Top Gear America (possible spoilers to come)
 

Anyone planning on watching this? Got the DVR set, will probably watch it as it airs. Just checked up on the hosts a bit. Ive heard of Tanner, apparently hes pretty good in Formula D. Ive heard of the Ferrera dude as well, but I dont really know anything about him. The third guy I have no clue who he is. Wiki says hes a racing analyst for Speed.

I am not expecting much. 30 more minutes and its on here.

10 more minutes. It will FAIL. I've seen enough dumb commercials to not want to watch it, and that's coming from someone who really wants to watch it.

2 minutes. I'm psyched, I don't think it will be terrible.

I don't plan on watching that shit. I'll stick to the BBC version...

The chopper chase is entertaining. They must have paid the city a TON of money to perform that segment.

In for details. Good enough to download?

it's not terrible, but kinda weird to watch.

"we're the only 2 dudes in a red convertible right now"

Hm. The scene in the car wash with Tanner describing the Viper was kind of awkward.

10 minutes in and scripted beyond belief. at least make it seam like you are coming up with this shit on your own... COME ON.

Yea, the scripting is weak, but let's give it a chance. Adam Carolla would have been a great commentator.

Geezus, they copies the BBC show verbatim.

except the first commercial was a Benz commercial. exactly why Leno didnt want to do the show. there will be too much outside influence from companies... And they dont have the uber-large BBC to back them up and allow them to do absolutely outrageous things without thinking about laws or expenses .

I am still enjoying the tire smoke.

Half way done and i'm like.....meh

Stupid idea of putting the ACR as a "bench mark", it's should stay for a looooong time.

But seriously, it's scripted beyong belief. I mean come on...Big Star, Small Car? The Stig? Where is the originality?

The cinematography in the original series was one of my favorite aspects. The new one....meh.

EDIT: Hahahahaha...same coffee table!

Overall...crap. And it's not even over. Crap.

pretty sure the Suzuki SX4 is automatic ;/

I'm missing the Walking Dead for this. I hope it improves.

I say swap out random entertainers, unscripted, and let the tires fly. You'd never know who'd be on the show, you'd never know what someone would say.

The problem is aside from Faust, these guys aren't too interesting yet. Buzz Aldrin...um, terrible guest, maybe the worst TV guest I've seen.

The bearded dude is decent on camera, probably the best. The mole guy, he needs to go.

"soo you were in space"
"yeah"
"and you went real fast"
"huh? uhh....yeah ha"
"and it was in the 1960s...ok. you had a lot of cars."
"uhh I had a 2 stoke, mixed oil in the gas"

I wonder if they used a test audience.

Drifting next week...YAY!!!!!!!!!!

Well, that's what Foust is known for, and it doesn't seem like the other 2 are automotive experts.

Thats what i'm worried about. Tanner is cool guy (so i've been told) but i'm worried that the series will be one sided as tanner might be the only one with knowledge and passion about cars.

Tanner is akward on camera, the chubby dude was easily the best on camera. Isnt the third dude an actor?

loved it

Sucked HARD.

Complaining about the lack of cupholders in a Lambo. Seriously? Let's continue to perpetuate the stupid American don't know shit about cars.

Cobra attack copter against a Viper? Seriously? I wish they would have lit them up for real. "Might" have saved the show if they did that.

It wasn't at all bad, just very awkward. If the BBC version didn't exist, this wouldn't seem so weird.

Love the test track, alot different setup compared to TG:UK track

Walking Dead and Boardwalk Empire > Top Gear America. Probably won't fux with that show.

Watched the WD encore. Very entertaining.

Only thing I hate about that show is the over done stare downs. This week was the lady and her dead younger sister (her screaming sucked to) and last week it was the guy and his wife while they fucked. The show is too awesome for the soap opera crap like that.

Just remembered the stare down from the first episode. Black zombie lady through the peep hole in the door. Still baderasser than a lot of shows.

They need to replace mole guy with someone like Christopher Titus.
More FAIL for not doing the standing mile at the same time.

You'd need A LOT of room to do that, and that may have been a condition of lending the cars to the show. There was over $1m worth of cars there, it would have been a very expensive accident.

^True...

I watched the first half and then got pulled away. Not too bad, made me laugh in some places. Hopefully it will get better. Someone on this forum knows the bearded dude, said he was a totally cool, car guy.

I'll give it a couple more chances, I had fun watching Tanner throw that Viper around.

I havent watched the new episode yet, but the guys wife and the other guy do actually have sex like that in the Walking Dead graphic novel.

