The Amazon Prime Not Topgear Show That From Now On Will Be Called "The Grand Tour"TV

[ProjectWHaT]

That was honestly awful. There was nothing car related during that entire half of the episode. Just a bunch of explosions and gunfire and jokes. It became a chore to watch. At least the Vulcan segment was very nice and the guest section was a lot shorter. I hope the next episode will be more car related.

 

[jus1029]

I hope the next episode will be more car related.

I wouldn't be too sure about that. Also...

Clarkson: Contrary to what some people have been saying, this actually is a car show.
Hammond: Well, not next week (episode 2)...
Clarkson: No, next week is an exception.
May: Not where we go to Barbados...
Clarkson: No, Barbados is definitely another exception.

I actually find the Jordan part quite entertaining!

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Liked the Vulcan test but not much else, just an average TG episode jazzed up, and it wasn't that funny....

 

[sems4arsenal]

Trashy entertainment episode this time, hopefully they got that out of their system. Did laugh a few times though.

 

[ToyGTone]

Spoiler: Jeremy: It has never, ever snowed in Jordan.

Me: Umm....

I couldn't help but point that out If that's not enough then here's one in Saudi Arabia.

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Unrelated but how many episodes The Grand Tour Season 1 will have? I'm just wishing if i had the enough money to subscribe to Prime until i watch them all.

 

[TB]

how many episodes The Grand Tour Season 1 will have?

Looks to be 12. Same for Seasons 2 and 3.

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I tried watching episode 2 last night but for some reason the TV wouldn't play it. Must have eaten too much turkey and was tired. The TV, not me.

 

[AudiMan2011]

Unrelated how many episodes The Grand Tour Season 1 will have? I'm just wishing if i had the enough money to subscribe to Prime until i watch them all.

12 episodes per season.

 

[sems4arsenal]

James said no car comes close to have a one to one power to weight ratio, guess they forgot about the car which is called just that.

 

[Tyger]

OK I wasn't expecting that. First episode was generally excellent, second, well, pretty bad in my opinion. The Jordan thing had very little really to do with cars/vehicles, and was a throwback to some of the weirder past segments of TG where obviously the action wasn't "for real" but the line was really blurry to the extent that you don't really know what they are trying to carry across. There were a couple of genuinely comedic moments but the whole Groundhog Day schtick was really overdone and the whole thing just came across as kinda bizarre.

Otherwise, the talky bits at the start were too long, the Vulcan segment oddly inconsequential and the "spinning" part which for me was the most interesting, far too short. "Oi, get back in" was great though

 

[andrea]

It's a bit too mid-life crisis for my liking. Too self-deprecating. Wit-deficient.

 

[Lizard]

Spoiler

Did JC really shoot that gun and have the casings fly out onto his arm? Ouch.
Also how do they do that? It obviously doesn't kill them so what counts as a kill?

 

[Samus]

Vulcan part was good, that thing sounds godly. The rest of the show, absolutely abysmal. Worse than any of the last few seasons of TG by far.

All of the in-tent talking/jokes was boring and dragged on.
They seemed to throw in that guys C9 just to fill a "car show" quota
The spinning thing was stupid, a bunch of idiots being idiots with cars and James didn't even do it.
The main film, just woefully bad in every way imaginable.


That's what happens when you give Wilman an even bigger budget.

 

[McLaren]

Strong start, but fell quickly into mediocrity. The show needs to remain focused on cars with genuine comedy from the trio, not a forced Edge of Tomorrow bit.

 

[Adamgp]

Watched episode 2 last night. Didn't think it could be worse than the first episode, but they found a way. This show is nothing like I was expecting it to be.

 

[LeGeNd-1]

Oddly I find 2nd week's episode to flow better than the 1st. The 1st episode's intro was good, but it sort of got a bit awkward after that. Possibly because the boys were still finding their feet in the new format and they have to reintroduce everything. The tent segments just feels so forced, especially the jokes and the fight. The hypercar trio review feels kinda flat after watching Chris Harris' mammoth 1 hour review, which was a lot more informative and entertaining with the 3 way race. The final laptimes boggles my mind as well. There is no way the P1 is that much slower, even with a poor standing start unless Jerome messed up somewhere. Didn't really care about the M2 and I agree the celebrity deaths are a bit pointless. Though I think it's their way of giving the finger to BBC/TG in a "we don't even need celebs on our show" kind of way

I quite like the new track. Certainly it's not as good in terms of corner variety, or even for top speed testing as the wide open Dunsfold. But it's narrow and bumpy and the foresty parts reminds me of Nurburgring somehow. Also I can't help but notice the last 2 corners are set up to be as similar as possible to the old track (2 left handed 90 degree turns - even the camera angles are similar!).

