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I would not be surprised in the least if the new Top Gear is going to be too similar and cause much groaning and eye rolling but not different enough to separate it fully from the old Top Gear anyway. Much like a lot of people the new main host is incredibly unlikable and I thought this when James drove his Ferrari in that one episode years ago.
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I dunno, everything leblanc says there sounds fine to me aside from Chris Evans existing.
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mod sassinator posted:The BBC put out DVDs right? I wonder if you could import UK versions and if they have the original music. Might need a region free player to view them. GutBomb posted:I think even the UK DVDs don't have the original music because the BBC only has the rights for broadcast Yeah, that's my understanding as well. Bummer. Wish there was less of a PITA way to watch them.
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May 26, 2016 17:17
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You guys are wrong they'll get off to a rocky, but reasonably competent start and then it will be good.
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May 26, 2016 17:30
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Mustache Ride posted:They're changing the track? What blasphemy is this? Something tells me even Top Gear won't be able to get away with jumping Ferrari press cars, so they'll presumably keep the old layout for Stig laps. davebo posted:I dunno, everything leblanc says there sounds fine to me aside from Chris Evans existing. There's a tinfoil-hattish part of me that kinda wonders if Evans is there as a sacrificial lamb. The producers want to make LeBlanc the main host but fear that replacing Mr. "Americans are all Wal-Martian stereotypes" with an American directly would be too jarring, so they put him at #2 and put someone who's an easy fit on paper (career in presenting, well known car enthusiast) but can have the public turned against him in the #1 slot. After a season or two people are used to the American and Evans can be dropped. If the show as a whole doesn't go well the internet's already poised to blame him, so there's that too. Kind of out there but it doesn't sound as entirely idiotic as it should.
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May 26, 2016 19:24
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KakerMix posted:I would not be surprised in the least if the new Top Gear is going to be too similar and cause much groaning and eye rolling but not different enough to separate it fully from the old Top Gear anyway. Much like a lot of people the new main host is incredibly unlikable and I thought this when James drove his Ferrari in that one episode years ago. Yeah that episode with Chris Evans and all his white Ferraris was my first introduction to him and I was immediately struck by the thought "man this guy seems like an unfunny rear end with zero sense of humor" so its pretty weird that they went ahead and hired him to replace a funny rear end with a great sense of humor. And I was also taken by surprise with Matt Leblanc but I'll be damned - I think it's going to work really well and its cool to be able to get to know him outside of his role on friends.
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May 26, 2016 20:34
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Cut the news, keep stars in cars bleh.
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May 26, 2016 20:36
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What are you smoking? I skipped every star in car interview that wasnt f1 after like, season 9. The news was the best segment
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May 26, 2016 21:04
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uPen posted:Cut the news, keep stars in cars bleh. Translation: this is a terrible idea.
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May 26, 2016 21:10
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MattD1zzl3 posted:What are you smoking? I skipped every star in car interview that wasnt f1 after like, season 9. The news was the best segment You are correct on both counts.
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May 26, 2016 21:12
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"I love the segment where a star is fellated by Clarkson about their most recent turd of a movie/album/tv show." -AI Goon
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wolrah posted:There's a tinfoil-hattish part of me that kinda wonders if Evans is there as a sacrificial lamb. The producers want to make LeBlanc the main host but fear that replacing Mr. "Americans are all Wal-Martian stereotypes" with an American directly would be too jarring, so they put him at #2 and put someone who's an easy fit on paper (career in presenting, well known car enthusiast) but can have the public turned against him in the #1 slot. After a season or two people are used to the American and Evans can be dropped. If the show as a whole doesn't go well the internet's already poised to blame him, so there's that too. So it's exactly like I thought, get rid of Chris Evans and you've already got another Englishman named Chris to step right in for him! Now we just play the waiting game...
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Isn't LeBlanc already on a show thats filmed, takes place, and is a hit in the UK or something? If so, he's a 'known' commodity there.
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Yeah he is. Episodes or something where he plays himself. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Episodes_(TV_series)
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Tide posted:Isn't LeBlanc already on a show thats filmed, takes place, and is a hit in the UK or something? If so, he's a 'known' commodity there. Reminds me of seasick steve. "Who the hell is this guy?" But hes big in the UK
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May 26, 2016 21:58
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MattD1zzl3 posted:What are you smoking? I skipped every star in car interview that wasnt f1 after like, season 9. The news was the best segment You actually missed a few good interviews, quite a few that were also poo poo but there were a few gems in there.
