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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2016 22:13:17 GMT
I genuinely enjoyed it. Just rewatched it with No. 1 and she did too.
Each to their own.
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Post by Alanović on Nov 28, 2016 9:47:18 GMT
Gotta say 100% agree with Otto K. Really enjoying it, great stuff with a takeaway curry/kebab on a Friday night. Chicken Dhansak this week.
James May, +100 respect points.
Even my missus likes it, and she can't stand anything to do with cars usually.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2016 9:55:29 GMT
That was uncalled for.
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Post by Alanović on Nov 28, 2016 10:25:27 GMT
Sheesh. I take it back(lava).
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Post by WDB on Nov 28, 2016 10:35:03 GMT
Vić, do you really mean that you sat through all that 'special forces' nonsense without muttering, "Get on with it, you idiots"?
Then we had the blokey who'd built his own road-legal Mercedes sports-racer. Did we see him drive it round a track? Take it to the shops? Nope; he got to stand next to it, answer one inane question about how he'd made it, and say goodbye. Not sure why he bothered. Perhaps he was edited out to make time for the endless repetitions of the hostage crap.
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Post by Alanović on Nov 28, 2016 10:56:27 GMT
Yes, it's just light entertainment. I was entertained. Not everything has to be a cerebral exercise in intellectual rigour. It was just fun, to me at least. You are entitled to feel differently. It's not compulsory viewing, so I expect you'll give it a miss this week. I shall fire up my Hungryhouse app and see what I fancy.
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Post by Humph on Nov 28, 2016 11:02:23 GMT
It may not be perfect, but it is an oasis in a desert of soap operas, dramas based on multiple murders, reality shows, strictly come voicing factors on ice and cooking programmes.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2016 12:20:43 GMT
Its OK, but I don't think it s got into its stride yet. A few funny bits but where are the real Grand Tours - those road trips they used to excel at. Yes; its entertaining, but it could be so much better. I wonder if they are restricted by the BBC as to what they can do?
I didn't really watch the new Top Gear much, due to the ginger idiot's whine, but the road trip up the hills from South Africa into Lesotho was enjoyable.
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Post by iancapetown on Nov 29, 2016 8:47:13 GMT
It may not be perfect, but it is an oasis in a desert of soap operas, dramas based on multiple murders, reality shows, strictly come voicing factors on ice and cooking programmes. "I eat bugs for money"?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2016 22:58:01 GMT
Just watched No. 3, I really enjoyed it. If it carries on like this then it'll be just fine for me, but I suspect that it will improve over time as well. Of course its possible to be desperately superior and sneery over it, but I think its just damned good fun and it makes me laugh - a lot.
As an aside, I re-watched No. 1 the other night, and they made a comment in that about No. 2 not being much to do with cars, but that all the others were.
Long may it continue
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2016 22:58:23 GMT
Oh, and no irritating American driver this week either.
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Post by Hofmeister on Dec 2, 2016 23:11:37 GMT
Just watched No. 3, I really enjoyed it. If it carries on like this then it'll be just fine for me, but I suspect that it will improve over time as well. Of course its possible to be desperately superior and sneery over it, but I think its just damned good fun and it makes me laugh - a lot. As an aside, I re-watched No. 1 the other night, and they made a comment in that about No. 2 not being much to do with cars, but that all the others were. Long may it continue I wasn't superior and sneery over it. I said no1 was generally good, and no2 was crap. Its an objective but fair minded opinion. I'll watch 3 over the weekend with an open mind.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2016 23:25:40 GMT
Oh, I wasn't talking about you, apologies if it appeared like it.
I was just fresh from a conversation with someone looking down their nose at the show and feeling superior to the "little people" who liked it. I can quite see why someone wouldn't like it, but why look down their noses at those that do?
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Post by WDB on Dec 3, 2016 8:46:19 GMT
Yes, much better this week, although I'm not sure why they bothered going to Yorkshire. Familiar TG irritations - fakery, tyre squealing, Richard Hammond - but you know those will be there before switching on. But fewer silly track antics and more focus on pleasing machines that can take us to beautiful places. Yes, this one was OK.
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Post by Humph on Dec 3, 2016 9:11:49 GMT
We enjoyed it, although the delivery did seem a bit too obviously scripted. I read a book last year by Richard Porter ( Sniff Petrol guy ) who was heavily involved in TG. Fascinating read actually and a real insight into how controlled the apparent randomness is. Apparently Clarkson is, or was then anyway, absolutely fastidious about the content and script. Quite possibly is now with reference to the Grand Tour.
As I've said before, or a version of it, in the absence of anything better, it's still head and shoulders above any other motoring based entertainment programme.
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