[18x04] February 19th, 2012

[18x04] February 19th, 2012


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Cheers. +1
 
Last weeks episode was better, but this was still good.
 
brilliant episode, miles better than last weeks. All three segments were great. Brian Johnson is a legend, really liked the Fisker and the old Bentley. There FF and Conti GT on ice was pure Top Gear, amazing music and just gorgeous cinematography. Guest was great, impressive lap time too. I'm so glad the scooters wasn't stupid cocking about falling over, thought all three were great, especially Hamsters once it was off-road.

Solid 9/10
Very good season so far, only blip was last weeks.
 
Vastly improved over the train wreck of last weeks episode. May brilliant as always and enjoyed his review. Howled with laughter when the soldier said "I landed on my GPS"
They seriously need to lose the Hollywood bull that is going on at the moment. They're only there to peddle their latest movie/tv show/project. The whole thing is boring. Mind you, next weeks should be fantastic!
 
What a refreshing episode! The emphasis was back on the cars and not on silly screwing around during the reviews. I felt like I was actually watching a show about cars again. Okay, there was a little screwing around but James randomly blasting by in the Bentley was hilarious. :lol:

The news definitely flowed a lot better than it did in person at the studio. The Beetle gag was great.

The Ferrari/Bentley review literally gave me goosebumps, especially when they used the rocket sound effects at the start of the drag race. That's the awesome creativity that made me fall in love with Top Gear in the first place and it was great to see it back again. Recreating Silverstone on ice was just awesome! That's a massively better idea than just carving some random corners in the frozen lake.

SIARPC was at least watchable and that was a surprisingly quick lap.

The scooter segment was surprisingly good as well. While it had some obvious setups the genuine screw-ups more than made up for it. It was fantastic seeing the soldiers in such good spirits despite having such serious injuries.

But best of all I could recognize myself behind Jeremy during the news! :dance:

9/10 but I did put some serious consideration into 10/10.
 
Great episode. First, the "bad" - scooters. Was actually pretty funny, but could have done with being 5 mins shorter.

Fisker- I actually quite liked it. I still think electric cars are pointless (if it still has a petrol engine, then it's not really "clean") but it looked good and I actually liked all the "fairtrade" trim!

SIARP. Wife fancies him. Seemed ok...

News. Not bad, quite funny...

FF/Bentley. This made it. Wow. Seriously, if you don't have HD and a big screen, find one. The slow-mo shots were stunning. From the intro to the end, this was perfect- a few funny moments, but overall it was about the cars and the cinematography. If the show was just this segment, it would be an easy 10, but I went for a 9 for the scooters and SIARPC.

Overall great work though :)
 
I think I might have had a bit of a crisis watching that FF/Bentley film. I have just deleted most of my pornography and will just stick with that from now on.
 
I gave it an 8, liked it but the scooter thing dragged on a bit.
And I i couldn't be bothered with the SIARPC!
 
I think I might have had a bit of a crisis watching that FF/Bentley film. I have just deleted most of my pornography and will just stick with that from now on.

You know what? Neither of those cars did a thing for me. I think Ferrari are soul-less and that Bentley - although it made a fantastic noise - just left me cold aesthetically. I did think it was a better episode this week though.
 
Very nice, a 9/10 for me.

I'm a bit split about the Fisker - on one hand, it's a pretencious "green" thingie and all that "eco" stuff James described about it just about made me sick. On the other hand, I love the way it looks, its drive concept makes sense, and I generally like it as a car.

The FF/Bentley film was brilliant. The drag race start reminded me of NASA space launches, with slo-mo exhaust and sound and all. Also, "Ferrari India Special" :)

SIARPC was by far not the worst one they ever had, but nothing special. Also, am I the only one suspicious about all the Hollywood stars lap times? Come on, every single one of them is like "oh meh, I'm not any good a driver, maybe mid-board or something", and then they all end up at the top, it's ridiculous.

Mobility scooters were fun. It was pretty obvious the soldiers would win, and James would end up a) too slow and b) lost, but still, after last week's episode, it could be much worse than that. I also preferred in this kind of films when they did show at least partially the process of building their things, like in 8x03 with the amphibious cars, instead of just showing up with them.
 
Overall, good episode. Loved both the Fisker film and the FF/Bentley in Arjeplog. I don't know why people are hating on the fact that it's green? It's a refreshing change, imo. Even the details like the wood and the fact that it didn't have any leather inside.

The bookshop thing was a bit painful to watch but I know a certain part of the audience likes that so... can't please everyone.

May's "mobility scooter" was just painful to watch compared to the other two.
 
Not bad, wanted to vote 8/10, but the star wasn't that great (not that I usually care about SIARPC), so I gave it a 7/10. Without the star it would've been 8/10 :)
 
I still think electric cars are pointless (if it still has a petrol engine, then it's not really "clean")
Contentious....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...ctric-cars-worse-petrol-powered-vehicles.html

A bit like the government telling us for years to ditch our cars and using taxation as leverage to get us to use buses, only for the lying swines to bury their own report discrediting the policy....

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/275749/cars_are_greener_than_buses.html

BOT - Much better this week. The scooters may have looked like a reworking of the Peel P50 article, but as that was one of the funniest things TG has ever shown then why not try again. Loved the FF, despite it's shortcomings I'd have one in a breath. The Fisker article was good too, as was the SIARPC. Not amongst the best episodes, but above average.
 
What a great episode. The Fisker review was good, and the car looks incredible. That wonderful Bentley upstaged it big time though.

The Continental/FF review was just wonderful, enough to make the whole thing a strong 9 alone for me. The cinematography, the Silverstone replica, and those cars making those sounds. Breathtaking. Makes me want to do this even more than I already do.
http://www.norwayicedriving.com/

The news was good, as was Fassbender as the guest, and the cocking about with mobility scooters was much, much better and a lot less cringeworthy than expected.
 
Would have given it a nine if they didn't muck up the FF/GT lap by fitting better tyres to the GT. Apart from that though, :clap:
 
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