the scripting is strong with this one its more interesting than part 1, ill give them that, but.. i mean really.. is it just that americans are stupid and wont know its scripted, or do americans just naturally prefer forced, synthetic, fake shows rather than off-the-cuff natural television?
Regarding our previous page chat, I know it's all scripted, but my child mind makes me think it's real and I can enjoy it even more. I still giggle at their stupid jokes and moments.
This is what makes it great, the fumbles and the fact that they aren't handy at anything. New Top Gear seems all grown up, but their show is childish so-to-call.
this ep was annoying... cool concepts wasted on shit execution.
making a neat hybrid between sports and offroad? great! they could do it as a team like they did their electric one way back during top gear!
NOPE, another 'professionally' made one that he drives around in until it breaks, and then the same thing again. A waste of a cool idea.
oh wow, a bug-out car? neat! each of them could have made one and put it through some tests or.. holy shit.. gone on an adventure with them? HOW COOL WOULD THAT HAVE BEEN?! nope, just 3 professionally made ones (that clearly cost a bit of money) that exist solely so that they can be blown up quickly in succession. Two neat ideas wasted.
the only.. ONLY thing i genuinely liked? well, ok two things, i loved the conversation street title but i also really like may's car review. I mean i dont feel like we learned anything about the car, but its the most relaxed may that i think we've seen this entire season, and its great to finally see him feeling comfortable again, unlike how forced hes felt thus far.... it was nice.
I saw those glipses of R8, 911 and AMG GT, I thought they gonna have a trip with them ... they built crap cars instead .. again, scripted fooling around.
Them biturbo Maseratis
A much better episode than 10 in my opinion, which was objectively poor on contents and felt a bit off. Focusing on cars while building a story upon them, that's the way it should be, you beautiful dongs.
One thing that triggers me a bit though is that they're putting wet Eboladrome lap times along with the dry ones. Either do all tests on dry or separate 'em, dammit!
i just downloaded 45 gb of oooooold top gear eps ive been making my way through.. and i actually totally forgot grand tour was a thing.. id completely forgotten to grab yesterdays ep
That ep angered me. It was pretty good, and then the ending race idea was great, I thought FINALLY we were going to see them doing their thing in a more natural, interesting challenge kinda way like the good ol days...
And then hammond started sliding around corners and I went "oh no, not again....", and the smile fell from my face as I could see where it was tediously going.
Such a neat idea, and I THOUGHT we would see something intersting, and that May cunningly knew something, or had some plan, but no... just more over-scripted bullshit getting in the way and ruining a cool challenge concept.
The show is still fun, and I find myself smiling, but overall this season has been a solid B-
I quite liked the epi... up until that last part. Well and there's that daft celebrity thing that should be dropped and the American is wasted potential. They could have done that stereotype better.
Still, I'm just hoping that with time everything falls into place.
right, right.. i forgot the celebrity thing. i usually skip it, but they were in scotland, so i thought theyd poke some fun and do a neat little thing where the boat tips and you see the loch ness monsters tail flick up or something (not hard to do at that distance from the camera, with a bit of sculpted rubber and some divers).. but no.. just a fucking mine? talk about phoning it in.. they didnt even TRY that time...
and it physically hurt me to see how that guy was rowing the boat. i know he had to do it that way so that you could see him, but still... it just looked so wrong, it made my arms twitch.
That ep angered me. It was pretty good, and then the ending race idea was great, I thought FINALLY we were going to see them doing their thing in a more natural, interesting challenge kinda way like the good ol days...
And then hammond started sliding around corners and I went "oh no, not again....", and the smile fell from my face as I could see where it was tediously going.
Such a neat idea, and I THOUGHT we would see something intersting, and that May cunningly knew something, or had some plan, but no... just more over-scripted bullshit getting in the way and ruining a cool challenge concept.
The show is still fun, and I find myself smiling, but overall this season has been a solid B-
Agreed, it was a mediocre episode at best. So much wasted potential.
Lol, remember they're probably not allowed to improvise or something, BBC holds rights to that (as to many, many, maaany parts that made Top Gear good). It's a wonder "banter between presenters" is not trademarked
This first season ended on a high note....not.
My enjoyment has always present, more or less, as I did like the Tour v01 quite a bit, but deep inside there's the hope that they will realize the fatigue and limitations that such a formulaic structure brings to the circus.
The 'Americanization' of a show is never a harmless procedure, though there can be feasible ways to make it feel fresh despite predictable scripts and derp moments. Get to work, and make S02 great again dammit
Signature/Avatar nuking: none (can be changed in your profile)
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum
its more interesting than part 1, ill give them that, but.. i mean really.. is it just that americans are stupid and wont know its scripted, or do americans just naturally prefer forced, synthetic, fake shows rather than off-the-cuff natural television?
