The Grand Tour

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Doofus said:

OldGermanHeaps said:

Try halt and catch fire

I did. An interesting concept, that quickly became extraordinarily tedious. So much Amazon stuff is style over substance, IMO. Except for TGT, which has neither one nor the other.

I think seasons 1 & 2 of Halt and Catch Fire were sensational. Season 3 dipped a little and so far Season 4 lurches around a little - I suspect they ran out of money or time and have compressed a lot of storylines and arcs to fit the time available as they could have easily stretched Season 4 out to 3 or more Seasons. Plus some of the actors seem to be getting decent breaks so they'll become unavailable. Some of the scenes and acting though have been amazing and the music choices inspired.

In terms of style over substance - with you on that one! Mr Robot - it seemed to forget what it was about most of the time and then stumble back in to the room only to wonder why it was there. Again it could have been an amazing show but failed to deliver.

[Yipper]

Applying the tried and trusted "do I enjoy the repeats on Dave" test...

Old TG = Yes.
TGT = Sometimes.
New TG = No.

[anonymous-user]

What’s are they bothering with all this scripted rubbish, Amazon have already paid them millions and the fans just want to see them talk bks. Nobody cares about the cars.

Just get them in a local pub, buy everyone there a round to oil them up a bit, maybe film the drive there in some nice car and then they can trouser what they don’t spend.

[Shaoxter]

durbster said:

What are those who signed up to Prime for TGT last year doing?

We've barely watched much else on Amazon, I already have Spotify for music and I don't mind waiting a couple of days for a USB cable, so I'm struggling to justify renewing for The Grand Tour alone as it was largely disappointing.

I didn't sign up just for TGT but I can recommend using subscribe and save to get crap like nappies, tissues, water so you don't have to carry back bulky stuff from the supermarket. Also back up all your photos as you have unlimited photo storage

[Shakermaker]

durbster said:

What are those who signed up to Prime for TGT last year doing?

We've barely watched much else on Amazon, I already have Spotify for music and I don't mind waiting a couple of days for a USB cable, so I'm struggling to justify renewing for The Grand Tour alone as it was largely disappointing.

it was worth it for the wife and me for the fact that all of Parks and Recreation is on there as well.

Plus we both get the benefit of free next day delivery on everything, which we do use quite regularly - for all types of things from cat food to CDs. Will resubscribe

[johnxjsc1985]

I use Amazon for lots of purchases as the delivery service is incredibly good with many items delivered next day even on a Sunday.
The TV programmes do need wading through to find good stuff but TGT is just a bonus.

[ClockworkCupcake]

johnxjsc1985 said:

I use Amazon for lots of purchases as the delivery service is incredibly good with many items delivered next day even on a Sunday.
The TV programmes do need wading through to find good stuff but TGT is just a bonus.

Quite.

Never ceases to amaze / amuse when people talk about watching TGT as costing £79, as if it is some kind of pay-to-view show. It's just a show that is bundled with an Amazon Prime membership. It's like buying a car and then saying it was a waste of money because you didn't like one of the tunes on the radio.

[p1stonhead]

ClockworkCupcake said:

johnxjsc1985 said:

I use Amazon for lots of purchases as the delivery service is incredibly good with many items delivered next day even on a Sunday.
The TV programmes do need wading through to find good stuff but TGT is just a bonus.

Quite.

Never ceases to amaze / amuse when people talk about watching TGT as costing £79, as if it is some kind of pay-to-view show. It's just a show that is bundled with an Amazon Prime membership. It's like buying a car and then saying it was a waste of money because you didn't like one of the tunes on the radio.

+1 amazon prime for deliveries is incredible.

I once ordered something at 7pm on a Friday night and it came through the letter box 9am on Saturday. Its actually mental how quickly they can get things to you.

Prime saves me so much money a year on delivery charges.

[andrewrob]

p1stonhead said:

ClockworkCupcake said:

johnxjsc1985 said:

I use Amazon for lots of purchases as the delivery service is incredibly good with many items delivered next day even on a Sunday.
The TV programmes do need wading through to find good stuff but TGT is just a bonus.

Quite.

Never ceases to amaze / amuse when people talk about watching TGT as costing £79, as if it is some kind of pay-to-view show. It's just a show that is bundled with an Amazon Prime membership. It's like buying a car and then saying it was a waste of money because you didn't like one of the tunes on the radio.

+1 amazon prime for deliveries is incredible.

I once ordered something at 7pm on a Friday night and it came through the letter box 9am on Saturday. Its actually mental how quickly they can get things to you.

Prime saves me so much money a year on delivery charges.

You can order some things up to 11:30pm and still get them in the morning!

[anonymous-user]

andrewrob said:

You can order some things up to 11:30pm and still get them in the morning!

The same day delivery always gets me. I want to know where they keep local stock of all the random crap I order

[djdest]

I enjoyed it, some episodes were not as good as others, but you get that with any show.
Personally I’d rather watch TGT than some idiots locked in a house, on an island, trying to cook, dance, sing or just be generally desperate for fame, or any supposed celeb doing crap things to bring their career back to life.
I suppose you could be clever and say the last bit is exactly what TGT is

[98elise]

Lord Marylebone said:

Marty Funkhouser said:

The one thing TGT missed was consistent car reviews. FFS get rid of the "comedy".

