Top Gear 10: The Complete Season 10
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Actor: James May, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard HammondBrand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 506 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-04-21
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: BBC Warner
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- If you thought Top Gear would calm down a bit and the presenters would start to act their age. Well youre wrong. Season 10 is one of the most ambitious, featuring some challenges that only the very brave or the very stupid would dare to undertake.For example, who in their right mind would attempt to drive through the Kalahari Desert in three 20 year old bangers? Or try to cross the treacherous Eng
DVD Reviews of Top Gear 10: The Complete Season 10
DVD Review: Great show with wide audience appeal.
Summary: 4 Stars
Top Gear is one of those rare shows that entertains a wide cross-section of tastes. It truly does have something for everyone: beautiful scenery and exotic locales, interviews with celebrities, interesting engineering challenges, exciting races, an enigmatic character and lots of humour with a decidedly British flair.
Oh yeah, they talk about cars a bit as well.
An edited version of the 10th season (from 2007) is available Region 1 DVD. While there are no special features, the set which contains 10 episodes on three discs is well worth purchasing. Memorable moments include a drag race between a Bugatti Veron and a fighter jet, a search for the world's best driving road, crossing the English Channel in an amphibious vehicle, a sprint across London in rush hour traffic, a trek through Botswana and a 24-hour endurance race.
4.5 stars
DVD Review: Top Gear 10 #1
Summary: 5 Stars
Top Gear is hilarious, informative, and has AMAZING cinematography. If you love cars and also love a laugh, this is what you want.DVD Review: great show / not so great dvd
Summary: 2 Stars
After watching every episode of Top Gear during lunch breaks over the course of a year, I have achieved the capacity to bore family and friends alike with my enthusiasm.
Imagine my surprise when Top Gear 10 was released on DVD. The show deserves DVD release, but not this way. I understand and accept changing the soundtrack - beating copyright laws are akin to burning a wet dog.
What I am not clear on is the other editing. Removing 10-15 minutes per episode just does not make sense. The news segments have largely been cut (why?), and it feels like other segments of the show have been shortened.
I will echo another reviewer - the video quality is not what we watched on TV, or the interwebs for that matter. It feels brighter (in a bad way) and sharper...in a bad way.
If this stuff matters not to you, buy the disc. But do it knowing that you are contributing to mediocrity.
DVD Review: Would it work here?
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm not attuned to the entertainment industry, but I've read somewhere that they're considering making an American version of Top Gear. Having consumed most of these episodes in about a week, I'm not sure it would work here.
To begin with, the show is very British. The humor, the "regular bloke" looking hosts, the lack of politcally correct self regard, and, most importantly, the hosts' absolute love of cars. If they make an American version, is Adam Carolla going to have the same passion for cars that Jeremy Clarkson has? Or is he just going to be looking for another opportunity in show business? Tough question and maybe not very fair. But the show won't work unless you have guys (yes, guys) who (a) love cars and (b) know how to "present" on camera. Not an easy combination. As with "American Chopper", there's an integrity at the core of Top Gear and it would be essential to have that same integrity in the States for an American version to work.
Another problem is money. I'm not sure to what degree Top Gear is government financed or if it is profitable, but it sure looks expensive. The trips to Africa and Italy, the entry into the 24 hour race, etc. It probably costs a heck of a lot more to produce than Dancing with the Stars (great in its own right). Top Gear wouldn't work without the trips to Africa and Italy and races against military jets and so forth.
I'm coming up with reasons why an American version wouldn't work, but I wish it would work. Because Top Gear is freaking great. It has the spirit and fun of early David Letterman shows (80's and early 90's) combined with respect and passion for cars. I've watched nine of the ten episodes and I'm genuinely sad that I'm about to run out. The test drives are informative and entertaining. There is an American tendency not to be overly critical. It's a good attribute generally, but what's refreshing about Top Gear is they don't hold back the criticism of the top vehicles on the market. Eg. Clarkson saying why the Ferrari doesn't really excite him as much as it should or admitting that while he loves the Audi supercar's performance, he isn't that crazy about its looks. You know he means what he says.
