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The Grand Tour on Amazon prime #1573758
15/05/2016 23:27
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So, May, Hammond and Clarkson's new programs name has been decided.
We've been toying with the idea to join up to Amazon prime for a while now. We're going to switch over from Lovefilm by post.

Until midnight on Monday, the annual subscription for Prime is reduced to £59 instead of £79. smile

Hopefully we'll get our monies worth from Primes' film store, and the trio's tomfoolery will be an added bonus.

I can't wait.....

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Re: The Grand Tour on Amazon prime [Re: HiraethHuw] #1573810
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I know it's yet another subscription, but some of the series on there are fantastic, especially some of the Amazon Prime originals.

Re: The Grand Tour on Amazon prime [Re: HiraethHuw] #1574003
17/05/2016 20:30
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Half price if you know someone with a school/uni/Further education email etc ... In fact may still be 6 months free and then half price..at least it was when I signed up



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Re: The Grand Tour on Amazon prime [Re: cjh] #1574200
19/05/2016 08:52
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Half price if you know someone with a school/uni/Further education email etc ... In fact may still be 6 months free and then half price..at least it was when I signed up


I can confirm this is correct having just done it myself smile

Six months free, then £39 a year after that.


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Re: The Grand Tour on Amazon prime [Re: Lucifer] #1574218
19/05/2016 10:55
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same here roll on the grand tour smile


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Re: The Grand Tour on Amazon prime [Re: HiraethHuw] #1574223
19/05/2016 12:11
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And of course if you buy something with Prime delivery and it doesn't show up on time and you complain, they bung am extra month on your subscription. It must be nearly 2 years since I paid for Prime....




Re: The Grand Tour on Amazon prime [Re: HiraethHuw] #1588900
18/11/2016 11:17
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Just watched episode 1. Don't want to spoil it for anyone so all I will say now is... Great opening segment and mostly enjoyable but IMO some bits didn't work very well.

Re: The Grand Tour on Amazon prime [Re: HiraethHuw] #1588902
18/11/2016 11:42
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Opening sequence was brilliant, but then? It just seemed stunted, with 16 minutes still left, I decided to do something else, I hope it gets better, as the format seemed jaded but the videography was great.

Also, James May and Clarkson, there seems to be a lack of warmth between them and I noticed a reviewer picked up on that too....

"May seems more out of sorts. Clarkson has repeatedly said during his round of interviews to promote the programme how much he hates his co-presenters. The assumption that this is a tongue-in-cheek comment, adding a dynamic to the sitcom feel the show has of three middle-aged male characters haplessly going about their business as car journalists. But the screen chemistry between him and May suggests there's a ring of truth about Clarkson's claim, which is not much fun to watch."


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Re: The Grand Tour on Amazon prime [Re: HiraethHuw] #1588906
18/11/2016 12:19
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Good in parts, but does seem to pander to the Yank Audience too much. Parts were a bit like Neil Kinnock at the Sheffield convention!

Re: The Grand Tour on Amazon prime [Re: HiraethHuw] #1588912
18/11/2016 14:46
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All I can say is Meh! Not sure why there was such a wait for this.

Cars and film packages are - as they were before - excellent, but the studio guff is well ...er...guff. Even worst than TG.

On the whole good enough to keep watching but a little disappointed it wasn't a bit more special. I will reserve judgement until a few more episodes have aired though as it was always going to be tricky.

Re: The Grand Tour on Amazon prime [Re: HiraethHuw] #1588943
18/11/2016 22:52
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Lovely cars. La Ferrari sounds epic.
Clarky and May look quite a bit older than when in the last TG.
The picture quality was variable, as was the sound.
Overall, I'm glad they are back.
And it's not Bake Off. Win win.

Re: The Grand Tour on Amazon prime [Re: HiraethHuw] #1588944
18/11/2016 23:07
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I enjoyed it, they did 'the holy trinity' and the result was worth watching.

Like most 'new' shows I'm sure the few rough edges will smooth out after a few episodes.

Re: The Grand Tour on Amazon prime [Re: HiraethHuw] #1588946
19/11/2016 07:22
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Does that mean we can have a return to the 'Oh my god, Top Gear Three Blokes in a Car was on again last night, and it's dreadful, but you don't have to watch it?' threads?