Amazingly, there's already a pretty decent mod for AC


Second episode for me flows a lot better. Went straight into the news (fairly entertaining). Didn't waste time with pointless multiple deaths. Vulcan review is classic Clarkson TG. If you watched this clip separately you could be forgiven for thinking it's simply an old TG clip. I find their claim being 9 seconds faster than the P1 to be absurd though. Unless the Vulcan in the show isn't wearing slicks and/or the P1 was being driven poorly. The Jordan film, despite featuring very little car gave me a few chuckle. I think you need to have watched Edge of Tomorrow to get the references in the show. I share May's sentiment on spinning - pretty useless activity and wasteful activity IMO.

Overall, they just need to relax a bit during the studio segments instead of trying so hard to generate hype and laughter. For the movies, it has always been scripted in TG but less obvious. Maybe it's just the films style for the first 2 episodes that doesn't really lend itself to the trio's chemistry. I'm looking forward to the long trips in beater cars as that's where old TG usually shines 👍

 

[imported_rik19]

Amazing somebody made the track..

 

[FoRiZon]

What the f? I really hope Episode 2 is the worst episode on TGT, seriously.

20 minutes of terrorist padding trash and the "Celebrity getting an accident" is not funny anymore on second episode.

 

[Famine]

That was properly funny. Three middle-aged men just cocking about - which is exactly what everyone thought it would be and exactly what they warned you about last week when they said the Jo'burg show wouldn't about cars.

Incidentally, if you haven't seen The Edge Of Tomorrow yet (which is what they were lightly ripping off, as Clarendon suggested), watch it now. It's available on Amazon Prime. Cliche ending but otherwise amusing and puts the assault course gag into context.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

You actually enjoyed it?!

 

[fortbo]

I enjoyed it. I like stupid humor.

 

[RX-7_FD3S]

I liked it too, it was entertaining.

 

[Brend]

4/10, good waste of time but nothing amazing.

 

[sems4arsenal]

That was properly funny. Three middle-aged men just cocking about - which is exactly what everyone thought it would be and exactly what they warned you about last week when they said the Jo'burg show wouldn't about cars.

Incidentally, if you haven't seen The Edge Of Tomorrow yet (which is what they were lightly ripping off, as Clarendon suggested), watch it now. It's available on Amazon Prime. Cliche ending but otherwise amusing and puts the assault course gag into context.

Joining others in being confused if this was sarcasm?

I found parts to be really funny but don't you usually hate when they do such things?

 

[Famine]

Joining others in being confused if this was sarcasm?

I found parts to be really funny but don't you usually hate when they do such things?

No sarcasm. It was funny.

The Grand Tour isn't a motoring show like Top Gear is supposed to be. It's two car journalists and a radio presenter making a light entertainment show. They even said last week that it wouldn't be about cars this week (and the car part was easily the weakest bit).

 

[mustafur]

Boring episode, lazy writing and completely not funny.

Apparently after being bombarded by negative feedback Clarkson said the Barbados episode will be very car light like this, now while I have no issue with that, make something worth watching k thx.

Am I the only one that Prefers them going to some Area completely out of their comfort zone, getting overwhelmed and laughing at their expense knowing you wouldn't do that in a million years.

Yeah I'm a dick lmao.

 

[FoRiZon]

No sarcasm. It was funny.

The Grand Tour isn't a motoring show like Top Gear is supposed to be. It's two car journalists and a radio presenter making a light entertainment show. They even said last week that it wouldn't be about cars this week (and the car part was easily the weakest bit).

Even when the "car show" moniker is stripped, the episode overall felt really awkward. But thats my opinion.

Episode 1 was actually really good. Lets see if episode 3 eclipses it.

 

[Smurfybug]

Just watched it this morning. No joke I only watched Top Gear for the jokes they had, which they brought back in this episode. The episode was comical, made fun of people, reused some jokes but I give it a 8.5/10

 

[NightHawkFur]

I miss the cheap car / Fuel economy / trip through country x-y-z specials...

 

[NW48]

That was properly funny. Three middle-aged men just cocking about - which is exactly what everyone thought it would be and exactly what they warned you about last week when they said the Jo'burg show wouldn't about cars.

Incidentally, if you haven't seen The Edge Of Tomorrow yet (which is what they were lightly ripping off, as Clarendon suggested), watch it now. It's available on Amazon Prime. Cliche ending but otherwise amusing and puts the assault course gag into context.

I completely agree with you. I can't recall genuinely laughing so much in a while. I thought it was a fantastic episode and I couldn't be bothered that it wasn't "car related". They warned everyone last week that it wasn't going to have anything to do with cars whatsoever, so I completely don't understand the criticism for it.

Funny thing is, the two car bits of the show were incredibly tiring and killed the flow of the show. That's about the only negative thing I can find with that episode. Looking forward to the next episode, for sure.

 

[Parker]

Overall I enjoyed the first episode much more than this one but I still liked this episode. The Vin Diesel comment made me legitimately laugh out loud.