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rionaleonhart) wrote2007-01-28 09:04 pm
rionaleonhart) wrote2007-01-28 09:04 pm
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That Looks Complicated.
You have no idea how much restraint I have had to employ not to make 'OMG NEW SERIES OF TOP GEAR STARTS IN THREE HOURS AND THIRTY-EIGHT MINUTES'-type entries every second of the day. No idea.
But the new episode's aired now, and damned if I'm going to restrain my squeeage.
Hammond's entrance! My immediate reaction was 'Oh, Clarkson, you evil, evil man.' Seriously, he is the worst person in the world and I love him so much. And Hammond looked so mortified!
Jeremy Clarkson hugging Richard Hammond. I have been made so utterly joyful by this that you would not believe it. It's so rare that they show any sort of affection openly. I LOVE THEM SO MUCH. (I want to make it clear that, for once, I'm not being a crazed slasher. The crazed-slasher side of me is also pleased, of course, but mainly it's just a lovely moment that shows their genuine friendship and affection. I was incredibly touched.) And Jeremy said nice things to him, which was - well, erm, it was weird, to be perfectly honest. I'm just so unused to seeing the three of them being anything but affectionately mocking. Richard looked faintly unnerved.
I loved it when Clarkson was mocking Hammond about the crash ('that looks complicated' was marvellous). I loved that, even though they were showing that there had been real concern and that they were genuinely very glad that he was all right, they were also making it clear that it didn't need to be taken too seriously, because now it's over, he's fine, they can move on. I loved it when they had shown the footage, and everyone had gone very quiet, and then a man in the audience called out, "It's over, mate; it's over; don't worry." On a less 'they have such a wonderful friendship and I love them all' note and a more 'ahahaha!' one, I also loved Jamie Oliver's 'right up Gordon Ramsey's arse' comment and Jeremy's reaction to it.
Also, the three of them managed to get a road surfaced in twenty-four hours. The three of them. The Top Gear trio. If the Most Incompetent Men In England can manage it, there really is no excuse for ridiculous delays. Well, all right, 'twenty-four-hour working days would be inhumane' is a sort of excuse, I suppose.
And ahahaha, the line-making thing rolling away! (I'd love to visit that road and see exactly how much of a hash they made of it close up, actually.) And James stole the megaphone and crushed it, and then Jeremy threw James' chips under the roller in retaliation! And the cameraman leant on the Emergency Stop button, and I laughed so hard.
I was, admittedly, slightly put out by the state of James' hair (seriously, what?) and the fact that nobody mocked him about the Big Gay Wine Adventure, but I do not really care because it was a wonderful hour and Richard didn't have a scratch on him and I was so, so ridiculously happy throughout the whole thing. I was worried that it might disappoint, but it more than fulfilled my expectations, and I now feel completely justified in my tenseness and trembling and random unsuppressable squeaky noises of anticipation as it approached.
I LOVE YOU, TOP GEAR. DON'T EVER LEAVE US AGAIN.
But the new episode's aired now, and damned if I'm going to restrain my squeeage.
Hammond's entrance! My immediate reaction was 'Oh, Clarkson, you evil, evil man.' Seriously, he is the worst person in the world and I love him so much. And Hammond looked so mortified!
Jeremy Clarkson hugging Richard Hammond. I have been made so utterly joyful by this that you would not believe it. It's so rare that they show any sort of affection openly. I LOVE THEM SO MUCH. (I want to make it clear that, for once, I'm not being a crazed slasher. The crazed-slasher side of me is also pleased, of course, but mainly it's just a lovely moment that shows their genuine friendship and affection. I was incredibly touched.) And Jeremy said nice things to him, which was - well, erm, it was weird, to be perfectly honest. I'm just so unused to seeing the three of them being anything but affectionately mocking. Richard looked faintly unnerved.
I loved it when Clarkson was mocking Hammond about the crash ('that looks complicated' was marvellous). I loved that, even though they were showing that there had been real concern and that they were genuinely very glad that he was all right, they were also making it clear that it didn't need to be taken too seriously, because now it's over, he's fine, they can move on. I loved it when they had shown the footage, and everyone had gone very quiet, and then a man in the audience called out, "It's over, mate; it's over; don't worry." On a less 'they have such a wonderful friendship and I love them all' note and a more 'ahahaha!' one, I also loved Jamie Oliver's 'right up Gordon Ramsey's arse' comment and Jeremy's reaction to it.
Also, the three of them managed to get a road surfaced in twenty-four hours. The three of them. The Top Gear trio. If the Most Incompetent Men In England can manage it, there really is no excuse for ridiculous delays. Well, all right, 'twenty-four-hour working days would be inhumane' is a sort of excuse, I suppose.
And ahahaha, the line-making thing rolling away! (I'd love to visit that road and see exactly how much of a hash they made of it close up, actually.) And James stole the megaphone and crushed it, and then Jeremy threw James' chips under the roller in retaliation! And the cameraman leant on the Emergency Stop button, and I laughed so hard.
I was, admittedly, slightly put out by the state of James' hair (seriously, what?) and the fact that nobody mocked him about the Big Gay Wine Adventure, but I do not really care because it was a wonderful hour and Richard didn't have a scratch on him and I was so, so ridiculously happy throughout the whole thing. I was worried that it might disappoint, but it more than fulfilled my expectations, and I now feel completely justified in my tenseness and trembling and random unsuppressable squeaky noises of anticipation as it approached.
I LOVE YOU, TOP GEAR. DON'T EVER LEAVE US AGAIN.