I'll be honest, I have absolutely no interest in watching a man with a beard doing a serious review on how good the Peugeot 405 is, or telling me what sort of MPG you can get from a Citroen BX or whatever.

I can just about stomach a car 'review' if it involves telling me the top speed of a new Ferrari before seeing how sideways it will go.

I like watching 3 scruffy, childish men be slightly racist, rude, potty mouthed, destructive, silly, crass, sarcastic, and offensive in their behaviour, whilst occasionally having something to do with cars. Hopefully driving them sideways and crashing into things.

I suspect I am not alone in this.

Exactly...its the sort of stupidity I would get up to if I had limitless access to cars and no day job.

[JagLover]

Bluedot said:

SydneyBridge said:

ten recordings in the UK- seems a much better idea than the first series

Yep, agreed

Studio segments just didn't seem to work most of the time last season.

[p1stonhead]

JagLover said:

Bluedot said:

SydneyBridge said:

ten recordings in the UK- seems a much better idea than the first series

Yep, agreed

Studio segments just didn't seem to work most of the time last season.

It was just so wasted. It could have been an actual 'grand tour' of each location with the tent as the studio segments.

Instead they just made the tent utterly pointless.

Bizarre.

[anonymous-user]

p1stonhead said:

It was just so wasted. It could have been an actual 'grand tour' of each location with the tent as the studio segments.

Instead they just made the tent utterly pointless.

Bizarre.

Agreed. It just seemed a bit silly to me.

[johnxjsc1985]

I wonder how much of it was "aimed" at the US market ?. I liked some of it and some of it just didn't work for me but I could say that of the old TG where as the New TG just leaves me cold even without Chris Evans in it.
I think they have been around long enough to work out what was good and what was bad and Hammond in particular needs to come down a notch or two.

[Marty Funkhouser]

Lord Marylebone said:

I'll be honest, I have absolutely no interest in watching a man with a beard doing a serious review on how good the Peugeot 405 is, or telling me what sort of MPG you can get from a Citroen BX or whatever.

I can just about stomach a car 'review' if it involves telling me the top speed of a new Ferrari before seeing how sideways it will go.

I like watching 3 scruffy, childish men be slightly racist, rude, potty mouthed, destructive, silly, crass, sarcastic, and offensive in their behaviour, whilst occasionally having something to do with cars. Hopefully driving them sideways and crashing into things.

I suspect I am not alone in this.

Do you not enjoy Clarkson or May's car reviews? Thats what I meant, not a stuffy statistical breakdown of the latest Insignia.

I used to enjoy the reviews of the latest M5/E63/Lambo/Ferrari etc etc.

[hairyben]

silent ninja said:

p1stonhead said:

Surely no one is actually looking forward to a second season?

My interest level fell through the floor by episode 3. I'm not even slightly curious what this has to offer. The trio are over the hill, irrelevant without the BBC coverage, and clinging on to past glories!

Thanks for this - its good to see that a year after the show aired theres still internet people dedicated to continually reminding people they didnt like it. I know its a hard going commitment but if you hang in there, soon there'll be a new series for you to inform everyone of your dissatisfaction with!

[bodhi]

hairyben said:

silent ninja said:

p1stonhead said:

Surely no one is actually looking forward to a second season?

My interest level fell through the floor by episode 3. I'm not even slightly curious what this has to offer. The trio are over the hill, irrelevant without the BBC coverage, and clinging on to past glories!

Thanks for this - its good to see that a year after the show aired theres still internet people dedicated to continually reminding people they didnt like it. I know its a hard going commitment but if you hang in there, soon there'll be a new series for you to inform everyone of your dissatisfaction with!

Must admit I'm not sure what I'm looking forwards to the most - 12-13 more episodes of a very enjoyable cars/cocking about show, or 12 - 13 weeks of the same people at pains to point out how much they didn't like the first one and didn't watch any more after that.

[Dermot O'Logical]

bodhi said:

hairyben said:

silent ninja said:

p1stonhead said:

Surely no one is actually looking forward to a second season?

My interest level fell through the floor by episode 3. I'm not even slightly curious what this has to offer. The trio are over the hill, irrelevant without the BBC coverage, and clinging on to past glories!

Thanks for this - its good to see that a year after the show aired theres still internet people dedicated to continually reminding people they didnt like it. I know its a hard going commitment but if you hang in there, soon there'll be a new series for you to inform everyone of your dissatisfaction with!

Must admit I'm not sure what I'm looking forwards to the most - 12-13 more episodes of a very enjoyable cars/cocking about show, or 12 - 13 weeks of the same people at pains to point out how much they didn't like the first one and didn't watch any more after that.

Or people posting to say how much they didn't like the first series, and that they don't like the second series even more. Yet they've paid Amazon to be able to watch something they don't like, and will continue to watch it so that they can tell everybody how much they still don't like it.