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STUDIOLINEBYLOREAL t1_iu3qr69 wrote

Reply to comment by 1clovett in ‘Clarkson’s Farm’ Season 3 Greenlit by Prime Video, Already in Production by MarvelsGrantMan136

Clarksons stuff since the 80's has never changed, the format, music, editting all move with the times, but the core of good entertainment has never waned, love him or hate him, you just can't help watching him.

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1clovett t1_iu40vab wrote

Won't argue your points, but I do believe whomever edited the film has a real knack for capturing amazing landscape and wide shot introductions. The way they are juxtaposed with Clarkson's pithy narration is what sells the whole shot. It's the final years of Top Gear, but with farming.

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scferro t1_iu4ftxz wrote

It’s the same production company that does the Grand Tour (which hired lots of Top Gear alumns). Wouldn’t be surprised if some of the same editors who did TG a decade ago are working on this.

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Smooth-Accountant t1_iu5ztxv wrote

Yeah, you can definitely feel the top gear soul in it, just like with TGT.

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PanOfCakes t1_iu60lmv wrote

I watched an interview where Andy Wilma said it was really heartening to see a lot of the crew from top gear follow them over to the grand tour. And Andy Wilma did an editing den tour on drive tribe on YouTube and at least one of the editors was from the top gear days.

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KnotSoSalty t1_iu4mg99 wrote

At this point he has had decades to assemble a great crew of people around him. Credit to Amazon that they let Clarkson, May, and Hammond poach all the old Top Gear talent.

Decent budget, experienced TV crew, and a likable talent in front of the camera. Really simply formula.

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Trav3lingman t1_iu5s9x6 wrote

One of the largest budgets in television history is a little more than decent. That being said, I have zero issue with what they spent for the result.

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KnotSoSalty t1_iu63ny3 wrote

I meant the Clarkson’s Farm Budget specifically (8m$). But yeah Grand Tour had all the money in the world (~160m$).

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turkeygiant t1_iu5kwps wrote

The one thing that I think sets Clarkson's Farm apart is that there are moments where it breaks from the scripted "reality" format and we actually get some genuine feelings from Clarkson.

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forman98 t1_iu636b9 wrote

That, for me, was the best part of that show. You could tell he was truly out of his element at certain moments (like when the lambs were being born and not all were making it, which is typical but morbid). It was a nice change of pace from his usual antics where you laugh at an obviously scripted bit. You could also see the reality of the farming business hitting him with every update from his guys, and he just gained more and more respect for them.

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Don_Quixote81 t1_iu83o7a wrote

The bit where he took those three injured sheep for slaughter, and wanted to say a last goodbye only to find out they'd already been taken off and killed was such an unguarded moment. He was genuinely upset and unbalanced by it.

Of course, he later bounces back with the joke that he turned them into shepherd's pie, but that's just the Clarkson formula - shrug things off with a laugh and some boorish clowning.

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FoliageTeamBad t1_iua1utr wrote

The cut from him being genuinely sad at the abattoir to enjoying his lamb pie was absolutely hilarious

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SpecificAstronaut69 t1_iu4iqhh wrote

It's the non-Clarkson stuff that's worrying. I wasn't worried when they left Top Gear, because frankly, since he sold the show to BBC, it went from being a fun motoring show to hackneyed reality TV. GT is unfortunately more of that.

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DisastrousDaveBerry t1_iu6592i wrote

Clarkson and Wilman never owned Top Gear.

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SpecificAstronaut69 t1_iu6e0r7 wrote

Then what caused it to go to shit?

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DisastrousDaveBerry t1_iu6egdy wrote

The BBC trying to create chemistry despite it taking years normally and trying to keep it how it was instead of going back to basics.

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yabog8 t1_iu3vxn6 wrote

Too right. Ask Clarkson. Clarkson knows. People like fast cars, they like females with big boobies, and they don't want the Euro.

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qtx t1_iu4578c wrote

> and they don't want the Euro.

Clarkson was famously anti-brexit you knob.

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tgcp t1_iu5e072 wrote

It's a Peep Show quote said by a Nazi, so while you're right to call the originator of the quote a knob I don't think the commenter can necessarily be held accountable.

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yabog8 t1_iu883gy wrote

What? But I thought we were on the same wavelength. You know, the sausage, the Euro, Clarkson.

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