benkei Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 TG is getting a little too staged now, and that takes some of the fun out of it. The comment about good presenters to poor actors is quite right. I'm struggling to remember much about the episode, and I only watched it last night! Maybe next week will be better...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny g Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 I think the Jezza's comment about the fact that it was driven by the Stig made all the difference on the track. Yep, I think he was bob on there. The Audi is safe, sure-footed, techno-wrapped and 4WD. The Corvette is just the polar opposite. Personally, for that money, in I'd have a Carrera 2S and £35k change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Personally, for that money, in I'd have a Carrera 2S and £35k change. I'd take a GTR and 50k change! Or a second hand Murcielago + a little more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewOW Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 I'd take a GTR and 50k change! Or a second hand Murcielago + a little more And reserve the £50k for servicing, repairs and replacement parts too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 And reserve the £50k for servicing, repairs and replacement parts too http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/127250-accident-dont-do-what-i-did.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave17 Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 I enjoyed it! Although it is time to throw in the towel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 I still think they should make 2 programmes, one entertainment thing involving cars (pretty much what it is now) and one where they review all the best and most expensive cars out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewOW Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 I enjoyed last night's episode, but didn't the electric car feature just drag on forever, especially the 'filler' bit at the end? Any scene with the Stig 'acting' in, just makes me laugh. I think they should turn Top Gear into a series of road trips with silly challenges, rather than a lot of the studio stuff, as that they are very entertaining. To me they are, anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethr Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Fascinating episode last night. I hadn't realised how much I'd been missing the cutting edge humour, superb acting, and engineering excellence of The Benny Hill Show. (I almost expected it to end with a speeded-up film of the women from the front row of the audience being chased around the airfield by Hammond, wearing only comedy underpants and a string vest.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr lover Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Top Gear has had its day in that format I reckon, that was rubbish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 *yawnsome* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Any scene with the Stig 'acting' in, just makes me laugh. Yeah, two brilliant ones in last nights: - Stig delivers the car to Autocar (walking down the ramps at the end ) - and killing vege Stig! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 I think the problem at the moment is not with the shows format, it's with the lack of new hot cars to be reviewed.. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 They will have Jedward presenting it next year apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benkei Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 I think the problem at the moment is not with the shows format, it's with the lack of new hot cars to be reviewed.. ? Possibly... But does the filler have to be THIS bad? There are thousands of cars out there, I'm sure they could throw together somethign like a top 5 RWD cars under £10k, or best hot-hatches pre-2000, maybe even have a 4WD shoot out on the Top Gear track, using the top 3 ten year old 4WD cars, one presenter in each? These are just plucked out of the air, they all involve reviewing a certain set of cars available to the public (which the presenters are given a budget for?) and they entertain us by tacking them round a track, maybe different challenges too. I'm sure this kind of thing would be more appealing than building an electric car and blatantly staging events and scripting what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Raven Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Staging events is slowly killing the show for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Staging events is slowly killing the show for me. Same here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martini Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 I think the problem at the moment is not with the shows format, it's with the lack of new hot cars to be reviewed.. ? No, it's the format. They could be reviewing any number of cars - not always the hot ones - but this format makes me resent the licence fee more and more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 This went off the boil years ago. It's just three middle aged men wanking over Kristin Scott Thomas (why? why? why?) and wearing deck shoes. It's blatantly scripted, and I can't stand the way Clarkson thinks good TV journalism is just making your voice go up and down. Twats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 The races and events were good when there was only a couple per series, now that they do something every week it leaves less time for tire screeching crazyness in lush motors, I know what I would rather see. There should be more stuff going round the circuit, reviewing things like the new M3 and putting it against something like a remapped 335 etc, it would also be nice to see comparisons between the new so-called hot hatches, something they havent done for a while. I did enjoy last nights show but it does need more review based footage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooquicktostop Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 I actually like Wheeler Dealers more than TG now, and the Classic car show is growing on me I like to hear about the oily stuff and am sick of the over scripted acting, the electric car c**p was the final straw for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky-Ricky Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Top gear sucks this season, if i wanted the tiresome cheap attempts humour, i would watch some old Monty python, or Laural and Hardy:rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 realy.... i happen to find it fucking hilarious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 It sucks yet still earns multiple threads and we'll all watch it next week... odd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 I prefer to watch it in pint sized pieces on Dave when there is nothing else on. I don't think I could stomach a whole episode in one go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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