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Jun 22, 2022 21:05
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Possibly dumb question, but is there now no legal way to stream Top Gear in the US? I know motortrend+ used to have it, but they seem to have dropped it at the start of June, and I'm not finding anything else but BBC America that has it stateside.
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Jun 27, 2022 19:26
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BBC America will show the new season starting July 14th.
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Jun 27, 2022 19:43
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I like the current crews thing about calling every car The <model name> like The Rivian and The Civic. Last episode was kind of by the numbers but a good time.
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Jun 27, 2022 22:23
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Yeah, the cheap car challenge is a staple of the show and good for a few laughs. The death race seemed a bit anticlimactic since they had to get different cars.
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Jun 28, 2022 03:32
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XNqGvNKJWM New show from May and Hammond looking cool.
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Jun 28, 2022 03:47
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Haha, Paddy dragging that Porsche in the Defender was worth the price of admission alone, but the classic Trials racing was excellent fun.
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Jul 5, 2022 01:57
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I'm glad they didn't give the M3 a pass for the pig snout.
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Jul 5, 2022 03:33
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Mr. Wiggles posted:New show from May and Hammond looking cool. Hammond: And that's how you microwave a frozen chicken patty which you eat with no condiments, tune in next week for the same programme May: You disappoint me, Hammond
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Jul 5, 2022 09:51
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azflyboy posted:Possibly dumb question, but is there now no legal way to stream Top Gear in the US? Feel free to pirate it, I don't watch the BBC and still pay a TV license so you're just using my allocation of programmes.
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Jul 5, 2022 11:39
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Chris Knight posted:Haha, Paddy dragging that Porsche in the Defender was worth the price of admission alone, but the classic Trials racing was excellent fun. The Trials segment was fantastic. Just all joy from everyone involved and good fun.
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Jul 7, 2022 16:01
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Latest James May is out, seems fun but, since I'm Italian, hearing mangled Italian from James makes me cringe every now and then. Give it a shot.
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Jul 15, 2022 08:03
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I said this same thing about his cooking show -SlowBloke posted:Latest James May is out, seems fun but, since I eat food, seeing mangled food from James makes me cringe every now and then. Give it a shot.
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Jul 15, 2022 15:14
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Another point of contention is that several noteworthy places got skipped, for instance my region in the north east was ignored in the last episode while those Tyrol fucks, which will stab you if you call them Italian, got a whole segment. I think it was done on an excessively tiny budget(after all they couldn't pay the Rome permits) which cut the amount of episodes(and places). It could used a couple more.
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Jul 15, 2022 15:44
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I think episode 3 (so far) has James more in his element doing Jamesy things. As he even says, the show is a conflict between him wanting to do stuff he likes, and the producer/director wanting to do things that put him in silly clothing, to possibly appeal to the mainstream audience, I assume? I doubt Joe Schmo is gonna watch these shows without knowing who James is. But like with Our Man In Japan, there's too many places to go and not enough episodes to go around.
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Jul 19, 2022 00:08
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Chris Knight posted:I think episode 3 (so far) has James more in his element doing Jamesy things. As he even says, the show is a conflict between him wanting to do stuff he likes, and the producer/director wanting to do things that put him in silly clothing, to possibly appeal to the mainstream audience, I assume? I think that something more like his wine tasting trips with Oz peppered with cool(for james standards) excursions would fare better than this top gear lite experience. SlowBloke fucked around with this message at 07:40 on Jul 19, 2022 |
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Jul 19, 2022 07:16
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I keep trying to enjoy the Our Man in Japan series and I just have a hard time staying in front of the TV, despite loving James in general, definitely Oz & James which I've watched ten times or so, and especially in his cooking show and also being really interested in Japanese food. Maybe the Italy one will work better. In other news one of my friends who originally turned me onto Top Gear in like 2003 before James joined, he'd stopped watching when the Big Three left, and has just now downloaded all the episodes he missed post-Chris Evans since Chris Evans sucks and it's obvious, and he's loving the Paddy-Freddie-Chris combo which I also find to be almost as good as the heyday of the Big Three era (seasons 3-18 or whatever before they started hating each other). Nice to be LTTP on that.
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Jul 19, 2022 07:46
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Ether Frenzy posted:I keep trying to enjoy the Our Man in Japan series and I just have a hard time staying in front of the TV, despite loving James in general, definitely Oz & James which I've watched ten times or so, and especially in his cooking show and also being really interested in Japanese food. Maybe the Italy one will work better. To be honest, I've watched almost zero Top Gear since the Big Three left. 
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Jul 19, 2022 23:33
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Residency Evil posted:To be honest, I've watched almost zero Top Gear since the Big Three left. I think I have enjoyed the new 3 more than the old Big Three on their last few Grand Tours. I really like chris and freddie is good too.
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Jul 20, 2022 00:05
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I didn’t like them at first because most of the poo poo seemed mean spirited rather than just good natured screwing around. They found a balance now and I would say I’ve moved from not liking to just “it’s watchable.” The stuff they do still seems more contrived than anything Jeremy, James, and Richard did though. I mean, I know the poo poo that they did is largely staged too (with some genuine spontaneous moments thrown in) but the challenges on Top Gear now just seem like are REALLY stretching to make the challenges fit the theme (synthetic sweat, paint bomb for going over 50, old person suit). I mean, the results are entertaining enough to watch, but it just doesn’t feel like it flows as well. I think mostly is that the outcomes of those challenges rarely yield anything downright hilarious happening. Someone is just slow, someone does well against all odds, and someone is just glad to be done with the challenge.
