Vltros
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Awesome awesome awesome. God! I missed Top Gear so much!
What a series opening!
What a series opening!
I know that Eric Bana had a wet track as SIARPC, but I'm sure that Jeremy said he was the fastest Australian?
voted for 10*
but. i am not a critic but i expected more from pals, it started out too simple in my opinion, and i haven't seen the introduction of the 14 season. does anybody know why?
i haven't seen the introduction of the 14 season. does anybody know why?
It is a depressing world where more people would rather see Sam Fox stick gross things in her mouth than Top Gear...
Can we ban talk about scriptedness ? Seriously as if people are still stuck on that like a broken record. Tg has likely been scripted since day 1 that's how modern television works. The end. Talk about the weather in Romania or something. Anything other than this continuous drivel about scripting.
True it's personal opinion but unless you've been a long time lurker you have no idea how much people have whined on about every aspect of scripting and it gets on your tits.
I have to say, are we not past the whole "this was scripted, that wasn't" phase yet? I mean come on, yes some of it is scripted, might be 99% of what we see, but enough is enough, i can't even hear about it anymore. The show works, it's funny it's excellent and it's got a very unique feeling to it like nothing else on TV anywhere in the world.
We finally get an episode which is about cars and people just find more crap to whine about, this is what the show is, it's what it was since it was relaunched, and it's what made it so damn popular all around the world, either give up the whine fests and enjoy it or stop watching it, cause it's not gonna change any time soon.
I loved this episode. I loved James' German review, I loved the roadtrip in the super cars (and am completely shocked about Romania), that road in the end was utterly stunning and the only problem I had with the whole episode was the news which were far too short and the interview with Eric Bana which was a complete disappointment. Ever since I watched Love the Beast in the summer I was praying for him to be the SIARPC and now that they brought him it was so pathetic...far too short and not covering the topic of cars even remotely enough, I just hope we get an uncut version of it.
To sum it up, 9/10. TG IS BACK
He should be, as long as you're not counting Mark Webber in the Liana - was .4 faster in the wet.
I thought it was awesome.. Much, much better than the last "worlds best road" episode. The fact that they only had one road to go to, made it all better - there was more of a climax seeing that incredible road. And the journey going there was great.
And about the scripting.. It really is essential when making television isn't it? I was watching a Danish motorshow a few days ago, and he seemed like a complete amateur. He was driving the Focus RS around a track, and all he really did was listing facts, and making noises exclaiming "this is incredibly fun", and I was like, seriously, how about writing a script? When I'm watching a TV show I don't want to feel like I could do it better..
But obviously, the sheer talent in Top Gear would make it awesome even if they cut back on the scripting. But it's by no means a problem in its current form, imo. Makes for some insanely entertaining television.
Anyone else find it funny that Clarkson doesn't think Top Gear is ever broadcast in the US?