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The Grand Tour - Last Episode - Planes, Trains and Automobiles (almost...boats instead of planes)
Last Episode - Planes, Trains and Automobiles (almost...boats instead of planes)
Sand Job - penultimate Episode - a few thoughts
Thoughts about the book(s) and the movie - some spoilers
I didn't know much about it - and really enjoyed it. Ending could improve (some ideas)
Movies (or trailers) within movies you'd love to see being made
Eurocrash Episode
Suprisingly good
Story is very interesting, but so many hateful characters (Spoilers)
A really great Netflix series - some thoughts - some spoilers
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I saw the first BTTF on VHS when I was a kid. Part II and III I watched in the theatre. Between Part II and III (shot back to back with only a 3-week break for the production) I had to wait half a year.
At that time the year 2015 seemed very cool to me. Hoverboards? Please make that happen. And then those Nike sneakers! Really enjoyed Part II. Part III I enjoyed very much too, but back then the Western theme didn't excite me much. The older I got, the more I appreciated the third movie. Nowadays I prefer it over Part II. And not because 2015 didn't really turn out the way it was predicted :)
Now I really appreciate that they went for something different in the third, taking quite a risk I'd say. And Thomas F. Wilson is just great as Mad Dog Tannen. He is amazing in all his Biff versions, but I think he really enjoyed being Mad Dog. Besides that I also enjoyed the cameos of both ZZ Top and Flea.
Needless to say that the theaters were packed, everyone was just excited to finally see Part II and II - after waiting for 4 years (less for me, since I didn't see the first in the theater).
Same here. I'll rewatch all the specials. From TG to GT. And I also started The Grand Tour all over again. In episode 1.1 our Trio is just arriving at the "Burning Van"....so I just can act like the end of GT never happened.
You are right...it wasn't on the same high level for a while as it used to be. But still pretty much better than anything else I watch. I actually did enjoy the cars. But that wasn't the main reason to watch. Like you, it was just about these blokes having a good time. That's why I hope for some kind of meet-ups sometimes. Some shorts...anything. They cook sit in a Pub, just having a bit of conversation. I'd watch it.
And spare me a reboot (I know you're being sarcastic, but actually who knows nowadays what they will come up with) - since it worked so well with rebooting Top Gear on the BBC. Ended before the Grand Tour even. That's something :)
Acting-wise it was well done. Hollander, Watts, Lane, Williams, Sevigny, Flockhart, Moore and Ringwald. All did a really good job .
I stopped watching after 5 episodes though. There was just not really much happening. Like some others stated: No characters anyone cares about. Maybe only Joe Mantello as Jack Dunphy.
With only 4-5 episodes it could have been better. Better than dragging it out. And some of the Swans I cannot even tell apart. Probably that's the point - all act and look the same. And fix their faces at the same plastic surgeon. It's their world - but not mine, that's why it was hard to care about any of them - including Truman.
The first season had a better pace, a better feud. There are a lot and a lot more interesting feuds from the world of celebrities. There are some good examples made by other posters in some other threads.
If there is a third season with an interesting feud, I'll give it another go. But I won't finish this season. I do not feel like I'm missing something.
Had my post in the open tab since yesterday without posting it until today. Didn't even see until now, that this casting-decision already came up. So it seems I'm not alone with the issue of this miscasting.
I thought Andrew Scott was brillant and not just in this series. Added a lot more to the character than Matt Damon did in his Ripley movie (which I still enjoyed though). What I've read is that Scotts Ripley is closer to the books than others before him.
That said, I wasn't really into the casting of Eliot Summer as Freddie. They surely got talent - in music as well (Stings daughter) - but they just didn't do it as the character Freddie for me. Maybe I'm biased because I enjoyed the Freddie played by Philipp Seymour Hoffman so much.
Thanks for the recommendation. I will surely check that out.
Definitely get some "Tug Benson" feels from him:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cDohyRbzeo
https://geekydaddy.com/2020/11/04/best-fictional-united-states-presidents-in-movies/
For sure after the whistling belly-button trick at the high school talent show he got all the girls and all the action. A legend was born.
Watched it. Was good fun. Hoping for a 2nd season. The "Columbo" credits font were obvious to me right away. Came to watch Columbo through my Dad who loved it. That's now about 35 years ago since my first watch. And I still watch regularly with my wife to this day. Big fan.
Both shows share great supporting actors and guest starts. Beat up old car (even though in top shape the Barracuda would be a dream car), similar acting routine (play dumb while being smart) and she even got the ""just one more thing" routine going in an episode if I remember right. Both quirky characters.
She's no Columbo. Nobody ever will (please spare me a reboot). But it's a good show in style of Columbo. I enjoyed it.
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