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Post by Marlon » Fri Dec 02, 2016 11:30 am

Ducklakeview wrote:About to watch EP3, hoping it's better than EP2!

As an aside, apparently it cost Amazon a quarter of a billion dollars to "acquire" the show? But it looks like they are reaping the rewards already..

http://fortune.com/2016/11/22/amazon-gr ... ng-record/

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Post by Ducklakeview » Fri Dec 02, 2016 8:47 pm

Hmm... Ep3, and in my opinion, it's a little better..

Liked the three cars, glad to see "the american" appears to have gone :) good job, as he'd probably be yee-hah'ing in the Dodge.

But the dying celeb is getting boring now, I just don't see the point to it?

And James May using the "B" word?? Bit out of character that! (57:15 when he was on the ladder)

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Post by Chris_D » Sat Dec 03, 2016 9:22 am

Ep3 a definite improvement on last week. But watched it while under the influence of Peroni and NiQuil so could have been an illusion!
The celeb bit is pretty wasteful and self-indulgent isnt it?
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Post by mr wilks » Sat Dec 03, 2016 9:25 am

Episode 1 last night , great entertainment with some top motors & top filming ( those country roads in Portugal looked terrific)
Definitely feel the 3 have been "cut loose" with jokes closer to the bone :P looking forward to the rest of the series
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Internet a bit delayed up north as you have only just got to episode 1? :evil: :poke:
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Post by mr wilks » Sat Dec 03, 2016 1:02 pm

pvr wrote:Internet a bit delayed up north as you have only just got to episode 1? :evil: :poke:
Ive been away from home 4 weeks out of the last 6 & first week back on the hammer this week meant i wasn't really up for much TV till last night :oops:
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Post by Nanu » Sat Dec 03, 2016 8:46 pm

Episode 3 definate improvement if only for the lack of the American prattling on. Love the Aston Db11 and can't wait to see one at the local dealership. WOW :thumbsup:
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Post by Marlon » Tue Dec 06, 2016 10:08 am

Watched Ep3 last night - enjoyed it much more than Ep2; the tour through Italy was breath taking :thumbsup:
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Post by Ducklakeview » Fri Dec 16, 2016 3:56 pm

Just started watching Ep4, is it just me, or did anyone else feel seasick with the way the camera was bobbing up and down in the tent when facing the water??


But - JESUS H C! That GT3RS - 500bhp from a normally aspirated 4 ltr?? And it gets to 9,000 rpm WTF!

Jezza wasn't a fan of the M4 GTS though...

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Post by Marlon » Fri Dec 16, 2016 4:01 pm

Thought I was watching a repeat of last weeks to begin with. Back at Whitby again. I've watched up to the end of Clarkson's 911 GT3 review - loving it so far :thumbsup:
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Post by Ducklakeview » Fri Dec 16, 2016 4:06 pm

Marlon wrote:Thought I was watching a repeat of last weeks to begin with. Back at Whitby again. I've watched up to the end of Clarkson's 911 GT3 review - loving it so far :thumbsup:
SIZE of those anchors on the GT3RS!!


At that point now - Must say it looks fantastic in UHD, why did I watch the last 3 in boggo HD?? The camera work is spot on!

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EDIT - Oh FFS, the American is back... At 16:30, he says - "Driving a BMW, BRITISH motor works" KNOB!

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Post by Ewazix » Fri Dec 16, 2016 7:05 pm

I've just managed to watch 1 and 2 back to back, 1 was great but 2 was pretty dire and so weirdly 'flat' I'm ashamed to say I actually fast-forwarded quite a bit of it. I'll take a breather before trying 3 but from what you guys are saying it gets a bit better so here's hoping. :|

........ certainly not worth taking out an Amazon prime subscription for so glad I tried it for free on a 3.14159key streaming site :wink:
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Post by Marlon » Fri Dec 16, 2016 7:09 pm

Ewazix wrote:I've just managed to watch 1 and 2 back to back, 1 was great but 2 was pretty dire and so weirdly 'flat' I'm ashamed to say I actually fast-forwarded quite a bit of it. I'll take a breather before trying 3 but from what you guys are saying it gets a bit better so here's hoping. :|

........ certainly not worth taking out an Amazon prime subscription for so glad I tried it for free on a 3.14159key streaming site :wink:
Episode 2 was a flat spot - it gets better, just watched Ep4 and its back to its best imo, had me laughing out loud :D :thumbsup:
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Post by Ducklakeview » Fri Dec 16, 2016 7:54 pm

Marlon wrote:
Episode 2 was a flat spot - it gets better, just watched Ep4 and its back to its best imo, had me laughing out loud :D :thumbsup:

Agree, just wish the American and the Celeb thing would be axed..

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Post by paulgs1000 » Fri Dec 16, 2016 8:04 pm

Episode 1 - promising (some parts excellent) and thought they'd need time to settle the format :)
Episode 2 - very different to the first - self indulgent and boring - started to get worried :(
Episode 3 - felt a little relieved as it improved :)
Episode 4 - if I was to watch it again I'd fast forward a lot . . . . . . . oh dear, I so want it to work. :(
Episode 5 - I'm hoping . . . . . . . :|
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