people want to watch the show. Converstaion street could stand to go a few minutes longer too instead of being cut off abruptly. As Nero Danced fucked around with this message at 19:08 on Jan 8, 2017 |
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As Nero Danced posted:I'm finding myself fastforwarding through the celebrity sections, just like top gear. They need to drop that gag and the unfunny american guy. Are you watching the "instead" sections? Some of those are pretty good.
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I suppose the jabbering test driver is kind of a necessity to set themselves apart enough from The Stig. I suppose it would be more interesting of having him give a honest opinion during the drive instead of dumb jokes, but that probably wouldn't fly with Clarkson, because he couldn't comment hotlaps anymore.
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I like The American. It's kinda funny to stop Top Gear to have a brief statement by Drunk Camaro Uncle, whom at least where I live is an actual reality wherever three or four cars are joined together.
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When was this episode filmed? I was literally in that exact spot last week, which is actually in Ludwigsburg, about 15km away from Stuttgart proper. There were still some Christmas decorations there.pik_d posted:I thought this episode was incredibly Old New Top Gear, and enjoyed it. They haven't been doing anything related to where they're camped since the South African one, so its probably a good idea to not expect it anymore. You know what would've been more fun than some of the ridiculous scripted segments? Get them to drive some of the early cars or replicas and replicate Bertha's original road trip. Meanwhile James could get stuck sperging in one of the two enormous technical museums (Speyer and Sinsheim, 70km away) over the jets and cars and submarines they have there. If any Amazon employees are reading this, I'm available for a writing gig 
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I am guessing they are going to make better use of the locations in the second series. Wasn't the whole grand tour and traveling studio theme thought up sometime after most of the filming had been completed?
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Everyones forgetting that this entire series has been a rush job- They werent expecting Amazon to go "We want 12 episodes by years end." when they signed up with them
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I don't jump and watch new episodes as soon as they come out but if this is a rush job then it just shows how much better then production team are than the new one the BBC were using for Top Gear. Since if my memory serves it wasn't just the presenters who went to Amazon but most of the production team as well. Either way it is enjoyable and while some of the running jokes are getting trite such as the dying celebrity bit at least they are not spending 15-20 minutes per show having some over hyped "star" prattle off about their latest project. VVV fair enough, it always felt longer. BigPaddy fucked around with this message at 14:38 on Jan 9, 2017 |
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BigPaddy posted:at least they are not spending 15-20 minutes per show having some over hyped "star" prattle off about their latest project. It was always nearly exactly 10 minutes, usually right down to the second, including the lap.
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GutBomb posted:It was always nearly exactly 10 minutes, usually right down to the second, including the lap. Which is probably the minimum required by the BBC Light Entertainment Specification Sheet. One thing that's sorely lacking is good jokes. There are nice small ones (like "to pay"/"toupee" during the auction) and the car review bits are good enough - but as I've said before they are lacking that funny angle which only being on the BBC could do. They would be "forced" to do consumer reviews (which tons of people actually complained about them not doing, which makes it funnier) and then they sabotage the consumer review with ridiculous racing or big explosions. Ridiculous racing or big explosions on their own just isn't funny, even if big pyro does trigger some pleasing synapses in our childish minds.
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Top Gear was always at its best when things went wrong, so they started scripting things to go wrong in increasingly elaborate and spectacular ways, and in the process lost all the spontaneity in reaction that was what made things going wrong be so funny in the first place. Either that or they just got worse at scripting the reactions, I suppose. Stuttgart episode was pretty decent but I couldn't help but think that building a survival car would have made a fantastic challenge segment in the old days. There are only so many times you can do "order a car from a customs place and blow it up."
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I just want the cheap car challenges to return. The sub-10,000 mid-engined Italian supercar challenge is one of the best segments they've ever filmed.
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KozmoNaut posted:I just want the cheap car challenges to return. This. Even if they're not allowed to do "buy a car for 500 and do x" because (people have speculated that) it's a BBC owned format/idea, surely they could do "Mr Willman has provided us with these three cars, we have to do x", where the cars just happen to be cheap pieces of poo poo.
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KozmoNaut posted:I just want the cheap car challenges to return. Definitely. How can it be so hard to drive from Bristol to Slough?! The battery is discharging, the oil temperature is very high, the oil pressure is very low, the engine temperature is off the end of the scale, I'm running out of petrol, but the clock is correct.
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My favorite scene from a cheap car challenge is from the 100 pound challenge where they do the crash test. James's frightened, betrayed, "Have a crash? On purpose?" is literally perfect. Favorite challenge is probably the ambulance one.
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Gotta be British Leyland for me. All the pieces falling off the cars on the cobble road, the long telephoto shot of James in the driver's seat getting eggs drizzled down his face, I may never have laughed so hard.
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Data Graham posted:Gotta be British Leyland for me. Or the door trim going on strike while the rest of the door opened.
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That moment just ruined me. Clarkson opening the door and then just not even being able to speak, only point.
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The British Leyland one was great but I preferred the later one about British sports cars being better than hatchbacks. Just 25 minutes of increasingly bald face lies and the use of a car bomb to support them.
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I love the RWD vs FWD challenge. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRfM4tyksbo
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projecthalaxy posted:Favorite challenge is probably the ambulance one.
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