The Grand Tour

Abraxaz1 · 25 Nov 2016 at 19:45

Regy53 said:
seemed ok, a bit boring but worth a watch

i did find the

bit where Jeremy got shot many times a bit sad to watch, there army etc people killed every day its kinda weird to make fun of it.

Then whole thing was a **** take of Hollywood whilst doing a boring audi review.

ChocolateStarfishRammer · 25 Nov 2016 at 19:56

Just a heads up for anyone else who watches in 4K HDR, there seems to be a bug in the Amazon app on Samsung Tv's (8000 series atleast).

If you select The Grand Tour straight from the splash page, it takes you to a Ultra Hd version, but not HDR! it doesn't say anything about it and when playing it's not HDR.

If you go to the specific Ultra Hd 4K section on the app, and then select The Grand Tour, then it says it's HDR, and when playing it clearly states it's now plying in HDR..

Odd bug, maybe tv specific, haven't tried the app on pc or xbox but worth keeping an eye out for.

Ryan-3 · 25 Nov 2016 at 20:37

Them talking about the RB-001 saying it has one to one weight to horsepower, nothing comes close..

The Koenigsegg One:1 must have been a lie.

Lokken86 · 25 Nov 2016 at 20:51

I thought it was brilliant. 1 gripe: the lack of cars in the army bit but still found it hilarious overall.

DJMK4 · 25 Nov 2016 at 21:04

Just watched, ID prefer more content where they are taking cars on tours to extreme environments and relying on the mechanics to function. Aswel as your performance car stuff. I did enjoy it but I think it lacked stuff to do with cars, it was like the cars were just the extras in this episode rather than being a feature.

Still good though and hope it will get better

Rroff · 25 Nov 2016 at 21:12

DJMK4 said:
Just watched, ID prefer more content where they are taking cars on tours to extreme environments and relying on the mechanics to function. Aswel as your performance car stuff. I did enjoy it but I think it lacked stuff to do with cars, it was like the cars were just the extras in this episode rather than being a feature.

Still good though and hope it will get better

From the teaser reel looked like they are doing a huge range of things with about 30-40% of it being lite on cars and some bits very heavy on cars. Looks like its being more tweaked towards an entertainment show than a car/entertainment show.

RSR · 25 Nov 2016 at 21:12

Just finished watching this weeks show and I really enjoyed it, it had me properly laughing in places.

Rroff · 25 Nov 2016 at 21:13

RSR said:
Just finished watching this weeks show and I really enjoyed it, it had me properly laughing in places.

Despite some of it being obviously scripted, predictable, etc. etc. its the delivery - some bits anyone else doing it would have fallen completely flat on their face instead has me laughing.

MORE SPEED · 25 Nov 2016 at 21:15

The Spec Ops bit dragged on way too much. Almost like they didn't have enough content to fill a gap.

Ryan-3 · 25 Nov 2016 at 21:21

The quips and general **** taking is still good.

LiE · 25 Nov 2016 at 21:35

I guess this is what would happen if they made Top Gear the movie. Terrible.

ChocolateStarfishRammer · 25 Nov 2016 at 21:37

LiE said:
I guess this is what would happen if they made Top Gear the movie. Terrible.

I came to say exactly this. That's exactly what it felt like. Bloody awful.

oli356 · 25 Nov 2016 at 22:05

Some bits felt rushed, the army thing just dragged on and wasn't that funny, the wheel spin thing with James was just rather random ....

Disappointed really with that episode.

paradigm · 25 Nov 2016 at 22:49

Whole episode was getting very repetitive to be frank. Can't believe they did the dead celebrity thing again, wasn't exactly a mine of comedy gold the first time around.

Em3bbs · 25 Nov 2016 at 23:19

My wife made me pause the show while she went to get a drink. I think that's probably a first. Personally I didn't enjoy the episode as much as the last one, but I'm more into the cars and they said last week that episode 2 would be less about the cars.

SexyGreyFox · 25 Nov 2016 at 23:48

Em3bbs said:
Personally I didn't enjoy the episode as much as the last one, but I'm more into the cars and they said last week that episode 2 would be less about the cars.

Funnily enough I'm not into cars but I didn't enjoy it as much because there was a lack of cars :confused:

That war bit was too long but did have me giggling in places.

Richeh · 26 Nov 2016 at 00:10

Just finished watching the 2nd ep. I didn't watch Top Gear religiously and haven't seen any of new ones but its entertaining enough, very scripted and ended up skipping a lot of the special forces bits.

On a side note I saw a mate today who works in London and had to attend some conference where he met someone who works on The Grand Tour to do with logistics and other bits. He said apparently despite the cheery appearence on the show they are run ragged and the other 2 are just as bad as Clarkson and can erupt if something isn't exactly correct

Show looks beautiful though but wish it was a bit more improvised and car focused.

Nasher · 26 Nov 2016 at 00:29

Not as good as the first episode. They dragged on the army slapstick for a bit to long though. Some of it was funny.

easyrider · 26 Nov 2016 at 02:05

LiE said:
I guess this is what would happen if they made Top Gear the movie. Terrible.

Pretty much yep.

This episode just highlights how far the trio have disappeared up their own *****

The Vulcan part was not on par with bbc quality

Hades · 26 Nov 2016 at 02:31

Not as good as ep 1 but I still enjoyed it. But I really cannot stand the American driver.