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spog posted:Good interview with Matt about new TG This is a minor F1 nerd point but I like that they signed Eddie Jordan because he "has a huge Formula 1 background. When he talks about a car’s performance that guy knows what he’s talking about." I watched a documentary he was in that was released a month ago and he outright says he never really was strong on the engineering side and he succeeded more because he was good at the commerical side of the sport. Again this was a month ago.
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May 26, 2016 22:06
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The only good star in a car segments were when they had Americans on like Jay Leno or Tom Cruise. Everyone else was snooze-fest.
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MattD1zzl3 posted:What are you smoking? I skipped every star in car interview that wasnt f1 after like, season 9. The news was the best segment Yes, but tguk now has 2 stars and no news.
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May 26, 2016 22:27
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Michael McIntyre was pretty great. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk8mOSWGw0s
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May 26, 2016 22:47
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uPen posted:Yes, but tguk now has 2 stars and no news. Watch the oldest top gear, the traditional top gear with a pedigree, the top gear that doesnt chase popularity (or diversity) 
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Tide posted:Isn't LeBlanc already on a show thats filmed, takes place, and is a hit in the UK or something? If so, he's a 'known' commodity there.  The worst thing is I watched like half a season of it last week.
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mod sassinator posted:The only good star in a car segments were when they had Americans on like Jay Leno or Tom Cruise. Everyone else was snooze-fest. The Rowan Atkinson one was good too
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Anyone who has actually heard Eddie Jordan blather on at any length knows that he is 1) really short, 2) really loving stupid and 3) really loving annoying. edit: VVVV there's the Eddie I know! Dang It Bhabhi! fucked around with this message at 03:18 on May 27, 2016 |
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My favorite Eddie Jordan bit was when he visited the Force India office. Force India used to be Jordan, a team he ran until he couldn't afford to own it anymore. Everyone is just at their desk, doing their jobs. He walks in and announces that if he still ran the team he'd fire them all because there were too many people working there. What the gently caress is that? Who walks into an office and announces he'd fire everyone if he ran the place?
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May 27, 2016 01:43
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From tonight's Jeopardy. The category was "My First Car".
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fyodor posted:Anyone who has actually heard Eddie Jordan blather on at any length knows that he is 1) really short, 2) really loving stupid and 3) really loving annoying. Its pretty clear that they signed him because he was bringing some F1 credibility with a modicum of charisma. The issue is that his strength as an F1 pundit has been his knowledge of the commercial side of the sport and really doesn't have a lot of technical insight which makes me wonder what role he is actually supposed to serve.
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Mister Kingdom posted:From tonight's Jeopardy. The category was "My First Car". Was it answered correctly?
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1500quidporsche posted:Its pretty clear that they signed him because he was bringing some F1 credibility with a modicum of charisma. The issue is that his strength as an F1 pundit has been his knowledge of the commercial side of the sport and really doesn't have a lot of technical insight which makes me wonder what role he is actually supposed to serve. His grandest achivement in F1 was improving the quality of grid girls so..... I guess front row of the studio audience will be good viewing?
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KakerMix posted:Was it answered correctly? Yes.
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First impression: a layer of humour is gone. "Ambitious but rubbish" is now "ambitious and shouty TV fun time!" But they cracked a joke about catering in the first couple of minutes, that's got to count for something.
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So far so... More of the same but not quite as good. Evans actually has worse dress sense than Clarkson, somehow (but has at least admitted he looks like a dick), LeBlanc is likeable but doesn't seem a natural presenter. Some sweet US Navy Agressor porn in the first segment though.
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This is terrible. Its exactly what I thought it would be. Old top gear by committee. Everythings been ran by the producers and 17 focus groups so its completely devoid of anything remotely honest about it. Kill it now.
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May 29, 2016 20:20
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A whole three minutes of Sabine so far, otherwise it's been all Evans & LeBlanc. Not a great deal of chemistry is there?
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May 29, 2016 20:30
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Lets see what the crowd think https://twitter.com/james_chaundy/status/737001984797081600
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May 29, 2016 20:32
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Doc about the Battle of Jutland is on after, that'll be good.
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Tell you what: Gordon Ramsey should have been offered the presenter gig.
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fyodor posted:Anyone who has actually heard Eddie Jordan blather on at any length knows that he is 1) really short, 2) really loving stupid and 3) really loving annoying. They should have got Eddie Irvine, at least it would be the presenter getting punched instead.
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inkjet_lakes posted:So far so... More of the same but not quite as good. Evans actually has worse dress sense than Clarkson, somehow (but has at least admitted he looks like a dick), LeBlanc is likeable but doesn't seem a natural presenter. Also this.
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Evans is more shouty than I thought he was going to be, it is awful. I think once LeBlanc loosens up a bit he might actually be pretty good.
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