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Originally Posted by jswinden
No, it was a fair comparison. We are talking about the same three guys stepping from one show into another less than two years later. They mostly wrote and starred in TG as they do in GT. Fair comparison. Either they fix the format or it will become stagnant, formulaic crap in a matter of weeks. They need actual guests, and actual stunts. Three middle-aged to old guys driving super cars every week is not going to be entertaining enough.
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No, actually, they don't. Stunts and gags and guests were the stagnant, formulaic crap that made the tail end of Top Gear Mk.II stink. What they need to do is not go there. They've been there. They ran it into the ground and then into a rut. They don't need to do it again.
If you go and watch Mk.II series 2 when the show was finding its stride you will see that it really is just three guys arguing about which of their cars is the best. That's where Mk.II really started and that's where The Grand Tour is starting. Give GT a chance. It will get better as it finds it stride. It won't be TG Mk.II, though. It'll be something different.
That's a good thing.