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The Grand Tour [Amazon]

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  • #202
    wandatowell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,435 ✭✭✭wandatowell


    Episode 2 is a shambles.

    Not very funny. Did they lose a few writers or something?


  • #203
    Agent Coulson
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    I didn't enjoy episode 2 at all and found it very weak.


  • #204
    Nody
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    wandatowell wrote: »
    Episode 2 is a shambles.

    Not very funny. Did they lose a few writers or something?
    Interesting; the comments in the Motor forum is the exact opposite raising it as one of the best episodes to date.

    *edit* Ok finished the show and I'm not sure how you could find it in shambles? It continues in true Top Gear style with suitable car porn (*drool*) and the three stooges being stooges.


  • #205
    knucklehead6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,840 ✭✭✭knucklehead6


    Nody wrote: »
    Interesting; the comments in the Motor forum is the exact opposite raising it as one of the best episodes to date.

    *edit* Ok finished the show and I'm not sure how you could find it in shambles? It continues in true Top Gear style with suitable car porn (*drool*) and the three stooges being stooges.


    May's last act before getting into the car gave me a giggle


  • #206
    theteal
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    Agent Coulson wrote: »
    I didn't enjoy episode 2 at all and found it very weak.

    Just watched it and I regret the wasted time, apart from the Aston that was utter pish


  • #207
    lertsnim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,803 ✭✭✭lertsnim


    wandatowell wrote: »
    Episode 2 is a shambles.

    Not very funny. Did they lose a few writers or something?

    I thought it was boring. That whole thing in Jordan was ****e.


  • #208
    ScumLord
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    wandatowell wrote: »
    Episode 2 is a shambles.

    Not very funny. Did they lose a few writers or something?
    It's written by Clarkson, may and hammond. In interviews they go on about obsessing about every word used on the show.


  • #209
    K-9
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    The Jordan thing was too long but overall I thought it was a decent episode.

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  • #210
    Quazzie
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    Terrible episode. They need to go back to what they're good at, and acting certainly isn't it.


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  • #211
    ScumLord
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    I thought it was a good episode. I don't know what they could go back to, this is what they've always done. I think any talk of them doing anything to appease the masses should be abandoned, they don't need to please any of the nay sayers anymore. We'll just have to take it as it comes.


  • #212
    wandatowell
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    Nody wrote: »
    Interesting; the comments in the Motor forum is the exact opposite raising it as one of the best episodes to date.

    *edit* Ok finished the show and I'm not sure how you could find it in shambles? It continues in true Top Gear style with suitable car porn (*drool*) and the three stooges being stooges.

    No faulting the cars, they were great but all the jokes fell flat for me. It felt very scripted (more so than Top Gear used to be) and the delivery of the punch lines was flat.

    Felt like there was a lot of filler in the episode.


  • #213
    Jayop
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    I liked a lot of it but the big piece was rubbish.


  • #214
    The Black Oil
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    Aston bit was decent, bonkers machine. The rest was the sort of thing they do in their sleep.

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  • #215
    sonofenoch
    Registered Users Posts: 2,348 ✭✭✭sonofenoch


    Just yawned my way through that, whoever thought that whole Jordanian skit was a good idea? badly written terribly executed ......they were at their best in TG when the comedy came naturally, they are not and never will be comedy actors


  • #216
    ScumLord
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    sonofenoch wrote: »
    Just yawned my way through that, whoever thought that whole Jordanian skit was a good idea? badly written terribly executed ......they were at their best in TG when the comedy came naturally, they are not and never will be comedy actors
    But it seems kind of likely that the comedy never came naturally and it was always scripted. An institution like the BBC isn't going to just show up and improvise a show. They want to know how every second is going to play out. I doubt they'd even let the filming start until there's some sort of story board saying what they'll all be doing for the day. Filming is just too expensive to wing it and hope for the best.


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  • #217
    sky88
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    The 3 of them have lost their charm and the jokes have become tired. It was like this before they left bbc and hasnt improved at all on amazon.


  • #218
    sonofenoch
    Registered Users Posts: 2,348 ✭✭✭sonofenoch


    ScumLord wrote: »
    But it seems kind of likely that the comedy never came naturally and it was always scripted. An institution like the BBC isn't going to just show up and improvise a show. They want to know how every second is going to play out. I doubt they'd even let the filming start until there's some sort of story board saying what they'll all be doing for the day. Filming is just too expensive to wing it and hope for the best.

    Well not as scripted then, the part where Clarkson got stuck in the window for example was badly set up and excruciatingly unfunny


  • #219
    krustydoyle
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    So 3 episodes in and the novelty is well worn off for me anyway


  • #220
    Agent Coulson
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    Awful episode again.


    It looks like most of the £150m to make the show went into the bank accounts of the trio..It certainly doesn't look like it went into the last two episodes.


  • #221
    TherapyBoy
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 4,373 Mod ✭✭✭✭TherapyBoy


    I think we're currently seeing the advantage that someone saying "No, that's a bad idea.." would be in the room.

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  • #222
    ScumLord
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    sonofenoch wrote: »
    Well not as scripted then, the part where Clarkson got stuck in the window for example was badly set up and excruciatingly unfunny
    It's a matter of opinion. I thought it was funny, not laugh out loud funny, but funny. Their show has always been taking the piss out of themselves. Clarkson has been taking the brunt of it lately with his expanding waistline.

    It is what it's always been. It may be marmite, but I like it.


