Top Gear is back! (Sunday @ 20.00)

_AVALANCHE_

Series 18

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nadtY5bsGI

Dozen Wicked Words

All too contrived these days and Jeremy Clarkson is a total w*nker.

ScrubsfanChris

Here already:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056521150

Its a good show that has mabey got a bit worse in recent years, but its still beter then alot of other stuff on tv.

AnonoBoy

Couldn't give a toss.

pixelburp

Damning with faint praise those that say things like "Better than most things on TV". Turning the TV off is better than most things on the box

Top Gear has definitely lost the magic in recent years, trying to force the spontaneity of earlier series with excessively scripted routines. I watched the India special over Christmas and it was all so contrived. Plus they've got seriously fat lately.

Lapin

dooferoaks wrote: »

All too contrived these days and Jeremy Clarkson is a total w*nker.

Thats why people like him.

somuj

Sick of it myself these days. Only so many times you can watch some wanker drift around a track in a super car. Even the specials are ludicrous these days. Totally scripted nonsense. The only decent part of the show these days is the guest star.

ziedth

It's really on James May keeps me interested. I find myself skipping through allot of it these days.

don ramo

stopped watching it 2 years ago, its just boring

amacachi

It would be just swell if those giving out here stay out of the threads this season.

somuj

amacachi wrote: »

It would be just swell if those giving out here stay out of the threads this season.

How about you stay out of the thread. I believe this is called a discussion forum. A place for people to voice their opnion, some positive and some negative.

don ramo

amacachi wrote: »

It would be just swell if those giving out here stay out of the threads this season.

so move to the top gear forum, i wont be there, ill be here in the general Tv forum, :D:D

VinLieger

The show jumped the shark about 6 series ago, its far too contrived now and everything is horribly forced

ScumLord

It's still one of the only car shows out there, nothing comes close to it's access to high end cars if there was no Top Gear I'd be left with very little to watch.

longshanks

Yeah its a bit shite, but its also a bit of a laugh. Have a drink and a smile and look at nice cars

Ciaran500

dooferoaks wrote: »

All too contrived these days and Jeremy Clarkson is a total w*nker.

He was always a wanker and it was always mostly contrived. What its really missing is the chemistry between the presenters that used to be there. Vietnam being the peak of it all.

amacachi

somuj wrote: »

How about you stay out of the thread. I believe this is called a discussion forum. A place for people to voice their opnion, some positive and some negative.

I don't disagree with that, what gets annoying is when the same people complain for 3 years and still watch it and still complain about it for the same reasons week in, week out.

pixelburp

amacachi wrote: »

I don't disagree with that, what gets annoying is when the same people complain for 3 years and still watch it and still complain about it for the same reasons week in, week out.

So ignore them so; it doesn't negate the things the rest of us say about the show, especially those like myself who are disappointed by the diminishing quality of it. And yes I keep coming back on the off chance that some of the old magic returns. You can't exactly hold it against people if they continually give the show another chance.

don ramo

ScumLord wrote: »

It's still one of the only car shows out there, nothing comes close to it's access to high end cars if there was no Top Gear I'd be left with very little to watch.

yeah lets see what car i can spend the E300k i saved last year on:rolleyes:

kinetic

Clarkson is always the same, Hammond is unbearable now

pixelburp

Hammond has always been unbarable. Tonight has actually been fairly entertaining - though as is tradition I now mute the TV during the "Star in a ..." parts. Never could stand those.

Lapin

Anyone catch the name of that test track in Italy earlier ?

pixelburp

Lapin wrote: »

Anyone catch the name of that test track in Italy earlier ?

Nardo:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nard%C3%B2_Ring

opinion guy

Ciaran500 wrote: »

He was always a wanker and it was always mostly contrived. What its really missing is the chemistry between the presenters that used to be there. Vietnam being the peak of it all.

Vietnam was awesome. Your right about the chemisty - i went to Top Gear Live about 2 or 3 years back and there was almost negative chemistry - like the really hate each other

Kirby

I get the feeling after years watching the show that Hammond gets along okay with the other two...but that May and Clarkson really dislike each other. Maybe it's all in my head though.

Cicero

Kirby wrote: »

I get the feeling after years watching the show that Hammond gets along okay with the other two...but that May and Clarkson really dislike each other. Maybe it's all in my head though.

Possibly...but they all go laughing to the bank together on a Monday morning..:)

ScumLord

don ramo wrote: »

yeah lets see what car i can spend the E300k i saved last year on:rolleyes:

Those are the cars people want s to see, who want to see them driving a Opel Corsa through Italy and then see how fast it goes on a track? If you want to see a car review show go elsewhere.

phasers

Old Top Gear was cancelled for a reason tbh.


The Christmas special sucked, but I actually liked last Sunday's episode. It was contrived obviously, but not to the ridiculous levels of the previous series.

