Top Gear in firing line again...

[PrincessBandit]

for the presenters wearing burqa type clothing during filming.

Wonder how long it will take for the retribution to begin, given that it doesn't seem to take much to get the fanatics going?

[Cayman911]

top gear is gone down the shitter, they went from a car show to a comedy show to a not very funny waste of time comedy show. although this wise men episode was entertaining.
oh yeah and the complaining ned flanders hippies need to be shot

the new Top gear USA however is brilliant! get it watch it.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-KS7l3_xyw

[Usarka]

the new Top gear USA however is brilliant! get it watch it.


Really? The reviews I was hearing while over there was that it was a pile of fetid knob cheese.

[Cayman911]

Really? The reviews I was hearing while over there was that it was a pile of fetid knob cheese.

not at all. Top gear australia was the most rediculous thing ever, and not just because of their accents. but mainly they tried to be everything the UK guys were, and they just couldnt be.

but TG USA isnt trying to be UK, and for that reason i think US > UK at the moment.
i actually enjoy it. the presenters are good. and its in america so ofcourse it has good cars!. that ford raptor bit has me convinced to buy one :D

[Swoop]

As a Christian I was deeply offended by tonight's Top Gear where it was suggested that the the new 'Stig' was born in Israel.

The Stig is a fictional character dressed in white, whose entire history is nothing more than a load of ridiculous, made up stories and no one has ever actually seen him.
Whereas Jesus...





Really? The reviews I was hearing while over there was that it was a pile of fetid knob cheese.
So, it was FAR better than that crap Aussie version of the programme?:yes:

[wysper]

top gear is gone down the shitter, they went from a car show to a comedy show to a not very funny waste of time comedy show.

I tend to agree, I used to really enjoy it, haven't bothered watching since they did that redneck episode.

It is a shame 5th Gear was cancelled and not this dross.
At least 5th Gear still talked about the cars. Top Gear seems to be all about the presenters now.

[jonbuoy]

Meh theres only so many clichéd car reviews you can sit through, Top Gear UK is one of the most un-pc TV shows, for that reason alone its worth watching. Clarkson's a bit of a knob but entertaining none the less.

[SMOKEU]

The camel jockeys get their knickers in a twist over just about anything these days.

[PrincessBandit]

Hamster could wear anything and I'd think he was gorgeous.



Ok, well maybe not a mankini.

[BMWST?]

top gear UK is really the jeremy clarkson show,he is a dick albeit an entertaining one...

[cs363]

It's in america so of course it has good cars!

:shit: Surely you are taking the piss?! :facepalm:

[admenk]

Whilst I agree that there are certain groups in society just waiting to be offended by something........let's face it, that was the whole point in Top Gear doing it...which for a while may be mildly amusing, but after a while it wears a bit thin. Unfortunately TG have been doing that for years.....bring back William Woollard !!..(if he's still with us?)

[The Everlasting]

top gear UK is really the jeremy clarkson show,he is a dick albeit an entertaining one...


Haha yeah that's true.


I must say TG has strayed a bit from cars these days,it's always about the presenters,hamster and clarkson are knobs,James May is okay.

..oh and what's the point in reviewing the new ferraris,lambos etc,who can actually afford them??

[NZsarge]

TG (UK) has with each passing season become little by little more and more silly, in the beginning it was rubbish but you could garner some useful information out of it and it was entertaining for sure, it's always had the wood on 5th Gear but the gap has narrowed considerably.
The Ozzy TG has always been shit but a shit motoring program is always gonna be better the Coronation Street!
That previously mentioned American TG is surprisingly close to the UK original as it currently stands which means it's silly, biggest disadvantage the Yanks have is it's testing a lot of American cars which means it doesn't matter how good of a line up of presenters they might find it'll always struggle... But I refer back to the Coro st comment.
They should all start incorporating a bike segment into each show.

[Gibbo89]

As a Christian I was deeply offended by tonight's Top Gear where it was suggested that the the new 'Stig' was born in Israel.