  • #223
    Fred Swanson
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  • #224
    ads20101
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    Once again I liked this ep

    A bit scripted

    But good fun all the same

    Bring on ep 4

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  • #225
    Tzar Chasm
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    Ep 3, better.

    Granted it played up the Hammond is 'secretly' an American, but a lot of the back and forth on the radios seemed more natural, and very funny


  • #226
    The Black Oil
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    Have always liked the Italy trips, makes you want to visit...with a good car.

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  • #227
    wandatowell
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    Tzar Chasm wrote: »
    a lot of the back and forth on the radios seemed more natural, and very funny

    Spot on.


  • #228
    bnt
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  • #229
    Tzar Chasm
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    Middling challenge this week, the 3 guys playing up to their characters


  • #230
    The Black Oil
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    1.04

    That BMW...

    The rest was fairly standard, though I laughed a few times.
    Agent Coulson wrote: »
    It looks like most of the £150m to make the show went into the bank accounts of the trio..It certainly doesn't look like it went into the last two episodes.

    Split that over 36 episodes, remove their salaries and there's probably not a huge amount left to play with, per episode. Still probably more than they had at the BBC, mind. They presumably reserve much of the budget for the logistics for the foreign trips and the cinematography. As to the general form, I still think much of this comes from Andy Willman and that he's calling the shots. Any show that's long in the tooth isn't going to drift from its main formula, even when it's prone to be a bit cringeworthy or lazy. Expect more silly UK building challenges.

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  • #231
    Agent Coulson
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    TGT the most pirated show of the year ever by all accounts now with the first 3 episodes being downloaded 19 million times between them.



    Compared to just under 2 million views on Amazon for the opening episode and total of 5 million for the opening 3 episodes.


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  • #232
    The Black Oil
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    Goodness me.

    Hurry up with your worldwide roll out, Amazon.

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  • #233
    krustydoyle
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    Anyone else fed up of the drone sequence at the start?? Or is that just a amazon thing??


  • #234
    ads20101
    Registered Users Posts: 1,452 ✭✭✭ads20101


    krustydoyle wrote: »
    Anyone else fed up of the drone sequence at the start?? Or is that just a amazon thing??

    I took it as a dig at the proposed amazon drone delivery system for urban areas.

    Although, I may be looking too much into this


  • #235
    endacl
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    Got around to watching the first few episodes. Continues the trajectory they were on with the last few seasons of TG. A downward one. Boring, predictable set pieces to facilitate boring, predictable caricature presenters.

    And, on that bombshell, it's time to say goodbye to Clarkson, Hammond, and May.


  • #236
    ScumLord
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    Agent Coulson wrote: »
    TGT the most pirated show of the year ever by all accounts now with the first 3 episodes being downloaded 19 million times between them.



    Compared to just under 2 million views on Amazon for the opening episode and total of 5 million for the opening 3 episodes.


    http://www.theverge.com/2016/12/12/13921434/the-grand-tour-amazon-game-of-thrones-illegal-download-piracy
    Lol..

    They really missed an opportunity with this show. They should have had the 1st episode as the launch of the worldwide service and offered deals to get people to subscribe. Once they had people on board paying a monthly subscription they would probably stick with the service. I've been on the verge of canceling Netflix a couple of times but they do just enough to keep me paying.

    I know they're now offering deals but people have made their minds up on the Grand tour, if they don't like it they're not going to buy a subscription.


  • #237
    The Black Oil
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    Better effort this week. The Alfa in black and white was cinematic.

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  • #238
    The Black Oil
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    Might skip over some of the studio stuff in the future. More of May's digging through the archives, please.

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  • #239
    OldMrBrennan83
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  • #240
    Agent Coulson
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  • #241
    irishchris
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    Excellent episode.the next two episode are on the 30th and 31st. 2 part special


  • #242
    longshanks
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    It's fairly poor so far, the jokes are terrible, the fat yank doing the lap is terrible, Richard Hammond... terrible.
    It's hard to see where all the money that was supposedly spent on each episode was actually spent.
    Would agree with the poster above who mentioned May going through the archives, that was pretty good. Overall though the show needs to improve.


  • #243
    The Black Oil
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    Beach buggies seem like fun. Episode was OK, fairly innocuous and not their finest. Shipwrecks looked amazing, as did the desert. May and Hammond looked knackered at the bar.

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  • #244
    irishchris
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    The Christmas special part one was brill. Nice to see them going back to the idea of special episodes at Christmas. Really enjoyed it and looking forward to part two tonight


  • #245
    The Black Oil
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    The poor rhinos.

    Part two was more on form as the roads shredded their cars. I bet the Namibian tourist board is pleased.

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  • #246
    Mc Love
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    It was the worst special they've ever done, turned off halfway through part 2.


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  • #247
    irishchris
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    Really enjoyed this special especially the second part. One of the best from recent years


  • #248
    HighLine
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    Funny the contrasting views. I thought the Christmas special was very good. Entertaining, funny and some spectacular shots.

    Also the piece May did the previous week on the Le Mans battle between Ford and Ferrari was absolutely fantastic. He genuinely looked proud after it was shown and rightly so.


  • #249
    The Black Oil
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    May seemed to enjoy the Honda and the Germans seemed up for being mocked a bit.

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  • #250
    LaVail
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    I can't watch another minute of this sh1t


  • #251
    irishchris
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    LaVail wrote: »
    I can't watch another minute of this sh1t

    Don't worry top gear will be back soon for you lol

    I will miss this when it's finished, only three more episodes left sadly


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