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Jul 20, 2022 02:17
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TheBacon posted:I think I have enjoyed the new 3 more than the old Big Three on their last few Grand Tours. I really like chris and freddie is good too. I like the new big 3 a lot. I don’t know that they have anyone quite as charming as James but over the past few years I’ve found the “Clarkson is a colossal prick” bit to wear a bit and I like all three of paddy, chris and Freddie. James in Italy is pretty good. Definitely could use more money but what can you do? I found it a lot more engaging than James in Japan for some reason that I can’t quite pinpoint.
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Jul 20, 2022 03:50
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I've only watched the first two episodes of James in Italy but it seems like he's moving quite fast through the country? Gotta agree that more money/episodes would have been cool
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Jul 20, 2022 11:30
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pik_d posted:I've only watched the first two episodes of James in Italy but it seems like he's moving quite fast through the country? Gotta agree that more money/episodes would have been cool The areas covered by the first two episodes would have required twice the time to properly explore(southern italy is not very densely populated), the areas covered by the remaining episodes should have took thrice the running time. It's like doing a US coast to coast program and just going SF, LA, Chigago, Detroit and New York.
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Jul 20, 2022 13:02
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"Other regions are available."
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Jul 20, 2022 13:04
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builds character posted:I like the new big 3 a lot. I don’t know that they have anyone quite as charming as James but over the past few years I’ve found the “Clarkson is a colossal prick” bit to wear a bit and I like all three of paddy, chris and Freddie. TheBacon posted:I think I have enjoyed the new 3 more than the old Big Three on their last few Grand Tours. I really like chris and freddie is good too. bull3964 posted:I didn’t like them at first because most of the poo poo seemed mean spirited rather than just good natured screwing around. What season would you guys say is worth it to start watching again? Paddy/Chris/Freddie came after Matt left, right?
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Jul 20, 2022 14:45
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I don’t know if I could really pinpoint the moment because time has lost all meaning in the past few years.
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Jul 20, 2022 14:59
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The new guys are fine but they seem, to me, like variations of the same type of person, almost like siblings or something in terms of personality, while May, Clarkson, and Hammond are about as different from each other as it's possible for three middle-aged cishet white guys from the same country to possibly be. It's tempting to say 'Well they're just getting started' but I recently rewatched the first episode of the Clarkson years where James was introduced and from the first moment it's clear how different he was in personality from Clarkson and Hammond.
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Jul 20, 2022 17:46
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Series 27 was the start of the current 3 I believe and you might check that out but I think it took a series or two for them to sort of hit stride. But I think the first episode of 27 was good.
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Jul 20, 2022 18:02
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Imagined posted:The new guys are fine but they seem, to me, like variations of the same type of person, almost like siblings or something in terms of personality, while May, Clarkson, and Hammond are about as different from each other as it's possible for three middle-aged cishet white guys from the same country to possibly be. It's tempting to say 'Well they're just getting started' but I recently rewatched the first episode of the Clarkson years where James was introduced and from the first moment it's clear how different he was in personality from Clarkson and Hammond. You know what, I think that's about it. We have a guy with racing experience, athlete, and a normal guy. But at the end of the day, their personalities aren't all that different from each other. For example, I could see them quickly coming to a consensus about a movie to go and see in the theater. Meanwhile, Richard would be so on board for Top Gun Maverick, James would claim a decent movie hasn't been made after 1975, and Jeremy would ask why in the hell would he want to get into a room with a bunch of strangers to watch a movie.
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Jul 20, 2022 18:58
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW7ZewVbtyU Not a Top Gear thing but a worthwhile watch if you like May and Hammond drunkenly rambling while playing a game of drinking chess.
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Jul 21, 2022 13:19
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Der Kyhe posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW7ZewVbtyU There also seems to be a poo poo-ton of Top Gear outtakes and Motor Tribe/Whats Next stuff on Youtube if you want to see the CMH in their better years, or just want to see May and Hammond wanking about.
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Jul 21, 2022 23:35
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TheBacon posted:Series 27 was the start of the current 3 I believe and you might check that out but I think it took a series or two for them to sort of hit stride. But I think the first episode of 27 was good. 27 and 28 are on Netflix and says new episodes are avail in Aug so I'll check em out.
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Jul 25, 2022 14:59
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1qNofQY13I Aw yiss
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Aug 25, 2022 22:46
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It's out now BTW. Amazon releases at GMT. Edit: I'm in tears over the icy parking lot. Yikes. Doing a full speed run on studded tries on concrete is a bad idea. bull3964 fucked around with this message at 04:55 on Sep 16, 2022 |
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Sep 16, 2022 04:32
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Absolutely one of the best specials in awhile.
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Sep 16, 2022 06:14
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bull3964 posted:It's out now BTW. Amazon releases at GMT. It really surprised me. The first part with Clarkson seemed like typical "we've done this before" and the cuts made it seem like it wasn't even a full run, then yep wow
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Sep 16, 2022 13:34
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I mean, that was probably the most viscerally shocking accident on the show as far as I can remember.
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Sep 16, 2022 14:09
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If was certainly one of the most well televised ones.
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Sep 16, 2022 14:09
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I guess that little crest in the braking zone hosed him up... very interesting that he ended up going in sideways too - would have been trying to turn into the corner while locked up ? The way they played hammonds run as if he was going to go for it after that was amusing
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Sep 16, 2022 16:15
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The Hammond ski-lift bit was pretty drat funny.
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