Czechlad Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Missed it so I now have to watch online. Glad to hear it was funny. Still love the series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 it was the same old top gear will be criticised for being "entertainment" and it was of course all a set up, may drives slow, clarkson is wreckless, hammond is a cock, they brown nosed the guest i think most people have drawn the line, if it doesnt bother you then you'll like it, otherwise you cant be surprised by its decline anymore shame they didnt show more of droitwich / kidderminster, those cars were right at home here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 it was the same old top gear will be criticised for being "entertainment" and it was of course all a set up, may drives slow, clarkson is wreckless, hammond is a cock, they brown nosed the guest i think most people have drawn the line, if it doesnt bother you then you'll like it, otherwise you cant be surprised by its decline anymore shame they didnt show more of droitwich / kidderminster, those cars were right at home here It had more genuine LOL moments than a Peyton Manning performance in the Super Bowl It is what it is , everybody knows it's scripted / faked but it's still better than most of the shite on our TV screens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 3, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted February 3, 2014 First half an hour was quite good. Second half was pretty rubbish. The police chases at the end were terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted February 3, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted February 3, 2014 Thought the first half was very phunney. Good old Top Gear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eames Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 As others have said....it is what it is. Of course they are soft on their guests....its a promo opportunity not Question Time. Thought the hot hatch segment was funny but they could have stopped after the supermarket and put a car review or something else in after that. The police thing was just off. Had they used period police cars it would have been better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 3, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted February 3, 2014 As others have said....it is what it is. Of course they are soft on their guests....its a promo opportunity not Question Time. Thought the hot hatch segment was funny but they could have stopped after the supermarket and put a car review or something else in after that. The police thing was just off. Had they used period police cars it would have been better. This, basically. yes it's all scripted and that's fine. But the police bit was just so ridiculous it wasn't funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 The supermarket bit was just good, old-fashioned British humour. James May driving perfectly at 5mph, setting up the other two to hammer their cars and destroy the place. It really was very funnY) The sliding in on its side was a bit too similar to the Reliant Robin episode, but no matter, was still funny. The police bit at the end was shite though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 I laughed when I saw Jeremy with that mustache. The last bit was funny when James was driving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 It was the pleb reference I liked Very subtle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Episodes like last nights are what I like in top gear, yeah its scripted and can be too ridiculous but I prefer watching that than when they spend 20 minutes talking about a lambourghini ill never get to see never mind get to drive 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 3, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted February 3, 2014 I still think it would be better if they actually did the challenges instead of trying to make them funnier than they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 I think it would be better if they replaced Clarkson with a tree stump called Ted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 I don't understand the "scripted" criticism. Most things worth watching are, surely? Otherwise you get dross like David Baddiel and Frank Skinner sat on a settee mumbling about nothing much at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 5, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted February 5, 2014 My criticism isn't that it's scripted. It's that a lot of the time these days it's badly scripted. That police chase stuff was cringeworthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 My criticism isn't that it's scripted. It's that a lot of the time these days it's badly scripted. That police chase stuff was cringeworthy. I kind of agree with this. If they're going to continue down the scripted route (as they clearly are) then they should get someone in capable of writing a half decent story. The scripting is pretty amateur at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 The only thing that was bad in the last episode was the police chase. The supermarket and hill climb stuff was pretty funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 5, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted February 5, 2014 I agree. But I would say that the most interesting part of the hillchase was actually the times that they'd done it in (dunno if they were real or not but seemed reasonable) Similarly the supermarket. it was funny, but I'd have been just as interested to see what times they could actually do on a course like that 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 I don't understand the "scripted" criticism. Most things worth watching are, surely? Otherwise you get dross like David Baddiel and Frank Skinner sat on a settee mumbling about nothing much at all. It's times when they have clearly tried to pass the "mishaps" off as genuine events which was starting to happen a bit too much for my liking. It seems they have taken that criticism on board and just decided to go full retard instead with this weeks episode. I think it worked brilliantly. The supermarket bit was great fun, I though the tank bit at the end was great too. They kept you waiting for the inevitable cannon shot just long enough for it to be funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 I don't understand the "scripted" criticism. Most things worth watching are, surely? Otherwise you get dross like David Baddiel and Frank Skinner sat on a settee mumbling about nothing much at all. It's times when they have clearly tried to pass the "mishaps" off as genuine events which was starting to happen a bit too much for my liking. It seems they have taken that criticism on board and just decided to go full retard instead with this weeks episode. I think it worked brilliantly. The supermarket bit was great fun, I though the tank bit at the end was great too. They kept you waiting for the inevitable cannon shot just long enough for it to be funny. someone was clearly throwing the packets over the top of the shelf during Hamsters drive and that annoyed me a tad .. but other than that i that it was a great sketch , even if you did know exactly how it was going to pan out , it still produced genuine LOL moments the explosions with them shown in the smouldering car afterwards was kinda straight out of Road Runner and poor old Wile E. Coyote ... and nobody in the history of the world ever gets bored of Road Runner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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