Top Gear (British Version)

david.garrett84

Pelican
Protestant
Ironic that Amazon founder and liberal Jeff Bezos is trumpeting this show.

Clarkson is basically the "misogynistic", "racist" pariah of British television.

Mind you, WaPo, which Bezos owns, has a tendency to surprise. Leftist claptrap one day, and the next day it decimates the makers of the UVA rape hoax.
 

MikeS

Pelican
First episode of The Grand Tour was great. Pretty much old Top Gear with new locations and a higher budget - but wasn't that what we wanted anyway?
 

NilNisiOptimum

Kingfisher
Grand Tour was fantastic. I think the hiatus and change in management is exactly what those guys needed. Comparing three hyper cars is nothing new, but no one does it like Clarkson, Hammond and May.
 

NilNisiOptimum

Kingfisher
I noticed that earlier seasons of Top Gear (2-17) are streaming in Amazon Prime now. What cracks me up is that Amazon inserts a 15 second spot for Grand Tour before every other episode. I'd love to know how Amazon pulled this off, as all these seasons disappeared from Netflix about 2 years ago. Netflix still has 18-22 at the moment.
 

zphyer7

Pigeon
Just watched the first episode of The Grand Tour and it was great. Yes they have a higher budget and the feel of the old Top Gear is still there, but the most important element is just the chemistry between Clarkson, Hammond, and May. I could probably watch them just sitting around talking about random BS for an hour because their funny and mesh well.

This is in contrast to the new Top Gear which is a flaming bag of dog shit. I went in with an open mind and the cars, production values, and cinematography are still great but that doesn't mean anything because the cast doesn't work well together. Had to stop watching after a few episodes. Couldn't stand that pole smoker Chris Evans most of all. In a rare good move BBC has canned him, but now that The Grand Tour is out I don't see Top Gear lasting much longer. Well the BBC made their bed, now they can lie in it.
 

MikeS

Pelican
Top Gear returned tonight - cut down to three hosts, Matt LeBlanc (I've always like this guy, blue pill TV shows or not), Chris Harris (I have previously seen and enjoyed some of his car tests on YouTube, motoring journalist and race driver) and Rory Reid (never heard of him, motoring journalist).

I completely skipped last season after all the horrible things I heard about it - not least the main host who thankfully left.

First episode of the new season was pretty good, quite a lot like old Top Gear and already pretty decent chemistry between the three hosts, although some of the jokes felt forced.
The Grand Tour wasn't exactly perfect through it's entire first season run either, particularly with the silly celebrity braincrash segment that would have been a nice one-time gag that they instead ran into the ground over the entire season.
 

The Beast1

Peacock
Orthodox Inquirer
Gold Member
MikeS said:
Top Gear returned tonight - cut down to three hosts, Matt LeBlanc (I've always like this guy, blue pill TV shows or not), Chris Harris (I have previously seen and enjoyed some of his car tests on YouTube, motoring journalist and race driver) and Rory Reid (never heard of him, motoring journalist).

I completely skipped last season after all the horrible things I heard about it - not least the main host who thankfully left.

First episode of the new season was pretty good, quite a lot like old Top Gear and already pretty decent chemistry between the three hosts, although some of the jokes felt forced.
The Grand Tour wasn't exactly perfect through it's entire first season run either, particularly with the silly celebrity braincrash segment that would have been a nice one-time gag that they instead ran into the ground over the entire season.

Was it the same one I watched? They went to Kazakhstan.

I have to say, it was certainly an improvement. The dynamic was curious, but overall very enjoyable.

Leblanc's a cool character and had some zingy one liners. I enjoyed it.
 

MikeS

Pelican
The Beast1 said:
MikeS said:
Top Gear returned tonight - cut down to three hosts, Matt LeBlanc (I've always like this guy, blue pill TV shows or not), Chris Harris (I have previously seen and enjoyed some of his car tests on YouTube, motoring journalist and race driver) and Rory Reid (never heard of him, motoring journalist).

I completely skipped last season after all the horrible things I heard about it - not least the main host who thankfully left.

First episode of the new season was pretty good, quite a lot like old Top Gear and already pretty decent chemistry between the three hosts, although some of the jokes felt forced.
The Grand Tour wasn't exactly perfect through it's entire first season run either, particularly with the silly celebrity braincrash segment that would have been a nice one-time gag that they instead ran into the ground over the entire season.

Was it the same one I watched? They went to Kazakhstan.

I have to say, it was certainly an improvement. The dynamic was curious, but overall very enjoyable.

Leblanc's a cool character and had some zingy one liners. I enjoyed it.

Yep, same one.
 

Ethan Hunt

Kingfisher
Gold Member
As a U.K. Resident. Who may not pay TV license (cause fuck the BBC) how can I watch it without having terrible sound quality?
 

MikeS

Pelican
Ethan Hunt said:
As a U.K. Resident. Who may not pay TV license (cause fuck the BBC) how can I watch it without having terrible sound quality?

The same way as the rest of the world who can't wait for local channels or Netflix to catch up - torrents. Not sure if you can find it with surround sound (assuming it's airing like that) but certainly with adequate stereo sound.
 

Andreas

Kingfisher
MikeS said:
Top Gear returned tonight - cut down to three hosts, Matt LeBlanc (I've always like this guy, blue pill TV shows or not), Chris Harris (I have previously seen and enjoyed some of his car tests on YouTube, motoring journalist and race driver) and Rory Reid (never heard of him, motoring journalist).

I completely skipped last season after all the horrible things I heard about it - not least the main host who thankfully left.

First episode of the new season was pretty good, quite a lot like old Top Gear and already pretty decent chemistry between the three hosts, although some of the jokes felt forced.
The Grand Tour wasn't exactly perfect through it's entire first season run either, particularly with the silly celebrity braincrash segment that would have been a nice one-time gag that they instead ran into the ground over the entire season.

They also need to get rid of the American and do a bit more car talk during conversation street. Also they haven't review a lot of cars. I was expecting at least a comparison between the Ferrari 488 and Mclaren 675 LT.
 

Kona

Crow
Gold Member
Holy cow I just discovered top gear and I love it.

They go all over the place. Just saw them go to Burma. I guess they get away with being so un politically correct in england.

I've got twenty seasons to catch up on.

Aloha!
 

Chowder Head

Kingfisher
Gold Member
Kona said:
Holy cow I just discovered top gear and I love it.

They go all over the place. Just saw them go to Burma. I guess they get away with being so un politically correct in england.

I've got twenty seasons to catch up on.

Aloha!

Wait until Joey from Friends starts hosting. That's when it gets good.
 

Foolsgo1d

Peacock
Chowder Head said:
Kona said:
Holy cow I just discovered top gear and I love it.

They go all over the place. Just saw them go to Burma. I guess they get away with being so un politically correct in england.

I've got twenty seasons to catch up on.

Aloha!

Wait until Joey from Friends starts hosting. That's when it gets good.

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Kona

Crow
Gold Member
Chowder Head said:
Kona said:
Holy cow I just discovered top gear and I love it.

They go all over the place. Just saw them go to Burma. I guess they get away with being so un politically correct in england.

I've got twenty seasons to catch up on.

Aloha!

Wait until Joey from Friends starts hosting. That's when it gets good.

I saw where he drives the reasonably priced car and wins. Hammond drives a NASCAR pace car while the other two go to China. Its great.

Aloha!
 

IveBeenFramed

Kingfisher
When May, Hammond, and Clarkson did the show my favorite segments were the cheap car challenges.

The most hilarious one was the British Leyland challenge.

 
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