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The Clangers are back and they've not hosed it up. It's still as pleasant, polite and lovely as ever. Don't like them blinking though, that's just not right.
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Seriously? Gonna have to keep an eye out for that, just for the sake of nostalgia if nothing else.
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Jun 15, 2015 20:36
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BBC4 right now, Victoria Coren-Mitchel being exceedingly sarcastic about the Bohemians, it's incredible. Never before have I seen a presenter gleefully rip apart her subject matter within the first third of the programme before. There's a point in the programme where she reads aloud "the worst gay poetry in the world" that has to be seen to be believed.
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Jun 15, 2015 21:24
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Devol_Tettran posted:The Clangers are back and they've not hosed it up. It's still as pleasant, polite and lovely as ever. It was pretty cute. They managed to entertain my kid and didn't stray too far from the original format. At least they didn't do it in CGI like Postman Pat.
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Irisi posted:BBC4 right now, Victoria Coren-Mitchel being exceedingly sarcastic about the Bohemians, it's incredible. Never before have I seen a presenter gleefully rip apart her subject matter within the first third of the programme before. Enjoyed this but found the personal angle a bit jarring at times. Poetry bit was needlessly smug imo: "Oh this guy subverted expectations of class & sexuality about 40 years before anyone else but listen to this lovely poetry he wrote lolz."
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Jun 16, 2015 11:32
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33158464 Guess TFI is off the cards then :/
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Jun 16, 2015 20:42
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Worst kept secret all year. I just watched that Humans thing on 4. I liked it.
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Jun 16, 2015 20:49
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I wonder how they'll rework it. Or maybe they'll try to just carry on as normal and hope the cash cow keeps selling.
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Jun 16, 2015 21:29
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goatface posted:I wonder how they'll rework it. Either way, it will be a failure, I reckon. That's not to say it will be any better or worse than it was up to this point, but I can see a lot of Top Gear fans just being pissed off because the three idiots are not involved anymore and just nitpicking to convince themselves that it's poo poo, because you shouldn't be sacked from your job for assaulting your boss, for some reason... edit: On the other hand, it could be like the Keys/Gray thing, where there were people saying "it'll never be the same without them," but as soon as Sky used the opportunity to refresh their coverage and did something interesting with it, everyone moved on pretty quickly. I doubt it, though. Mickolution fucked around with this message at 21:36 on Jun 16, 2015 |
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Jun 16, 2015 21:34
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The problem they have is that Clarkson-Hammond-May had a chemistry together that is very hard to replicate when you throw three people together. The other problem is Evans is an utter Ferrari fanboi.
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Jun 16, 2015 21:44
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Hammond was a Porsche fanboy and May was a
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Mickolution posted:Either way, it will be a failure, I reckon. That's not to say it will be any better or worse than it was up to this point, but I can see a lot of Top Gear fans just being pissed off because the three idiots are not involved anymore and just nitpicking to convince themselves that it's poo poo, because you shouldn't be sacked from your job for assaulting your boss, for some reason... A lot of people on my Facebook feed seem thrilled about it. He's a LEGEEEEEEEEND apparently.
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Jun 16, 2015 22:12
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Guy Martin for Top Gear, he's just so lovely and enthusiastic. Not sure if he could handle having the piss taken out of him though.
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Jun 17, 2015 00:26
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Pablo Bluth posted:The problem they have is that Clarkson-Hammond-May had a chemistry together that is very hard to replicate when you throw three people together. The other problem is Evans is an utter Ferrari fanboi. he's also an utter twat who thinks getting his penis out is funny
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Fatty posted:Guy Martin for Top Gear, he's just so lovely and enthusiastic. Not sure if he could handle having the piss taken out of him though. I'd love to see him on Top Gear now that you mention him. He really is the most hypnotically and infectiously upbeat person to watch. tsob fucked around with this message at 01:55 on Jun 17, 2015 |
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Jun 17, 2015 01:27
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I like Evans but the problem is he has too much other stuff going on for him to be involved in the big event stuff top gear was good at doing. He has a daily morning radio show and does the one show on Friday, so he is going to be limited to filming small segments in the UK. I guess he could do the studio and track stuff and let his co presenters do the travelling and crazy stuff but that sort of defeats the purpose.
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Jun 17, 2015 09:50
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It's going to be a completely different show.
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Jun 17, 2015 10:44
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It'll revert a bit to how it used to be, a show about cars. The main market for it is Americans, and they want off-the-cuff hijinks with Clarkson Hammond and May, not some speccy ginger unknown.
