Top Gear is back, apparently

[DiscoMick]

I haven't seen it, but here's a review.

Top Gear review – gentler, kinder and all the better for it | Television & radio | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/jun/16/top-gear-review-gentler-kinder-and-all-the-better-for-it)

[disco gazza]

Wonder when we'll see it, thats IF its not on foxtel.

But seeing as I have foxtel,wonder when it will appear on there.....

[Homestar]

Will be crap, just like every other time they’ve tried a reboot since Jeremy and Co left.

[Eevo]

no Clarkson?
no Hamster?
no Capt Slow?

no good.

[trout1105]

no Clarkson?
no Hamster?
no Capt Slow?

no good.

+1

[Pedro_The_Swift]

no Clarkson?
no Hamster?
no Capt Slow?

no good.

no live axle?
no mechanical injection?

no worries! [tonguewink]

[Homestar]

no Clarkson?
no Hamster?
no Capt Slow?

no good.

+2

[Disco-tastic]

I watch chris harris on youtube and find him entertaining.

TBH i tried the grand tour but just found it daft. And i got bored.

If freddy and chris and the other one can make it interesting then I'll give it a go again.

[Pickles2]

no Clarkson?
no Hamster?
no Capt Slow?

no good.
+3
Pickles.

[Homestar]

Based on the truly enormous data set this thread provides it's not looking good for them. [emoji6]

[DiscoMick]

Top Gear would never have visited Brunei if it had already passed its homophobic stoning law | Andrew Flintoff | Opinion | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jun/17/top-gear-brunei-homophobic-film-stoning-law-andrew-flintoff)

[trout1105]

Top Gear would never have visited Brunei if it had already passed its homophobic stoning law | Andrew Flintoff | Opinion | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jun/17/top-gear-brunei-homophobic-film-stoning-law-andrew-flintoff)
This is what happens when a TV show cannot offer content or opinion because of Political Correctness
The new show suffers Badly from PC correctness, The old show didn't have a PC bone in its body and that is why people enjoyed it so much.

[DiscoMick]

So do you approve of stoning people to death?

[trout1105]

So do you approve of stoning people to death?

Only child molesters and left wing busybodies Mick [bigwhistle][biggrin][bigrolf]

[RANDLOVER]

This is what happens when a TV show cannot offer content or opinion because of Political Correctness
The new show suffers Badly from PC correctness, The old show didn't have a PC bone in its body and that is why people enjoyed it so much.

I suspect the new show is namby-pamby when not being p.c., and instead of ending on the traditional bombshell, they 'll want to hold hands in a circle and sing "kumbaya".

[Arapiles]

I suspect the new show is namby-pamby when not being p.c., and instead of ending on the traditional bombshell, they 'll want to hold hands in a circle and sing "kumbaya".

Clarkson & Co's "Grand Tour" may not have been PC but it also wasn't funny or interesting. Basically, they had free range to do whatever they like and it turned out that they were better when they were being managed by the BBC.

[Red90]

Clarkson & Co's "Grand Tour" may not have been PC but it also wasn't funny or interesting. Basically, they had free range to do whatever they like and it turned out that they were better when they were being managed by the BBC.

Nah. It was pretty much on par with the way the last few years of their Top Gear went. I think they are just getting bit too old for it.

[Homestar]

Clarkson & Co's "Grand Tour" may not have been PC but it also wasn't funny or interesting. Basically, they had free range to do whatever they like and it turned out that they were better when they were being managed by the BBC.

Well they have been signed for a forth season so there must be enough people out there that think they are still funny and interesting. I still like them, it's just a bit of fun and they don't take themselves too seriously or care much about being PC - which is all too scarce in this day and age. Everyone else is too scared of offending anyone and that ****ed things IMO.

[LRJim]

One of the best segments
YouTube (https://youtu.be/wJn7LHE83cc)

[Tins]

I haven't seen it, but here's a review.

Top Gear review – gentler, kinder and all the better for it | Television & radio | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/jun/16/top-gear-review-gentler-kinder-and-all-the-better-for-it)


Ahh, that wonderful bastion for intellect, The Guardian. Have you ever explored the concept of other sources? Interesting concept, I know.

[Tins]

Well they have been signed for a forth season so there must be enough people out there that think they are still funny and interesting. I still like them, it's just a bit of fun and they don't take themselves too seriously or care much about being PC - which is all too scarce in this day and age. Everyone else is too scared of offending anyone and that ****ed things IMO.


A few weeks ago I saw Clarkson in tears as it came to an end. Nothing anyone does will be Top Gear. Even The Grand Tour didn't do it, as Clarkson recognises, although it came close.

Top Gear was not a TV show, it was an institution. I bless Amazon for giving it another chance, but it was broken. The BBC will rue their decision for around ten years.

The forth (sic) season will not be the same, as Clarkson clearly said through his tears. I can only hope it will be better.

That said, I have magazines ( Car ) going back to the early 80s where May wrote with intellect and humour. I doubt they are done.

[DiscoMick]

Ahh, that wonderful bastion for intellect, The Guardian. Have you ever explored the concept of other sources? Interesting concept, I know.The Guardian is the only place I've seen any stories about it. Do you have another source?

[barney]

a flaccid facsimile of the Top Gear we all loved.

[Tins]

The Guardian is the only place I've seen any stories about it. Do you have another source?

Of course the Guardian is the only place you've seen it. Who else would bother? Which was pretty much my point.

[Tins]

One of the best segments
YouTube (https://youtu.be/wJn7LHE83cc)

Yes, if old, loud engines are your thing. Top Gear managed to appeal to almost anyone, Discomick excluded, because they were brilliant.

They also got people to open their garages up. Who else got Jay Leno to let them to drive his cars? Even one of the blokes who took over Top Gear, Chris Evans, let May drive one of the rarest Ferraris ever.

[Tins]

Yes, if old, loud engines are your thing. Top Gear managed to appeal to almost anyone, Discomick excluded, because they were brilliant.

They also got people to open their garages up. Who else got Jay Leno to let them to drive his cars? Even one of the blokes who took over Top Gear, Chris Evans, let May drive one of the rarest Ferraris ever.

I have no idea how this got posted. I was composing something I didn't intend to post as it was. Funny, really, as it could happen to any of us...

[manic]

Tits

[DiscoMick]

Why am I excluded? [emoji15]