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Message started by Boofer on 08/14/12 at 19:38:50

Title: Just watched Top Gear
Post by Boofer on 08/14/12 at 19:38:50

I know entertainment is totally subjective, but the season opener of Top Gear was good. As usual Rut got sick, but it was good! And funny. The title was Police Cars if you look it up online. The Ford, Chevy, or Dodge that is taking place of the Crown Vic plus a motorcycle Corvette chase scene. :)

Title: Re: Just watched Top Gear
Post by Badass94Cad on 08/15/12 at 05:23:34

Oh darn, that was this Sunday? I forgot. I was flipping between the Roast of Rosanne and the closing ceremonies. :-/

Title: Re: Just watched Top Gear
Post by Badass94Cad on 08/15/12 at 05:24:07

Darn...lol. Gotta love auto-correct. ;D

Title: Re: Just watched Top Gear
Post by sjaskow on 08/15/12 at 11:27:42

Top Gear US is on Tuesday nights at 9 Eastern on the History channel. Where did you get Sunday?

It was pretty good. I think they should just let the 3 idiots be idiotic and then then the show works best. None of them seem to have a talent for interviewing guest like Clarkson does on the BBC one.

Title: Re: Just watched Top Gear
Post by Badass94Cad on 08/16/12 at 09:51:59

You're right. First season it was on Sunday night. Second season it switched to Tuesday.

So Tuesday...I was doing nothing. :-/

Title: Re: Just watched Top Gear
Post by Badass94Cad on 08/16/12 at 09:52:56

7251545143430904735154300 wrote:

You're right. First season it was on Sunday night. Second season it switched to Tuesday.

So Tuesday...I was doing nothing. :-/

IDK how I missed it. I could swear I was watching Pawn Stars on History on Tuesday.

Title: Re: Just watched Top Gear
Post by srinath on 08/16/12 at 11:40:07

The US version of top gear only looks good if you didn't see a single episode of the BBC one.
Sorry, the original has the advantage of being teh yardstick.
Cool.
Srinath.

Title: Re: Just watched Top Gear
Post by Cavi Mike on 08/16/12 at 19:44:00

Unfortunately you're right but even the BBC one is getting a bit old. You know it's been 10 years already since the reformat? Time for another if you ask me...

Title: Re: Just watched Top Gear
Post by LostArtist on 08/17/12 at 16:32:23

I like the US version of Top Gear, I wish they'd do more car testing though and less of the challenge stuff, the UK show is okay, but some of the Anti-American stuff gets grating a bit for me

the US version is a bit tame though, they need some horsepower to spice it up a bit

Title: Re: Just watched Top Gear
Post by Boofer on 08/17/12 at 17:12:14

6E6F74737C69751D0 wrote:

The US version of top gear only looks good if you didn't see a single episode of the BBC one.
Sorry, the original has the advantage of being teh yardstick.
Cool.
Srinath.

Apparently my bro-in-law watches the British one in Nashville. He just uses rabbit ears, so don't know where it comes from?--Britain?

Title: Re: Just watched Top Gear
Post by Cavi Mike on 08/18/12 at 04:26:26

BBC America. Those episodes are pretty old though, like from 2002-2005. Ask him if he's seen black Stig, he only existed in the first couple years of the new format.

The anti-America stuff can be a bit aggravating but that's only because you clearly never noticed just how often we do the same thing to other countries/cultures. It's also all in jest, they actually love a LOT of the stuff we do and are about as people. Pay closer attention and you'll notice they hate their own Big-Brother country a lot more than pretty much anything.

*edit* Oh, and I know that they don't hate America because I've seen plenty of Clarkson and May's other shows where they have praised what we do. If you're good with the internet, find "Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld" or "James May's Man Lab." Plenty of times throughout those shows they praise how we stick our middle-finger up at the world and do our own thing.

Title: Re: Just watched Top Gear
Post by FerventPiranha on 08/23/12 at 08:32:50

I had to chime in, as Top Gear is probably one of my favorite shows of all time. Netflix for a while had the entire UK show from Series 1 Episode 1 to a series short of the current one available for streaming, and I watched them all twice ;D Alas I don't think they have the comprehensive set any more. Every time I see Top Gear on TV, and don't notice it's not BBC America, I flip over to it, and get disaponted. The US version just feels like a cheap knock-off, and the hosts lack the charisma and character of the UK version.