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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited November 2010
    Dangit, totally forgot about this and missed it. Don't see it on hulu or netflix. :frown:
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,164
    edited November 2010
    This has got a long way to go, I'll watch atleast this season. It seemed forced and contrived to me. I will give it a good chance, but I'm afraid most of us have been spoiled by the UK version. The bar has been set high and I hope eventually the US version will stand on its own and not mimic the UK version so closely.

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  • Slinger182
    Slinger182 Posts: 512
    edited November 2010
    swegyptian wrote: »
    And make no mistake, this is not similar to the UK version, it is the same show with different people.

    They even copied the coffee table.
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  • xj4094dg
    xj4094dg Posts: 1,158
    edited November 2010
    audiobliss wrote: »
    Dangit, totally forgot about this and missed it. Don't see it on hulu or netflix. :frown:

    Try here!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBSE1nRdRmo
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  • Vette C6.r
    Vette C6.r Posts: 1,560
    edited November 2010
    Dang that Cobra Helicopter was low !!!
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  • AudioGenics
    AudioGenics Posts: 2,567
    edited November 2010
    missed the youtube video

    This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by BBC Worldwide.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited November 2010
    It's avialable on the History Channel website :

    http://www.history.com/shows/top-gear/videos/top-gear-cobra-attack#top-gear-cobra-attack
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • AudioGenics
    AudioGenics Posts: 2,567
    edited November 2010
    i watched the beginning
    saw them hide in the car wash
    get to the warehouse
    and then thought
    I'd rather be in the Cobra Helicopter than the viper
    and turn the video off......
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,808
    edited November 2010
    jvc wrote: »
    i watched the beginning
    saw them hide in the car wash
    get to the warehouse
    and then thought
    I'd rather be in the Cobra Helicopter than the viper
    and turn the video off......

    What is the point of you posting if everything you post is negative and detracts from the subject? Nobody cares if you don't like red meat, football, shows about cars and everything else you have some kind of idealistic problem with. Why don't you just shut the hell up and go find something you ACTUALLY like and post about that?



    BTW, ratings are in, Top Gear America garnered 1.9 million viewers and the response has been positive.

    I don't think anything seemed contrived or forced. I think everyone was nervous and relying too much on the scripting. There were shining moments where things seemed very natural. Like the Lamborghini segment. It didn't help though that Buzz Aldrin seemed more like an animatron than the stiff board he usually is. I felt bad for Ferrara because he was clearly struggling to get him to say anything that wasn't a meandering, rambling train of thought.

    There's alot of potential. Besides, the U.K. hosts have been doing this for 15 seasons. They've known each other for a decade now, at least. They are going to have more "chemistry" than these guys who just started and didn't know each other from spit before the show. Being overly critical just shows a lack of insight and patience. This isn't the U.K. This is the American version. It's not going to be the same no matter how you cut it. We don't have the same market, we don't have the same people, mentality, culture, laws or even cars. It will never be the same. Holding it up against the U.K. or Australian versions is unfair because while they are similar, none of them compare to each other. Yes, they need to get some of their own ideas going on but this was only the first show and honestly, it wasn't any worse than the tripe the U.K. guys put out for season 1 episode 1.

    TGUK Ep 1 S1
    Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy5kRAhbbbI
    Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=choLDNJa3tc
    Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb9z0liDZrA
    Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28c0NvDZDg4
    Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egsxu-PpgdE&feature=related
    Part 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhgEAdH6eYk
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  • AudioGenics
    AudioGenics Posts: 2,567
    edited November 2010
    someone got up grumpy today !
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,808
    edited November 2010
    jvc wrote: »
    someone got up grumpy today !

    Shut up Joesph V. Chen. You're a troll.
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  • AudioGenics
    AudioGenics Posts: 2,567
    edited November 2010
    I like TOP GEAR.
    it is a promising show
    and look forward to future episodes in both the UK and USA.

    thank you very much
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  • edbert
    edbert Posts: 1,041
    edited November 2010
    audiobliss wrote: »
    Dangit, totally forgot about this and missed it. Don't see it on hulu or netflix. :frown:


    It re-airs the 24th from Midnight to 1am. Somehow mine cutoff after the first minute of recording so I found it and will try again.
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  • AudioGenics
    AudioGenics Posts: 2,567
    edited November 2010
    see post #38 from Bobman

    It's avialable on the History Channel website :

    http://www.history.com/shows/top-gea...r-cobra-attack
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  • AudioGenics
    AudioGenics Posts: 2,567
    edited November 2010
    audiobliss wrote: »
    Dangit, totally forgot about this and missed it. Don't see it on hulu or netflix. :frown:

    It's avialable on the History Channel website :

    http://www.history.com/shows/top-gea...r-cobra-attack
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited November 2010
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    It's avialable on the History Channel website :

    http://www.history.com/shows/top-gear/videos/top-gear-cobra-attack#top-gear-cobra-attack
    Thanks!!
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  • TitaniumMan
    TitaniumMan Posts: 93
    edited November 2010
    It's a pale imitation of the real thing, but it's still the best car show in the US. Look at the competition. Motorweek? Seriously?
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  • Lost
    Lost Posts: 48
    edited November 2010
    Their going to run out of cars to test in a hurry though.....unless they import a bunch from overseas....
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  • LessisNevermore
    LessisNevermore Posts: 1,519
    edited November 2010
    Upon first viewing, It's exactly what I expected.......Top Gear with different hosts. No British humor, but the guys showed some sharp wit. They don't seem to be dumbing it down for the nascar crowd.:tongue::biggrin:

    Not sure what some of you guys were expecting, three Americans wearing masks of Jeremy, Capt. Slow, and The Hamster? It's no different than the idea of having The Office UK/US versions.

    The test track looks very challenging. Not a smooth ride by any means.

    After one show, I'd say there's room for both versions on my DVR.
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited November 2010
    you knew the UK show nuthuggers would crawl out of the woodwork.

    you think these guys are going to have the same chemistry on one show that the UK guys have had for years? really? Pale Imitation....eeesh

    I'm encouraged as i thought it would be a trainwreck and it wasnt. yeah, seemed forced at some points and the chemistry between the hosts arent there 100 percent yet, but I am encouraged.

    I will still watch the UK show on Itunes and will catch this one as well. 2 seperate shows kids.
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited November 2010
    Lost wrote: »
    Their going to run out of cars to test in a hurry though.....unless they import a bunch from overseas....


    Vettes, Porsches, Ferrari's. they will get into more reasonable cars that everyday folk can afford as well just like the UK show does.

    I'm looking forward to a Mustang review by British guys that don't hate the US and all they do.

    they aint gonna run out of cars.......don't fret
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  • edbert
    edbert Posts: 1,041
    edited November 2010
    LessisNevermore wrote: »
    Not sure what some of you guys were expecting, three Americans wearing masks of Jeremy, Capt. Slow, and The Hamster?

    This would be a hilarious episode if they did. Each take on the persona of the mask they are wearing, speak in bad british accents and do some bit where they have to spend $2000 to buy a muscle car from the oil embargo era(late 70's to early 80's) and then the producers setup a number of challenges for them along the way.

    This would be a nice little tribute to the original.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,808
    edited November 2010
    ohskigod wrote: »
    Vettes, Porsches, Ferrari's. they will get into more reasonable cars that everyday folk can afford as well just like the UK show does.

    I'm looking forward to a Mustang review by British guys that don't hate the US and all they do.

    they aint gonna run out of cars.......don't fret


    C'mon now Lou, you know better than that! Dude, that was commentary from the typical European attitude that Americans can't build cars, can't build cars that turn, build junk, drive boring mobiles and so on and so forth. It makes me laugh because it always leaves out such gems like Britain's Lucifer...I mean Lucas Electronics, France's laughable car industry that, for decades (Peugeot 505 anyone? LeCar?), couldn't build something that actually stayed together before it left the dealer lot and honestly, in Italy, I don't think they understand that FIAT stands for Fix It Again Tony. Yeah, sure, the Germans have them down pat (except for Volkwagens that have some kind of fetish about destroying themselves) but Germans also built the Trabant. So what's that say about them? Then you have lovely gems like Yugos, Dacias, SEAT and, well, the list goes on. Don't even get me started on Asia. But, you know, those Americans, they're a bunch of screw-ups thinkin' they can play in the world market when everyone else is so much better than them!

    I think the only country that has any leeway to bag on us about cars is Australia. Mainly because they took what we made and did better in a few cases with it. They still think that a 4.0L V8 is BIG but, hey, who's perfect?


    edbert wrote: »
    This would be a hilarious episode if they did. Each take on the persona of the mask they are wearing, speak in bad british accents and do some bit where they have to spend $2000 to buy a muscle car from the oil embargo era(late 70's to early 80's) and then the producers setup a number of challenges for them along the way.

    This would be a nice little tribute to the original.

    That would be in one of the next two episodes I believe. It's already filmed for this season.



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  • edbert
    edbert Posts: 1,041
    edited November 2010
    Jstas wrote: »
    That would be in one of the next two episodes I believe. It's already filmed for this season.

    I guess I'm the only one that's been paying attention to the news about the show.

    I have watched a few of the outtakes but I guess I missed the news stuff. I guess that will be my next stop.
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  • sda2mike
    sda2mike Posts: 3,131
    edited November 2010
    didn't like it..host is a doofus...show does not seem serious..maybe that's the idea..too heavily scripted
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited November 2010
    Since i get BBCA in my cable package, and taking that knowledge with me while watching TGA, the choice was pretty clear to me. I'll revisit at the end of the season and see if it improved any, and if it did, i'll watch going backwards until it sucks again, and stop.
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