The Grand Tour
Discussion
Dr Interceptor said:
Funk said:
Europa1 said:
The Don of Croy said:
Europa1 said:
How does one give a Chablis a hairstyle?
Kwuffing?"I've broken my arm..."
"Which one?"
- made me laugh more than it should. It's the simple things.
Adam B said:
Dr Interceptor said:
The ending was s
t... If I was script writing, Hammond would have gone to Le Harve to get the ferry.
Clarkson being smart would have realised the Le Harve to Portsmouth Ferry takes 8 hours, and Calais is just 3 hours drive up the road. He'd be on the Eurostar thinking the win was in the bag.
May meanwhile would drive to a local airfield suited and booted, sip fine wine, load his Maserati into an RAF Airbus A400M, and touch down not very long after at an airbase back home, and be the winner. Cue fanfare, brass band, the whole shebang.
You and I had exactly the same ideas, really thought May would win involving some sort of plane - the question is why two people not in the TV / creative world can think of it, yet the creative genius of CMHW come up with that pile of poo, the May ending was just facile.t... If I was script writing, Hammond would have gone to Le Harve to get the ferry. Clarkson being smart would have realised the Le Harve to Portsmouth Ferry takes 8 hours, and Calais is just 3 hours drive up the road. He'd be on the Eurostar thinking the win was in the bag.
May meanwhile would drive to a local airfield suited and booted, sip fine wine, load his Maserati into an RAF Airbus A400M, and touch down not very long after at an airbase back home, and be the winner. Cue fanfare, brass band, the whole shebang.
As to why not thought of. Come on. They have screaming t
t face fanbois saying they are amazing. They wre saying that over the last few series of TG let alone now. There's no reason to squander money on a plane when you have a car firing air cannon and the ability to remove a spark plug or 3 from an engine for "comedy"Marty Funkhouser said:
They need a producer who's not a school chum and will tell them when their egos are getting carried away or when they just aren't funny. As it is, Willman (sp?) is clearly part of the clique and is too matey with them.
Get a new producer in there who they respect and the show is still saveable.
I'm actually starting to believe that it's Wilman whose the problem here. He's in charge. He's the one making the direction/producing decisions. He's the one that probably sets the tempo, rough (scripted) outline of each episode. He's guiding the scriptwriters etc etcGet a new producer in there who they respect and the show is still saveable.
This crap is happening on HIS watch. Like Crystal Palace, you don't fire the players. You fire the manager.
I still think it's essentially laziness and/or lack of giving a st. Sifting through a lot of script ideas for good ones takes time and effort. Really tight editing takes a lot of time and effort. Even seemingly minor stuff like picking the appropriate music takes effort and costs money.
They get paid (have been paid!) either way. I just think they can't be bothered any longer and they're half arsedly chucking it together in a similar manner to their old christmas cash in DVD's.
t. Sifting through a lot of script ideas for good ones takes time and effort. Really tight editing takes a lot of time and effort. Even seemingly minor stuff like picking the appropriate music takes effort and costs money.They get paid (have been paid!) either way. I just think they can't be bothered any longer and they're half arsedly chucking it together in a similar manner to their old christmas cash in DVD's.
Nardiola said:
Hang on. People signed up to Amazon Prime, just for TGT? That's like never watching or listening to anything by the BBC again because Top Gear was crap. There's plenty of other good things you can use Prime for.
I thought this weeks' episode was OK, the Abarth is a decent looking steer. The Maserati challenge seems like it was hashed together at the last minute though.
I did bought a playstation to play Gran Turismo on too
I thought this weeks' episode was OK, the Abarth is a decent looking steer. The Maserati challenge seems like it was hashed together at the last minute though.
I did bought a playstation to play Gran Turismo on too
Rich_W said:
I'm actually starting to believe that it's Wilman whose the problem here. He's in charge. He's the one making the direction/producing decisions. He's the one that probably sets the tempo, rough (scripted) outline of each episode. He's guiding the scriptwriters etc etc
This crap is happening on HIS watch. Like Crystal Palace, you don't fire the players. You fire the manager.
This 100%. I've been reading one of JC's old books and it funny, witty, satirical and intelligent. He is also very passionate...remember the programme on Brunel. It just does compute with the scripted drivel on TGT. May on The Reassembler has a mix of eccentricity and a strange soothing calmness, and Hammond can actually be a very sincere chap (reference the TG veteran amputee hill rally team). Yet they are now trying to "act" and they do it very badly. Sack Wilman off (or whoever is pulling the strings) and just let the lads get on with what they are good at.This crap is happening on HIS watch. Like Crystal Palace, you don't fire the players. You fire the manager.
Jay Leno's Garage is interesting, entertaining and informative. Yet the irony is it's totally American. Why can't they do something like that? Dropping cars onto boats (for the second week in a row) and general f
king around is just dull now.I've got to agree, as much as I have always enjoyed TG/TGT it just seems that their priority is fking around now over everything else.
Its funny for a while and in short sections, but there seems to be far too much effort put into trying to be funny now, and when its forced it just doesn't work
king around now over everything else.Its funny for a while and in short sections, but there seems to be far too much effort put into trying to be funny now, and when its forced it just doesn't work
ClockworkCupcake said:
Clarkson was on a repeat of quite an old edition of QI on Dave tonight, and was genuinely witty, entertaining, and knowledgeable - a world away from his TG/TGT "buffoon" persona.
His older newspaper columns (now available in handy book format) are fantastically written - everything you say above.I haven't read his more recent written work.
Hard-Drive said:
Jay Leno's Garage is interesting, entertaining and informative. Yet the irony is it's totally American. Why can't they do something like that?
This. In spades. The hard work that clearly goes into an episode of JLG should be the standard for TGT. And it's genuinely funny when it wants to be too. I watch both but if I was forced to choose one it would be Leno every time.greeny12 said:
Hard-Drive said:
Jay Leno's Garage is interesting, entertaining and informative. Yet the irony is it's totally American. Why can't they do something like that?
This. In spades. The hard work that clearly goes into an episode of JLG should be the standard for TGT. And it's genuinely funny when it wants to be too. I watch both but if I was forced to choose one it would be Leno every time.Whilst I love the show currently, Jay Leno may be running out of ideas in 15 years too.
Dr Interceptor said:
It reminded me at the start of the buy a four-seat convertible challenge that TG did years ago, and they all turned up with 325i Convertibles.
But then it all went to st....
I agree. When they mentioned that they will be driving the old Maseratis to the South of France I thought that it would be an awesome episode. However, that never happened and it went down hill rapidly from there. The only thing I've found good about the new GT series is the fact some of the filmed features look great in 4K. Other than that it's a bit of a disappointment overall. But then it all went to s
t....boxst said:
I enjoyed that and... well, that's it for a year. Twelve quick episodes and overall really good.
One more next week in Dubai 
Another enjoyable episode for me, they seem to be relaxing into the studio stuff a bit more with some genuinely funny moments. Liked the two films too, and now have a strange hankering for a Lexus :/
I did laugh at Richards name for the race as well
bodhi said:
Another enjoyable episode for me, they seem to be relaxing into the studio stuff a bit more with some genuinely funny moments. Liked the two films too, and now have a strange hankering for a Lexus :/
I have a strange hankering for an F-Pace V6. That thing is a bargain compared to the others, and sounded fantastic too!Gassing Station | TV, Film, Video Streaming & Radio | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff