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Sabine making the Top Gun pilot car sick was fantastic. The Viper is pure  The cinematography is still great. Both guests were fun, but the two barrel setup is atrocious. I do not like the SIARPC rallycross.Other than that, gently caress it, it's more Top Gear. e: oh and my favorite line of the night was the Top Gun guy saying they fine everyone  for quoting the movie.
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Just started watching it and the smugness in Evan's talking about "we don't talk about catering anymore on this show" unngghhhhhhhhhhhhh that's doomed this whole show right from the get-go if they are going to invite comparisons to the old one. edit Jesus they keep missing the point of what made Top Gear good, it wasn't the production and having the Stig, it was the chemistry between the hosts augmented with those things. KakerMix fucked around with this message at 03:43 on May 30, 2016 |
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May 30, 2016 03:29
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LeBlanc I can see loosening up and getting into the role nicely as time goes on. It just seems like they picked out the elements I disliked the most about the old show and cranked them up to 11 though, and watching Evans try to commentate the laps was pretty painful. I mean it's fine if you like fawning over supercars and celebrities than this probably is going to be the show for you. All I wanted to do was watch some mates tool about Britain, and occasionally another country, with old cheap cars which I don't think I'm going to get here.
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May 30, 2016 03:44
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I'd say it is worth it just to see all you guys get really made about it.
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May 30, 2016 03:54
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New top gear is unambitious and rubbish. Extra gear is genuinely good. Watch it.
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May 30, 2016 03:55
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Cojawfee posted:I'd say it is worth it just to see all you guys get really made about it. Shame that the show doesn't become good because you watch it out of spite.
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May 30, 2016 04:02
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Evans was needlessly shouty in the studio bits, Leblanc was obviously having fun in the filmed bits, Sabine was great making the pilot puke. So I'll keep going cuz I need my tv car porn.
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May 30, 2016 04:30
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Matt LeBlanc seems like he has an addiction to painkillers.
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May 30, 2016 04:33
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Why can't top gear be extra gear instead.
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May 30, 2016 04:54
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There is a good show in there but with the baggage and Evans as the mainline host I can't see it doing much more than tread water. I'm keenly interested in how The Grand Tour is going to turn out.
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May 30, 2016 05:11
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Well Chris Evans is definitely as unlikable as everyone says.
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May 30, 2016 05:12
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Fire Chris Evans and make Matt Leblanc the main host.
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May 30, 2016 05:18
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We can only hope BBC learns from the fan response from this season and fixes the major bits for the next one.
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May 30, 2016 05:56
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Why is Chris Evans shouting constantly? Why does he look like Brick Top? Also I just don't feel right about them keeping the same theme song and old lap times, like shouldn't it be a full reboot or something? FogHelmut fucked around with this message at 06:47 on May 30, 2016 |
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May 30, 2016 06:37
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FogHelmut posted:Why is Chris Evans shouting constantly? IT'S SHOUTY TELEVISION FUN TIME EVERYBODY! FogHelmut posted:Also I just don't feel right about them keeping the same theme song and old lap times, like shouldn't it be a full reboot or something? Yeah I was surprised how much they kept, even the Stig jokes. But instead of delivering the Stig jokes like Clarkson, with a comically mixed sense of awe and disgust, one line was (am I remembering this wrong?) read from an autocue by Leblanc and another shouted by Evans with the audience instructed to cheer instead of laugh. If they survive to another series, they should definitely redo as much as possible so it fits the hosts better.
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May 30, 2016 07:32
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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. Eddie Jordan seems to go off on weird tangents when asked about stuff on air, I've noticed he appears to be in it less than before which is great because he's an annoying twat. It'd be fine if he offered some sort of insight but he just waffles on about poo poo nobody cares about. I don't do F1 yet I watch it sometimes and I wonder why the gently caress he's on it. Coulthard is great though, as an ex-driver he offers far more insight to the racing, knows all the little easter eggs about tracks/venues and is actually a pretty funny guy.
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May 30, 2016 09:56
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KakerMix posted:Just started watching it and the smugness in Evan's talking about "we don't talk about catering anymore on this show" unngghhhhhhhhhhhhh that's doomed this whole show right from the get-go if they are going to invite comparisons to the old one.
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May 30, 2016 10:39
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My Lovely Horse posted:The old team probably would have cracked the same joke but they would have done with more nuance and not in that "oh boy watch me make this great joke I'm about to make right now" way. No way they would have done it with more nuance, but it would have been one joke out of many and not a lone joke with an incredibly stilted set up (the entire Indian ton of downforce was booked for that joke).
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May 30, 2016 10:54
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One of the best things about this is that they are filming four studio sections a week according to Evans on tv last week. They are trying to film as if its a live broadcast and its not working. So if you think about it they cant change anything studio based to take into account anything for about 4 weeks. Its got two weeks for me. I think Leblanc will relax a bit once he get used to it. They need more from him in segments, more Sabine as fans love her and they need to put Harris in charge. Star in a car was so bad I went and sorted my washing while it was on. Ramsey bragging he is having two La Ferraris is not my idea of entertainment. Trip was pointless. All they had to do was make the challenge Leblanc trying to find Blackpool without using maps or Satnav while Evans follows. Fun would come from them ending up in dodgy places on the way. All in all terrible and unless they make some radical changes its going to end Top Gear. Big ratings this week. Next week they start falling.
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Rory was good, clearly comfortable in front of a studio audience, Chris Harris looked kind of terrified though. Here's hoping Extra Gear is just a trial for the new presenters so they can fire Evans at the end of the series knowing they've got a couple of people to fill in the hole his ego left.
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Bigsteve posted:Big ratings this week. Next week they start falling. Oh I don't know about big this week. quote:The long-awaited return of Top Gear was watched by an average of just 4.4 million viewers as many critics lamented the decision of the new cast and producers to stick to the motoring shows tried and tested format. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/may/30/top-gear-revamp-watched-by-just-44-million-viewers
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Ola posted:Oh I don't know about big this week. Thats pretty bad considering what was at stake.
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Jealous Cow posted:I didn't realize there was 3300 feet of elevation change across Kansas. Kansas is flat, but tilted. It's one long slope leading up to the Rockies. ApathyGifted fucked around with this message at 13:00 on May 30, 2016 |
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May 30, 2016 12:43
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I like how the highest place in Kansas is right next to the lowest place in Colorado according to that article. Makes total geographic sense. PS Nebraska is as flat and boring as the jokes say; never go there.
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FogHelmut posted:Also I just don't feel right about them keeping the same theme song and old lap times, like shouldn't it be a full reboot or something?
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May 30, 2016 12:57
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Bigsteve posted:Thats pretty bad considering what was at stake. It's the highest audience figures of the night, on a bank holiday so nobody's home watching TV when you've got the day off on Monday (unless like me you're an idiot and have to work). I didn't watch it live, I was in the pub. New Top Gear is bad in the same way Old Top Gear was bad when it was New Top Gear, you can't force chemistry but either it'll happen or they'll replace someone like they did with Jason Dawe and (almost) Hammond.
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad posted:New Top Gear is bad in the same way Old Top Gear was bad when it was New Top Gear, you can't force chemistry but either it'll happen or they'll replace someone like they did with Jason Dawe and (almost) Hammond. quote:"It was about this time we had another visit from the BBC Meddling Department, who told us that market research showed our show was attracting young, lifestyle, trendy viewers to BBC Two, so perhaps we should think about getting a young, lifestyle, trendy presenter.  I love Andy Wilman forever for making that choice.
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What is with all these departments going "We see you are doing well with demographic X" and then following it up with "How about you change the dynamic of the show completely so you will be even more popular with demographic X". Isn't the fact they are already doing well a sign that they should continue doing just that?
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Because idiotic management targets, the same as every other business.
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Bigsteve posted:One of the best things about this is that they are filming four studio sections a week according to Evans on tv last week. They are trying to film as if its a live broadcast and its not working. What are you blathering about? Old top gear tried to appear as if it were live as well. It was filmed the Wednesday before airing.
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KozmoNaut posted:
Mega agreed. May's early appearances as the "new young blood" are amazing.
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Andrast posted:What is with all these departments going "We see you are doing well with demographic X" and then following it up with "How about you change the dynamic of the show completely so you will be even more popular with demographic X". Because they could get much better rating with demographic X, if the presenter were also from demographic X e.g. all those women who thought they were enjoying the old TG weren't - because it is well known that women can't enjoy a show that doesn't have a female presenter. Also black people aren't really capable of enjoying a programme with an all-white presenting cast. I know this because I read a book on diversity in the media. It was printed on paper made from wheatgrass. Cojawfee posted:What are you blathering about? Old top gear tried to appear as if it were live as well. It was filmed the Wednesday before airing. He means that old TG could change the live sections based on the previous week's audience response. Because new TG records 4 of them at a time, the next three are going to feature Chris Evans shouting and being hated more and more each week
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May 30, 2016 17:13
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What I imagine their reaction was to the all new TG
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May 30, 2016 17:59
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The BBC are in full damage control mode already.
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serious gaylord posted:The BBC are in full damage control mode already. How are they explaining Evans's poor presenting?
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Leblanc is ok and could get really good and while I tried to like that ginger dude he was just annoying as hell. But that's a some proper height! The danes biggest mountain is quite impressive though! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himmelbjerget
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AND NO CHRIS HARRIS TO BE FOUND ANYWHERE. Jesus, when he talks about cars on youtube he is so captivating he has the potential to be the next James May for god's sake. I just knew it was going to be bad when they had the gear of the TG logo spinning after the opening tune. They didn't even use some of that multi-million-pound budget to re-render it with proper lighting, oh no.... someone just picked the old one up with after effects and made it spin. What. The. gently caress.
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Tsuru posted:AND NO CHRIS HARRIS TO BE FOUND ANYWHERE. Jesus, when he talks about cars on youtube he is so captivating he has the potential to be the next James May for god's sake. Chris Harris is on Extra Gear with Rory Reid.
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Lord Tywin posted:Leblanc is ok and could get really good and while I tried to like that ginger dude he was just annoying as hell. You don't go by altitude, you go by prominence. Mt. Sunflower has a prominence of 19 feet, vs 400 feet for Himmelb... Hagenda.... the Hamburglar.
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