[Polar Challenge Special] July 25th, 2007 - Page 13

Tobias · July 28th, 2007, 07:29 AM

The scenery is just gorgeous. Weird how such a harsh environment is so beautiful.

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Polish · July 28th, 2007, 08:40 AM

This was definitely a brilliant episode, however I must admit I still hold the American special closer to my heart than this. Although, it may have to do with me being an American myself and that's why the American episode tickles me in the way it does.

Besides the above though, the TopGear team is truly amazing and their production abilities are vastly unmatched. They really do have the skills and abilities to go to whatever the bloody hell they want and have it be top-notch.

What a terrible ending though? Seriously that ending had to be some sort of quick re-edit, because that was quite possibly the worst ending to one of the better specials to ever air on TV. It definitely did not feel natural to me, I suspect there is some sort of reason that it was such an abrupt end and not much closure on Hamster reaching the destination. I'm not trying to rock the boat at all, but that ending just did not feel right.

IVIaster · July 28th, 2007, 11:14 AM

If this was the first time this was ever done why wasnt there no mention of this in any mass media?

^Elk^ · July 28th, 2007, 11:46 AM

Because they went to the magnetic north pole, not the geographical. The other one is much harder to reach..

m1sfit · July 28th, 2007, 12:18 PM

They didnt even go to magnetic north they where hundereds of miles away.
Where they went was magnetic north 11 years ago.

emil_t · July 28th, 2007, 12:42 PM

yes this is my very first post on the forum, actually i've been reading threads on the forum for quite a while and finally registerd ... so to make a long story short(well not quite) ... this Top Gear special was indeed very very astonishing , but i recently reviewd the Winter Olympics and i've started to see the direction that top gear takes , then they drive tested the q7, xc90, the swift and so on, they may have been short but they were drive tests never the less. And in this tg special the only thing that i remember that was mentioned about the car that it is an astoinishing car - or he cloud talk about how is it to drive even though it was modified - right about when they reached the magnetic pole, so this brings me to my main point, is top gear - as jeremy clarkson wrote in a column one day - slowly becomeing an entertainment show featuring cars rather than a car show that was entertaining ?I mean this tg special and the american special were really great, but at least i want beside the funny road trips a bit of proper road testing , not those that you start talking about the ultra thin crankshaft the give a 15.342 per cent more power but a road test that is like the tt-brera-rx-8 trio that was again entertaining and a proper road test, Am I right ? or i've just wasted, really, about 10 mins of your life - wich i'm sorry to say ,you will never get back - while you read this really long post even thought i tried to make it short - i really did -. So to sum up is the new series going to be like the 6th 7th and ... um ... 8th series or is it going to be jeremy richard and james beeing in a car for about 15 seconds - remember the lp640 test and the zonda f test ? - and half an hour of star in a reasnobly priced car?But actually ... it'll be great, i'm sure, whatever it's going to be, road test or just a day time show. - you're confused right ? - p.s. sorry for off topic

Jonax · July 28th, 2007, 01:38 PM

I think Tobias just showed then what I thought was the best part of the episode - The cinematography.

Most documentaries to the North Pole would be the same - A rather boring picture, mainly the blue sky and white snow beneath. In contrast, look again at the shots - It makes the whole thing look beautiful.

Top credit to the three for making the trip, but the production crew deserve their own praise for giving us a visual treat.

tankd0g · July 28th, 2007, 02:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charles.w

One of the best TV shot ever...and one of the greatest ad for Toyota and ArticTrucks, but I don't care...it was awesomely good to watch it again and again images/smilies/biggrin.gif

http://www.arctictrucks.com/
http://www.toyota.co.uk/

In the cabin of the Hilux, the little glass hammer is not the only special thing, look at that :

http://pix.nofrag.com/12/0d/f72e5b858a4b02f56614c59337fd.jpg

The glass hammer exposed the discontinuity of the editing if you watch closely it appears and disapears many times int he same "scene".

tankd0g · July 28th, 2007, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Polish

This was definitely a brilliant episode, however I must admit I still hold the American special closer to my heart than this. Although, it may have to do with me being an American myself and that's why the American episode tickles me in the way it does.

