The Grand Tour.....

[M.C]

[recman]

[The Artist]

Classic SP was brilliant. This new long season arc thing they are doing is very "meh". I still watch it because it does have its moments but I wish they could come up with some original single episodes again.

[M.C]

They were all brilliant years ago, although for me the early Simpsons episodes are the only ones I can still watch, as they were so witty and well done.

The old Top Gear episodes are also still good to watch, but again I actually prefer the earlier ones as they were a bit more serious. I also think with obvious humour you remember it more, so obviously it's less funny when you watch it again.

[recman]

Just caught episode 2, getting better.
Pros.
Few good laughs, mostly Clarkson induced.
Outrageous Aston Martin.
Cons.
Military rescue bit could have been considerably shorter to give space for another car section or even, dare I say, a bike bit.
I wouldn't mind seeing a celeb on, not doing a lap, just dicking around a race/off road track or something.

Getting there though.

[Mawsley]

[recman]

[Irn-Bru]

So, are they actually going to get celebs on or is it just a recurring joke? I skipped most of those in TG anyway, unless it was someone I'd actually heard of.

Not a fan of the American driver at all tbh.

It's still good though
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[Mawsley]

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[M.C]

I once heard Clarkson described (by a fellow Yorkshireman) as the village idiot who escaped

[recman]

[bugeye_bob]

[Suntan Sid]

[M.C]

[Stevie GooGs]

Im not into cars that much, the original Top Gear i would watch now and again but liked the Specials where they were out touring countries etc. The live die repeat i thought was pretty funny apart from Hammond I'm finding him more and more annoying. When JC got stuck through the window and said the terrorists were doing bad things to him and just shoot him had me in tears lol.
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[Pjay]

It all reminded me of CS_747.
No bad thing.

[angryjonny]

[c_dug]

It's become a bit... Sit-com.

Some of it has the old spark, but they need to stop trying to force the comedy and just let it come like it used to. It's less mates dicking around with cars, and more like an episode of Friends with some car parts thrown in.
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[Rogerborg]

Mmm. Even when they packed May off to that chav rally, he didn't interact with the natives in any way. It's painfully controlled and stifled stuff.

What was the point of the tent (apparently) being in South Africa, when the majority of the episode was filmed in Jordan?

It feels like they wrote the script to spend the budget.
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[M.C]

[recman]

It feels like they're on a bit of a learning curve at the moment but even having said that, it's still better than the new TG.

[Fizzoid]

[MarJay]

[bEN_]

That american driver is useless, in episode 2 he wasn't even pushing that car and casually chatting while supposedly doing a 'flying lap'

why didn't they just get some random proper drivers? god knows there are enough high profile ones around at the moment looking for work, the F1 tv coverage is filled with them on both channels
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