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TopGear USA - Big Thread of V-8s, Burnouts, and F*** Yeahs
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i'm amazed it held out as well as it did, nice choice from adam
He's a tool plain and simple. I dunno if its just him or him + script. But he comes off as a total tool. You could easily replace him with someone else and not miss out on much. "Let me get something out of my system" *drifts around* I mean really? The other two picked out cool cars for the challenge and he picked a typical car he would drive.
Well, you'd miss out on having someone who can actually drive well.
What episode is this? thanks
Looks like the episode "Supercars." It was one of the episodes in the second half of season 2.
AlphaSnake
...and that, kids, was the first time I sucked a dick for crack
Tanner's the man. Shut your complaining face.
Love Tanner -- his skill as a driver is amazing. They'd probably lose the Stig (although Offroad Stig was definitely not him) if they replaced Tanner too!
The show has gotten so much better as its progressed. Just a joy to watch every week.. really glad they've removed the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car and the other "studio" bits and just gone balls to the wall in the field.
The show has gotten so much better as its progressed. Just a joy to watch every week.. really glad they've removed the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car and the other "studio" bits and just gone balls to the wall in the field.
soundscream
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You know what I miss the most? The leaderboard lap times. You'd think with all the types of different cars here, they'd have one car to run every episode.
so glad they got rid of small car big star or the segment where they stand in front of the hangar/crowd. Those were so bad.
And I love the show now but its getting a little too scripted now for my liking. I understand they have to make it entertaining but for that all you have to do is show more longshot drifting and more of cars racing or whatver. They have so many cuts now.
And as far as scripting goes, this last episode just took me out of it.
Rut goes into store, somehow they buy 400lbs of cat litter without him seeing and stick it in his trunk. ya ok
adam goes into a store and buys suranwrap wraps his car and then bolts it to catch up with rut and they "race" the last mile.
All the ending races always come down to TOOO close when in reality it probably wasn't. Adam takes the lead on the last turn but runs out of gas. ya ok
To me the best scenes in the series that I can remember is the slow mo shot of the mustang drifting on the moutain road. Or him drifting on the streets of LA. Or even racing the motorcycle. They need to just show more helicopter longshots of those.
The guys are funny though and I love tanner/adam/rutlage combo.
And I love the show now but its getting a little too scripted now for my liking. I understand they have to make it entertaining but for that all you have to do is show more longshot drifting and more of cars racing or whatver. They have so many cuts now.
And as far as scripting goes, this last episode just took me out of it.
Rut goes into store, somehow they buy 400lbs of cat litter without him seeing and stick it in his trunk. ya ok
adam goes into a store and buys suranwrap wraps his car and then bolts it to catch up with rut and they "race" the last mile.
All the ending races always come down to TOOO close when in reality it probably wasn't. Adam takes the lead on the last turn but runs out of gas. ya ok
To me the best scenes in the series that I can remember is the slow mo shot of the mustang drifting on the moutain road. Or him drifting on the streets of LA. Or even racing the motorcycle. They need to just show more helicopter longshots of those.
The guys are funny though and I love tanner/adam/rutlage combo.
AlphaSnake
...and that, kids, was the first time I sucked a dick for crack
Yeah, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much bullshit in that one. The litter and the catch up was absurd, unless Rut stopped to pee or buy a drink or something, allowing Adam to catch up. But I 100% agree.
NullPointer
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Exactly my take on things. That and the show still needs a better soundtrack.
The original show, none of they could drive well, but they were damn entertaining to watch. Tanner is not entertaining.
This season it seems like its been going back to reusing Top Gear UK's ideas with an American spin.
Yeah, they announced they were splitting the season by doing 6 episodes in the Fall and 10 in the Spring. I'm not sure why they didn't do 8 and 8 like Season 2 though.
Smiles and Cries
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the Lamborghini Aventador part
what is up with the paint getting wet changes the color from White to Red
it looked fugly at the end unless the car is fully wet this would look spotty all the time
is this standard?
what is up with the paint getting wet changes the color from White to Red
it looked fugly at the end unless the car is fully wet this would look spotty all the time
is this standard?
NullPointer
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That last episode was much better than I expected. We still have one more before the break?
I've got the season through Zune so I'm always a day behind before I can download it.
I've got the season through Zune so I'm always a day behind before I can download it.
It was part of the challenge. Tanner had to avoid the spray from the plane, to measure they put paper on the car that would change colour if it got wet. So what you were seeing was tanner losing
Pretty much. That's the benefit/drawback of the USA having such a wide variety of terrain.
Smiles and Cries
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I learned how expensive farm equipement really are
they should have explained that a little better I got lost when he poured the water on the hood and it turned pink
It was part of the challenge. Tanner had to avoid the spray from the plane, to measure they put paper on the car that would change colour if it got wet. So what you were seeing was tanner losing
they should have explained that a little better I got lost when he poured the water on the hood and it turned pink
Awesome news, can't wait.
Nappuccino
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I enjoy that Adam enjoys constantly taking Tanner down a peg or two.
Al-ibn Kermit
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It gets better at establishing it's unique identity every season. Plus it has a lot less scripting yet more field challenges than the UK version which is good.
I would say so.
Especially the 6 episodes from REAL season 3.
I like how they got rid of the studio segments and the big star, small car thing. The way that it is now works better with American television. Before some of the segments felt rushed because of the 40 mins they had.
So yeah it was improved and I look forward to see more Top Gear over the coming weeks.
weekend_warrior
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weekend_warrior
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Not a great episode. There's way to much focus on things that have nothing to do with cars, and I have a feeling they've scraped the big star/little car and test drive sections entirely. The constant commercial breaks and "here's what you just saw 5 minutes ago" primers don't help. Pretty cold on the show as a whole right now.
AlphaSnake
...and that, kids, was the first time I sucked a dick for crack
Last episode was rather boring.
A bit, yes. I did enjoy the last segment though. Looks like next week they are doing an RV segment. The British one is one of my all time favorite episodes.
weekend_warrior
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Rut's is pretty cool, god lord at the Buick Building, and Tanner's is a total May ripoff.
weekend_warrior
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that drunk lady hitting on Tanner. :lol
Nappuccino
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I'm more than ok with getting rid of the Star in the Car bits.
I do kinda hope they keep car reviews in though . . . but they never really match the beauty and production of the UK version
I do kinda hope they keep car reviews in though . . . but they never really match the beauty and production of the UK version
AlphaSnake
...and that, kids, was the first time I sucked a dick for crack
A decent episode. Definitely got laughs out of me
I hate how they preview what's going to happen before commercial breaks, ruins the fucking surprises. ARGH!
I hate how they preview what's going to happen before commercial breaks, ruins the fucking surprises. ARGH!
Yeah, not that we didn't expect it, but they completely spoiled Adam's Building-On-A-Buick tipping over.
I really hope that they stop teasing that the challenge winner will get to drive the cool car at the end. We all know that Tanner will be driving.
Last week, they literally yanked Rut out of the Veyron Vitesse and this week they simply disqualified Adam. At least TGUK lets all three drivers actually test the cool hardware.
Still, way better than the weekly "decide how to blow up old cars" episodes earlier this season.
Last week, they literally yanked Rut out of the Veyron Vitesse and this week they simply disqualified Adam. At least TGUK lets all three drivers actually test the cool hardware.
Still, way better than the weekly "decide how to blow up old cars" episodes earlier this season.
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