Jeremy Clarkson and ex Top Gear team to produce and host new show on Amazon Prime

SocalBM · 05-14-2015, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Golden Arrow

Doesn't everyone have Netflix these days?

Yes, everyone has it. It's only $8 per month ffs.

Douche · 05-14-2015, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Golden Arrow

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Originally Posted by Pmac1985

Them going to netflix has its up sides and down sides.
They can easily chuck a load of money at and it would help them in there battle with amazon prime, but viewership would be limited to those that have netflix.

Doesn't everyone have Netflix these days?

Of course. And more people have Netflix than access to the BBC to watch Top Gear.

I don't know what kind of fucked logic the person used...

AW335TT · 05-14-2015, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Golden Arrow

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Originally Posted by Pmac1985

Them going to netflix has its up sides and down sides.
They can easily chuck a load of money at and it would help them in there battle with amazon prime, but viewership would be limited to those that have netflix.

Doesn't everyone have Netflix these days?

Haha seriously, or at least know someone who has Netflix and just use their login..

Golden Arrow · 05-15-2015, 11:59 AM

Netflix, or Amazon (with their Prime service) would be great outlets for the new show. People would buy a subscription to either one just to see the show, in addition to all of the other content.

Wah · 07-30-2015, 09:34 AM

Clarkson and co. sign with Amazon prime

http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/t...-prime-n400951

Red Bread · 07-30-2015, 09:41 AM

Awesome. I hate Netflix and was afraid I'd have to go back.

Zarilia · 07-30-2015, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Red Bread

Awesome. I hate Netflix and was afraid I'd have to go back.

Right there with yah

MightyMouseTech · 07-30-2015, 09:49 AM

Damn, Amazon Prime only available in the US?!?!

Red Bread · 07-30-2015, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by MightyMouseTech

Damn, Amazon Prime only available in the US?!?!

They said they're working out distribution with other countries.

Golden Arrow · 07-30-2015, 10:26 AM

It appears Amazon Prime video service is only available for use in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. I imagine Amazon will figure out a way to make it available to viewers worldwide.

This is great news! They're coming back!

M3 Number 86 · 07-30-2015, 12:34 PM

isn't there an Amazon SVOD service that it should go on? We sell content to Amazon in the UK and Germany.

It used to be called Lovefilm.

pikcachu · 07-30-2015, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Mach1er

We'll see if this is finally the last straw... But really, in what other job can you punch a coworker and get away with it?

http://jalopnik.com/jeremy-clarkson-...epi-1690624321

Boxing

chipotle_napkins · 07-30-2015, 08:33 PM

Finally! I was afraid they weren't going to return.

AW335TT · 07-30-2015, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Red Bread

Awesome. I hate Netflix and was afraid I'd have to go back.

Why do you hate Netflix?

I have both but wish it was on Netflix.

numba1guju · 07-30-2015, 10:27 PM

YES! Finally prime is actually now worth paying full price for!!! Just hope they don't hike up the price after this announcement lol

tony20009 · 07-30-2015, 11:20 PM

Does the American version of Top Gear still run?

I was hoping the trio would just pick up shop and produce/perform their show in the U.S. They were/are great; the U.S. hosts left me feeling empty...not entirely through any fault of their own, but mostly because Clarkson and crew just really can't be mimicked. It was their own unique personalities, and how they meshed (or didn't sometimes), that gave the show its appeal.

Sadly, I probably won't see their Amazon Prime show. I'll watch stuff on TV, but I'm not the sort who'll watch on a recurring and regular basis web-based entertainment, except when specifically pointed to something. I don't think Amazon Prime is among the content I can access via Direct TV, and I really don't like watching television on a computer screen.

All the best.

Welcome to NBA Jam · 07-31-2015, 04:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Pmac1985

Them going to netflix has its up sides and down sides.
They can easily chuck a load of money at and it would help them in there battle with amazon prime, but viewership would be limited to those that have netflix.

That's the best move they can do. Broadcast media is a dying industry. The only people I know that have cable TV are people who also have landline phones, who are basically people above 50.

cncmastr · 07-31-2015, 06:37 AM

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Originally Posted by tony20009

Does the American version of Top Gear still run?

I was hoping the trio would just pick up shop and produce/perform their show in the U.S. They were/are great; the U.S. hosts left me feeling empty...not entirely through any fault of their own, but mostly because Clarkson and crew just really can't be mimicked. It was their own unique personalities, and how they meshed (or didn't sometimes), that gave the show its appeal.

Sadly, I probably won't see their Amazon Prime show. I'll watch stuff on TV, but I'm not the sort who'll watch on a recurring and regular basis web-based entertainment, except when specifically pointed to something. I don't think Amazon Prime is among the content I can access via Direct TV, and I really don't like watching television on a computer screen.

All the best.

You could plug your computer screen to your TV too.

wdb · 07-31-2015, 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by tony20009

I don't think Amazon Prime is among the content I can access via Direct TV, and I really don't like watching television on a computer screen.

Assuming the amazon app isn't already in your TV or DVD player:

Firestick

tony20009 · 07-31-2015, 07:14 AM

TY both for your suggestions. It sounds like something that is worth looking into.

It seems I'm getting drawn kicking and screaming into the 21st century.

You people make me feel my age.

Gone I guess are the days when I could be proud of myself because I had no trouble connecting a VCR to my television.

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Originally Posted by cncmastr

You could plug your computer screen to your TV too.

I presume it'd require I have a cord like ethernet cable or something? That probably would work in my hotel room.

I don't know how well that'd work at home. Except for the small telly in the kitchen, all my home televisions are installed so you don't know there's a tv in the room if you don't raise it, lower it, or slide back a cover and there's not a lot of clearance. That said, I'm write that not knowing where the RJ-45 jack ports are on my home televisions. So long as hooking up a 'puter to a television doesn't leave cords sticking out or prevent me from "hiding" the television, the idea could work.

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Originally Posted by wdb

Assuming the amazon app isn't already in your TV or DVD player:

Firestick

This could conceivably work at home, especially if the USB ports on my TV are placed so the USB stick doesn't stick out the back or extend beyond (or too much beyond) the edge of the tv itself.

All the best.

tony20009 · 07-31-2015, 07:16 AM

Did anyone else see the B-post home page headline for this thread and think "Dear God, please tell me May and Hammod aren't really sporting those ridiculous things on their upper lips!"? LOL

All the best.

CarEnthused · 07-31-2015, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by tony20009

Did anyone else see the B-post home page headline for this thread and think "Dear God, please tell me May and Hammod aren't really sporting those ridiculous things on their upper lips!"? LOL

All the best.

They're not. That's from a top gear episode and they're just stick-on mustaches. They're mimicking police officers IIRC

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