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Xelkelvos posted:It almost feels like they attempted that in this special given that two of the cars were about the same price, but there also wasn't much of a coherent theme between them. And they were *so close* to being able to make it work here. "Here's fifteen grand, buy a car that was never available in the ex-Eastern Bloc" would have gotten them the Mitsuoka and the SSR, and James just has to go find an old TVR or XJS or an Alfetta and there you have a theme.
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May and Hammond take Clarkson's car for a thrash around the track. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhjHcHlmdA4
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Chris Knight posted:May and Hammond take Clarkson's car for a thrash around the track. Oh poo poo, I'm used to the stuff on Youtube just being clips of the show, that was cool to have extra content. Now I'm imagining Clarkson and Hammond cramming themselves in the Crosley
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pik_d posted:Oh poo poo, I'm used to the stuff on Youtube just being clips of the show, that was cool to have extra content. Now I'm imagining Clarkson and Hammond cramming themselves in the Crosley There's actually been a fair bit of content outside of Amazon on Youtube of esp Hammond and May that is very good. May is May and Hammond becomes so much less idiot.
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Chris Knight posted:May and Hammond take Clarkson's car for a thrash around the track. That extra bit is actually funnier than 90% of the special.
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I like how all their banter sounded exactly like if they were doing a eulogy for Clarkson
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Der Kyhe posted:That extra bit is actually funnier than 90% of the special. Calling a Silvia ”Primera” was a bit not good, though
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I thought it was alright. Not their best, not their worst. Worth watching once. The Nigel bits were the funniest, really all of the parts in the wax museum were great. I was hoping for awhile that they had a theme of visiting the 'second best' everything, but that didn't seem to go anywhere... and I thought the premise was 'cars nobody in their right mind would take on a road trip' which means James should have won, because that was the absolute worst car for the job, clearly.
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As others have said, it was fine. They ticked all the boxes, but it doesn't seem like their old hearts are 100% in it. Hammond roasting Jeremy about being too fat for the little car was great.
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CornHolio posted:I thought it was alright. Not their best, not their worst. Worth watching once. The Nigel bits were the funniest, really all of the parts in the wax museum were great. Agreed. sock it to me! posted:Hammond roasting Jeremy about being too fat for the little car was great. Also extremely good!
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sock it to me! posted:As others have said, it was fine. They ticked all the boxes, but it doesn't seem like their old hearts are 100% in it. I felt the last one that their hearts were in it was the boat special in Cambodia.
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Today's Drivetribe article is the closest to an old top gear segment in a while https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWCTmyOFKik Even if it ends a bit too much as a grenadier ad in times.
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2023/09/11/freddie-flintoff-top-gear-crash-bbc-crisis/quote:It was a cheering sight both for fans of cricket and Top Gear: Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff pictured at England’s one-day international series against New Zealand. In his first public appearance since he was injured in a driving stunt for the BBC motoring show nine months ago, Flintoff was seen with the England team at Cardiff’s Sophia Gardens. On Friday, he led drills with the players before watching the match from the balcony, and on Sunday was with the team in Southampton. Wearing an England training kit and bucket hat, he joked around with the team and smiled for photographers. Story continues to discuss the future, but drat, poor Freddie  
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It's a wonder Hammond wasn't a brutal mess after his various crashes
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I think the issue here was that the guy had an open face helmet in an open top car. Hammond usually had either a full face helmet, or was in an enclosed car.
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There is a tabloid trash in Finland saying that Flintoff has resigned and BBC had disbanded the production team, effectively ending the Top Gear for good. Is there anything real in this or is it just yellow press wanking?
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Have a Deadline article saying basically the same thing https://deadline.com/2023/09/top-gear-team-dismantled-no-plans-new-series-following-freddie-flintoff-crash-1235548760/
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I can't help but wonder how bad Flintoff would have looked just after the accident.
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In 8th grade gym class back a million years ago I saw a dude get hit full on in the face by a thrown shotput (it was horrible and his nose was somewhere else and his jaw was sideways and he was convulsing on the ground freaking out  ) and when the poor guy came back to school a year later (with some serious TBI issues as well) he looked about like Freddie does.
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ExParrot posted:Word on the street is that the BBC have just axed Top Gear completely I can’t imagine it’s ever been as popular since the trio left. Probably a lot easier to do today.
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Residency Evil posted:I can’t imagine it’s ever been as popular since the trio left. Probably a lot easier to do today. The latest replacement trio wasn't bad, but then Flintoff went to almost kill himself and resigned, giving BBC the excuse they have probably been looking for since Joey left. Der Kyhe fucked around with this message at 16:27 on Oct 8, 2023 |
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ExParrot posted:Word on the street is that the BBC have just axed Top Gear completely The BBC has responded to those reports by saying they haven't made a decision yet, but they didn't say anything indicating it was going to resume production any time soon (or at all).
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https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/former-cricketer-andrew-flintoff-gets-17m-payout-for-top-gear-accident-20231014-p5ec7l.html Well the BBC has to find a load of money for Flintoff so I wouldnt be surprised given thats two presenters that got messed up TG is done
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https://www.drive.com.au/news/top-gear-australia-tv-show-revival-2024/quote:The Australian divisions of television giants BBC Studios and Paramount have confirmed Top Gear Australia will return in 2024, more than a decade after the local version of the world-famous British TV show was axed. 
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So one guy that actually knows poo poo about cars with a immense proven record of being a popular host and some really good offbrand stuff and two ..... who the gently caress are they? BBC should have picked off at least one other Aust car yooootooober. Like ... Oh how about Dank Pods/Garbage Time? Ben Neal / BCM? There's afew running around that would be worth a shot
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I hope they don't enforce a "TopGear media presence only" clause like with Rory Reed and Chris Harris, otherwise MCM fans are going to riot.
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"And now our long time returning guest, Marty!"
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Bring back Pizatti and Cox. TG-Australia in the multiple attempts were just starting to gel and do their own thing before they nuked everything and brought in generic obnoxious Clarkson clone #32.
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SlowBloke posted:I hope they don't enforce a "TopGear media presence only" clause like with Rory Reed and Chris Harris, otherwise MCM fans are going to riot. It is a tricky situation when their type of content is not only in the same medium but also has a significant overlap with Top Gear. It's not hard to see how there could be conflicts any time a potential idea could work in either TG or MCM unless there are clearly defined boundaries. Unlike Chris and Rory whose individual content almost perfectly overlapped with their Top Gear content obviously MCM does a lot of real work and technical stuff that just isn't going to happen on camera in Top Gear, but still a lot of their "fun" content could easily be a TG bit.
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Blair seems pretty cool for Top Gear AU - replace the other two with either Dankmus Nick or his friend James (or both!) and Ben Neal. three (or four) guys who actually know poo poo about cars
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Tonight on Top Gear, we find out what happens when the marketing team picks your presenters based on their glamour shots, we discuss how much starch you need for a jacket and Crocodile Dundee drives in our reasonably priced car!
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First Top gear and now The Grand Tour. https://hworkshop.co.uk/2023/11/29/well-folks-its-a-wrap/
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The Grand Tour ending wasn’t exactly a surprise - they said as much last year after James’ car accident (I think).
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