The Stig is a fictional character dressed in white, whose entire history is nothing more than a load of ridiculous, made up stories and no one has ever actually seen him.
Whereas Jesus...







Is this guy serious? Maybe I'm missing the joke :facepalm:

[carbonhed]

Maybe I'm missing the joke :facepalm:

:facepalm:

[Swoop]

Maybe I'm missing the joke :facepalm:
:facepalm:

[ckai]

not at all. Top gear australia was the most rediculous thing ever, and not just because of their accents. but mainly they tried to be everything the UK guys were, and they just couldnt be.

but TG USA isnt trying to be UK, and for that reason i think US > UK at the moment.
i actually enjoy it. the presenters are good. and its in america so ofcourse it has good cars!. that ford raptor bit has me convinced to buy one :D

See, I just tried watching the episode you posted and couldn't get past the first minute because of their "intelligent" sounding accents. Although that big dude I don't think is american since he would choose cars that could actually go around corners :)


As a Christian I was deeply offended by tonight's Top Gear where it was suggested that the the new 'Stig' was born in Israel.

The Stig is a fictional character dressed in white, whose entire history is nothing more than a load of ridiculous, made up stories and no one has ever actually seen him.
Whereas Jesus...



:lol: bling for you. Good shit. :niceone:

[Fatt Max]

for the presenters wearing burqa type clothing during filming.

Wonder how long it will take for the retribution to begin, given that it doesn't seem to take much to get the fanatics going?

No need to panic everyone because nobody in Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan will see the programme.....

...cos over there they have a telly-ban......

ahem....

[admenk]

No need to panic everyone because nobody in Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan will see the programme.....

...cos over there they have a telly-ban......

ahem....


oh dear....:facepalm:

[scissorhands]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WL5f0c7s7Q

[Grasshopperus]

oh dear....:facepalm:

Yep looks like someone's got pie on their face.

[cs363]

Wonder how long it will take for the retribution to begin, given that it doesn't seem to take much to get the fanatics going?

They're a bit busy right now..... :lol:

http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/rr122/cs363/Burko.jpg?t=1293704127

[Brian d marge]

Just watched it and , have to say, it showed the countries in a positive light , If I was doing a TV show and was going to stage a stunt like that
with ALL the crew they have

I would have asked or checked

All the people I have known who have spent some time in that area , all say the people are fantastic

but not according to cnn,,,,,,,,, I wonder why

Stephen

[Cayman911]

:shit: Surely you are taking the piss?! :facepalm:

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/12/2010/08/hennessey_velociraptor_t2.jpg

= sex

[jonbuoy]

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/12/2010/08/hennessey_velociraptor_t2.jpg

= sex

Surely your still taking the piss?

[Usarka]

:shit: Surely you are taking the piss?! :facepalm:


Is this guy serious? Maybe I'm missing the joke :facepalm:


:facepalm:


:facepalm:


oh dear....:facepalm:


Surely your still taking the piss?

Patrick Stewart is going to show up soon . :facepalm:

[Cayman911]

Surely your still taking the piss?

oversized truck with a 6.2L supercharged V8 with 600bhp and a loud button for the exhaust :O!

i've just made myself hungry. breakfast here i come!

[EJK]

top gear is gone down the shitter, they went from a car show to a comedy show to a not very funny waste of time comedy show. although this wise men episode was entertaining.
oh yeah and the complaining ned flanders hippies need to be shot


Agreed. It's an eye-candy entertainment show, not a review. It always has been.

[EJK]

No need to panic everyone because nobody in Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan will see the programme.....

...cos over there they have a telly-ban......

ahem....

:facepalm:

[HenryDorsetCase]

I watched it last night. It was interesting that they did that stunt in Damascus, which is apparently very liberal. I enjoyed Jeremy's very subtle* digs at teh situation "for political reasons we can't....."

Of course Muslims dont have a monopoly on religious stupidity, and some Xtians might find some aspects of the Top Gear "road through Damascus" somewhat disturbing. I won't elaborate because giving it away would spoil the jokes.

