Tonight's episode was a bit of a letdown for me, so I gave it a 6/10.
It just felt like I was watching a rerun. Thought about giving it a 5, but some of the things made me :lol: and I changed my mind.
TG has been my favorite show for quite a long time now because it has 2 things I enjoy a lot, cocking about and cars. Not only that but as the presenters like to say, TG is always on the cutting edge of cocking about. And I think that's missing from tonight's episode, it was just a recap of things they've done before.
I've never been a big fan of the "various transport vehicles racing" and tonight's race wasn't any different, it was rubbish. It does offer the components that make TG fun, cocking about and cars(or at least some kind of vehicle), but these segment are kind of pointless to me. They're not very funny, are not reviews, so not informative and the thing that I find to be the dumbest is the story they make up so that they can do the race.
Now, these segments have the feel of a soft porn, the story actually spoils it, they need to lose the story and make it more hardcore.
For example do a real demolition derby, that would even give the touring car drivers a chance to practice for when they're older and they've spent all their money on fast women and cheap cars(or something like that) so they have to do demolition derby's to earn money and survive.
The news segment wasn't anything to write home about, although seeing the village people and cock jokes did make me laugh. James pretty much summed it up in his comment on the M5 CSL.
The SUV part was ok, even though I don't really care for SUV's and find these modern ones pointless. Having said that I would really like to have that Overfinch H&H Range Rover, I'd park it in my living room and use it as a bar
It was nice to see more than 2 cars reviewed in a show, but as far as reviews go they weren't spectacular.
I mean half of the SUV part was spent in the studio looking at the RR's "super duper fantastic wonderful multiple screens in one" and directing a movie on it, which was already given half a news segment last season(I think it was last season, correct me if I'm wrong).
The SIARPC segment was just plain dull. I am a fan of most of Ritchie's films and I've read most, if not every, SH novels as a kid, so I will go and see the movie when it's out, but this was just a shameless plug.
It feels like he had no other reason to do TG except to plug his film, it would've been more interesting if they did talk about Madonna.
I know there aren't a lot of celeb petrolheads, but a few more guests like him and they can just cancel the SIARPC segment. Although I have to say maybe Jeremy could have asked better questions, like about his previous movies and not about winching. Hearing Guy repeat that you have to get a car stuck, so that you can pull it out, a few times isn't very entertaining.
Finally the Twingo bit also was ok, even though it was almost a direct copy of the fiesta review, which added to the been done before feeling of the whole episode. Would've been better if they did a simple review and not the acid trip copy review.
The "No, its red." and Ross Kemp in the boot was funny though, crashing in the sea wasn't(at least for me, maybe I'm just growing up, hopefully not
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IMO this was the worst episode this series, maybe even in the last few series. It had no memorable bits and I don't think I'll be watching it again tomorrow, like I watched previous episodes again the day after they aired.
Hmmm... Maybe I should have given it a 5/10(that's the lowest rating a TG episode can get from me, maybe a 4/10 if they showed nothing but static for the entire hour
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All of this is of course just my opinion so don't get mad and insult me cause you disagree with it. I still think TG is the bestestest TV show ever and that tonight was just a one off.