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Re: The Grand Tour on Amazon prime [Re: HiraethHuw] #1588947
19/11/2016 08:10
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Another stooshie in the making, ah well, makes a change from bake off laugh


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Re: The Grand Tour on Amazon prime [Re: HiraethHuw] #1588963
19/11/2016 16:57
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Well, if anyone has been following the rise of youtube vloggers over the past 1 year or so, you'll see that the GT is no longer that relevant! If you want to see the latest cars and kit, just go to youtube, various races and comparisons have been done months and months ago for the holy trinity. The GT is old news. In the old days, you would refer to TG to see what's happening and coming. No longer needed ......

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Re: The Grand Tour on Amazon prime [Re: HiraethHuw] #1588971
19/11/2016 18:21
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Yes - based on what I've heard (and the clips I've seen) I have no compulsion to watch the GT.

Re: The Grand Tour on Amazon prime [Re: HiraethHuw] #1588975
19/11/2016 18:56
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Never watched, but it is what it is, simple... smile


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Re: The Grand Tour on Amazon prime [Re: HiraethHuw] #1588976
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I liked it, to me it was basically an above average episode of the "old" Top Gear.

Re: The Grand Tour on Amazon prime [Re: HiraethHuw] #1588977
19/11/2016 19:41
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I liked it, I'm easily pleased though, just like my dog who happily chases his tail for ten minutes and then I realised I just watched my dog chase its tail for ten minutes.


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Re: The Grand Tour on Amazon prime [Re: Carlscott] #1588989
19/11/2016 21:50
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..... I'm easily pleased though, just like my dog who happily chases his tail for ten minutes and then I realised I just watched my dog chase its tail for ten minutes.


That made me laugh more than I'd care to admit. smile


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Re: The Grand Tour on Amazon prime [Re: HiraethHuw] #1589013
20/11/2016 12:12
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On the whole I thought that it was good. My only negative would be that some sections went on for a bit longer than needed.

Looking forward to the next episode.



Re: The Grand Tour on Amazon prime [Re: HiraethHuw] #1589046
21/11/2016 07:51
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The hothouse Flowers sounded really good even after all these years! Shame the same cannot be said for the rest, which seemed to be a repeat of a new-TG episode at the same track! I feel TG and GT are about equal. Both have good photography, good cars, but questionable comedy. GT spent far too much time taking the mickey out of the BBC and the old TG - pointless and at the expense of actually doing anything new. It ended up being only half a show which went steadily downhill after the opening scene. My not-petrolhead wife had to be pursuaded to watch it through. She happily sat through and enjoyed the new TG! More hype than quality content but we already had Amazon Prime so it did not cost us anything extra. I hope it does get better!


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Re: The Grand Tour on Amazon prime [Re: HiraethHuw] #1589120
22/11/2016 15:05
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Didn't like it myself. But then I bitch and moan about everything. I'll still watch the next one.

Re: The Grand Tour on Amazon prime [Re: HiraethHuw] #1589397
26/11/2016 07:24
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Interested in the views of ep2 on here. Elsewhere the comments are that it was bad. I've not watched

Re: The Grand Tour on Amazon prime [Re: HiraethHuw] #1589404
26/11/2016 10:20
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It wasn't their finest hour truth be known but still gave us some giggles.

Re: The Grand Tour on Amazon prime [Re: MeanRedSpider] #1589412
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Originally Posted By: MeanRedSpider
Interested in the views of ep2 on here. Elsewhere the comments are that it was bad. I've not watched


The studio and actual car related stuff was fine but the army training thing in Jordan was very poor and took way too much of the overall running time. Beats me why that was even included in the episode from South Africa, even just driving around the countryside would have been more interesting.

Re: The Grand Tour on Amazon prime [Re: HiraethHuw] #1589416
26/11/2016 17:45
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It's was ok as nothing else was on, the Aston Martin part was enjoyable, the army scene just didn't really make any sense and I didn't see the purpose of it.

I won't hold my breath but I do hope it improves soon.


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I enjoyed episode 1, taking it for what it is. The army scene in episode 2 was absolutely dire. Cringeworthy.

Re: The Grand Tour on Amazon prime [Re: HiraethHuw] #1589425
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Agreed. More cars, less twaddle.


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