Besides the above though, the TopGear team is truly amazing and their production abilities are vastly unmatched. They really do have the skills and abilities to go to whatever the bloody hell they want and have it be top-notch.

What a terrible ending though? Seriously that ending had to be some sort of quick re-edit, because that was quite possibly the worst ending to one of the better specials to ever air on TV. It definitely did not feel natural to me, I suspect there is some sort of reason that it was such an abrupt end and not much closure on Hamster reaching the destination. I'm not trying to rock the boat at all, but that ending just did not feel right.

Forget Hamster not reaching the pole. How the hell did they get back? Supposedly they were out of fuel, and JC looked near death anyway, I doubt they were up for a return trip.

Mercury · July 28th, 2007, 03:00 PM

One of the very best no doubt. The scenery was just astonishing, using the Requiem for a Dream music all through it certainly worked great, showing JC actually having to work was brilliant and it was just such a fun special to watch!

Kind of a bummer they never showed Hammond getting to them and meeting up for a proper ending but that an epic episode none the less.

And BTW Tobias how do you take screen shots from the video? I can't seem to do that, just gives me a black jpg.........

janstett · July 28th, 2007, 03:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tobias

The scenery is just gorgeous. Weird how such a harsh environment is so beautiful.

Nature is full of examples of the most beautiful being the most deadly.

Once you go HD, you can't go back. Hopefully this is just the beginning of Top Gear in HD.

By the way, just wanted to point out, they had to keep deflating and inflating the tires depending on the terrain. Hummers have a system built into the wheels so you can inflate/deflate without getting out of the vehicle, kind of neat.

noFlooder · July 28th, 2007, 03:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tankd0g

Forget Hamster not reaching the pole. How the hell did they get back? Supposedly they were out of fuel, and JC looked near death anyway, I doubt they were up for a return trip.

The presenters and part of the filmingcrew were flown out, the arctic trucks guys drove the cars back with diesel the plane brought with.

jack_christie · July 28th, 2007, 03:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mercury

One of the very best no doubt. The scenery was just astonishing, using the Requiem for a Dream music all through it certainly worked great, showing JC actually having to work was brilliant and it was just such a fun special to watch!

Kind of a bummer they never showed Hammond getting to them and meeting up for a proper ending but that an epic episode none the less.

And BTW Tobias how do you take screen shots from the video? I can't seem to do that, just gives me a black jpg.........

Try VideoLanPlayer, its simple with that.

Blayde · July 28th, 2007, 04:47 PM

Amazing all the way, not HD, but either way, it was bloody amazing, and funny. Cant wait for regular TG images/smilies/biggrin.gif

janstett · July 28th, 2007, 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Chad

And a race on the moon? It wouldn't be right if the first auto test on the moon was won by anyone other than Jeremy Clarkson.

It's already been done, Apollo 15 IIRC.

http://icb.nasa.gov/2003_Annual_Report/lunar_rover_II.jpg

South Pole challenge, anyone?

janstett · July 28th, 2007, 05:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LockOn

hmmm does anyone know what is the soundtrack for that episode "the one that they played alot

They tapped E.S. Posthumus's "Unearthed" quite a bit in the special. The first Spider-Man trailer featured the song "Pompeii" (which they also used in the special) and I had to have it, it was hard to track down.

I think some of the usual Rob Dougan was in there too.

Blayde · July 28th, 2007, 05:46 PM

I heard Paul Oakenfold's Zoo York a lot, or did he take that from another song?

tankd0g · July 28th, 2007, 07:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by noFlooder

The presenters and part of the filmingcrew were flown out, the arctic trucks guys drove the cars back with diesel the plane brought with.

I figured as much. I think this trip was in the planing long before the Top Gear crew decided to tag along, right after they reached the south Pole I remember reading ont heir web site about going to the North Pole soon.

