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Great reboot of show after the Evans year of poo poo, still felt a little like they were trying to replicate classic Top Gear moments (among a few other similarities, the fanfare music they played when Rory was shown driving the un-embanked Black Cab sounded an awful lot like the music they played when the Hilux would be restarted after something ridiculous that should have killed it.) BBC showing off their blanket music usage rights with Star Wars music, etc. was fun and a direct jab at Amazon's lack of ability to do the same thing. Definitely going to be interesting to see hamfisted drivers trying to keep the GT86 in a straight line like they could with the considerably easier to drive FWD previous Reasonably Priced Cars. Thank god they got rid of that shitfest offroad track.
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Ether Frenzy posted:Great reboot of show after the Evans year of poo poo, still felt a little like they were trying to replicate classic Top Gear moments (among a few other similarities, the fanfare music they played when Rory was shown driving the un-embanked Black Cab sounded an awful lot like the music they played when the Hilux would be restarted after something ridiculous that should have killed it.) The Hilux segments use La Resa Dei Conti by Ennio Morricone. Old New Top Gear used it in several episodes, and used Morricone a LOT to begin with. This scene used the same music sting but the song as a whole is different and the recording much more recent, I think it's another Ennio Morricone track from one of the Tarantino movies. This episode also used some E.S. Posthumus, who showed up a lot in Old New Top Gear, but was featured most heavily in the North Pole special.
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Powershift posted:stig was new top gear and new new top gear, this is new new new top gear. No, this is the New Improved New Top Gear.
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Mar 7, 2017 05:00
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Was anybody else as disappointed by Extra Gear as I was?
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Mar 7, 2017 12:26
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It was a clear improvement over the Evans fronted Top Gear but I still don't think the presenters have the natural chemistry that facilitates the Clarkson, Hammond and May style banter. I love Matt Leblanc to bits but he feels very out of place when put next to Rory and Chris. Lets hope that it improves in the later episodes.
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Mar 7, 2017 13:31
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I enjoyed every minute of that. So nice to not have to squint through dumb vignetting, studio segments felt fast and that FXXK segment was great. It's one of the big things i hope Wilman stops being so reliant on in Grand Tour, you've got the most expensive cameras out there and you're releasing in 4K, stop putting dumb filters on everything. Was very surprised Chris Harris got the opportunity to do that first segment, figured he was still deep enough on the Ferrari poo poo-list. I guess him owning and gushing about his 512, plus the Top Gear pull mends some bridges.
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Mar 7, 2017 14:14
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I'm guessing the BBC says "Chris Harris is our best driver, so he's driving it, end of story."
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FiftySeven posted:It was a clear improvement over the Evans fronted Top Gear but I still don't think the presenters have the natural chemistry that facilitates the Clarkson, Hammond and May style banter. I love Matt Leblanc to bits but he feels very out of place when put next to Rory and Chris. As a lifelong original flavor TM Top Gear fan I gotta disagree with you here. Leblanc was great in the first episode. His chemistry with Chris in particular got plenty of laughs from me and my wife (who was totally bored dead by Grand Tour). The show felt overall much more natural than TGT. I got goosebumps because it finally felt like Top Gear is back, even if it is with different people. Weird.
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Mar 7, 2017 14:45
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LeBlanc's comment during dead goat basketball, quiiiiite amusing.
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Mar 7, 2017 15:06
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Cojawfee posted:I'm guessing the BBC says "Chris Harris is our best driver, so he's driving it, end of story." I'm fine with this setup.
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Mar 7, 2017 15:06
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I really enjoyed that challenge. That Volvo sounded mean and kinda makes me consider a CAI for my 850 just for that sound...
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Mar 7, 2017 15:23
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Mustache Ride posted:Was anybody else as disappointed by Extra Gear as I was? I'm never going to watch it by I remain concerned that the BBC will at some point try to stuff the new Extra Gear host into the main show for reasons of necessary meddling or as a way of preemptively de-Clarksoning which ever one's ego dangerously swells.
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Mar 7, 2017 15:29
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I haven't bothered with Extra Gear this series because it's not really needed anymore. Last series Extra Gear was actually better than the main show at times. And yeah I understand CHM love, but this new trio works better than GT's on screen chemistry so far.