And the special events are marvelous. The drive across Botswana, the RV race, Clarkson's tears upon finishing the 24 hour race (and Hammond's genuine shame at almost knocking them out of it), crossing the English Channel in the amphibious vehicle, the boat racing up the Thames, etc. . . . all of it is great entertainment.
Well, if they don't produce an American version, here's hoping they'll sell DVDs of the previous seasons.
Highly recommended.
James Patrick Hunt
author, "The Assailant"
DVD Review: Go buy it now, it is the best purchase you will ever make!
Summary: 5 Stars
If you like British Humor do yourself a favor and stop reading this review and buy this dvd set. You could give "two flying farts" about cars and this would still be your favorite show on television (which in fact I actually hate cars). I only wish that they would go ahead and release the previous seasons on DVD because this show is genius, my personal favorite being the African Special which is on the first DVD. GO BUY IT NOW!
Description of Top Gear 10: The Complete Season 10
If you thought Top Gear would calm down a bit and the presenters would start to act their age. Well youre wrong. Season 10 is one of the most ambitious, featuring some challenges that only the very brave or the very stupid would dare to undertake. For example, who in their right mind would attempt to drive through the Kalahari Desert in three 20 year old bangers? Or try to cross the treacherous English Channel in a fleet of amphibious cars that are less seaworthy than the average church? You guessed it Top Gears three intrepid presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. Of course Top Gear is much more than just three grown men who should know better larking about. Therell be some serious car journalism in there too with exhaustive road tests of the latest models; looks back at the history of motoring; man versus machine experiments and weekly power tests featuring the worlds most exotic super cars. And, of course all the tried and tested Top Gear favorites will make a welcome return including the news; the cool wall and The Stig wholl be putting the rich and famous through their paces in the regular Star in the Reasonably Priced Car feature.Calling Top Gear "a car show" is like describing the Titanic as "a big boat" or Dom Perignon as "sparkling wine"--not inaccurate, just inadequate. Oh, motorheads (especially those fixated on fantastically fast, expensive autos) will surely get their fix from the ten episodes (on three discs) collected here from the British program's tenth season. But Top Gear's reach is much broader than that; more than merely informative, it's funny, thrilling, smart, and just plain entertaining enough to appeal to viewers of all persuasions. That's due to a variety of factors. The three hosts (or "presenters," as the Brits call them), James May, Richard Hammond, and Jeremy Clarkson, are knowledgeable and witty--especially Clarkson, who, although a bit of a snob, has a gift for droll turns of phrase (driving the Audi R8 "supercar," he says, "is like smearing honey into Keira Knightley," while the more humble Honda Civic is "eager, urgent. like a penshioner's terrier"). From a technical standpoint, it's excellent; the camera work and production values are first-rate, and the show is filled with beautiful shots and judiciously chosen effects work. Most important, the actual content is compulsively watchable. A typical 50-minute episode will include a hands-on review of an automobile, be it some fabulous rich man's toy (an Aston-Martin roadster, say, or a self-parking Lexus) or an oddity like the minuscule Peel P50, which is all of 54 inches long and 40 inches wide. Most episodes also include a segment entitled "Star in a Reasonably Priced Car," in which a celebrity drives a lap around a racetrack in some ordinary sedan (this season's guests include actress Helen Mirren, Rolling Stone Ron Wood, singer James Blunt, and a very smug and catty Simon Cowell). And then there is the weekly challenge, in which May, Hammond, and Clarkson are given some kind of daunting task. These range from finding "the best driving road in the world" (turns out it's in Italy) to concocting an amphibious car capable of crossing the English Channel; there's also a race across London by auto, bicycle, boat, and public transportation, a drag race between the Aston-Martin and a roller skater with a rocket pack, and a two-mile sprint matching the extraordinary Bugatti Veyron against one of the Royal Air Force's state-of-the-art Typhoon jet fighters. Great stuff. --Sam Graham
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