top gear tonight

Gotta say I’m enjoying the Viper vs. Helicopter film a lot more than when TG did it with the Lotus many years back.

you’ve got to be kidding me.

So far…not to shabby. I’ll keep the rest of my words until the end.

My only real gripe so far: the episode is sponsored by Mercedes-Benz. A sponsorship like that almost guarantees they will hold back from bashing cars they test. Unbiased reviews FTMFL.

The voices do still feel a little odd I’ll admit.

But hey, I’m entertained so far.

They will become better tv personalities that’s for sure. THEN it will get good.

Learning curve.

I like they’re insulting my intelligence… All the things they showed in the intro were already done by BBCs top gear and this cobra skit is cheesy and too scripted. I thought it would be really interesting if they actually had the cobra chase them along public roads, but no, off course they’re only chased through the closed warehouse district and closed off cemetery. and obviously the helicopter doesn’t need to be only 10ft away from them to get lock on. I don’t know why they keep showing the helicopter try that.

Having Tanner as a host is nice…as a driver, he gets to beat the crap out of these cars

Fail.

it seems way to scripted so far, like i said i’ll give them a chance, hopefully the hosts get less nervous, and possibly like with uk and aussie version, host will change.

Let’s be fair. Lots of original TG contests were quite obviously scripted as well, most recent in my memory is the snowmobile one.

It’s a SHOW after all. Just like original TG may have their train vs skyline races real, they sill have to go back and tape the material of where the cars go by certain streets. Perfect example is SUV vs bicycle vs boat.

Man that interview was awkward. Or just badly edited.

buzz was my favorite part so far, complaining about camera men.

I give them 3 episodes before I make my judgement.

It took Australians 3 to get decent so it’s only so fair.

I was just about to complain about the production value so far, but they obviously improved for the third section.

I expect that from American production. Hollywood writers and editors.

For the record, this was the ATG reel from back in the day.

i gave up on the aussie version after the first season. only episode i have watched after that was the one where the uk guys were there.

Same here but I don’t like what I see so far. Strike 1 of 3.

Too much time spent on the Viper chase BS, Foust seems to be using the show to drift everywhere and promote his drifting, and comparing 3 Lambos to see which one is faster/better?

It seems like there are two Clarksons and one Hammond in the US version, I like the odd mesh of personalities on the UK version.

I’m ready to punch the TV when I see Fousts face lol.

tanner is a fucking sick driver. that is all.

this is unwatchable. Strike 1

If they keep making fun of Tanner, this will be great :lol

I vote new cast. Get 3 new peepz, none of them can be pro race drivers, they need a Captian Slow.