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Mar 7, 2017 20:38
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Chris patched up his ferrari relationship like two years ago. I suspect that had to do with him buying one...
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Mar 7, 2017 22:50
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Yeah Extra Gear seems a bit pointless now that those 2 are the co hosts.
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Mar 7, 2017 22:51
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I like how Eddie and Sabine were just quietly removed from the show. They didn't get a big scandal and fired, they are just gone. Not that I miss them or anything.
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Mar 7, 2017 23:04
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Sabine is a good guest star, so I look forward to seeing her on the show again, she's just didn't fit in as one of the lead hosts.
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Mar 7, 2017 23:09
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Cojawfee posted:I like how Eddie and Sabine were just quietly removed from the show. They didn't get a big scandal and fired, they are just gone. Not that I miss them or anything. Are they? I thought they were still on the show.
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Mar 7, 2017 23:48
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Chris Knight posted:Sabine is a good guest star, so I look forward to seeing her on the show again, she's just didn't fit in as one of the lead hosts. Sabine's gift was humiliating Clarkson. With him gone, her raison d'être has faded some. I've enjoyed her bits generally, they just need to find another role for her.
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Mar 7, 2017 23:55
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She can drive and has a funny accent. So put her in a car so she can say funny things in a funny accent while driving fast. Anything more than that and she becomes more annoying than anything. Eddie on the other hand had no redeeming qualities at all. EDIT: Having Sabine instead of Harris as the driving instructor would've worked, but Harris worked out well too so. 
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Mar 7, 2017 23:57
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Extra Gear should be all Sabine thrashing manufacturer-loaned supercars. I don't need to hear weather or not a main show host enjoyed filming their segment.
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Jehde posted:She can drive and has a funny accent. So put her in a car so she can say funny things in a funny accent while driving fast. Anything more than that and she becomes more annoying than anything. So basically, she isn't The American.... but rather Ze German. Except the American isn't funny.
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Cojawfee posted:I liked the Star Wars music. I guess only the BBC can do that. But two celebrity segments and no news? Yeah the BBC has some rule where they can steal any copyright music as long as it's only for showing within the U.K. or something like that. It's nice, I loved hearing Atlas by Battles in the show, but frankly I'd rather they just edit things to the music they're eventually going to use for worldwide tv/streaming distribution . Maybe it's that I'm a video editor but I hate knowing the version I'll eventually see in the future is just carefully chosen buyout music that's shoehorned into segments they edited to the pace of some song I can't remember but was probably better. I never really understood the point of a news segment on a show that only airs a few weeks out of the year. I didn't miss it at all. Definitely liking this new Top Gear.
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davebo posted:Yeah the BBC has some rule where they can steal any copyright music as long as it's only for showing within the U.K. or something like that. It's nice, I loved hearing Atlas by Battles in the show, but frankly I'd rather they just edit things to the music they're eventually going to use for worldwide tv/streaming distribution . Maybe it's that I'm a video editor but I hate knowing the version I'll eventually see in the future is just carefully chosen buyout music that's shoehorned into segments they edited to the pace of some song I can't remember but was probably better. IIRC, the news segment was there to fit some BBC rule about consumer information, because they wouldn't fund a show that was just guys driving cars.
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davebo posted:I never really understood the point of a news segment on a show that only airs a few weeks out of the year. I didn't miss it at all. I liked hearing about new cars coming out and their thoughts on them. Plus there would always be some jokes thrown in. The celebrity part is either "I've heard of this person, I'll check it out" or "I don't know who this is, fast forward." Except I had it do it twice this time.
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Deteriorata posted:IIRC, the news segment was there to fit some BBC rule about consumer information, because they wouldn't fund a show that was just guys driving cars. It's probably similar to how The Young Ones had a song number in the middle so they could budget it as "a variety show."
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I'm still not that partial to LeBlanc. He sounds the most like he's reading from a script at all times, whereas Chris and Rory sounded like they were at least genuinely geeking out about various specs if nothing else. The most natural moment from him is when he got out of his car in Kazakhstan and just started kicking the muffler off.
