tonyh29 Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 Just saw the trailer .... it's already better than the Evans series of Top gear Looks like some interesting places , Egypt , Skeleton Coast etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 30 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: Just saw the trailer .... it's already better than the Evans series of Top gear Looks like some interesting places , Egypt , Skeleton Coast etc Amazon took the best parts of top gear, and made it into a show. The segments when the 3 of them went to some destination, did stupid takes in nice or crap cars was fun to watch. It seems that is what the grand tour will be. The trailer looked quite good, but still filled with Clarkson's terrible acting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 I don't think you could be disappointed with that first episode of Grand Tour, if you were a fan of the old Top Gear. No crappy padding in the form of Star in a Car, some great locations, and it's beautifully shot for the most part. The 'banter' between the three I occasionally found annoying (not unusual), and at times the soundtrack, although low down in the mix, was really, horribly generic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted November 19, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted November 19, 2016 Some stunning cars that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 Watching The Grand Tour as I type this. Five minutes in and they appear to have arranged for America's answer to the Red Arrows to fly over a music festival in the desert that everybody drove to in shit hot cars. Could have done without the bit where Clarkson walked out of Television Centre in the rain, but if Amazon ever wanted to send a message out that they've got the budget to do do this show justice then they've done it emphatically. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 For anyone else who, like me, was curious about the 'Ebola Drome' here is more info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 The Grand Tour first episode was basically a gaudy high budget version of the old show, but slightly less charm and even more scripted conversation. A run of the mill episode of Top Gear, a bit disappointed actually. Should say I'm not a car guy and basically only really enjoy the silly challenges and Top Gear Special episodes. Hopefully there'll be more of that in the coming episodes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 Maybe I'm just tired but I stopped watching The Grand Tour at around the 50 minute mark. I was enjoying it until the time wasting happened with the drawn out skit with the guests. I will watch next week though as maybe that one will be better. That said it may just be because I'm tired and have very little patience for a show dragging on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted November 19, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted November 19, 2016 Damn, just came into this thread assuming it was going to be about 18th Century travellers, but no. Car rocket polishers. Grrr. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 I enjoyed it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekka Posted November 20, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted November 20, 2016 12 hours ago, Amsterdam_Neil_D said: I enjoyed it. Me too. It will only get better as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Didn't post my final thoughts after watching the show. It was essentially Top Gear in a tent, wasn't it? I mean you could have probably watched the show and not realised it wasn't Top Gear. Enjoyed it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 (edited) 12 minutes ago, The_Rev said: Didn't post my final thoughts after watching the show. It was essentially Top Gear in a tent, wasn't it? I mean you could have probably watched the show and not realised it wasn't Top Gear. Enjoyed it though. I believe "Top Gear in a Tent" was the working title before they settled on The Grand Tour Edited November 20, 2016 by sne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Good start to the series. As @The_Rev says, its basically Top Gear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted November 22, 2016 Author Share Posted November 22, 2016 (edited) On the whole I enjoyed it , even allowing for the American audience , that said , I wonder had Evans and Le Blanc presented that show if the internet would have gone into meltdown about how rubbish it was ? the show works purely for not having Eddie Irving in it plus the trio have that dynamic about them that I get on a lads weekend away with some of my mates , which you never got with New TG... that's part of the appeal of the show for me , so long may it continue my son (12) liked the parachute sketch best Edited November 22, 2016 by tonyh29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 1 hour ago, tonyh29 said: Eddie Irving Is he related to David Irving? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted November 22, 2016 Author Share Posted November 22, 2016 34 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: Is he related to David Irving? I asked him but he denied it 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 The bit about the dead celebrities never worked for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted November 25, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted November 25, 2016 (edited) The second episode was **** dreadful. I remember when Top Gear was genuinely funny without being overtly scripted into skits. The skits could be still be funny, the Reliant Robin sketch was obviously scripted but genuinely funny. But stuff like the Porsche challenge, cheap second hand cars, etc they were great TV. This however... It just doesn't work. The rescue skit had some funny ideas and was obviously a decent script for some silly send up of action movies etc, but it's utterly ruined by the personas the 3 take on. May is the least off the problem but Clarkson and particularly Hammond are **** dreadful, and always have been. The entire thing was an exercise is cringing so hard your teeth turned backwards. And the less said of the other 'comedy' sections the better. The celebrity death thing is the filmic equivalent of bollock ache and the weird sub chat show audience warm up shit Clarkson does is nail itchingly awful. The best thing that can happen to this show is to have the budget absolutely decimated. The more Clarkson is indulged the worse it gets. Edited November 25, 2016 by Chindie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 (edited) Yeah, the first episode had all the wrong signs, this episode just enhances that feeling. Still nice to see the 3 together, but I'm already at the stage where I'm skipping through most of the episode. It's just lazy and predictable Edited November 26, 2016 by sne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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