Television The Grand Tour (Prime Video)

Amar__ said:
Car setting itself on fire after this crash isn't really great advertisement for them.
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It's an engine with 40 litres of fuel flowing through it. Shit happens. You wait til you see what an electric car going up in flames will look like.
 
duffer said:
Injured his knee apparently.

How many serious accidents whilst dicking about in ridiculously fast cars does it take before you stop dicking about in ridiculously fast cars? I think 2 is about right.
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did not look to be dicking around , the vid showing him in a hill climb and to me it looked like he misjudged the corner or their was a fault with the car.
 
Rado_N said:
This was an electric car...
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Well I'm surprised it wasn't a lot more fierce considering how much energy those things hold. I've seen 2k mAH phone and laptop battery's burning at 400-500c after a simple puncture.
 
This is what happens when you get an amateur speed racer trying very hard. The trio doesnt have much of a choice for serious road testing a car. The other two is either too fat or too slow.

So Hamster has to do all the 'real' driving which he clearly doesnt have the talent for but has to pretend because of the shortcomings of his other two. He will land up sacrificing his life for them soon.

5th Gear or (old & new) Top Gear employ real professional drivers.
 
horsechoker said:
Clarkson will take some time off to recover from pneumonia, I'm starting to think GT season 2 won't come out until 2018

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-40846356
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I was starting to wonder if he's got so upset that joey's doing such a good job over at TG that he's realised that GT is just a very expensive ego project and perhaps we'll never see it?
 
arthurka said:
Strangely I am really looking forward to this..
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Why though? Serious question. I loved the earlier episodes and some of the later stuff to bits, the Uganda special is one of the best pieces of television ever made, but at this point what they do is just badly written comedy for dimwits done by people who can't act.
 
I will watch it but I thought season one was toss.

Relax some of the scripting and just let the trio be themselves and it’ll be good, hopefully they’ve learnt that.
 
I'll probably watch it just for the 4K photography which is often absolutely stunning and some of the cars will be awesome.

Hammond bugs the shit out of me, though, and the scripted 'comedy' is awful.
 
Would be better if they weren't in that stupid tent in countries that don't really get British humour.
 
fcbforever said:
Why though? Serious question. I loved the earlier episodes and some of the later stuff to bits, the Uganda special is one of the best pieces of television ever made, but at this point what they do is just badly written comedy for dimwits done by people who can't act.
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I agree but I just dont know why they always manage to put a smile on my face.. The first series was really badly written and even worse how it was put together but I kind of liked it in a sad way..
 
Rado_N said:
I'll probably watch it just for the 4K photography which is often absolutely stunning and some of the cars will be awesome.

Hammond bugs the shit out of me, though, and the scripted 'comedy' is awful.
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CELEBRITY BRAINCRASH can go suck a fart...
 
fcbforever said:
Why though? Serious question. I loved the earlier episodes and some of the later stuff to bits, the Uganda special is one of the best pieces of television ever made, but at this point what they do is just badly written comedy for dimwits done by people who can't act.
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I guess I'm a dimwit then. I mean, it's not as good as peak TG (Uganda special? Please, Bolivia and Vietnam are where it's at), but I still find it enjoyable. Might be because I really, really, really like James May (and also Jeremy Clarkson, but I've heard that admitting to it as a leftist can land you in trouble). I also enjoy the banter between them, even when it's scripted (though not so much when they overdo it). I'd watch the three of them eat breakfast and do small talk. In fact, I'd probably pay for it.
Rado_N said:
I'll probably watch it just for the 4K photography which is often absolutely stunning and some of the cars will be awesome.

Hammond bugs the shit out of me, though, and the scripted 'comedy' is awful.
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As someone who's a huge fan of the trio, and really liked TGT overall, they did seem to have overindulged a bit, and seemed to be trying too hard at times.

Hopefully, they've taken some of the criticism on board. Not doing so wouldn't ruin it for me, but it'd be frustrating because you know that they can do better.

And yeah, they should do away with Brain Crash.
 
Do away with Brain Crash and The American please. If they are going to do the show in the UK that should also help.
 
horsechoker said:
Do away with Brain Crash and The American please. If they are going to do the show in the UK that should also help.
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They are airing atleast 1 of their episodes from UK, as my brother got invited for the airing. Lucky chap!
 
horsechoker said:
Glad to hear this, I assume no celebrity brain crash then?
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Nope, but they've replaced it with a longer segment where they interview celebs and make them drive around a track again so I can't help but feel a bit disappointed still.
 
NinjaFletch said:
Nope, but they've replaced it with a longer segment where they interview celebs and make them drive around a track again so I can't help but feel a bit disappointed still.
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Shame. I was never that interested in listening to celebrity interviews; I think the only "celebrity" I enjoyed listening to from Top Gear was Sir Ranulph Fiennes. The rest of them are just there to promote shit films.

Still, hopefully there will be lots more epic adventures and funny car challenges to keep us entertained.
 
mmmm ok i'll give the 2nd series a try. Got heartily sick of the first series.

It was such a vanity project where they had SO MUCH MONEY! rather than working to restrictions in the BBC. I think those restrictions brought the best out of them though.

They also clearly lacked any "critical voice" in the first series. No-one was saying...but is that actually funny? Sometimes you need an editor or producer to be the grit that creates the pearl.
 
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