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Post by dit on Jun 1, 2011 17:27:13 GMT
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Post by jacqui on Jun 2, 2011 20:29:41 GMT
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Post by dit on Jun 2, 2011 22:01:35 GMT
I love the black one - there's something almost devillish about it. I would love to see James actually driving it, but I get the impression this was for the mag rather than the programme?
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Post by dit on Jun 29, 2011 17:08:57 GMT
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Post by jacqui on Jun 29, 2011 21:19:00 GMT
I object to the line..... James May walks around with a concussed Irish wolfhound on his head ;D ignore them James we love you   Funny article thanks for posting ;D |
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Post by dit on Jul 13, 2011 17:17:12 GMT
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Post by devil-may-care on Jul 13, 2011 17:54:21 GMT
I'm still baffled by people who complain that Top Gear doesn't help them choose the right car. You've apparently seen the program; they don't really do that anymore. I've not had the opportunity to see the old version of Top Gear, but I understand that it was more that type of program. Reviewing cars, giving likes and dislikes, etc. The new version simply isn't like that. How long will it take for people to understand this?  I think that 29% of British men have it right though. Who among the British male population wouldn't want the chance to be a Top Gear presenter?? ;D ;D |
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Post by dit on Jul 29, 2011 11:05:59 GMT
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Post by Wyvern on Jul 29, 2011 14:29:52 GMT
I'm intrigued by this bit: After demonstrating that they were still capable of somersaulting, the boys were ready to continue their afternoon with a guided tour around the castle grounds: “James, can we just get the brakes on – I’m exhausted from all my somersaulting,” Clarkson said. |
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Post by devil-may-care on Jul 29, 2011 17:21:32 GMT
The page has disappeared !! |
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Post by Wyvern on Jul 29, 2011 17:28:27 GMT
Aww... no more gems from James about Jeremy having spent '£8.50 rubbing the Black Prince' To be honest, some parts of the article read as so completely bonkers, I'm wondering if something was slightly amiss there... |
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Post by dit on Jul 29, 2011 22:50:08 GMT
The only bits I thought were a bit odd were the two mentioned above, and as it's a student newspaper I thought that these either might be in-jokes, attempts at humour or local references. Everything else seemed to make some sense. It does seem odd that the page has gone; the magazine hasn't.
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Post by eshalda on Aug 9, 2011 19:29:09 GMT
My mother's neighbour has just passed on a copy of last Sunday's Sunday Post magazine to me because she knows I like TG. There is an article in about James, nothing that we didn't already know, and a picture of him strutting his stuff in his boiler suit.
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Post by dit on Aug 10, 2011 13:23:26 GMT
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Post by Vivienne on Aug 10, 2011 13:36:53 GMT
That was funny, well worth the read!
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Post by dit on Aug 13, 2011 13:31:24 GMT
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Post by Vivienne on Aug 13, 2011 14:24:15 GMT
I don't think she likes Top Gear. It was quite funny. I watched Morse for years and thought John Thaw was fantastic. I didn't realize they had continued Lewis in his own show since 2006. We've gotten a few episodes on PBS but it looks like I'll go to my third party link and get the new ones.
I loved her remark about the cancellation of "Antiques Roadshow" also.
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Post by Vivienne on Aug 14, 2011 0:15:33 GMT
There's an article in the Daily Mail saying they fake stunts and laps, using professional drivers. A young man is shown and he says he drove a car 207 mph and then Jeremy got in the car afterward.
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Post by laurrra on Aug 14, 2011 7:43:14 GMT
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Post by eshalda on Aug 14, 2011 12:02:07 GMT
Thanks for that link laurra, I had read the headline whilst walking through the supermarket this morning and wondered what it was all about.
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Post by Wyvern on Aug 14, 2011 12:35:40 GMT
It's not even news. They've never denied using professional drivers to make the 'beauty shots' look good, or to do things that might be too high risk to use the presenters for. A lot of the external shots use other drivers for a number of reasons (notably, the challenges are shot 'real time' but a lot of the pick ups are done in the following days, when they aren't working to a schedule and aren't trying to 'beat the clock'. Obviously they can't use the presenters for this because they've gone onto the next job), not least that insuring them to do some of the riskier stuff would bankrupt the programme! We know, from external shots where you can see into the cars, that all three of them are skilled drivers in their own rights, but taking a supercar to 207mph in pouring rain? That's much better left in the hands of a professional. I'd rather they had a little bit of obfuscation than another big crash.
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Post by Vivienne on Aug 14, 2011 13:57:13 GMT
It only makes sense to keep them safe. I'm also betting when they go on their adventures like Botswana, Bolivia and Vietnam that they have to get physicals because they probably need shots like cholera, plague etc. These guys are the show so they have to be taken care of.
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Post by dit on Aug 15, 2011 12:16:03 GMT
Jeremy's response today, in the Daily Mirror:
Clarkson said: “Any claims that I fake Top Gear road tests are utter rubbish. When I say I’m driving at 207mph, it’s because I’m driving at 207mph. If the director chooses later in the day to get a shot of the speedo reading 207mph, then good for him.”
And am I unduly cynical to wonder whether the man quoted here has a white suit in the back of his wardrobe?
But a well-placed figure, who worked on the series for more than five years, said........
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Post by crumbs on Aug 15, 2011 16:15:56 GMT
I just read the article and don't know why I bothered. Does it really matter in the great scheme of things? It's a great show that is enjoyed by millions. I suspect most people don't care who's driving really, they watch to be entertained.
That paper really does have it in for them. The Mail really is a load of old crap in so many ways.
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Post by dit on Aug 15, 2011 16:34:36 GMT
I think the Mail has it in for Clarkson., possibly because he writes for and has links to Murdoch's News Corporation.
The Mail and Mail on Sunday are actually rather nice to James and Richard, particularly James (remember the spread with the Neale photoshoot?). When they print an article about Top Gear, it's always Jeremy who seems to get it in the neck.
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Post by crumbs on Aug 15, 2011 18:25:59 GMT
I'm sure you're right Dit. I admit to thinking the Mail is pretty poor anyway - although I still have that wonderful spread they did on James a couple of years back squirreled away. The one with the leather gloves......a friend kept it for me and I still have it at work!
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Post by dit on Aug 15, 2011 18:58:55 GMT
That's the one I was thinking of, though I couldn't remember the man's surname - it's Neale Haynes. He used to have quite a few of those photos of James on his website, if I recall, but it's just down to two now - go to www.nealehaynes.com/click on the name, 'portrait', then the pics of James five rows down and two in from the left to get the page with the two photos. |
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Post by Wyvern on Aug 16, 2011 9:25:27 GMT
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Post by dit on Aug 16, 2011 12:05:06 GMT
*double snort*
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Post by jacqui on Aug 17, 2011 20:26:21 GMT
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I love a man who can handle a gun 
