Top Gear - new series (spoiler alert)

[walshydub]

Pretty average episode. Richard Hammond needs to stop the acting dumb thing. Not funny and a little bit cringe worthy.

Not one for the car fans.

[Njay]

It was good to see Clarkson take it seriously for once and tried to get a legitimate video, Hammond gotta stop acting like an idiot

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[team_v]

Top Gear US series 3 begins today so it should be available tonight.

Now we have 2 shows per week for a short while
Shame the UK series ends after 6 or 7 episodes.

and I agree about Hammond, would be nice to have a proper car chase scene done by them for once rather than jokes all the time.

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US Series 3 Ep 1 was a crackup.
Me and the GF were laughing for most of the episode.
Doesn't seem as forced as the UK version.

Star segment is shorter and hence, much more watchable.
Rutlege Wood has actually joined up on VWVortex and has been answering some questions about the show.

[Captain Courteous]

US Series 3 Ep 1 was a crackup.

+1 .. Watched it over the weekend .. Funny stuff

"Is my phone OK?" LOL! Gold.

[team_v]

Ep 4 of the Uk version came out Monday.

Review of the Fisker Karma with the addition of a not so ecofriendly car.
Ferrari FF vs Bently Continental GT in winter.
Star segment was actually pretty good.
Mobility scooter challenge was okay but seemed really really staged and drawn out.




Ep 2 of the US version also came out (for some reason it is called S02 Ep10)
Comparison of new muscle cars
Modified Mustang's vs Pony's
Star was the guy from Rules of Engagement (Patrick W)

[team_v]

Ep 5 of the UK series is out.

Luxury coupe comparison (Masarati vs Merc)
Skoda vs jet man
SIARPC = Dr Who, was actually watchable this time.
The life and death of SAAB

[DoggieHowser]

Ive actually seen the jetman segment.

[team_v]

Ive actually seen the jetman segment.

Yeah apparently it was in "Top Gear at the movies" dvd.
Still pretty cool but you could tell the outcome.

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Ep 3 of the US series is out now.

America's most dangerous cars compared (Corvair, Pinto, Samurai)
Driver training for Adam
BS-SC was the guy from Criminal Minds (Joe Mantegna)

[Cookie28]

I dunno whats happening with TG UK but atm I'm definitely finding myself enjoying the US one a lot more

[team_v]

I dunno whats happening with TG UK but atm I'm definitely finding myself enjoying the US one a lot more

UK series seems to do the same challenges just with different cars.

At least the US series does a few things differnetly and only re-hashes stuff the UK series did a few seasons ago.

[geoff_gti]

No offence, but do we really need a running commentary of every episode? We all know that it's back on & the constant notifications/new posts are kind of annoying when you haven't seen the ep yet within 24hrs of it airing!
Just my 2c

[Mk3 AAA]

Let's face it the budget cuts a few years back hit TG UK. Still a good watch, not completely what it once was, hopefully when the world comes out of economic doom and gloom it'll get a boost, wonder how they'll introduce fresh faces when it comes time. I used to think Tom Ford was more Top Gear than Fifth Gear, but for now I'm sure the current crew will hang on as long as they can.

Looking forward to more of the US one, they're finding their feet and I like the understated vibe.

[team_v]

Let's face it the budget cuts a few years back hit TG UK. Still a good watch, not completely what it once was, hopefully when the world comes out of economic doom and gloom it'll get a boost, wonder how they'll introduce fresh faces when it comes time. I used to think Tom Ford was more Top Gear than Fifth Gear, but for now I'm sure the current crew will hang on as long as they can.

Looking forward to more of the US one, they're finding their feet and I like the understated vibe.

Yeah it really lost a lot when they took a budget cut.
Since then it's just been re-hashing older episodes with newer cars (lets go to rome in supercars, lets pit a car vs a non car and see who wins etc)

Last night's ep of US seemed to flow really well and you can tell their chemistry is really starting to work.
Just a shame they only have 45 minutes instead of hte full hour like the UK series.

[team_v]

Episode 6 of the UK series is out now.

Comparison of hardcore track weapons
Battle of Brittain re-telling.
Boring star again.

One of the better epsiodes this season.

[DoggieHowser]

I just watched the show over lunch and I've forgotten what the F10 is.

Was it that forgettable?