OV9

Freed from the shackles of being a car show.

That looks good

Also looking forward to that. In some ways looks less silly than many of their previous adventures... not sure that will be borne out when I watch it though

Richard wrote: Fri Nov 22, 2019 7:09 pmThat looks good

It’d look a lot better if Hammond would stop dropping tar into his hair.

Back to childish badly set up plots and adult language then.

Richard wrote: Fri Nov 22, 2019 7:09 pmThat looks good

My children will definitely enjoy that based on the trailer.

Of course I'll enjoy a lot of it, but I bet a lot of the scripted stuff will make me cringe as always.

So, has anybody watched the new special yet?

Yeah I watched it at 1am when results were being announced. It’s the same old stuff just without cars, I enjoyed it.

Half way through, It’s actually ok...

Just watched and really enjoyed it. Cocking about, some interesting stuff, genuine lolz from the family and some amazing photography (videography?), especially on the South China Sea.

45 mins wasted watching them getting stuck the weeds

Watched it yesterday, I really enjoyed it.

Nathan wrote: Sat Dec 14, 2019 10:29 am 45 mins wasted watching them getting stuck the weeds

i think I had a nice little snooze for that bit.

Nathan wrote: Sat Dec 14, 2019 10:29 am 45 mins wasted watching them getting stuck the weeds

Do you like anything??

Really enjoyed it and possibly better for not having cars.

I thought it was pretty average. They did some stupid things; it was obvious they’d go on the South China Sea but their boats weren’t just river boats anyway. The distances covered weren’t really obvious. And it generally wasn’t particularly funny, nor enlightening. Felt like Clarkson really shoe-horned his history stuff in.

Is this the first of a new series of GT?

Jobbo wrote: Wed Dec 18, 2019 9:02 am I thought it was pretty average. They did some stupid things; it was obvious they’d go on the South China Sea but their boats weren’t just river boats anyway. The distances covered weren’t really obvious. And it generally wasn’t particularly funny, nor enlightening. Felt like Clarkson really shoe-horned his history stuff in.

Is this the first of a new series of GT?

Amazon says it’s the first of a series of feature length episodes, it doesn’t say how frequently they will be shown.

Jobbo wrote: Wed Dec 18, 2019 9:02 am I thought it was pretty average. They did some stupid things; it was obvious they’d go on the South China Sea but their boats weren’t just river boats anyway. The distances covered weren’t really obvious. And it generally wasn’t particularly funny, nor enlightening. Felt like Clarkson really shoe-horned his history stuff in.

Agree with this. It was ok but felt a little pointless and the history bit, although obviously there to tell a tale of remarkable wartime escapades, felt a bit underworked.

Compare and contrast to the original Vietnam or South America specials and it just felt a bit stale. I'd quite like another along the lines of Clarkson's mini documentary on the Arctic Convoys instead to be honest.

This is out tomorrow



I've set my expectations at 8 steaming turds out of 10.

Porter gets a non speaking role.

Other than that, it’s utter shite