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Tigawoods
#1
10pm eastern on the History Channel

crap

just my first impression

This post has been edited by Tigawoods: Nov 23, 2010 - 2:02 AM
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Johnnyny
#2
i want the fat guy to die !
Random_Stranger
#3
You can take the Top Gear out the UK, but you can't take the UK out the Top Gear... Oh wait... Top Gear USA? Fail.
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Ted95
#4
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QUOTE (Johnnyny @ Nov 21, 2010 - 8:29 PM) *
>i want the fat guy to die !



LMFAOO !!!! laugh.gif
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Tigawoods
#5
sucks thus far
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SwissFerdi
#6
^ Yarly. Not impressed.
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mkernz22
#7
thank god i missed it and didnt waste my time watching lol
HectortheRican
#8
I wanted to at least watch it and my roommate is hogging the TV... it's my TV... I should punch him.

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spolski07
#9
Its dvr'd at my parents house, from the reviews ive read im going to watch the entire season before i give a final yay or nay. the cast DOES need some time to start to click and understand eachothers styles
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Johnnyny
#10
next episode looks promising thats all im saying
richee3
#11
I didn't get to watch it. But judging from the commercials, the target audience is 13 year old boys. "Lots of explosions!" :facepalm:
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Johnnyny
#12
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QUOTE (richee3 @ Nov 22, 2010 - 2:11 AM) *
>I didn't get to watch it. But judging from the commercials, the target audience is 13 year old boys. "Lots of explosions!" :facepalm:


lol yeah kinda they have replayed it 4 times already
SwissFerdi
#13
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QUOTE (richee3 @ Nov 22, 2010 - 2:11 AM) *
>I didn't get to watch it. But judging from the commercials, the target audience is 13 year old boys. "Lots of explosions!" :facepalm:


You didn't miss anything. Tanner Foust was good, the other two were not impressive. I mostly just heard "horsepower YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAW."


This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Nov 22, 2010 - 10:19 AM
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lagos
#14
I set the DVR. Going to watch it tonight when I get home from work.
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azian_advanced
#15
downloaded it last night... and fell asleep right before the buzz aldrin interview.. the videography looks decent but the hosts are horrible. would be much more entertaining with jay leno taking clarkson's role. lol. and maybe danny devito as hammond. biggrin.gif
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96bluevert
#16
It's decent. But they try way too hard to be like the UK version, so it's not nearly as entertaining.

Although, I did like the Labo shoot out. Too bad they didn't do more tests with those cars.
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mak5603
#17
I'll stick to BBC, lol
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SwissFerdi
#18
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QUOTE (azian_advanced @ Nov 22, 2010 - 2:24 PM) *
>downloaded it last night... and fell asleep right before the buzz aldrin interview.. the videography looks decent but the hosts are horrible. would be much more entertaining with jay leno taking clarkson's role. lol. and maybe danny devito as hammond. biggrin.gif


Agreed. Maybe after season 1, they'll make a cast switch? Leno would be a great Clarkson imitator.
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richee3
#19
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QUOTE (SwissFerdi @ Nov 22, 2010 - 11:19 AM) *
>You didn't miss anything. Tanner Foust was good, the other two were not impressive. I mostly just heard "horsepower YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAW."

We're in 'Murrka. That's what you hear everywhere.
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Supersprynt
#20
I won't watch it with Leno being on there.

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KAOS
#21
Didn't mind it so much.

Faust was a god behind the wheel of the SRT though... impressive.
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richee3
#22
I just finished watching it. I have a lot of respect for Tanner Foust's driving. But this show desperately needs new hosts. These three are all profoundly boring and I think the producers assume we're all a bunch of ignorant people. I'm sorry, but I don't need every single thing explained to me. "You'll never see his face, you'll never hear his voice. All we know is he's called the Stig." Wtf? Where is the witty sarcastic humor? Yes, we KNOW he's called the Stig. The only reason we're watching this show is because we're all familiar with the real Top Gear.

Viper vs. Cobra attack helicopter, cool concept. Except Jeremy Clarkson already did it in a Lotus and it was way better.

As Clarkson would say, it's ambitious but rubbish.
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epocsirhc
#23
Keep Tanner Foust can the other two losers, and try to get some humor. I thought that I was going to like the show, but I hated it.
Serhey
#24
are there going to be more UK seasons?
devilsden97
#25
it was really terrible. to much editing/cinemetogrophy. not to mention everything they said sounded robotic, and basicly scripted. will watch the whole season, but i really have little hope for this show.
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#26
I found it rather fitting that the seeing eye dog took a piss on the Top Gear USA logo at the end of the second episode... lol.
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SwissFerdi
#27
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QUOTE (richee3 @ Nov 24, 2010 - 1:15 PM) *
>As Clarkson would say, it's ambitious but rubbish.


Probably the best summation yet.
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Supersprynt
#28
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QUOTE (richee3 @ Nov 24, 2010 - 1:15 PM) *
>I'm sorry, but I don't need every single thing explained to me. "You'll never see his face, you'll never hear his voice. All we know is he's called the Stig." Wtf? Where is the witty sarcastic humor? Yes, we KNOW he's called the Stig. The only reason we're watching this show is because we're all familiar with the real Top Gear.


No, that's why YOU are watching the show. A lot of people have never heard of Top Gear before, and this is their first experience with this show. So explaining the Stig on the first episode of the first Top Gear USA is completely understandable.
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presure2
#29
i dunno, maybe its cause i wasnt a huge fan of top gear to begin with, but i didnt find either of the first 2 episodes to be bad at all.
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KAOS
#30
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QUOTE (presure2 @ Dec 1, 2010 - 8:28 AM) *
>i dunno, maybe its cause i wasnt a huge fan of top gear to begin with, but i didnt find either of the first 2 episodes to be bad at all.


The only episode of the UK Top Gear I've ever seen is where they tried to max out the Veyron, so I can't really compare.

I enjoyed the first US episode immensly, the Viper and the Hipachi (sp?) scene was amazing, and my wifes favorite supercar is the Lambo, so even SHE enjoyed it. But the 2nd episode seemed to be missing something... I agree with an earlier statement that there is no chemistry between the three dudes.

Tanner Faust is a god behind the wheel of a car though... and at this point, he is why I watch the show. Adam's not that funny, and I find the big guy annoying 80% of the time.

In the world (and in my mind) I would say Faust is easily 3rd in my top 5 list of favorite drivers.

1) Travis Pastrana
2) Ken Block
3) Tanner Faust
4) Danica Patrick
5) Colin McRae (RIP)
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