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Driving through the woods was amazing, I loved every bit of it  On the other hand, I was disappointed we didn't see how far the car really went, the CGI was... subpar for 2021.
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The driving through the woods piece was my favorite part. The rest of it just felt like an episode of old top gear, which is good, but I kinda expect more from The Grand Tour when we only get two episodes per year. I don't know what COVID restrictions they still have but this whole thing was very obviously filmed very quickly and almost entirely on an estate in Wales.
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The Grand Tour (of someone's backyard). Also what was with the eating scenes with "James" having his head covered in a towel? I guess he wasn't present for those and they just shot around him?
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The joke is that he's eating ortolan bunting.
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Jehde posted:The joke is that he's eating ortolan bunting. Welp, that's disturbing.
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I think this one was far better than the last two since the stunts were less weird, also the subs joke during the car race was a nice self aware one
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The weirdest part of the special to me was using the Aventine as an example of a weird/stupid French car when they had a whole segment on Top Gear in 2008 about how much all three of them like it
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Drakkel posted:The weirdest part of the special to me was using the Aventine as an example of a weird/stupid French car when they had a whole segment on Top Gear in 2008 about how much all three of them like it Nobody sane of mind can say good words about the velsatis or avantime
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Drakkel posted:The weirdest part of the special to me was using the Aventine as an example of a weird/stupid French car when they had a whole segment on Top Gear in 2008 about how much all three of them like it The entire episode was about why they like French cars and the French mentality of making cars. Even the stupid ones.
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Yeah I don't know how you missed the whole vibe of "these cars are stupid as poo poo, but look at this cool thing it has"
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FogHelmut posted:The driving through the woods piece was my favorite part. The rest of it just felt like an episode of old top gear, which is good, but I kinda expect more from The Grand Tour when we only get two episodes per year. I don't know what COVID restrictions they still have but this whole thing was very obviously filmed very quickly and almost entirely on an estate in Wales. I'm of the opinion that they are spending a ton of time and pre-production prep under the assumption that they will get to travel to other countries and do their gags. Which keeps not happening and so they are stuck at the last minute modifying everything to work with what they got even though the jokes don't work any more.
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Murgos posted:I'm of the opinion that they are spending a ton of time and pre-production prep under the assumption that they will get to travel to other countries and do their gags. Which keeps not happening and so they are stuck at the last minute modifying everything to work with what they got even though the jokes don't work any more. Yeah, that is what Brexit and COVID-19 does.
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I might be losing it after a few months of lockdown, but throwing basic french at each other driving through the woods somehow got increasingly hilarious for me. Merde! Bonjour! Allez! Enjoyed the captions gag during the race too. Nice to see Richard Porter show up too, and the French intern was hilarious. Side note: Abbie Eaton currently has a broken back. She's going to be fine, but gently caress sausage kerbs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SWmInErmKg
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I laughed and i laughed hard. "Ball Bag."
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BuckyDoneGun posted:
Oh she was great. Is she enough of a celebrity to be a weird celebrity crush (tm) because she's going to have *fans* after this. Actually liked much of the show - it really was like an old top gear, stupid jokes, cheap but endearing cars. Even the turn to an earnest point with the SM after the race worked.
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Yes, very well done all around. I'm totally ok with this content in place of traveling to the top of the Himalayas or wandering through Moscow or something, but I just wish they could do more of it. Still my favorite show.
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Jehde posted:The joke is that he's eating ortolan bunting. Which he really ate on his wine show. The weird French stereotypes also work for French Canadians as well
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BuckyDoneGun posted:I might be losing it after a few months of lockdown, but throwing basic french at each other driving through the woods somehow got increasingly hilarious for me. Merde! Bonjour! Allez! *crash* "Bonjour monsieur" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-hYbbDkEZI
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The new series was good, but dear god are they getting old. Not sure how much longer Clarkson can keep it going.
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Slanderer posted:The new series was good, but dear god are they getting old. Not sure how much longer Clarkson can keep it going. I think he's aging twice as fast as a normal person.
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Sometimes folks get on, and that's ok. The three still make amazing stuff, and I'm going to watch everything they do as TGT. But I'm also getting ready for them to say "that's it." And I actually won't mind as long as I still get to watch James do his cultural content and see Jeremy piddle about on his farm.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LYhjPqcxUw New video, is this from a yet unaired episode?
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Data Graham posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LYhjPqcxUw From the number plates alone it would have been filmed in 2015/16 or so. I’m also /pretty/ sure I’ve seen it before on tv or youtube. Could be it’s one of the pilots they knocked up before landing TGT with Amazon?
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Data Graham posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LYhjPqcxUw Season 1, episode 13.
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Don't know if anyone cares anymore, but the third iteration of nu-Top Gear (McGuinness-Flintoff-Harris) is rather OK, especially after ditching the studio segments entirely, with great majority of episodes being one challenge/feature instead of mishmash of smaller items and test drives.
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Looks like new series coming June 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSPX7PHwDRg
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Der Kyhe posted:Don't know if anyone cares anymore, but the third iteration of nu-Top Gear (McGuinness-Flintoff-Harris) is rather OK, especially after ditching the studio segments entirely, with great majority of episodes being one challenge/feature instead of mishmash of smaller items and test drives. I think it says a lot about the chemistry Clarkson-May-Hammond had that I preferred the studio segments over everything else they did. I miss THE NEEEEWWWWWWS.
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Seconded. The car stuff was always just a platform. I watched for the collaborative comedy panel routine
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Data Graham posted:Seconded. I think if anything, this becomes more obvious looking at the behind the scenes sections. Or listening to the drivetime radio show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhgqPJ5R9hM
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CornHolio posted:I think it says a lot about the chemistry Clarkson-May-Hammond had that I preferred the studio segments over everything else they did. I miss THE NEEEEWWWWWWS.
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First ep was pretty fun, last race was great.
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Come to find out donk racing fuckin rules
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Hehe Freddie hurtling himself down that run in a C5 tribute was amazing.
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New james may series trailer https://youtu.be/aSUfeCeyVz0 the english breakfast pizza will haunt me forever
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Oh man I love his shows. What's BIM in Italian?
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Chris Knight posted:What's BIM in Italian? No idea, never saw those personal guide on a player dealio outside of a select few museums let alone a cute robot variant.
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I don't think I've seen Freddie and Paddy look as happy as they did first getting into their cabs at the beginning of the show
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The whole trucker segment was great. I expected them to just putter around the airfield and do stunts and stuff but it was fun seeing that they actually got licensed and took them out on the road.
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Agreed, the trucker segment was just good fun and hopefully people will respect trucking a little more now.
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