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The Grand Tour – Amazon Prime Video from 18th November 2016 |
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Guess I'm in the minority, but I thought the second episode was awful.
The only good bit was the spinning with James May, which could've made a good extended segment with interviews, May having a go at learning it himself, etc. |
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I don't think the celeb death section works either. Is the audience all British? Not keen on the American driver who goes round the track, preferred the stig.
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I'm with you. The bits in the tent were pretty tedious, but nothing compared to the whole Special Forces 'challenge' bit, which was interminable. The whole Clarkson being too big to get into super cars easily routine is old hat too.
The only good bit was the spinning with James May, which could've made a good extended segment with interviews, May having a go at learning it himself, etc. |
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Please note that with DVDfever if you do not agree with the negative reviews you are a fanboys. They have made this clear many times before in many threads and this is why as a reviewer they will never be taken seriously - that and their lack of aptitude and talent in this area!
I agree Brian, clickbait is all it is.) Clickbait is posts that have titles like "You won't believe what she said next after this horse bedded the bridesmaid!" That is not my post. |
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Hated both episodes. I'm done with it.
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I don't think the celeb death section works either. Is the audience all British? Not keen on the American driver who goes round the track, preferred the stig.
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I'm just wondering that when they bring the cars back into the show how they are going to do midrange?
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Second episode was much better than the first, i was howling when he kept getting shot by the sniper, they were shooting each other, and he shot the Queen in the back of the head
![]() Not keen on the guests getting killed all the time though, stupid that. |
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Fair enough but it wasn't anything they haven't done 50 times before and had it been Evans and co most people (not saying you) would be complaining about not being original.
How many times have CHM done something similar to 'storming' a terrorist stronghold, boarding a plane, rescuing a VIP, then getting safely back to an Embassy? The only bit remotely similar was the car chase, and that was only a small part of it.If you mean three old farts dicking around has been done fifty times before, then yes, but that's kind of what they do. That's what people want to see and what Amazon have paid handsomely for. Evans and co. would never do it in the first place (nor would CHM before them) because it's too far outside the scope of what TG does. |
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In fairness, re the 'missing audio' from the trio, my son has the full
legal Amazon package, and the sound on his was terrible until the next day, when they apparently corrected it! So it's not ALL down to dodgy downloads! Sometimes, it;s just down to 'variable' technology either at the transmission end, or the recieving end! |
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I watched this show and its just a rip off of BBC's Top Gear. Even has stunt drivers then inserts of the presenters to make it seem like they're driving. It's like hello you just showed the stunt drivers face.
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I watched this show and its just a rip off of BBC's Top Gear. Even has stunt drivers then inserts of the presenters to make it seem like they're driving. It's like hello you just showed the stunt drivers face.
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A quick read through reinforces my opinion that The American must go, just awful. An obvious nod to its US audience but they can do better than him.
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A quick read through reinforces my opinion that The American must go, just awful. An obvious nod to its US audience but they can do better than him.
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I'm pretty sure he will but not this series because it has all been filmed. They have said the first series is a learning curve where they will try new things of which some will work and some won't. Things will be dropped or changed for series 2.
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Re the sound issues in episode 2:It may well be the 4k version
that was at fault.All I know is,that my son and his partner have bought the full Amazon package and can watch it as it comes online or live or whatever they brand it! And I repeat, he found the episode had loud music and sounds, but the spoken track was inaudible. The next day he tried it again and it was fine. So I have no idea (I am a technical cretin!) of the issues, just that he was annoyed at the first viewing, because something he had purchased, was failing to deliver what it promised. |
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I watched this show and its just a rip off of BBC's Top Gear. Even has stunt drivers then inserts of the presenters to make it seem like they're driving. It's like hello you just showed the stunt drivers face.
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Ironic considering Evans ripped off the Clarkson,Hammond and may era.
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I'm just happy the trio are back you know, they could stand around cooking and it will still be the best thing on TV
![]() Anyway the best by the looks of things is to come. |
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Episode 3 trailer and Clarkson's house is done for?
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Re the sound issues in episode 2:It may well be the 4k version
that was at fault.All I know is,that my son and his partner have bought the full Amazon package and can watch it as it comes online or live or whatever they brand it! And I repeat, he found the episode had loud music and sounds, but the spoken track was inaudible. The next day he tried it again and it was fine. So I have no idea (I am a technical cretin!) of the issues, just that he was annoyed at the first viewing, because something he had purchased, was failing to deliver what it promised. |
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Why would they have sound problems? Isn't £5m per episode enough to get that sort of thing right?
We know you don't like TGT and will use anything against it as seen in the review, but why go on
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We just watched the first episode. The first half was passable, a tad boring but hoping for better in the second half. NOooo the second half was as boring & predictable as could be. The sky diving part, it was obvious what was going to happen, then with out any decent script they lingered on with people supposed to being killed, it was tedious. The three cars going round & round & round & round & round & round & round & round & round & round & round & round & round & round & round & round & round & round & round & round & round & round & round & round & round. That was very, extremely poor. I will watch the next couple.....
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Re the sound issues in episode 2:It may well be the 4k version
that was at fault.All I know is,that my son and his partner have bought the full Amazon package and can watch it as it comes online or live or whatever they brand it! And I repeat, he found the episode had loud music and sounds, but the spoken track was inaudible. The next day he tried it again and it was fine. So I have no idea (I am a technical cretin!) of the issues, just that he was annoyed at the first viewing, because something he had purchased, was failing to deliver what it promised. |
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How many times have CHM done something similar to 'storming' a terrorist stronghold, boarding a plane, rescuing a VIP, then getting safely back to an Embassy? The only bit remotely similar was the car chase, and that was only a small part of it.