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Myrddin · 24-07-2011 08:01PM #1

God there was some serious scripting tonight. Tough episode to sit through.

The Black Oil · 24-07-2011 08:16PM

Clarkson's doing most of the tests these days, isn't he? Almost turned off once the mustaches appeared. Thankfully we didn't see how they made the credits, that would have been pretty much unbearable. The demolition stuff, well, ya know...but in the end it did raise a few laughs mainly due to the sheer ridiculousness of it.

'Princess Diana had one of these'. Let's see how the Daily Mail like that.

Crazy Horse 6 · 24-07-2011 08:18PM

Used to be a decent show but alas they believed their own hype. Now it's a stinking turd.

longshanks · 24-07-2011 08:24PM

The Black Oil wrote: »

'Princess Diana had one of these'.

That was a good line in fairness

mike65 · 24-07-2011 08:29PM

I loved the Jensen, the Lotus and the "title sequence" film but then I'm the right age to have hazy nostagic memories of those 70s series and still watch them if given the chance.
I've also thought for a while "Top Gear - the Movie" was a logical extension of the er franchise. Them in classic V8s in a sort of jackass road movie type adventure would be quite good fun.

H8GHOTI · 24-07-2011 08:31PM

Not great tonight. Very formulaic Top Gear stuff. Just knew Clarkson would stall the Lotus. It was obvious that they would mess up the demolition and I can't say I was shocked when the dynamite came out.

Interesting that Clarkson has a flappy paddle gearbox in his own car. He's always giving out about them.

The Black Oil wrote: »

'Princess Diana had one of these'.

Surprisingly, that didn't even look scripted. It looked like May & Hammond weren't expecting it and genuinely laughed.

Arthur Daley · 24-07-2011 11:16PM

Enjoyed it tonight until the demolition segment to appeal to the teenagers.

I do think they have taken on board some of the criticism and this series is their best for years IMO.

I'd like to see them do a spin off show for the jackass fans, leaving us top gear fans with a show about cars. Clarkson for one is getting on a bit for all this dicking around.

positron · 25-07-2011 11:50AM

Can't believe all that military hardware is for sale just like that. You can buy tanks and choppers in working order?! Mad stuff!

Now, I think they should do a feature on bikes again. As much as they hate them, it would be great fun. Something like the Vietnam special, but in Europe.

K.O.Kiki · 27-07-2011 01:20AM

Crap episode.

The bits with them trying to demolish a house in wherever was simply embarrassing.

dfx- · 27-07-2011 02:30PM

Only watched the second half on Sunday, not a big fan of the demolition bit. Anything that involves the British Army again I'm beginning to switch off to.

Watched the first half on iPlayer there...decent enough, not A grade. James May looked frighteningly like Des Lynam..:eek:

Myrddin · 27-07-2011 04:21PM

It was a horrific episode. Textbook example of what everyone is complaining about. The shows with the bigger budgets always manage to be the worst (specials excluded).

H8GHOTI · 28-07-2011 02:22PM

dfx- wrote: »

James May looked frighteningly like Des Lynam..:eek:

Thanks. That was wrecking my head when I was watching it.
Couldn't think of who he reminded me of.

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