Chindie Posted February 13, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted February 13, 2012 The film bit may not have been quite so excruciatingly awful were it not for Hammonds... presence. Nothing he does is funny, his sections on these skits always devolve into utter rubbish - he cannot act, so this overblown character they require for those skits becomes all the more terrible. the other two, even in those characters, tend to be far more subtle. Even the sections where that isn't required he's painful. The news section yesterday had him completely ruin a fairly cheap gag on Clarkson's public servant shooting intentions by 'hanging a lampshade on it' - making it increasingly less subtle a gag and immediately making it less funny. Having said that, even if you deleted Hammond from it, you'd still not have much worth watching. The section was a return to everything bad about the last couple of years of Top Gear. Put it like this - it was such a bad skit that one of Top Gear's script editors publically apologised for it. Still, the India special made it look like award worthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 on the skit bit ..was the footage shown at the end Clarksons , or done by the proper director blokey ? it appeared to be the footage that Clarkson was "directing / Shooting " agreed Hammond does ham it up a bit oh and did anyone spot the blonde cutie during the news .. love it when they do totty placement , hadn't noticed it for a couple of weeks .. maybe that is the indication of how much better the previous 2 weeks had been that I hadn't resorted to talent spotting ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparey16 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 It was said it was done by the editing team at TG. There were some shots in it you didnt seem them film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted February 13, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted February 13, 2012 oh and did anyone spot the blonde cutie during the news .. love it when they do totty placement , hadn't noticed it for a couple of weeks .. maybe that is the indication of how much better the previous 2 weeks had been that I hadn't resorted to talent spotting ? I was rather more taken by the short haired... brunette?/some odd dyed colour, looked almost mauve... looker behind Ryan Reynolds. I was utterly transfixed. I actually cannot comment on how good Reynolds himself was a guest (apparently good?), because I was too busy checking out her. Show highlight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 The film bit may not have been quite so excruciatingly awful were it not for Hammonds... presence. Nothing he does is funny, his sections on these skits always devolve into utter rubbish - he cannot act, so this overblown character they require for those skits becomes all the more terrible. the other two, even in those characters, tend to be far more subtle. Even the sections where that isn't required he's painful. The news section yesterday had him completely ruin a fairly cheap gag on Clarkson's public servant shooting intentions by 'hanging a lampshade on it' - making it increasingly less subtle a gag and immediately making it less funny. Having said that, even if you deleted Hammond from it, you'd still not have much worth watching. The section was a return to everything bad about the last couple of years of Top Gear. Put it like this - it was such a bad skit that one of Top Gear's script editors publically apologised for it. Still, the India special made it look like award worthy. Really? id quite like to read that, got a link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted February 13, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted February 13, 2012 It was just a tweet, one of the script editors is on twitter as SniffPetrol, check his feed. He basically just says sorry for how bad it was and not to blame him for it, he basically straight up says he thought it was shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Oh right, fair play to him, it was shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted February 13, 2012 Moderator Share Posted February 13, 2012 I didn't know sniffpetrol was a TG writer. Cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted February 13, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted February 13, 2012 Just remembered there's another looker in the news section, behind Mays left shoulder. Not a patch on funny coloured hair woman though, phwoar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Hey Chindie, any chance you can post what was said on by sniffpetrol as I'm not on (and have no intention to be on) Twitter. Ta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted February 14, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted February 14, 2012 Hey Chindie, any chance you can post what was said on by sniffpetrol as I'm not on (and have no intention to be on) Twitter. Ta. After being asked about his involvement with TG being location and studio scripts Both. But please don't blame me for the Sweeney film. I was out-voted on that one. Guy who asks the previous question says he's glad he wasn't to blame for it - says they'd dropped a bollock with that skit I shouldn't say in public what I thought of that item. But it would involve the F word and the S word. And maybe the W word. So anyway, tonight's Top Gear. Sorry about that. A fella replies to above saying he should be sorry, it had him in stitches What is WRONG with you? It was SHITE. Guy who likes it later replies with 'Ah, not your scripts then this week?' Less than usual. There were arguments Some people also suggested something that crossed my mind - the whole skit basically being an ad for a film. He denies categorically that that was the intention, or that they'd done the skit thanks to budget cuts meaning some money for a skit from the Sweeney film studio was hard to turn down as the BBC would not allow it. I have to admit that I also flt that, intentionally or not, the whole thing played like an extended ad for an upcoming film. But there you go - even one of the people writing TG hated it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 14, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted February 14, 2012 I still think, annoying as he is and as obviously fake as it was, the first run through of "hammond's" cut was very very funny, the bit of Winstone and Plan B in the car especially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazdavies79 Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Why does this shit TV show generate such interest? I couldn't give a flying...! You're all mad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I occasionally watch it. It is kind of interesting some days. I really just like to look at the fancy cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted February 19, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted February 19, 2012 Best of the series so far. Even the scooter skit, which disastrous written all over it in the series preview, was decent. And props to them for not falling into the trap of being almost voyeuristic with the injured soldiers aspect, something they had done last time. I don't think it's a coincidence that the skit featured little to no 'Hammond' character stuff. Fassbender was a sound guest (don't believe the time for a second, but that hasn't been the point of the section for donkeys), and there was eye candy over the guests shoulder again. They even had a dig at how bad the India special was. Good stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 I feared the worse when I saw the start of the mobility sketch But I think they got away with it Another enjoyable show for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 19, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted February 19, 2012 Why would they fake his time? I think if they took out last week's episode it's been a very decent series so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 I've been sceptical of the 'celebrity' times for quite a while. 'Solid' episode I thought. The blonde cutie in news part (that was next to the old chap who they made a joke of) very tasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 20, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted February 20, 2012 I don't really see why they'd fake the times. I could see it if they kept putting people top. But why, last night, would they go "yeah we'll fake his time and put him 4th". What does that gain them? It looked a pretty tidy lap so time made sense to me. And if they're pandering to the celebrites, why didn't they put Will.I.Am much higher? Most of us on here probably think he's a dick, but he's a huge huge star. Why would they fake Fassbender's time but leave Will.I.Am as it was? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 I don't know why, I've just thought all hasn't been quite as it appears. I think it started with Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz both going top. Didn't Will.i.am drive an auto? That might explain why they couldn't put him right at the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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