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Post by DiBiase is Good on Nov 1, 2017 19:43:41 GMT -5
Can’t wait for this. The trailer looks like there might be a bit more of the three of them cocking about and hopefully slightly less scripted. And please God, get rid of The American.
New episode coming December 8th!
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Nov 1, 2017 19:58:05 GMT -5
I've rewatched most of the first season several times, and I'm definitely stoked for this.
And yes, the American has to go. Literally the only thing I dislike about the show.
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Nov 1, 2017 23:00:04 GMT -5
The first one was fun. I hope though they look at what didn't work and change it.
Scrap the American.
Don't overly script the show, since original Top Gear (until the later seasons) was scripted but less so and done better.
Let them have banter with the audience in the tent segments. On TGT they're too nice, there's none of the taking the piss out of someone like in the original.
Get rid of that stupid Celebrity brain crash.
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Nov 1, 2017 23:09:24 GMT -5
The first one was fun. I hope though they look at what didn't work and change it. Scrap the American. Don't overly script the show, since original Top Gear (until the later seasons) was scripted but less so and done better. Let them have banter with the audience in the tent segments. On TGT they're too nice, there's none of the taking the piss out of someone like in the original. Get rid of that stupid Celebrity brain crash. The tent is staying in one place this time, so I’m sure the audience stuff will be a bit different.
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Nov 29, 2017 0:27:01 GMT -5
It’s official. Celebrity brain crash has gone and so has The American (if certain videos and rumours are to be believed, Mark Webber is going to be the new lap driver).
Although to make up for the American going, they’ve been asked to be more American.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Nov 29, 2017 15:45:55 GMT -5
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Nov 29, 2017 19:08:45 GMT -5
Well hello there.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Nov 29, 2017 19:14:49 GMT -5
Seriously, that's f***ing terrifying. He looks like a chocolate statue of Terry Wogan that's been left in the sun.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2017 20:24:55 GMT -5
Their faces reminded me of the cowboys from Wynona's Big Brown Beaver.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2017 22:50:53 GMT -5
So... What was wrong about the American?
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Nov 29, 2017 23:07:10 GMT -5
So... What was wrong about the American? His one-note joke about everything not American being shitty got old super fast, on top of being an obnoxious southern stereotype.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2017 23:51:29 GMT -5
So... What was wrong about the American? His one-note joke about everything not American being shitty got old super fast, on top of being an obnoxious southern stereotype. Oh, yeah. That sounds like a "LOL, Americans Are Stupid!" joke all right. I know in the original Top Gear, Clarkson often bitched about American cars a lot, particularly vintage ones, and it makes me think that the American was his idea. ...I haven't watched Grand Tour yet, so I was wondering what that was about.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Nov 30, 2017 0:09:32 GMT -5
His one-note joke about everything not American being shitty got old super fast, on top of being an obnoxious southern stereotype. Oh, yeah. That sounds like a "LOL, Americans Are Stupid!" joke all right. I know in the original Top Gear, Clarkson often bitched about American cars a lot, particularly vintage ones, and it makes me think that the American was his idea. ...I haven't watched Grand Tour yet, so I was wondering what that was about. IIRC, Amazon required an American presence on the team.
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Nov 30, 2017 3:31:04 GMT -5
Glad they've done away with the worst segments.
Hope they tone down the scriptedness too. I know TG was scripted but much less so than TGT and less noticeably so.
Like did Clarksons 1500 sports car really break down 6 times? Maybe, but it seemed likely.
Did the team really sink a boat trying to build an artificial reef or have a sword fight with an assassin in top of a plane? I very much doubt it.
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Post by SmashTV on Nov 30, 2017 15:10:43 GMT -5
It’s official. Celebrity brain crash has gone and so has The American (if certain videos and rumours are to be believed, Mark Webber is going to be the new lap driver). Although to make up for the American going, they’ve been asked to be more American. Should they ever decide to keep that look, they'd make great mid 80s TV evangelists.
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Dec 8, 2017 17:40:59 GMT -5
The first episode is now online and I have to say I’m pretty impressed. Glad to see a return to the celebrities doing a timed lap format, even if it’s pricks like The Hoff, the production values were amazing and it looked even better than the first series. And how f***ing fast was that electric car? Jesus Christ. Shame Hammond totalled it.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2017 18:57:44 GMT -5
Again, off topic, but do they have running gags about the P45?
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Dec 8, 2017 19:19:12 GMT -5
Again, off topic, but do they have running gags about the P45? I don’t recall any gags about that car since the Top Gear Series it came from.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2017 20:25:13 GMT -5
Again, off topic, but do they have running gags about the P45? I don’t recall any gags about that car since the Top Gear Series it came from. That stinks, because it was one of the best skits ever, with Clarkson fearing for his life on the freeway, getting trapped in the carwash, and pissing off every one of the dragons on Dragon's Den.
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Post by thirteen3 on Dec 8, 2017 20:39:21 GMT -5
This first episode was better than most of the first series. Let's see if they keep the quality up.
Plus I love how they acknowledged how everyone hated celebrity brain crash.
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