tonyh29 Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, turnbull said: OMG, that Alpha! Fairly sure when they drove it around the Grand Tour track it came near the bottom of their leaderboard and well below the M3 ... could have been a different engine / variant of the car or it could just be my memory playing tricks on me !! Edited March 14, 2017 by tonyh29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnbull Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Just now, tonyh29 said: Fairly sure when they drove it around the Grand Tour track it came near the bottom of their leaderboard and well below the M3 ... could have been a different engine / variant of the car or it could just be my memory playing tricks on me !! Who cares? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Another superb episode (imo). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnbull Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 55 minutes ago, Genie said: Another superb episode (imo). I really enjoyed it too, it's coming along nicely. No silliness, no gimmicks, it's car show again. Even Matt LeB was bearable and that's a huge plus for me. Long may it continue. Although the upshot is, the missus and me really want another MX5. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted March 20, 2017 Moderator Share Posted March 20, 2017 Managed to watch more than a few mins without convulsing which came as a surprise. It wasn't as bad as my first impression a couple of weeks ago but it still feels very forced and fake. The 'banter' between them just isn't genuine and feels fake,how can it be anything else when they've just been put together. It was decent but still feels like a copy of the original rather than a reboot. I still find one of the presenters hugely irritating though, Chris something I think his name is. Not warming to him at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Agree on the bantz, it just doesn't feel genuine at all. Matt le Blanc seems to be growing into the lead presenter role very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 10 hours ago, turnbull said: No silliness The muck spreader? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnbull Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 8 hours ago, hogso said: The muck spreader? Sensible consumer information, if ever you need to dispose of an old Volvo S60. Actually I should have said substained silliness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straggler Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 On 20/03/2017 at 08:30, TrentVilla said: Managed to watch more than a few mins without convulsing which came as a surprise. It wasn't as bad as my first impression a couple of weeks ago but it still feels very forced and fake. The 'banter' between them just isn't genuine and feels fake,how can it be anything else when they've just been put together. It was decent but still feels like a copy of the original rather than a reboot. I still find one of the presenters hugely irritating though, Chris something I think his name is. Not warming to him at all. I really like Chris Harris. Not so much in the studio where he is a little awkward, but behind the wheel of a car doing a review he is as good as anyone including the original three. Given that you an count the number of times he has presented infront of a live audience on your fingers I'm willing to give him time to loosen up in that environment. TBH I don't think any of the new 3 are much good in the studio, I'd be cutting that time to a minimum if I were in charge. I would also cut the mlb plays with farm equipment section. It's just not funny and feels like it is just stuck in to pad the run time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 To be fair to him Matt le blanc seems to have taken the reigns and I quite like him watching it now it's the celebrity bit, it's always been shit and this is no better, it's not as bad as dragging out a joke where you kill the celebrity that wasn't funny in episode 1 but you're still doing it in episode 10...but it's still shit 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 5 hours ago, villa4europe said: To be fair to him Matt le blanc seems to have taken the reigns and I quite like him watching it now it's the celebrity bit, it's always been shit and this is no better, it's not as bad as dragging out a joke where you kill the celebrity that wasn't funny in episode 1 but you're still doing it in episode 10...but it's still shit Completely agree. The show is absolutely fine except for the celebrity bit. I just watch it on iPlayer and fast forward through that part now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 18 hours ago, villa4europe said: To be fair to him Matt le blanc seems to have taken the reigns and I quite like him watching it now it's the celebrity bit, it's always been shit and this is no better, it's not as bad as dragging out a joke where you kill the celebrity that wasn't funny in episode 1 but you're still doing it in episode 10...but it's still shit That bit won't be in season two. To be fair to The Grand Tour they recorded the entire season in pretty much one solid chunk. That meant when the dead celebrity joke fell flat in episode one there wasn't much they could do about it. They could have edited the joke out, but then you have a studio segment that was recorded with a live audience months ago that is now between 5-15 minutes shorter. So we can hate on the joke, but the show isn't like Top Gear where the live studio segment is filmed in the week to stay current. I am sure it won't be returning in season two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted March 24, 2017 Administrator Share Posted March 24, 2017 1 hour ago, Daweii said: That bit won't be in season two. I'm not so sure. They need to cut out around 16 minutes in other countries to allow for adverts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 15 hours ago, limpid said: I'm not so sure. They need to cut out around 16 minutes in other countries to allow for adverts. I agree with you that they need to allow for adverts, but the likely hood of this exact time waster coming back is slim. I do think they will have gone back to the drawing board to come up with something that is still "non-content", but at the very least entertaining. I could be wrong though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sidcow Posted March 27, 2017 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted March 27, 2017 I thought this week's was excellent and every bit as good as anything the 3 goons put together. The banter is now coming, swapping the beer was genius. The cars are more the focus, it had got a bit ludicrous towards the end really anyway. Without Chris Evans it is 100% better. The chemistry was always going to take time to come out but it seems to be getting better each week. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnbull Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 I thought it was pretty good too. I'm warming to LeBlanc now, which is saying something. Things are beginning to gel and the cars are indeed the focus, which is how a car show should be. Nice to see the Ducati on there, about time too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted March 28, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted March 28, 2017 Speaking of Le Blanc I thoroughly advise people to watch Episodes. It's a bit of slow starter but if you stick with it there are some immense comedy moments. Brilliantly written and observed and Matt Le Blanc plays an amazing larger than life version of himself. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted March 28, 2017 Moderator Share Posted March 28, 2017 Have to admit I'm warming too it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 (edited) I thought it was superb on Sunday, as has been said it was as good as anything from the previous generation. Rory comes across a bit like he should be doing Newsround or Blue Peter though. Not sure what it is (but still like him). I do like how they seem to give a bit of a basic history lesson for most cars they review too. Edited March 28, 2017 by Genie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted April 3, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted April 3, 2017 Back to the format that made it a very popular and very good. The studio still isn't quite there, they haven't found their own voices and the banter feels either forced or aping Clarkson and co, but that'll come, the celeb section is still filler that lives and dies on the on how good the guest is. Otherwise it's actually pretty damn good. Sabine still sounds like she's hosting Playbus and Rorie still feels like he's on secondment from Newsround but that's nitpicking. The filmed segments are brilliant, beautifully shot and have an earnest sense of fun Less indulgent than later series and the Grand Tour, and the better for it. Good stuff. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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