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Chat => Sports, Hobbies & Motors => Topic started by: Bacon on June 22, 2010, 15:59:47 PM
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Top Gear returns!
Make sure you mark that one in your diaries :D
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Its been in my diary since last week... :cheers:
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Cannot wait! Time for Hilux vs Volcano :D
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Apparently theyve toned down some of the cartoonishness so hopefully this will be a much better series
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Alas no one will actually see this as the tardis explodes on the 26th and destroys the universe...
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Alas no one will actually see this as the tardis explodes on the 26th and destroys the universe...
(http://www.cape-town.info/cape-town-information/vuvuzela-shop/vuvuzela-suedafrika-5g.jpg)
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Apparently theyve toned down some of the cartoonishness so hopefully this will be a much better series
Noo! more cartoonish sillyness please!
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Apparently theyve toned down some of the cartoonishness so hopefully this will be a much better series
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6bD1aoXHkw
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I didnt mean in that sense :rofl:
Less of the pointless, obvious, done to death slapstick though.
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I didnt mean in that sense :rofl:
Less of the pointless, obvious, done to death slapstick though.
I dunno, im always in stitches when clarkson and hammond drive into mays cars. I just cant help myself, it makes me cry sometimes
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I think top gears success isnt because its a car show, but because they take the piss. If they tried to get more serious theyll lose a massive part of the audience. Their main demographic are people that like to look at the fancy cars theyll probably never even see IRL because they look fancy, and dont care about whats under the bonnet, and enjoy the humour (incl. me). Make it more serious and itll end up being like 5th gear, which is a failed top gear attempt IMHO, and has many less viewers...
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I think top gears success isnt because its a car show, but because they take the piss. If they tried to get more serious theyll lose a massive part of the audience. Their main demographic are people that like to look at the fancy cars theyll probably never even see IRL because they look fancy, and dont care about whats under the bonnet, and enjoy the humour (incl. me). Make it more serious and itll end up being like 5th gear, which is a failed top gear attempt IMHO, and has many less viewers...
:stupid:
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I agree with all three of you - I dont know exactly what is being taken out, it was a comment I read somewhere (possibly in the newspaper) - I think some elements need to be adjusted to avoid going stale but I definitely dont want to see all the fun taken out of it just the same. Its like sketch shows like Little Britain, the Fast Show, etc. Generally funny at first but then the more you see the same jokes over and over the less likely you are to laugh. If they keep the same methods but just mix up the gags a little more like they usually do it should work out fine. The challenges and adventures are never tiresome but they are always the freshest parts of the show and they still have some of that pisstaking humour.
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I just wish theyd ditch the star in a reasonably priced car but I have a feeling that its part of their mandate for the kind of show that they do. I imagine that the attraction of having celebs on is something that the bean counters can use to justify the shows budget, especially now that there are so few chat shows.
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I want them to keep SIARPC just on the off chance that I ever become famous enough to go on it!
not because I will, or because I would like to be that well known particularly, but just because the spot looks like great fun.
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Its the bit I always go out and make a tea on.
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Its the bit I always go out and make a tea on.
+1 i find its the worst part of the show tbh
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The best bit about it is you can go out and make a cup of tea, safe in the knowledge you dont need to think about coming in until you hear a car racing round a track. And then you have a 1 min buffer to fish out the tea bag and get the milk in etc. From the time you hear the car start, to sitting down, you have just about the right amount to take it easy without dashing and spilling, usually end up plonking down on the sofa just as they cross the line and Clarkson is thanking them for coming on :D
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Indeed, reasonably priced car = tab break
Jaimz :rock:
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Yes it is a particularly sh*t piece of TV isnt it
On the tea making front; youve gotta let it steep man!
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tea = :puke:
(http://www.saratoga.com/horse-racing-blog/Coffee!.bmp)
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Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May and The Stig return for a brand new series.
In this first programme Jeremy asks why there arent more three-wheeled cars in the world and investigates further with a closer look at the 1980s comedians favourite, the Reliant Robin.
Meanwhile, James gives Top Gears favourite warhorse, the Toyota Hilux pick up, one final assignment as he attempts to drive one up an active volcano in Iceland; and The Stig rips up the track in the new Bentley Continental Supersports.
Plus, Richard gives the old Chevrolet Lacetti a dignified send-off before he and Clarkson host a star-studded tea party to welcome in a shiny new Reasonably Priced Car.
Jaimz :rock:
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I seez your barrelz and i scrapez them.
<-- sayz Emma ;)
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A better episode than some of the later series trash :cheers:
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yeah it was a good ep. The reliant feature literally had me rofling
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on again tonight, just incase you forgot.
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My V+ box hasnt recorded it, it informs me that it wasnt recorded because there were two other more important programs on at the same time. I dont know what metric it uses but I couldnt disagree any more with River Cottage being more important than Top Gear.