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Cojawfee
May 31, 2006
I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius
Every episode should end with him being forced to choose one of his white Ferraris to be left out in the rain for a day.

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Jehde
Apr 21, 2010

There was one episode of Top Gear that had Chris Evans as the SIARPC. He talked about how he doesn't care much about cars, just likes the aesthetics of them. He specifically said he doesn't consider himself to be a "petrolhead".

Nerobro
Nov 4, 2005

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captainOrbital posted:

Tell that to the dudes with (W) next to their names.

That's something that can be measured. Imagine the notation for conditions of the rallycross course. "Seven laps, so the jumps were lower" "No rain for 4 days, puddle was shallow" "first run of the day, so puddle edges are firm" "First run after track cleaning, good traction on paved sections"

Versus "wet" or "Very wet"

hopterque
Mar 9, 2007

     sup

Cojawfee posted:

Every episode should end with him being forced to choose one of his white Ferraris to be left out in the rain for a day.

This would be really good

My Lovely Horse
Aug 21, 2010

TOP GEAR EXOTIC LOCATION SPECIAL

LeBlanc (off): But just before we set off on the grueling trip, we spotted another surprise the producers had prepared... a back up car.
*white Ferrari pulls into view behind some trees*
Evans: *has actual aneurysm*

Cojawfee
May 31, 2006
I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius
Only if you can hear the gears grinding as the intern tries to drive it.

Edit: Oh man, if there's one thing they need to copy from old top gear, it is the "your beloved item is behind/at the end of the thing." Just so we can see Evans drop out of every challenge while screaming at every member of the crew to help with a tarp because some dirt might get on his white ferrari.

projecthalaxy
Dec 27, 2008

Yes hello it is I Kurt's Secret Son


They should get with the times and capture the hottest current YouTube memes by crushing his ferraris with a hydraulic press.

Acebuckeye13
Nov 2, 2010
Ultra Carp

projecthalaxy posted:

They should get with the times and capture the hottest current YouTube memes by crushing his ferraris with a hydraulic press.

Now that I'd watch.

My Lovely Horse
Aug 21, 2010

Me too, for the Finnish guy pronouncing "Ferrari" alone.

Residency Evil
Jul 28, 2003

4/5 godo... Schumi

My Lovely Horse posted:

TOP GEAR EXOTIC LOCATION SPECIAL

LeBlanc (off): But just before we set off on the grueling trip, we spotted another surprise the producers had prepared... a back up car.
*white Ferrari pulls into view behind some trees*
Evans: *has actual aneurysm*

Yeah I'd definitely watch this.

Olympic Mathlete
Feb 25, 2011

:h:


For every 1000 complaints the BBC get on social media about Evans, a kid gets a free whack on his Ferraris with the stabby side of a hammer.

Dang It Bhabhi!
May 27, 2004



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Lol white Ferrari collection. Nothing is more boring than a wealthy, off-the-rack Ferrari "fan."

Mustache Ride
Sep 11, 2001



No no, its okay. He keeps them all in an immaculate garage while he has an auto piano plays music for them and he never drives them.

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Its fine really. He's not your typical Ferrari fanboy.

projecthalaxy
Dec 27, 2008

Yes hello it is I Kurt's Secret Son


I hope next week's show features a new recurring segment where Matt LeBlanc pushes Chris Evans to the ground and makes him eat a bug.

Fayez Butts
Aug 24, 2006

fyodor posted:

Lol white Ferrari collection. Nothing is more boring than a wealthy, off-the-rack Ferrari "fan."

Listen buddy, he appreciates them for their aesthetics

Ether Frenzy
Dec 22, 2006




Nap Ghost
Chris Evans sucks and all but he's not exactly precious about his car collection.

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10529039.display/

that article posted:

The BBC Radio 2 breakfast presenter and The One Show star joined by son Noah handed over the keys of seven Ferraris and five classic cars to strangers to raise more than £800,000 for Children in Need.

Chris auctioned off the scenic road trip on his radio show where each winner and co-driver of the ‘Magnificent Seven & Famous Five Drive and Dine’ tours the countryside in all of the cars.

The group set off from Chris’s home yesterday morning before roaring into the Chewton Glen luxury country house hotel in New Milton last night for a banquet and overnight stay ready for the star to broadcast his radio show live there this morning.

Now in the fifth year, the fundraiser takes in various landmarks en route including Longleat House and racing driver Jody Scheckter’s home Laverstoke Park.

Chris said: “It has been fantastic. The event is bigger than it has ever been before.

“There are normally only seven cars and there are 12 this year so it’s much more ambitious. The sun’s out, the sky’s blue and everyone is having a great time.”

The seven Ferraris that drew up on the hotel’s croquet lawn at the luxury New Forest hotel included a 1961 Ferrari TR61, 1961 Ferrari 250 SWB California Spyder, 1963 Ferrari 250 GT SWB, 1965 Ferrari 275 GTS Spyder, 1985 Ferrari 288 GTO, a 1990 Ferrari F40 and a 2011 Ferrari SA Aperta.

The Chris Evans Famous Five includes a 1965 Aston Martin DB5, 1965 Morris Mini Cooper S, 1970 Jaguar E-Type, 1973 Lamborghini Muira and a 1973 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Berlinetta.

Dang It Bhabhi!
May 27, 2004



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note: these cars did not belong to chris evans.

Ether Frenzy
Dec 22, 2006




Nap Ghost
Who's cars are they then? :iiam:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2356604/Petrolheads-chance-drive-Chris-Evanss-fleet-luxury-cars-bidding-800-000-Children-Need.html

Meaningless words that have no power here posted:

Cruising with Chris Evans: Petrolheads get chance to drive DJ's fleet of luxury cars after bidding £800,000 for Children in Need

But BBC Radio two breakfast DJ Chris Evans has gone one step further than merely showing off his priceless collection of cars.

He has generously handed the keys over to 12 of his most treasure possessions, all in the name of charity.

The famously generous Mr Evans was happy to part with his 'babies' for the cause, as he has done in previous years.

In the past Mr Evans has said of his extravagant collection of Ferraris: 'Of their time, they're each at the absolute vanguard of engineering,' he says, walking along the line of motors.

Quit making me defend Chris Evans

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May 27, 2004



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nmfree
Aug 15, 2001

The Greater Goon: Breaking Hearts and Chains since 2006

projecthalaxy posted:

I hope next week's show features a new recurring segment where Matt LeBlanc pushes Chris Evans to the ground and makes him eat a bug.
"Stop hittin' yourself! Stop hittin' yourself!"

captainOrbital
Jan 23, 2003

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I would probably pay a lot of money for the chance to drive a 250 GT SWB and the chance to punch a dude that would paint an F40 white.

Wheeee
Mar 11, 2001

When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

I haven't watched Top Gear in nearly a decade and had no idea there was a Chris Evans that wasn't Captain America, but the internet rage machine convinced me to watch this.

This was the worst thing I've ever seen from a major TV production and this Chris Evans thing should be taken out behind the warehouse and Old Yeller'd.

Ola
Jul 19, 2004

Dear so-called fans of Top Gear, don't you remember he let James try his 250 GT California?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxWMYcPX27s

GutBomb
Jun 15, 2005

Dude?
Yes, I think that's where the whole sentiment that he's precious about his cars comes from...

kimbo305
Jun 9, 2007

actually, yeah, I am a little mad
You guys are making it real hard for white Ferrari owners.

CornHolio
May 20, 2001

Toilet Rascal
I finally watched the first episode of James May's The Reassembler last night.

Incredibly entertaining considering it's an old man assembling an old lawnmower for a half hour.

MattD1zzl3
Oct 26, 2007
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kimbo305 posted:

You guys are making it real hard for white Ferrari owners.

#whiteferrarismatter


I thought the first episode showed a little potential, especially Leblanc. Interested to see eddie jordan take over as the third host this weekend, it was odd seeing only two.

