"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
07/02/2014 at 12:59 • Filed to: None
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"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
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I'm not a hater. I quite like that Top Gear US gives us a car show with decent cinematography and that is challenge-based to watch. The chemistry between the hosts has started to come together, but I still have one or two issues with the show as it's currently shown on History
1. Rutledge. I get that he's the big fluffy awesome likeable everyman of the show, and his childlike wonder and amazement at everything does indeed add something to the mix, but... damn. He overreacts to *everything*. No personal insult to the man intended, because I've seen the way he interacts with the community on Reddit and Twitter and he seems like a genuine awesome guy, but hearing him going "OOOH. OOOOOOOHHHHHHH!!!!!!!" every five seconds when he does something difficult and/or dangerous on the show can grate on my nerves a bit, but then again I might just be in a bad mood right now.
2. Commercials and recaps. I understand the channel has to make money, and that cuts the show down to 40 minutes of content. That's ok, except in reality it's even less than that because after EVERY commercial break the channel insists on giving us a recap of everything that happened as if we haven't been watching the show, or aren't intelligent enough to see " oh, they're driving trucks. I bet this is a truck driving challenge. Cool. " and have to be reminded every ten god damn minutes.
History plz stahp.
Other than that I love how almost every episode is a cheap car challenge, and they have a professional driver (some would take issue with the fact Tanner inevitably drives the fast cars at the end of episodes, but if one of the others did it it'd be a disaster) to hoon the super-expensive fast sports cars at the end of some episodes.
Anyways. Just my thoughts.
Brian Silvestro
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
07/02/2014 at 13:02 |
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The scripted parts are also REALLY obvious, like everything else on history. And I agree, fuckin recaps yo.
Do-Rif-To
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
07/02/2014 at 13:06 |
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I'm getting sick of the jokes about Rutledges weight, I'm not even offended but they're just not funny. Personal insults and jabs are obviously a huge part of a "three men do an activity and laugh" program but come on... having one punchline that a 5 year old could write gets old. That said, I did enjoy last nights episode and where the series is going.
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Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> Do-Rif-To
07/02/2014 at 13:08 |
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Well, to be fair both TGUK and TGUS have had lots of short jokes, old jokes, hair jokes, etc.
Hammond is short, Clarkson's hair is pubes, May is old, they're all getting fat, etc.
Rut has a big head, Tanner is short, Rut is tallest/heaviest, Tanner is young and virile, and Adam is.... whatever.
themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
07/02/2014 at 13:09 |
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Fair critiques. Would make the show better overall.
Sn210
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
07/02/2014 at 13:11 |
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yeah the cliffhanger cut-to-commercial and the welcome-back-recap aren't the greatest thing
lonestranger
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
07/02/2014 at 13:22 |
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It's funny that you mention the recaps. While they've always been annoying, I had been able to mostly ignore them until recently.
P.S. I guess we're not supposed to notice that these aren't the same bus?
I guess that explains why the first bus is a GMC Vandura with a Chevy bowtie tacked on.
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Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> lonestranger
07/02/2014 at 13:28 |
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Also notice the second bus has a full compliment of seats (mostly). Claiming they did all that suspension work in one evening was a pretty ridiculous claim to make.
BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
07/02/2014 at 13:44 |
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My only beef with the setup is that the recaps are still there if you buy the episodes are on iTunes. Its like that's a time when you REALLY don't need them.
ColoradoTaco
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
07/02/2014 at 13:48 |
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My biggest gripe is that they say "In this weeks show we're doing such'n'such challenge to see who gets to drive the Bugatti Veyron" when they should just say "We're doing such'n'such challenge and Tanner drives the Veyron". Look history channel, just treat us like we can tell Tanner is driving the new-hotness because the quick cut shot you showed us was the new-hotness holding a perfect drift and we all know who is driving when that is happening.
E92M3
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
07/02/2014 at 16:50 |
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I like it overall. I personally think they should get rid of Adam.