Mercury · July 28th, 2007, 10:28 PM

Bit off topic what the hell, funny as hell.
i assume you all know the music from Requiem for a Dream thats playing throughout this episode (some call it "Requiem for a Tower" some call it "Summer Overture" didn't quite get that) but anyways there's a video on youtube about it and it's just hillarious, mainly cause it's true images/smilies/biggrin.gif

watch it here

Peter3hg · July 28th, 2007, 10:57 PM

As far as I am aware Hammond never made it. He was miles and miles away which is why he was not shown getting to the "Pole".

July 28th, 2007, 07:29 AM	#241
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July 28th, 2007, 11:14 AM	#243
IVIaster Not a dude. Joined: Dec 10th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Finland Posts: 976 Car: 1990 Volvo 740 Rep Power: 13	If this was the first time this was ever done why wasnt there no mention of this in any mass media? __________________ IVIaster´s gender is currently under review If you think roadtax is a good thing go to www.iamaclot.com

July 28th, 2007, 11:46 AM	#244
^Elk^ Joined: Feb 24th, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Trondheim, Norway Posts: 14 Rep Power: 0	Because they went to the magnetic north pole, not the geographical. The other one is much harder to reach.. __________________ "My girlfriend told me to put the toilet seat down. No problem, I didn't want to argue about it. Now she is pissed because the seat is covered in piss" -Jimmy Carr

July 28th, 2007, 03:00 PM	#250
Mercury Joined: Dec 3rd, 2005 Last Online: December 30th, 2008 Location: Jerusalem ,Israel Age: 26 Posts: 825 Car: Peugeot 206 XS 1.6L Rep Power: 22	One of the very best no doubt. The scenery was just astonishing, using the Requiem for a Dream music all through it certainly worked great, showing JC actually having to work was brilliant and it was just such a fun special to watch! Kind of a bummer they never showed Hammond getting to them and meeting up for a proper ending but that an epic episode none the less. And BTW Tobias how do you take screen shots from the video? I can't seem to do that, just gives me a black jpg......... __________________ You utter pirate! - Mr. James May "If you were going to analy rape one of the top gear hosts, Richard would be the top of everyone's list" - Jonathan Ross "Then there’s the pronunciation issue. Jagwarr, Teeyoda, Neesarn, Hundy, Mitsuboosi, BM Dubya, V Dubya – it’s all completely mangled. " - J.Clarkson

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Blayde Joined: Dec 20th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Bahrain Posts: 2,008 Car: '02 Nissan X-Trail, '06 Honda Civic EXi Rep Power: 58	Amazing all the way, not HD, but either way, it was bloody amazing, and funny. Cant wait for regular TG __________________ Some say he migrated when fuel hit 4 pounds per gallon and that he can make 'special price' for you. All we know is, he's the Stig's Arab cousin; Al-Stig!

July 28th, 2007, 08:40 AM	#242
Polish Joined: Mar 7th, 2007 Last Online: January 5th, 2009 Location: Huntington Beach, CA Posts: 50 Car: 300ZX Twin Turbo Rep Power: 0	This was definitely a brilliant episode, however I must admit I still hold the American special closer to my heart than this. Although, it may have to do with me being an American myself and that's why the American episode tickles me in the way it does. Besides the above though, the TopGear team is truly amazing and their production abilities are vastly unmatched. They really do have the skills and abilities to go to whatever the bloody hell they want and have it be top-notch. What a terrible ending though? Seriously that ending had to be some sort of quick re-edit, because that was quite possibly the worst ending to one of the better specials to ever air on TV. It definitely did not feel natural to me, I suspect there is some sort of reason that it was such an abrupt end and not much closure on Hamster reaching the destination. I'm not trying to rock the boat at all, but that ending just did not feel right.

July 28th, 2007, 12:18 PM	#245
m1sfit Joined: Jul 28th, 2007 Last Online: September 28th, 2007 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	They didnt even go to magnetic north they where hundereds of miles away. Where they went was magnetic north 11 years ago.