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Ika posted:So basically, she isn't The American.... but rather Ze German. Except the American isn't funny. She isn't funny either but she has a silly accent, can drive reasonably well, and is pretty so that'll do.
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davebo posted:Maybe it's that I'm a video editor but I hate knowing the version I'll eventually see in the future is just carefully chosen buyout music that's shoehorned into segments they edited to the pace of some song I can't remember but was probably better. When i was a video editor - our 'go to' song from memory was something called 'Just Folks'. If we heard that song in the final product it was either as an inside joke, or most likely - client wouldn't spring for licencing real music. I really love that 'It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia' uses old public domain songs.
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I like the new setup. We'll see how it rolls over time, but they went with the exact same lead trio I was hoping for. And yeah that was weird hearing a Bring Me the Horizon song in an edit, and as a matter of fact I think Grand Tour used one of their songs in one episode as well.
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There's definitely a lot of potential for a great series with this new crew. Rory in particular could become very, very fun to watch, and Chris Harris the driving instructor is a good call. Even the celebrity hanging around a lot longer could be fun once the three new guys figure out how things work for them. And like everyone has said, Hammond/May/Clarkson Top Gear didn't really find its groove until the fourth series, so I'm openly optimistic that this new crew will make it work.
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Ireallylikeeggs posted:There's definitely a lot of potential for a great series with this new crew. Rory in particular could become very, very fun to watch, and Chris Harris the driving instructor is a good call. Even the celebrity hanging around a lot longer could be fun once the three new guys figure out how things work for them. And like everyone has said, Hammond/May/Clarkson Top Gear didn't really find its groove until the fourth series, so I'm openly optimistic that this new crew will make it work. I could stand for Harris to be a little less indignant about how bad the celebrities drive though. Clarkson would often poke fun, showing repeated clips a celebrity that accidentally 180'd or went on the grass on the frequently wet track, and that's fine. Chris though, seemed like he was way too personally offended that someone who's not an avid car fan kept driving poorly on a wet track in a RWD car with skinny tires? That's gonna happen a lot so get used to it.
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The cast and show are finally cool and good after last season so I hope we can now hurry up and get to abusing them with hostile offroad nightmare roadtrip scenarios.
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davebo posted:I could stand for Harris to be a little less indignant about how bad the celebrities drive though. Clarkson would often poke fun, showing repeated clips a celebrity that accidentally 180'd or went on the grass on the frequently wet track, and that's fine. Chris though, seemed like he was way too personally offended that someone who's not an avid car fan kept driving poorly on a wet track in a RWD car with skinny tires? That's gonna happen a lot so get used to it. Harris plays a small angry bald man for comedic effect. It works.
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davebo posted:I could stand for Harris to be a little less indignant about how bad the celebrities drive though. Clarkson would often poke fun, showing repeated clips a celebrity that accidentally 180'd or went on the grass on the frequently wet track, and that's fine. Chris though, seemed like he was way too personally offended that someone who's not an avid car fan kept driving poorly on a wet track in a RWD car with skinny tires? That's gonna happen a lot so get used to it.  I enjoyed it more than the Grand Tour. But then I was already a fan of Chris and Matt, and Rory is easy to like.
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Jehde posted:Harris plays a small angry bald man for comedic effect. It works. I guess I'm just used to his angry/frustrated schtick being in his online video car reviews where it seems more innocuous to rage about big and little imperfections in an automobile versus looking like you're irritated at a super chill nice dude like James McAvoy. If that's what he does then I guess he'll keep doing it, but I don't find it entertaining at all.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-y-FgOikNQ
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davebo posted:I guess I'm just used to his angry/frustrated schtick being in his online video car reviews where it seems more innocuous to rage about big and little imperfections in an automobile versus looking like you're irritated at a super chill nice dude like James McAvoy. If that's what he does then I guess he'll keep doing it, but I don't find it entertaining at all. It's not just you, he was definitely needling the poo poo out of him during his fastest lap. Mentioning twice in a condescending manner "that wasn't you, it was the car that saved you" is just rude, never mind all the other comments.
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