episode 5, A glimpse at how fast this show has accelerated in 5 short eps, I have to say, i fell out of my chair laughing at the "Road master" flaunting, The entire eppisode, was halarious and highly enjoyable, It felt like "top gear" 3 middle aged men acting like idiots and having a good time, You witnessed wood, faust, farerra actually "interact" with each other, it did not come off as scripted, They just looked like they were having a good time, egging, ramming, crashing, driving blinde, making fun of each other cars and there drivers, The little touches like the music were excelent, While adams 1970 boa-cutlass supreme was on screen you heard classic 70s motown hustle funk, When the "road master" was on screen you heard Holiday road from the first national lampoons vations movie, then when tanners Pontiac was on screen you heard...thoughs crazy 80 synthesizers...the challenges, while ripped straight from the UK version, were halarious, i admit the bowling ball was a bit ackward at first, But after adam through it at the back of tanners "plastic" window in a feat of revenge for tanners pontiac slamming into his beautiful cutlass supreme, tanner sarcastically explained why it didnt shatter which was hilarious and a nice touch, the egg on face challenge, while short was also entertaining, but i was hoping a pannel or 2 would fall off, the soda on skid pad test was briliant, really brought in the use of cup holders, the camera angles the dialouge about the cars was excelent, the constant of casually slamming and ramming each others cars and how they felt about there cars was halarious,intresting and informing. especially after tanners fiero lost it's ebrake due to the past GM recall and rammed into adams cutluss supreme.. in all this.... This eppisode really drastically changed my view on this show...it went from, they seriously need to cancel to, Damn i cant wait to watch next weeks eppisode,
In top gear...its not really about the cars...challenges...etc, it's about three middle aged men acting like ... Well 3 idiotic yet lovable middle aged men... and i have to say, This eppisode brought home the bacon.
And like wood say's, it's very important to do your routine knee dips before a hardy good ole boys challenge.
As for the tony hawk interview. Thank you so much for replacing adam with wood...he is just better all around, He really gets in deep with the star, personal, past present future intresting side toppics, Even turns to the audience and interacts with them, i really enjoyed the interview, as well as the dramatic (jeremy clarkson) style lead up to revealing the stars time, which actually made tony "lean forward" Well played wood, well played.
I give this eppisode a solid 9.5 really looking forward to next weeks.
things that impressed me.
They interact like, They are actually having a good time, enjoy their cars, bragging about them, calling out major flaws on each others cars,
character interaction with automobile, ramming, side swiping, egging, the bowling ball.
Routine knee dips.
Rocking 305.
Mighty road master.
Music choise
Character atmosphere and interaction.
Torque.
