The Grand Tour

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Just watched it there with my son, yes scripted, yes not the greatest one ever but I hope they keep churning out this mindless madness for years to come.

Switch off brain and have some laughs.
 
I enjoyed it, it was funny.

That said I can think it's probably time Clarkson and May jacked it in, Clarkson seems to be struggling to get out a car these days. Gotta call it a day sometime and I'm glad it wasn't after the Lockdown and French episodes, perhaps one more to give it a good send off.
 
Greebo said:
Indeed. I thought it was a mental idea and unnecessary dangerous. Each of those cars would have different breaking distances and Jeremy basically braked as soon as the lights came on and he saw the dead end wall. And he only just stopped in time. Anybody slightly slower reaction times or worse brakes was always going to hit that wall head on.
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The benefits of being funded by a private nut case (Bezos) versus public tax payer money? lol
 
The CGI flame effects and other bits I'm sure I spotted kind of ruined this episode for me. Totally out of place for what this show should be all about - 3 blokes doing adventures and having a laugh.
 
SexyGreyFox said:
They knew it was about two foot deep, if it was for real everybody would have been panicking if they thought it was deeper but nobody seemed to care.
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I'm still not convinced, I don't see how you could stage it (not saying it's impossible), although the angle you see h at is low down so could possibly be he drove jnto a hole in the ice. That first crash though :eek: , deffo new underwear needed.
 
They can cut the hole in the ice first and then get James to drive over it. The produces probably practiced it on another car before shooting the actual segment.

The hole just so happened to be fairly round and slightly smaller than the car, yet only a few meters away, the ice is seemingly a good foot deep. They just happened to have a camera perfectly lined up on it which was rolling just as it went in.

It’s all very convenient, that’s before you consider where just the right tools and logs came from to get it out.

Almost everything in TGT is scripted, some of it to a lesser extent than others but that was something which was planned well in advance.
 
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b0rn2sk8 said:
They can cut the hole in the ice first and then get James to drive over it. The produces probably practiced it on another car before shooting the actual segment.

The hole just so happened to be fairly round and slightly smaller than the car, yet only a few meters away, the ice is seemingly a good foot deep. They just happened to have a camera perfectly lined up on it which was rolling just as it went in.

It’s all very convenient, that’s before you consider where just the right tools and logs came from to get it out.

Almost everything in TGT is scripted, some of it to a lesser extent than others but that was something which was planned well in advance.
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Fair enough, think you'd struggle to prove his first crash being scripted :p . I did think for the house down the skislop, they just rocked Hammond while he was in it, or pushed it from a lower height then did it again without him in it from a higher level. There seemed to be more damage when he came out of it compared to what the camera showed that was mounted inside.
 
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I think the show has almost run it’s course now. Every time I see the trio the first thing I say to myself is they are looking old. I still find them entertaining and I’ll watch every episode they make but it’s not as good as it was, especially when they were on top gear. Everything has to come to an end and to be honest I found Clarkson’s Farm far more entertaining than I thought I would, I’d rather see another season of that.
 
I watched the latest last night and I am done. It was just three moronic idiots faffing around just for the sake of it and by far the worst episode they have ever done. It's pointless now and Amazon is just wasting money on them.

Hammonds new show about his car restoration business is just as bad. Who is going to take a classic car to that idiot for restoration? I certainly wouldn't.
 
pastymuncher said:
I watched the latest last night and I am done. It was just three moronic idiots faffing around just for the sake of it and by far the worst episode they have ever done. It's pointless now and Amazon is just wasting money on them.

Hammonds new show about his car restoration business is just as bad. Who is going to take a classic car to that idiot for restoration? I certainly wouldn't.
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You’re not really taking the car to him to restore, he’s just the face of it. The guys doing the work are, from what I understand, excellent.
 
It's like a TV series that has gone on for a few too many seasons and the jokes have become predictable. Some funny moments but only because it's them three. In previous episodes I would watch eagerly, I watched this one because there was nothing else on that night and it was bed time not long after.

I feel they should have just quit whilst they were on top of the hill. The best way to retire. Ok James' travelling shows are pretty excellent, but he's good at that stuff and it suits the character.
 
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I think ya'll forgetting the thrill of doing a job you love. Retiring "at the top" only applies to Football, Tennis etc. If you aren't interested - don't tune in.
 
Yes there is that, and early episodes did feel exactly like that which was great, the latest though just felt entirely prepped out and not the authentic japes the series once was. That's what I mean. It just feels like now they are acting, rather than them actually appearing to have fun and letting things happen. Even the camerawork is accomodating to this notion, May's crash for example it was obvious.

Is it because they are much older now and need to take more rigid caution? Maybe...
 
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It is so easy to organise a trip without event, so I think we are all being a bit naïve if we think it was all off the cuff before.
 
Just saying exactly what I watched! There was a distinct lack of authenticity which the early parts of the series had a lot of.
 
Wow that crash , depth of field did not look good going down that tunnel, glad he's alright . But how did they come up with this, I think the lighting played on the mind in this one and when to brake , too late.

Iv been skiing in yllas Finland, which is a short hop across from where they filmed at the other ski resort. Lovely part of the world
 
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