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Post by spinninghead on Nov 18, 2016 12:16:30 GMT
Well, might as well kick this off. Don't know why, though - I don't have Amazon Prime, Netflix or any internet telly service. It's all very well having the world and his wife praising the first episode, but it's only relevant to subscribers of Amazon Prime. A lot less people, I imagine, will get to see The Grand Tour than will have seen Top Gear.
Us Freeviewers will have to do with repeats of Top Gear on Dave. That'll do me  |
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Post by Geoffers on Nov 18, 2016 12:36:07 GMT
It is likely that this will be sold on to a terrestial broadcaster at some point, here's hoping so.
The positive reviews will see them scrambling to buy it,it is an advertisers dream and Amazon will need to recoup some of the cost.
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Post by sqwerty on Nov 18, 2016 13:01:20 GMT
We used to have Amazon Prime, but the tv/film selection wasn't that good, and we weren't bothered about the super-fast delivery (always seemed a bit excessive, there's enough overworked people rushing around with boxes for a pittance as it is). However, we had a renewal subscription offer of £59 per year instead of £79, which seems closely timed to the showing of The Grand Tour (offer ends today, new series starts tonight).
Anyway, we used to like Top Gear in the early days, and in fact my husband still watched bits on YouTube, but we're not too fussed about the "new improved" version. Certainly the last series, with Chris Evans as the host, was pretty terrible though.
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Post by cali4ster on Nov 18, 2016 17:23:25 GMT
It's all very well having the world and his wife praising the first episode, but it's only relevant to subscribers of Amazon Prime.
As Geoffers said it will likely find its way onto terrestrial at some point but, well, there are ways... I imagine that if any of the grand fromage from the BBC stayed up to watch it, late last night, they probably had a restless night after. When compared with TG, all TGT has done is shone a light on why - whoever they had lined up to present it - the BBC should have revamped the TG format, entirely, because the old new TG format had Clarkson, May, and Hammond running through it and, in their own way, they have literally carried it off to another channel, plonked it down, wherever they want to, and have just carried on. On the programme specifically it had a wonderful, if a little long, opening, an appreciative, US, "tent" audience, who didn't mind having the pee taken out of them, for being American, because they trust the hosts and hosts give back in spades. A brilliantly shot test of the Mclaren P1, Porsche 918, and Ferrari TheFerrari, along with the standard gags. They're old but they never get old. Three attempts, in one episode, for a "celebrity" bit saw them "kill" Jeremy Renner, Armie Hammer, and Carol Vorderman (something for everyone?), and all were good sports for taking part. I kind of think that this is their way of saying that this show is for the fans and, actually, the fans are not that impressed with having celebs in a show like this. Even Richard Hammond was tolerable. It's just like Top Gear if the BBC had said "just do what you like, it'll be on iPlayer only". Mostly that is for the good, but the downside is that it means it is no longer close to being a family show (I imagine a version for terrestrial will have it sanitised somewhat). |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2016 11:34:15 GMT
We have Amazon Prime, not specifically for this but because we use Amazon a lot anyway. This turned out to be a bonus for us.
I have to say I was worried it would not live up to all the hype but I think it surpassed it. A hugely enjoyable first episode and very much looking forward to the rest of it.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2016 17:46:41 GMT
Watched the first episode, and you can definitely see that it has had money to spend; money well spent, rather than thrown at it. Clarkson and Co seem to have much more freedom here. Having said that, while there were some funny bits, it wasn't for me.
To those who in some of the reviews (and their comments section) say the BBC should have kept him, I don't think that that was an option in the circumstances; they shouldn't feel too troubled by it.
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Post by yellowcat on Nov 21, 2016 8:38:10 GMT
Watched the first episode, and you can definitely see that it has had money to spend; money well spent, rather than thrown at it. Clarkson and Co seem to have much more freedom here. Having said that, while there were some funny bits, it wasn't for me. To those who in some of the reviews (and their comments section) say the BBC should have kept him, I don't think that that was an option in the circumstances; they shouldn't feel too troubled by it. I agree. I thought they were trying too hard, humour too forced and predictable. It was like a more expensively produced version of Top Gear, a programme I had given up watching because I found it boring. There is probably a market for this and it will likely do well but it is not for me. I lost interest well before the end. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2016 14:10:38 GMT
Seen the trailers that was enough for me expensive trash TV.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2016 18:58:10 GMT
Didn't watch the second episode. All I know was that they were in South Africa.
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Anymore to come?