I am finally getting round to reading Richard Dawkins "The God Delusion" which made for an interesting counterpoint when watching this.

Its Top Gear though, they're taking the piss. I do think the formula is a bit tired now.

[jasonu]

the new Top gear USA however is brilliant! get it watch it.

Mate you must be jokeing. That show is a shameless copy of the (now not as good) English original and is a total pile of shit. The yanks have done the same thing to numerous other Brit shows and got it all fucked up. Faulty Towers and Steptoe & Son are 2 classic examples that come to mind. However, Threes Company, a copy of Man About The House was well done.


but TG USA isnt trying to be UK, and for that reason i think US > UK at the moment.
i actually enjoy it. the presenters are good.

Yes it is, they even use very similar jokes and try to copy the 'unrehersed banta' thing with little success.

[Dave Lobster]

It's a pick up truck. What's sexy about a vehicle designed for transporting manure around?


http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/12/2010/08/hennessey_velociraptor_t2.jpg

= sex

[rachprice]

Well to me they were just dressing up as women in a country where thats what the women wear

How different would it be if they were in the UK with dresses on? Not at all in my opinion

[onearmedbandit]

I used to watch TG back in the day (think 1990's) when it used to be on at 2am on BBC1 (TV1 ran their programming in the wee small hours) when it was Jeremy, Tiff and Quienten. It still had the comedy, JC taking the piss out of Vauxhaull, Tiff taking the piss out of JC, Quienten taking the piss out of, well everybody. Sure they did some more serious car reviews, but even back then I didn't watch it for the reviews, I watched it for the content. If I want a review on a particular car, I'll buy a magazine or drive it myself.

Over the years I watched TG concentrate more and more on the humour, and less and less on actual reviews. Perfectly fine by me, I don't watch TV to get bored by stats, measurements and CoD factors, I watch TV to be entertained. And that's what TG does. Entertain.

[NZsarge]

And that's what TG does. Entertain.

Fair cop but I guess it comes down too what you consider entertainment to be, sometimes it get to be beyond silly but it's what ever flicks ya switch I guess.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Well to me they were just dressing up as women in a country where thats what the women wear

How different would it be if they were in the UK with dresses on? Not at all in my opinion

thats a pretty disingenuous view, given the cultural and social implications of the burka/islamic religion blah blah.

Where they did it (Damascus) is very liberal and they were wearing the only burkas visible anywhere. And, like I say, they are equal opportunity "offenders" in the sense of giving offence: what they did in Israel is probably equally offensive to xtians as well.

It is like the Danish cartoons: a lot of media created bullshit.

[onearmedbandit]

Fair cop but I guess it comes down too what you consider entertainment to be, sometimes it get to be beyond silly but it's what ever flicks ya switch I guess.

Oh I agree. However there is no international standard on levels of silliness, so what may seem silly to you and I may not seem silly to another. And what doesn't seem silly to us, may be way past silly for someone else. Something about not being able to please everyone all the time.

[rachprice]

thats a pretty disingenuous view, given the cultural and social implications of the burka/islamic religion blah blah.

Where they did it (Damascus) is very liberal and they were wearing the only burkas visible anywhere. And, like I say, they are equal opportunity "offenders" in the sense of giving offence: what they did in Israel is probably equally offensive to xtians as well.

It is like the Danish cartoons: a lot of media created bullshit.

They are still just dressing up as women....I don't think its a big deal but then I wouldn't be offended by whatever they did in Israel either

[Cayman911]

It's a pick up truck. What's sexy about a vehicle designed for transporting manure around?


lol, wild guess here, happen to drive a camry?
you sound like a camry person

[EJK]

lol, wild guess here, happen to drive a camry?
you sound like a camry person

That reminds me of:

"A car that reliably transports a family to work, school and on holidays is always called boring."
-From The Dog & Lemon Guide

[Dave Lobster]

lol, wild guess here, happen to drive a camry?
you sound like a camry person

I don't drive a car at all. No need - I have a driver :)