We should give them a few episodes to work on chemistry, the old Top Gear shows are terrible. The first season of Curb Your Enthusiasm was unwatchable, then became one of my favorites a few years later.

I was all set to watch it last night but my GF made dinner and I decided dinner with GF > than TPG America. Sounds like I made the right choice.

Now to dl and watch it and see if it is putrid crap like the commercials made it seem.

Jalopnik mentioned that the first episode was pretty clunky, the second episode was an improvement, and the third episode actually felt pretty natural. We'll see. Well, I won't, I don't have cable, but I guess you guys will see.

At least it was better than top gear australia... That shit was painful. Also, moleman needs to be replaced, every time he's on camera its all you can see... esp. when he's driving a car.

Shit. Pure shit. Lambos really? Why? because Akon watches you scrub on the floor from him Lamborghini Gallardo?

i watched 2 minutes. couldn't stand it. I enjoy watching silly looking brits doing silly things.

What i dont enjoy: watching chubby douches doing douchey things spitting out douchey scripts.

I want to see more old cars. I guess because it was the first episode they had to lift American spirits with the Viper and gunship, and the Lambos, but I really hope they start talking about cheap, fun cars. Like the Miata.

And I think they focused on minorities in the audience way too much for some reason. They had the camera straight-up on this Asian dude for like 15 seconds. What are they trying to say?

:bowrofl::bowrofl: right

You crack me up.

exactly.

it's lunch time for me. Time to watch the real top gear on netflix.

Exactly what I was thinking. It had some lol moments and I could see glimpses of chemistry that just needs time to really come into its own in an entertaining way. I bet its better each week.

OMG WHAT A LOAD OF S@#$. I just downloaded it and watched it on my Xbox. I fell asleep somewhere during the viper chase. The presenters are horrible. Foust is the only one that has potential. The fat guy made me want to punch him and then myself in the face for watching.

I would have loved Adam Corolla. I'll watch anything he does. even amateur gay porn.

I think Adam Corolla would of gotten annoying pretty quickly.

yeah adam corolla sucks, especially his voice. Why the fuck would you want him hosting the show? He probably doesn't even know how to drive stick, just like the two douchebags alongside Faust.

Corolla would have been the American Clarkson. Rude and obnoxious but you still love him.

The scripting was atrocious. I can't believe how many people on here are praising the fat guy. IMO, he was the worst. The mole guy needs to go, too. I'm hoping it lasts long enough to get a second season, so they can change the "cast" up with at least one more car guy. Also, the camera work needs some help. Too many shaky in car shots and the close up of the hands in the Big Star, Small Car bit were annoying. It's too early to tell how it will end up, but here's hoping it improves.

Leno, Corolla, Foust..... would of been better.

Is it me or is the american stig pretty damn short? Wonder if it was Foust driving the cars.

You info is incorrect. Carolla is a huge auto enthusiast. GRM had a spread on some of his cars a couple years ago. Carolla would have been an appropriate addition to the show. His humor and experience would have helped develop the show.

Leno will never do it since it won't pay him enough. Plus they'll lose viewership after the whole Leno/Conan debacle.

As knowledgeable as he is about cars, Leno is boring. When he was finally brought on as a guest on the OG Top Gear, I realized how boring he is. Even still, Leno would be better than the Mole.

Borat, Elton John, Dempsey.

Leno's not boring. He was nervous being the guest on a British show. Remember the Revolutionary War? The whole we kicked Britain's ass thing? It's still awkward between the 2 countries.

Leno would be fine on Top Gear USA.

If you are talking about Patrick Dempsey, you have a winner. If he could get away from Grey's Anatomy to do Top Gear America, the show would definitely profit.

Agree to disagree. And his voice is more annoying than Corolla's.

I forgot about Dempsey.... he'd be a good choice since he can actually drive.

There you go again with your assumptions:

this is his race car:

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He owns Paul Newman's 300zx race car as well:

http://www.adamcarolla.com/CarCastBl...harp300zx1.jpg


Here's more:

http://www.motorator.com/uploads/car..._CarCast_1.jpg

He's a true car guy, and he's funny as shit to boot. He hosts a show called CarCast already...


Life is your oyster.

braineack has a dong crush on Dempsey.

http://static.tvfanatic.com/images/g...-shirtless.jpg

Dump Foust and the guy with the glasses. Replace with a Randy Pobst. Would be an awesome show.

Scripting sucks. The test track kicks ass!