Top Gear Christmas special goes down to Argentina

[Mustangfan2003]

Should be interesting.  Let's see if Jeremy can avoid mentioning The Falklands

http://jalopnik.com/get-excited-because-this-years-top-gear-xmas-special-is-1637691675

[68_427]

Hope it's good.  The new season was put back till March now I believe.

[Mustangfan2003]

March, wtf? 

[MexicoCityM3]

Should be interesting.  Let's see if Jeremy can avoid mentioning The Falklands

War is on the horizon. No way they can avoid a diplomatic row at the very least.

[AutobahnSHO]

Should be interesting.  Let's see if Jeremy can avoid mentioning The Falklands

[Northlands]

War is on the horizon. No way they can avoid a diplomatic row at the very least.

Sounds like Britain's plan is to provoke the Argentinians first by sending down JC. 

[SVT666]

Why is there such a delay between seasons this time?  Are they running out of ideas or are they having to re-shoot scenes because they got leaked, like the fake car accident they staged?

[280Z Turbo]

When did they jump the shark?

[Rupert]

South America Special

[280Z Turbo]

South America Special

I didn't think that was bad, except that Hammond intentionally let his Land Cruiser roll down the hill.

[Rupert]

Right, directly after that, I should have said.

[SVT666]

When did they jump the shark?

The India Special was when things started heading downhill.  Top Gear has always had elements that were set up and fabricated for laughs, but they were never as blatant as they were in the India Special. Every scene was embarrassingly awful. The scene I remember as being the worst was when the winch ripped the bumper off of Hammond's car.

[280Z Turbo]

The India Special was when things started heading downhill.  Top Gear has always had elements that were set up and fabricated for laughs, but they were never as blatant as they were in the India Special. Every scene was embarrassingly awful. The scene I remember as being the worst was when the winch ripped the bumper off of Hammond's car.

Bingo.

The signs on the train did it for me.

[Mustangfan2003]

And here we go

Which is why it's absolutely hilarious that the Porsche 928 that Clarkson's been piloting through Argentina's Patagonia region has been festooned with a license plate that reads "H982 FKL."

Or, "1982 Falklands," if you're squinting more deeply than you ever have in your life, and also you're really upset about losing a war and never gaining control of islands you never owned in the first place and which is filled with inhabitants who really don't want to live with you anyways.

http://jalopnik.com/jeremy-clarkson-master-level-troll-trolls-entire-nati-1641630169

[Raza]

I didn't think that was bad, except that Hammond intentionally let his Land Cruiser roll down the hill.

I loved the South America special. 


Do you guys not get that it's entertainment?

[Northlands]

And here we go

http://jalopnik.com/jeremy-clarkson-master-level-troll-trolls-entire-nati-1641630169

No surprise here. Still funny though.

[Northlands]

I loved the South America special. 


Do you guys not get that it's entertainment?

It's great. I guess some want realism. I watch these specials and wish I had been right there with them.

[Rupert]

I loved the South America special. 


Do you guys not get that it's entertainment?

Of course we do. It's just not entertaining anymore.

[Mustangfan2003]

It seems that the Argentinians got butthurt and now they've been thrown out of the country.   

http://jalopnik.com/top-gear-was-just-forcibly-thrown-out-of-argentina-1642056799

[Byteme]

It seems that the Argentinians got butthurt and now they've been thrown out of the country.   

http://jalopnik.com/top-gear-was-just-forcibly-thrown-out-of-argentina-1642056799

I sometimes wonder about Clarkson's sanity.

[SVT666]

I loved the South America special. 


Do you guys not get that it's entertainment?

The Bolivia Special is my favourite after the Vietnam Special, but even though Hammond let his truck intentionally crash on it's own, and the perilous passing attempt on the cliff was obviously set up and was one of the Top Gear camera trucks, the choreographed and intentionally set up scenes didn't feel set up or intentional.  The India Special was hard to enjoy because every scene felt fake.  The "Source of the Nile" Special was much bettter than India, but there were still some scenes that were uncomfortable to watch because of how blatantly set up they felt.  For the most part, I still really enjoy Top Gear and it's still the show I look forward to most every year, but they need to do something to freshen it up, because the shtick is starting to get stale.

[Onslaught]

I agree. It's always been set up and fake but they did a much better job of pulling it off to not look fake. Now it's just like the don't give a crap anymore. Still watch all the shows however.

[Mustangfan2003]

So I'm guessing the Christmas special is off. 

[Northlands]

Yup. People had to know JC was going to do something like this.

[Payman]

So I'm guessing the Christmas special is off. 

No way. They'll either finish it up in Chile, or if they're brave, the Falklands. I doubt the latter, and fear the British Gov't might try to reel in the BBC to prevent any further embarrassing international incidents.

[Byteme]

No way. They'll either finish it up in Chile, or if they're brave, the Falklands. I doubt the latter, and fear the British Gov't might try to reel in the BBC to prevent any further embarrassing international incidents.

I think they will end the special by stating circumstances prevented hem from reaching their goal and then show some footage of the riot action, much like the gas station segment in the Miami to NO special.

[Payman]

I think they will end the special by stating circumstances prevented hem from reaching their goal and then show some footage of the riot action, much like the gas station segment in the Miami to NO special.

That scene was blatantly set up. A truckload of rednecks showing up in some 30 seconds to beat up some obnoxious Brits? Still funny though. "...and now, we're going to die."

[Byteme]

That scene was blatantly set up. A truckload of rednecks showing up in some 30 seconds to beat up some obnoxious Brits? Still funny though. "...and now, we're going to die."

What?  You mean the lady who said she was "Going to call the boys" was reading lines!!    My faith in Top Gear as being a documentary show is now ruined.  Hopefully that's the only thing in the show that was ever set up or rehearsed. 


Kidding of course.     

[Onslaught]

That scene was blatantly set up. A truckload of rednecks showing up in some 30 seconds to beat up some obnoxious Brits? Still funny though. "...and now, we're going to die."

Set up but not 100% unrealistic. There are lots of places I'd never go to way down south. I'd almost rather walk through Detroit.

[hotrodalex]

That redneck scene was solid gold.