NightWoundsTime Posted December 22, 2010 Report Posted December 22, 2010 Watched the new one before work this morning. Not too shabby.
Edwood Posted December 22, 2010 Author Report Posted December 22, 2010 Yay! They're doing a "Vancouver" and splitting up season 15 into 2 halves across the year.
NightWoundsTime Posted December 27, 2010 Report Posted December 27, 2010 I am deeply in love with the new episode. I think I might have to watch it again.... immediately.
episiarch Posted December 28, 2010 Report Posted December 28, 2010 Assuming that was roughly the same bit of the Blue Ridge Parkway that I'm familiar with, it's a shame they couldn't do serious driving on it, but honestly those speed limits are sensible. There are campgrounds on either side of the road, pedestrians crossing all the time, people pulling over and then crossing to take pictures, idiots just slowing down in the road to shoot pictures out their windows. Even at the posted speeds that road seems to bring out a blithe carelessness that makes it remarkably nerve-wracking to drive on. And when the fall colors are in full bloom, or whatever fall colors do that isn't blooming, just forget it. They shouldn't even pretend it's a functional road at that point, just close it and run a Disneyland parking lot tram for sightseeing. If they really wanted a driver's road with the scenery and swoopiness the Blue Ridge promises, Skyline Boulevard in NorCal would have been a better choice. A genuine driver's road that sees its share of supercars already, running along the mountain ridge between Silicon Valley and the ocean. And plenty of good destinations to head to from there, Sears Point coming particularly to mind. (Or better yet, from Skyline to TechShop for some kind of DIY challenge involving plasma torches.) I don't know if you can find drive-by-shooting school in NorCal, though. At least not formally.
NightWoundsTime Posted December 28, 2010 Report Posted December 28, 2010 Yeah the one time I was on the BRP as a kid it seemed pretty useless as an actual road. With all the problems Top Gear has previously had in obtaining US filming permits I'm sure they don't want to be seen racing around too much. They should forthwith reserve America for cheap car challenges, and save the serious driving tests for countries who care less. I'm still waiting for a cannonball run across somewhere that's fairly empty, wonder how Australia would feel about that? Better yet run in 4 teams... UK, US, Australian, and German Top Gear crews.
Grahame Posted December 28, 2010 Report Posted December 28, 2010 I am deeply in love with the new episode. I think I might have to watch it again.... immediately. Interesting to see the reach of Top Gear into areas we only tend to hear about for the wrong reasons. Would it be correct to call the lovingly photographed (filmed?) epic scenery "properly biblical"?
NightWoundsTime Posted December 29, 2010 Report Posted December 29, 2010 That episode was properly everything. Every frame was awesome, and they kept the lying down to a minimum. Sure, they played up the danger of landing in Iraq but not being cautious would look foolish to those who don't understand the regions. Can't wait for my friend Rob (the Marine) to get back from his UK holiday so I can find out what he thought. Heh, look at me calling his vacation a "holiday".
padam Posted January 18, 2011 Report Posted January 18, 2011 (edited) Next Top Gear series coming - Jeremy and the Fat Man? Edited January 18, 2011 by padam
revolink24 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Posted January 19, 2011 Aww, I was actually genuinely concerned. That was a nasty knock.
Craig Sawyers Posted January 24, 2011 Report Posted January 24, 2011 (edited) They're Back! Classic! James May in a 500hp go kart that the New Stig threw around the track faster than anything else they have tested. Richard Hammond in a 1 mile race between a VW Beetle and a Turbocharged 911 - the beetle having been dropped vertically from 1 mile and falling under gravity. Oh yes!! Edited January 24, 2011 by Craig Sawyers
revolink24 Posted January 24, 2011 Report Posted January 24, 2011 Classic! James May in a 500hp go kart that the New Stig threw around the track faster than anything else they have tested. Richard Hammond in a 1 mile race between a VW Beetle and a Turbocharged 911 - the beetle having been dropped vertically from 1 mile and falling under gravity. Oh yes!! I'd advise against calling an Ariel a go kart should Wayne come 'round.
NightWoundsTime Posted January 24, 2011 Report Posted January 24, 2011 His is but a mere go kart compared to that thing. Annoyed that I now have three "s16e01"s on my computer. Stupid pirates.
Tyll Hertsens Posted January 24, 2011 Report Posted January 24, 2011 Can anyone point me to a place to download episodes? Cancelled my digital cable ... I miss Top Gear terribly, but not willing to pay $60/mo for it. (Pretty much the only TV I watched. Streaming Netflix FTW.))
NightWoundsTime Posted January 24, 2011 Report Posted January 24, 2011 Torrents. Pirate Bay is a good place to start, or eztv.it. Don't think piracy is necessarily an evil in this case since it doesn't air here in any kind of legitimate form (BBC America episodes are edited and not exactly fresh). Can't believe that the unknown comic beat Tom Cruise, and on 4 wheels. I figured the 2 wheel madman approach was the best we'd see. Jay Kay must be dying to get in there right now.
emelius Posted January 24, 2011 Report Posted January 24, 2011 (edited) I like TvT as they keep every episode of every season archived & are pretty good at circulating the 720P versions...but someone over at The Box is putting out the 1080P versions this season...I'm assuming he's just deinterlacing the 1080i 50Hz British feed... I pay to get BBC America HD & would gladly pay to have the episodes on blu-ray... Edited January 24, 2011 by emelius
spritzer Posted January 24, 2011 Report Posted January 24, 2011 ...but someone over at The Box is putting out the 1080P versions this season...I'm assuming he's just deinterlacing the 1080i 50Hz British feed... I just checked the Box and the 1080p version they have is the transport stream so it is basically the raw data. Other then that there is only the normal 1080i version...
Grahame Posted January 24, 2011 Report Posted January 24, 2011 finalgear.com for some torrents ( and a lively forum ) Usenet (try the handy search string "Top Gear" (and optionally "720p" if thats your fancy) at places like binsearch.info or nzbclub.com
emelius Posted January 24, 2011 Report Posted January 24, 2011 (edited) The Box is awesome for QI & F1 too... although my OPPO doesn't like something about the way that guy encodes...it's specific to his uploads...comes out splotchy...trying to find out what he does differently w/o sounding ungrateful... Edited January 24, 2011 by emelius
Grahame Posted January 24, 2011 Report Posted January 24, 2011 There's always the Old School "Victorian Tea Party" of UKNova http://www.vanityfair.com/ontheweb/features/2007/03/piratebay200703
n_maher Posted January 24, 2011 Report Posted January 24, 2011 I find download services (RS, HF, MU) much easier than torrents and much faster too without my IP being logged by every tracker in the world.
revolink24 Posted January 25, 2011 Report Posted January 25, 2011 The FTP shares on finalgear.com are the best.
n_maher Posted January 25, 2011 Report Posted January 25, 2011 i had a 720P version of the latest Top Gear downloaded in under 20 minutes. Magnet link off TPB. I think that's pretty decent. i've found most of the download services to be a pain, even with programs that supposedly get around the multi file problem. to each his own. Most offer single file DL's for premium users now and my luck with torrents is nowhere near as good. Now if I could just get the PS3 to play mkv's since it seems that all the 720P rips are encoded that way.
n_maher Posted January 25, 2011 Report Posted January 25, 2011 I've been using handbrake to do the conversion but it's been unreliable at best, any suggestions? And it's slow as frack as well even on seemingly powerful compys.
Grahame Posted January 25, 2011 Report Posted January 25, 2011 Get a client that can play H.264 mkv's natively. e.g. http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=320 There are many others iPeople may want to install http://www.perian.org/ (http://www.perian.org/#detail)
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