The Amazon Prime Not Topgear Show That From Now On Will Be Called "The Grand Tour"TV
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I finally got round to watching episode 1 last night. Overall it was good, I like the new track and the camera work is fantastic. I properly laughed quite a few times, too. However the bit about the RAF and the celebrity section were absolutely awful, possibly worse than the scripted stuff ever was on Top Gear. As soon as it cut to the crowd chanting "USA! USA!" I fast forwarded through that section to get to the actual content.
Generally then the content was good. The chat in the tent? Mostly arse. The intro? Awesome.
Generally then the content was good. The chat in the tent? Mostly arse. The intro? Awesome.
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That was a big explosion.
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I enjoyed it, much better than the previous episode. But I wish they did more challenges or talked more about the cars or more beauty shots instead of focus on Hammond and his Hellcat.
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I really enjoyed Episode 3, it felt like being home with these guys at their best again.
And it genuinely made me hate those muscle cars.
Only the Celebrity braincrash thing is getting extremely cringeworthy and the house demolition was a little to over-the top scripted especially with the Hammond Photoalbum or James voodo doll. (Me rolling eyes: "Really?...")
I do hope Jeremy's car goes into production thought. I'd get one with a roof.
And it genuinely made me hate those muscle cars.
Only the Celebrity braincrash thing is getting extremely cringeworthy and the house demolition was a little to over-the top scripted especially with the Hammond Photoalbum or James voodo doll. (Me rolling eyes: "Really?...")
I do hope Jeremy's car goes into production thought. I'd get one with a roof.
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So the concept for this week was - Hammond is an arse.
That was about it. An entertaining piece ruined by 'Richard Hammond' the character, like so many TG episodes.
Also for anyone wondering about the demolition naturally it wasn't all as it seemed - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...s-up-his-old-home-to-make-way-for-new-cotswo/
All I can say is Amazon must be paying them a lot of money.
That was about it. An entertaining piece ruined by 'Richard Hammond' the character, like so many TG episodes.
Also for anyone wondering about the demolition naturally it wasn't all as it seemed - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...s-up-his-old-home-to-make-way-for-new-cotswo/
All I can say is Amazon must be paying them a lot of money.
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Of course it wasn't. I mean did you really believe they would just take his house down while nobody was around of him and his family ? I read about this scripted event just after episode 1. Also you could see the house was empty of any furniture.
And yeah, the episode pretty much was "Hammond is annoying", but I still enjoyed it. It was a bit wonky and silly, but that's what I love about it. Not being too serious of a car-show.
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Ha, no. I did say something at the same time as that chap (and the right answer, I might add) which you can just hear...
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The lack of BBC music library is quite evident in the clips. Same cinematography, but a few notches down on audio accompaniment.
Ok-ish episode - the budget loutishness is a bit grating (e.g. paying Italian villages to be allowed to disrupt the peace).
Ok-ish episode - the budget loutishness is a bit grating (e.g. paying Italian villages to be allowed to disrupt the peace).
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Ok episode but it did drag on for a needless amount of time.
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Well, I can say that I don't like the "celebrity brain crash" segment, it just feels like a waste of time to bring random celebrities in just to kill them off for the sake of a gag. I honestly much rather have them being interviewed like when they were on Top Gear.
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After three episodes I'm not impressed and it's not far being unwatchable. I can't decided what's worse out of this or Evans TG.
And as @Mike Rotch hinted, the music is pants.
And as @Mike Rotch hinted, the music is pants.
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I know Top Gear has always been scripted but it's just too exaggerated now on the GT, the features aren't as entertaining and being an international show means some of the British references and humour is no longer in. I honestly think TG with Rory Reid and Chris Harris could be a better show (shame about the extras though and Matt LeBlanc).
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The GT3 RS vs M4 GTS review was good, just like old Top Gear. Although I've heard many good things about the GTS from other sources. It was probably just for comedic effect to choose the BMW instead of the Porsche. Conversation Street is great banter. The Celebrity Crash thing is still stupid. The Audi TT bit was pretty funny. But I hope there isn't a stupid "look what we made" bit every episode although it seems like that's exactly what's happening. Now the main part of the show. Clarkson's car is so disgusting. I wish they showed how they built it, sort of like the original "car as a boat" challenge from long time ago. There were some funny bits. I wish May wasn't the idiot out of the bunch. It was fun to watch but I just such there was more car stuff and less "look at what we can now do with Amazon money" crap.
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Indeed, May was every annoying this episode.
You know, for 18 months or whatever it was worth of planning, with a massive budget, what they have come up with in terms of content for the first 4 episodes is pretty putrid. It's basically old TG, with a 🤬 test track, a charisma-less test driver and even less car related material.
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It feels like what they could actually rip from Top Gear without getting a strongly worded E-Mail from the Beeb.
I'm a bit disillusioned by the show too. Since I'm already paying for Prime, I'll probably still watch it. That being said it took me 3 separate sittings to make it through episode 3 because it was just that meh.
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4th episode was fine, the M4 GTS vs RS was great. The challenge was good enough, funniest thing they've done.
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