neon4891
neon4891 SuperDork
11/12/09 10:21 p.m.

...Airs in GB Sunday night. I can't wait. Too bad hessmo.com is down. But there are other ways to watch.

Looks like Eric Bana is the "Star in a Reasonably Priced Car"

autoxrs
autoxrs New Reader
11/12/09 10:27 p.m.

Eric Bana is the man!

Love the beast damn near made me cry.

ddavidv
ddavidv SuperDork
11/13/09 5:42 a.m.

How did you see "Love the Beast"? Doesn't appear the DVD has been released in USA format.

maroon92
maroon92 SuperDork
11/13/09 7:01 a.m.

where there is a gear head with internet skills, there is a way.

I have seen it as well, it was really good. It also made me want to start running tarmac rally.

MiatarPowar
MiatarPowar HalfDork
11/13/09 7:42 a.m.

Awesome. This'll make me put down Forza 3 for at least an hour next week.

DukeOfUndersteer
DukeOfUndersteer Dork
11/13/09 9:55 a.m.

ive been waiting for this for some time....

captainkarl
captainkarl New Reader
11/13/09 9:59 a.m.

Looking forward to this for sure. Finalgear.com is where its at for this stuff, always got it up real quick!

mattmacklind
mattmacklind SuperDork
11/13/09 10:27 a.m.

Thank god, I was getting tired of reruns on the net.

Keith
Keith GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
11/13/09 10:32 a.m.

I wasn't blown away by Love The Beast, actually. It just kind of wandered, there wasn't much of a story arc. It needed a good editor. It's always good to have a gearhead on SIARPC though.

Actually, Eric's one of us. He's got some road racing experience as well as one and a half Targas. Should be reasonably handy behind the wheel. Ever wonder how you'd do on a lap of the circuit? He might be a pretty good indication.

Adrian_Thompson
Adrian_Thompson Reader
11/13/09 12:44 p.m.

Love the beast never lived up to the hype for me. Taking this further off topic, Truth in 24 is absolutly brilliant by comparison.

Keith
Keith GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
11/13/09 1:00 p.m.

Three thumbs up for Truth in 24.

autoxrs
autoxrs New Reader
11/13/09 4:10 p.m.

I don't think Love the beast was ever meant to be some awesome car movie, but rather a man telling the story about a car he has owned since his teenage days.

Sure it wanders, don't most of our automotive adventures wander? Heck my red car started life as a street car, then became a track car, then sat in the owners back yard for 4 years, then we got it and built it for the GRM Challenge, then it became a street car, then it became a local autocross car, now its on its next wandering path.

The movie struck me as decent because its something I can relate to. My red car has spent most of this year with no engine, I used to drive the car once a week to work and it made me smile. If I crashed the car I'd be pretty sad, not financially but because I've spend many evenings with my brother and friends working on it over a few beers.

Back on topic, you guys need to check out Clarkson's Duel. Not since the days of original Top Gear have Clarkson and Tiff appeared together on the same show. Tiff's comments to the Stig are just plain awesome.

Some say the last thing you raced was a BMW 330d

Some say Clarkson was quicker than you

Stig, just says Gits backwards

Keith
Keith GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
11/13/09 5:11 p.m.

It didn't bother me that the car's history wandered around. That's to be expected. It was the story in the movie that simply wasn't very well done, with little direction. Heck, the most recent rebuild on the car wasn't Bana and buddies in the garage, it was a megabuck professional job. You know that will be the case if Bana decides to resurrect it too - he'll wave goodbye and write a check.

gamby
gamby SuperDork
11/13/09 7:22 p.m.

Gad. BBC-US is still nowhere near airing Season 13.

I'm just too lazy to d/l the torrents. I know I'll never watch them.

fifty
fifty Reader
11/13/09 7:32 p.m.

He was bloody good as Uncle Chop Chop aka Mark "Chopper" Reid! (NSFW) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGAj2YDBnE8&feature=player_embedded

neon4891
neon4891 SuperDork
11/15/09 8:42 p.m.

It was great, and May finally got his dacia sandero

Luke
Luke SuperDork
11/15/09 10:44 p.m.

It seems you can watch it here, if you don't want to d/l anything. Quality isn't the best, though.

CLH
CLH GRM+ Memberand New Reader
11/16/09 12:02 a.m.

That was a bloody awesome road they found...

Jay
Jay Dork
11/16/09 6:53 a.m.

Thanks for the link Luke! To be honest, I was dissapointed with how little time they spent on that road once they finally found it. I would have liked to see more of it.

Hmmmmmmm. I can has road trip?

maroon92
maroon92 SuperDork
11/16/09 7:31 a.m.

pretty good episode. I actually like it better when they do challenges, but throwing a challenge in with a new car road trip is kinda neato.

I actually kinda like the Dacia.

93celicaGT2
93celicaGT2 SuperDork
11/16/09 8:46 a.m.

When is BBCA going to show this? I was all excited all day yesterday. Imagine my disappointment when there was NO Top Gear on. At all. All day. I cried.

DukeOfUndersteer
DukeOfUndersteer Dork
11/16/09 8:54 a.m.
93celicaGT2 wrote: When is BBCA going to show this?

Well, if they are on season 4 right now, i would assume in about 6 or 7 years...

MiatarPowar
MiatarPowar HalfDork
11/16/09 9:15 a.m.
93celicaGT2 wrote: When is BBCA going to show this? I was all excited all day yesterday. Imagine my disappointment when there was NO Top Gear on. At all. All day. I cried.

BBCA's Top Gear airing is a JOKE. And not a funny one.

You get a shortened year-old version of what everyone else gets to watch. I'd recommend downloading the torrents using links from FinalGear.com or checking out that link above to stream it.

Keith
Keith GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
11/16/09 10:05 a.m.

Lots of Dacia jokes, that was great. And the shots of the Romanian chopper pilot! Best shot of the show: the People's Palace overlaid with the sound of the supercars in the tunnels.

The sheer volume of rubber smoke in the BMW/Merc test was mind-boggling.

2002maniac
2002maniac Reader
11/16/09 9:03 p.m.

what a great episode! I was a bit disappointed though that they only showed that amazing road for like 1 minute.

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