Residency Evil
Jul 28, 2003

4/5 godo... Schumi
I think the most telling thing about New New Top Gear (or is it New Old Top Gear?) is that I haven't watched the episode yet.

Plucky Brit
Nov 7, 2009

Swing low, sweet chariot

Residency Evil posted:

I think the most telling thing about New New Top Gear (or is it New Old Top Gear?)

So Called Top Gear.

Ola
Jul 19, 2004

On the next series of James May's The Reassembler:


Episode 1: A Ferrari 250 GT California

Episode 2: A television executive's decision making apparatus.

Episode 3: A showbiz career.

Alighieri
Dec 10, 2005


:dukedog:

GutBomb posted:

Yes, I think that's where the whole sentiment that he's precious about his cars comes from...

to be honest, I would be protective of a car I payed over $10 million for

KakerMix
Apr 8, 2004

8.2 M.P.G.
:byetankie:

Alighieri posted:

to be honest, I would be protective of a car I payed over $10 million for

Yeah but then you have guys like Leno that have multi million dollar priceless cars that he drives all over the place. Or the lead singer for AC/DC who drives around Thunderguts as his daily.

shadow puppet of a
Jan 10, 2007

NO TENGO SCORPIO


Tide posted:

Whats been the UK reception of the show, and in particular, LeBlanc?

Today the reception in the UK has been upgraded to a zapruder film desconstruction of the background audience in freeze frame to re-construct failed jokes and determine conclusively that the show is using a laugh track that is edited in to cover for Evans' awful jokes.

This is the headline story of a major tabloid (Yes, the one Clarkson writes for, why do you ask?).

The second story below today's headline? Its gleefully piecing together the backstage crisis of confidence and infighting using nameless insiders:

quote:

An insider revealed: “Top Gear is the BBC’s most valuable show and the magic it had under Clarkson has gone.

“There is a real worry now the show could fail completely.

“Evans is at the epicentre of all these concerns as viewers don’t seem to like him and he is so powerful that it is hard to wrestle the show back off him.

“He’s a car fan but doesn’t know his technical stuff and audiences seem to prefer having proper motoring journalists rather than a loudmouth millionaire DJ.

“Top staff at the Beeb are already working out a Plan B if they decide to get rid.”

My dream has come true in that it has become a laughing stock and a punching bag. Couple that with universal condemnation on Twitter and there is no refuge left if the next episode's ratings tank hard from their starting figures.

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KakerMix posted:

Yeah but then you have guys like Leno that have multi million dollar priceless cars that he drives all over the place. Or the lead singer for AC/DC who drives around Thunderguts as his daily.

FORMER lead singer for AC/DC.
:goonsay:

Jonny Nox
Apr 26, 2008




fyodor posted:

FORMER lead singer for AC/DC.
:goonsay:

They finally brought back Bon Scott I guess.

Jonny Nox
Apr 26, 2008




FROM THE DEAD!!!!


:haw:

Humphreys
Jan 26, 2013

We conceived a way to use my mother as a porn mule


I have no prior knowledge of Evans before TG (except his segment when he was a guest) and wow he is very very irritating. Le Blanc, Sabine and Reid could save it.

Ika
Dec 30, 2004
Pure insanity

If he wouldn't yell all the time it might be slightly better. But slightly better is still terrible...

Ferremit
Sep 14, 2007
if I haven't posted about MY LANDCRUISER yet, check my bullbars for kangaroo prints

I dunno if its just me, but Extra Gear feels like an executive went "Well you filmed all this poo poo and it cost us money. You cant just leave it on the cutting room floor" so they whacked it into its own little offshoot.

Its way more watchable than Top Gear tho cos I dont spend all my time wanting to peg the remote at an annoying pasty redheaded twatbag, but its still really not that engaging

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MattD1zzl3
Oct 26, 2007
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Humphreys posted:

I have no prior knowledge of Evans before TG (except his segment when he was a guest) and wow he is very very irritating. Le Blanc, Sabine and Reid could save it.

Reid? The third TV show host is going to be eddie jordan i thought.

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