Lapin

Christ, Joey got very grey. :eek:

gflood

The Chinese copies of stuff are hilarious!

mike2084

Tonight's episode was very good, I thought a good sprinkling of laughs right across it

Minstrel27

2 decent episodes in a row. Hopefully a return to form.

Chris_Heilong

looks like the Russian version is more than just cars too:

el diablo

Missed this episode on Sunday and it doesn't look like it's repeated during the week.
Anyone know where I can see it or have any info on if/when it's being repeated?

el diablo

el diablo wrote: »

Missed this episode on Sunday and it doesn't look like it's repeated during the week.
Anyone know where I can see it or have any info on if/when it's being repeated?

If you have BBC HD, or the English/Scottish BBC 2 it's on Thursday at 7(not on Welsh or Northern Irish BBC 2)
BBC 3 saturday night 8:10
Also it is on the BBC iPlayer, but you can't watch it for free directly from Ireland, but there are ways around it. Try googling it.

opinion guy

el diablo wrote: »

Missed this episode on Sunday and it doesn't look like it's repeated during the week.
Anyone know where I can see it or have any info on if/when it's being repeated?

Dave will be showing it every 3 days for the next fifty years from next year on most likely :P

el diablo

Deleted User wrote: »

If you have BBC HD, or the English/Scottish BBC 2 it's on Thursday at 7(not on Welsh or Northern Irish BBC 2)
BBC 3 saturday night 8:10
Also it is on the BBC iPlayer, but you can't watch it for free directly from Ireland, but there are ways around it. Try googling it.

Ok thanks, I see it's listed on BBC2 Scotland.:)

opinion guy wrote: »

Dave will be showing it every 3 days for the next fifty years from next year on most likely :P

I don't fancy waiting around for two or three years for it though.

gflood

try BBC player to watch past episodes ?

_AVALANCHE_

gflood wrote: »

try BBC player to watch past episodes ?

Along with Expat shield

el diablo

Could do that but I'll hang on till Thursday and watch it on TV.

Cheers though.

gbee

I must be going brain dead, I've seen Top Gear, it's only last Sunday but until someone mentioned the Chinese stig, I could not remember it.

gbee

gbee wrote: »

I must be going brain dead, I've seen Top Gear, it's only last Sunday but until someone mentioned the Chinese stig, I could not remember it.

el diablo

Last night's Top Gear was the most boring I've ever seen.

I don't really care about three wheel race cars and seventy year old Bentleys.

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el diablo wrote: »

Last night's Top Gear was the most boring I've ever seen.

I don't really care about three wheel race cars and seventy year old Bentleys.

+1

Their has been bad episodes before, but last nights was the first time I ever changed the channel.

God awful shite.

bfocusd

Did anyone else think Hammond resembles the father from Angela's ashes too? What was with the hair and cloths combo..

Totally useless episode, really disappointing,the American one is even more irritating, I can't stand what they class as humor, I prefer to watch gadget geeks, it's much more entertaining

ziedth

I agree,

I really miss the days of "Supercar for less then a second hand Mondeo challenge" type episodes or the race to the north pole.

Next weeks one sounds in that mould but will prob be nowhere near as good. I'd say I have skipped 25/30% of this season by taping it and fast forwarding through it.

VinLieger

I reckon they jumped the shark about 5 seasons ago, its just taken everyone a while to notice.
I used to specifically make time on a sunday to sit down and watch Top Gear, this week i completely forgot it was on till around 8.45, watching something else i was about to switch over and realised i really couldnt be bothered with it anymore

opinion guy

VinLieger wrote: »

I reckon they jumped the shark about 5 seasons ago, its just taken everyone a while to notice.
I used to specifically make time on a sunday to sit down and watch Top Gear, this week i completely forgot it was on till around 8.45, watching something else i was about to switch over and realised i really couldnt be bothered with it anymore

They jumped the shark when they changed it from a straight up car review show to a lads show with some cars. I mean it was the very definition of jumping the shark. Viewers just decided to jump too - I guess as there wasn' anyother car show worth watching - 5th gear ? I think not

dfx-

Decent enjoyable solid series so far

ednwireland

feb 19th viewing


1. Call the Midwife - BBC One - 9.2m
2. Coronation Street - ITV 1 - 8.6m
3. Top Gear - BBC Two - 4.7m
4. Home of the Future - Channel 4 - 1m
5. Saving Private Ryan - Channel 5 - 400,000

pretty good viewership for bbc2

might have jumped the shark years ago but people still watching

mike65

TG has been BBC2s most watched programme ever since it returned in 2001, its basically bombproof which is of course a problem as it means there is no great internal pressure to tweak things. As it happens I think the current series apart from the 3rd edition (the misfire Sweeney feature) has been solid, nothing spectacular but solid overall.