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Mr Beens posted:I like Evans but the problem is he has too much other stuff going on for him to be involved in the big event stuff top gear was good at doing. He has a daily morning radio show and does the one show on Friday, so he is going to be limited to filming small segments in the UK. Perhaps, but for £3million maybe he'll can the other stuff to live the dream.
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HJB posted:It'll revert a bit to how it used to be, a show about cars. The main market for it is Americans, and they want off-the-cuff hijinks with Clarkson Hammond and May, not some speccy ginger unknown. Christ, I hope not. I like the early episodes of the reboot, but I much prefer the crazier tone the show took on over time because I could not give two flying fucks about cars in general and just liked the show because the cars were almost incidental in a way to the entire experience. It was more, to me, about watching a couple of guys having fun, and the more fun they got to have, the better it was. The yearly specials being the epitome of this, because it was just them having a road trip in bodged cars through exotic places. The road trips through Italy and France to test out new cars are a precursor to that, but not nearly as fun because the cars are usually too perfect and they can't cut loose as much. If those are gone because Evans wants to keep up his DJ job then a large part of the enjoyment for me is gone straight off the bat. I would imagine he'll simply get someone to fill in for him for a few weeks a year while he films those segments though, because I can't see those being cut entirely.
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ineptmule posted:Perhaps, but for £3million maybe he'll can the other stuff to live the dream. he really doesn't need the money
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Jun 17, 2015 15:09
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Jesus, how much does a radio DJ make? That is a serious question: I am completely clueless about such things.
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Jun 17, 2015 15:16
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It's more about the fortune he made selling his TV production company.
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Jun 17, 2015 17:51
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He bought a 12 million quid ferrari 250 GTO, you can't do that on a DJ's wage (I don't think)
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Jun 17, 2015 18:11
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yeah, there's a lot of numbers banded about, but it looks like Radio 2 pay him £600,000 a year. Plus he made £40 million personally from selling the production company. He's not short of a penny either way
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ineptmule posted:Jesus, how much does a radio DJ make? He is minted from his previous tv days and owns a massive private collection of classic cars. Sounds like he has been given not only presenting duties but production too. It's pretty much his baby now. He just said that they will be announcing details for an open audition for co presenters (open as in anyone!) as well as him having a list of people he wants to approach. I still have my reservations but it sounds like it might be in good hands. The reason he has given for publicly saying before that he wouldn't do it was because at the time may and Hammond were still officially on board and he didn't want to step on their toes and actually wanted them to carry on( he is friends with all of the original three). Now they have walked away it is all fair game.
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Jun 17, 2015 21:23
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Chris Evans, Danny Baker and Gazza.
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goatface posted:Chris Evans, Danny Baker and Gazza. I seriously wouldn't mind Baker getting a prominent role back on TV. His Radio 5 show is really good
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Jun 17, 2015 21:52
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And the stig, now a woman.
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Jun 17, 2015 22:01
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goatface posted:Chris Evans, Danny Baker and Gazza. Jimmy five bellies as the new stig
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Jun 18, 2015 07:43
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Actually, can we take this chance to get Sabine Schmit on as a new presenter. I think she may have been doing German Top Gear at one point, may even still be doing so, but who cares about Germany? Sabine and Guy Martin are pretty much my dream two other presenters.
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Jun 18, 2015 15:30
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Vicki Butler-Henderson would be a good choice I feel. And then obviously a toss up between Quentin Willson and Tiff Needell.
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Just get two people that have good chemistry with Chris Evans and then get them all to piss about with cars, occasionally in other countries.
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tsob posted:Actually, can we take this chance to get Sabine Schmit on as a new presenter. I think she may have been doing German Top Gear at one point, may even still be doing so, but who cares about Germany? Sabine and Guy Martin are pretty much my dream two other presenters. That would actually be amazing and I would watch the hell out of it.
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NaDy posted:That would actually be amazing and I would watch the hell out of it. Make an ongoing segment where she breaks one of Clarkson's records each week. Her clowning him repeatedly at the Nürburgring is the highlight of Top Gear.
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Gorn Myson posted:Just get two people that have good chemistry with Chris Evans and then get them all to piss about with cars, occasionally in other countries. This
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Dead Goon posted:Vicki Butler-Henderson would be a good choice I feel. All 3 are terrible Gorn Myson posted:Just get two people that have good chemistry with Chris Evans and then get them all to piss about with cars, occasionally in other countries. This guy gets it
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So Sue Perkins isn't up for the job? She got all those twitter death threats for nothing?
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Crankit posted:he's also an utter twat who thinks getting his penis out is funny Bob Mortimer mentioned this in a recent RHLSTP and it's the only thing I know about him at all. "Oh, the guy who puts his dick on people's shoulders."
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