July 28th, 2007, 12:42 PM	#246
emil_t Joined: Jul 28th, 2007 Last Online: Yesterday Posts: 837 Rep Power: 11	yes this is my very first post on the forum, actually i've been reading threads on the forum for quite a while and finally registerd ... so to make a long story short(well not quite) ... this Top Gear special was indeed very very astonishing , but i recently reviewd the Winter Olympics and i've started to see the direction that top gear takes , then they drive tested the q7, xc90, the swift and so on, they may have been short but they were drive tests never the less. And in this tg special the only thing that i remember that was mentioned about the car that it is an astoinishing car - or he cloud talk about how is it to drive even though it was modified - right about when they reached the magnetic pole, so this brings me to my main point, is top gear - as jeremy clarkson wrote in a column one day - slowly becomeing an entertainment show featuring cars rather than a car show that was entertaining ?I mean this tg special and the american special were really great, but at least i want beside the funny road trips a bit of proper road testing , not those that you start talking about the ultra thin crankshaft the give a 15.342 per cent more power but a road test that is like the tt-brera-rx-8 trio that was again entertaining and a proper road test, Am I right ? or i've just wasted, really, about 10 mins of your life - wich i'm sorry to say ,you will never get back - while you read this really long post even thought i tried to make it short - i really did -. So to sum up is the new series going to be like the 6th 7th and ... um ... 8th series or is it going to be jeremy richard and james beeing in a car for about 15 seconds - remember the lp640 test and the zonda f test ? - and half an hour of star in a reasnobly priced car?But actually ... it'll be great, i'm sure, whatever it's going to be, road test or just a day time show. - you're confused right ? - p.s. sorry for off topic

July 28th, 2007, 01:38 PM	#247
Jonax Joined: Sep 22nd, 2006 Last Online: December 19th, 2008 Posts: 16 Rep Power: 0	I think Tobias just showed then what I thought was the best part of the episode - The cinematography. Most documentaries to the North Pole would be the same - A rather boring picture, mainly the blue sky and white snow beneath. In contrast, look again at the shots - It makes the whole thing look beautiful. Top credit to the three for making the trip, but the production crew deserve their own praise for giving us a visual treat.

July 28th, 2007, 05:46 PM	#257
Blayde Joined: Dec 20th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Bahrain Posts: 2,008 Car: '02 Nissan X-Trail, '06 Honda Civic EXi Rep Power: 58	I heard Paul Oakenfold's Zoo York a lot, or did he take that from another song? __________________ Some say he migrated when fuel hit 4 pounds per gallon and that he can make 'special price' for you. All we know is, he's the Stig's Arab cousin; Al-Stig!

July 28th, 2007, 10:28 PM	#259
Mercury Joined: Dec 3rd, 2005 Last Online: December 30th, 2008 Location: Jerusalem ,Israel Age: 26 Posts: 825 Car: Peugeot 206 XS 1.6L Rep Power: 22	Bit off topic what the hell, funny as hell. i assume you all know the music from Requiem for a Dream thats playing throughout this episode (some call it "Requiem for a Tower" some call it "Summer Overture" didn't quite get that) but anyways there's a video on youtube about it and it's just hillarious, mainly cause it's true watch it here __________________ You utter pirate! - Mr. James May "If you were going to analy rape one of the top gear hosts, Richard would be the top of everyone's list" - Jonathan Ross "Then there’s the pronunciation issue. Jagwarr, Teeyoda, Neesarn, Hundy, Mitsuboosi, BM Dubya, V Dubya – it’s all completely mangled. " - J.Clarkson

July 28th, 2007, 10:57 PM	#260
Peter3hg Joined: May 3rd, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Breast Hill Castle, Angleland Age: 19 Posts: 3,837 Car: 2006 Yamaha Fazer LFS Status: Rep Power: 32	As far as I am aware Hammond never made it. He was miles and miles away which is why he was not shown getting to the "Pole". __________________

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