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So the episode got out an hour early. What do you think?
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So this confirms it - Grand Tour is still the same old Top Gear, just with better cameras and on another platform. No problem with that though.
The theme and intro credits - I hate them, I really don't like them. The tent bits were much funnier and less stiff than the first show, but still, I can't help but feel like it's a stand-up comedy show.
Good to see that the news are just as funny as the old show's, because that was one of my favourite segments.
Aston Vulcan review was amazingly shot. So many great shots. Though with 4K it's easy to see each wrinke on Clarkson's face Loved James' spinning segment, it was awesome and beautifully shot. Also the Sauber C9 replica and the mini-interview with the creator was insanely cool. I hope they find interesting regional car guys like him in the next locations as well, it would give the show even more of that Grand Touring flair
So yeah. The elephant in the room - "Desert Stumble" film. I was expecting to hate it just like I despised the Ambulance, Sweeney or old people's Multipla segments in the old show, but as far as Top Gear comedy? goes, it was actually pretty enjoyable, I really liked it. Many great nods to war movies and parodies of movie tropes. I think that Top Gear Comedy? becomes bearable when they drop all pretense of it not being scripted.
So yea, how would I rate it? If I gave the first episode 8/10, this is going to be 7/10
The theme and intro credits - I hate them, I really don't like them. The tent bits were much funnier and less stiff than the first show, but still, I can't help but feel like it's a stand-up comedy show.
Good to see that the news are just as funny as the old show's, because that was one of my favourite segments.
Aston Vulcan review was amazingly shot. So many great shots. Though with 4K it's easy to see each wrinke on Clarkson's face Loved James' spinning segment, it was awesome and beautifully shot. Also the Sauber C9 replica and the mini-interview with the creator was insanely cool. I hope they find interesting regional car guys like him in the next locations as well, it would give the show even more of that Grand Touring flair
So yeah. The elephant in the room - "Desert Stumble" film. I was expecting to hate it just like I despised the Ambulance, Sweeney or old people's Multipla segments in the old show, but as far as Top Gear comedy? goes, it was actually pretty enjoyable, I really liked it. Many great nods to war movies and parodies of movie tropes. I think that Top Gear Comedy? becomes bearable when they drop all pretense of it not being scripted.
So yea, how would I rate it? If I gave the first episode 8/10, this is going to be 7/10
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