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MrChips posted:Matt LeBlanc seriously needs to stop pointing at the camera. I am surprised at how bad he is in the studio. It's all scripted and he is a proper actor, but it is just so wooden and stilted.
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This was pretty good. https://twitter.com/AshleyBlaker/status/749977243347189760
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Ola posted:Yeah, a Stig-like role would work. She is a tame racing driver, not a trained media personality who can nail cleverly written lines to camera convincingly. Except she's been a presenter on a German auto show for years?
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Jul 4, 2016 23:31
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serious gaylord posted:Hes really really terrible at it and the sexual assault allegation is all the BBC need to get rid of him and avoid paying out for the rest of his 3 year contract. Just reading about the accusations and other stories of him whipping his dick out around the office..... how is he still employed?
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Jul 4, 2016 23:32
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WAR CRIME SYNDICAT posted:Except she's been a presenter on a German auto show for years? The scale of how good someone is at being a TV presenter (hell, even talking to people in general) is like an order of magnitude different for Germany.
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Jul 4, 2016 23:40
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Just reading about the accusations and other stories of him whipping his dick out around the office..... how is he still employed? It's the BBC.
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WAR CRIME SYNDICAT posted:Except she's been a presenter on a German auto show for years? Maybe she's better in German. She's not a very good presenter in English.
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Jul 4, 2016 23:43
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iwentdoodie posted:It's the BBC. Oh. Yeah he fits right in. Has he been caught loving underage women / boys yet?
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Cojawfee posted:Maybe she's better in German. She's not a very good presenter in English. That's true, but I was just responding to the people who act like she's never presented before.
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Jul 4, 2016 23:45
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Oh. Yeah he fits right in. Has he been caught loving underage women / boys yet? Apart from the one he married?
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Jul 5, 2016 00:04
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Cojawfee posted:Maybe she's better in German. She's not a very good presenter in English. I've seen enough D-Motor (her old German show) to tell you she isn't much better in her native language either.
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WAR CRIME SYNDICAT posted:That's true, but I was just responding to the people who act like she's never presented before. I did know that and we have gone over exactly this before in this thread. It doesn't really matter what she did before anyway, it's an observation of what she does now. The quieter bits of the Venice challenge was kind of loose and chatty, so she came across much more relaxed and natural. Eddie Jordan is also very stilted. Doing this stuff is basically acting and people that do well in showbiz have a talent for it, doesn't matter how much you know about cars.
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Jul 5, 2016 00:10
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MrChips posted:I've seen enough D-Motor (her old German show) to tell you she isn't much better in her native language either. Oh well. I think she'd be a good Stig, and someone came up with a great marketing twist a page or so ago. Too bad the BBC isn't good at that sort of thing. Hiring sex offenders, sure. They've got that down.
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Jul 5, 2016 00:18
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Really must be something to those sexual misconduct rumours. Glad to see that sad sack of poo poo leave, Matt, Rory and Chris will make for a good core team
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Jul 5, 2016 04:31
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JazzmasterCurious posted:Didn't he admit to waddling his twig around the offices, as a sort of hazing thing, when these rumours floated around at the start of the new series? Well, according to this: http://jalopnik.com/chris-evans-stepped-down-from-top-gear-after-police-con-1783079430 quote:In an interview with the Sunday Times in 2005, Evans admitted his penchant for exposing himself at work.  "Look at 'er, she's having the time of her life!"
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He seems like the type that would think that's funny. He should be on some sort of registry.
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Data Graham posted:Well, according to this: Are we supposed to be surprised that the BBC would rather have a sex offender on staff than a guy who punched a dude that one time.
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Jul 5, 2016 04:55
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Data Graham posted:Well, according to this: Oh for fucks sake, in the office? He must know where the bodies are buried at the BBC.
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Jul 5, 2016 05:08
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It figures he was wearing a tracksuit at the time.
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Jul 5, 2016 05:49
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Let's take a moment to reflect on the fact that the last shot of Chris Evans on "his" tenure of Top Gear was him wearing a giant plastic poncho with "LOSER" written on it. Legacy
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Jul 5, 2016 06:17
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Oh for fucks sake, in the office? He must know where the bodies are buried at the BBC. He didnt do any of that at the BBC tbf, that was at his own company. Although the BBC employed him knowing how much of a twat he is.
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Rory, Matt, and not-the-bad-Chris seem like they could gel and become a good trio. Rory is natural both on camera and in studio and gives a decent interview. Chris tends to get a little bit mad-eyed and drooly over his supercars, but at least he's interesting, passionate, knowledgeable, and skilled. Matt seems to be way more comfortable in front of a camera than in front of an audience but his improv/asides in the films are pretty great. I feel like he plays "Matt LeBlanc" on set and he kind of forgets to keep that up on the longer films, which is why he's more enjoyable there. I love everything about Sabine except when she has to talk to the camera or to other people when she isn't driving. Maybe she should do a segment where she interviews minor celebrities, except the interviews can only take ten minutes because they're held while she's driving them around the Nurburgring? Or, as others have said, keep her in reserve for when they need another tame racing driver. I don't understand what is a Eddie Jordan or why they point cameras at him, and I would like them to stop that, please. Format-wise, bring back the news, scale down the star interviews and take out the stupid 'read what the other one is doing' part. I actually kind of like the first car/best car segment but it shouldn't be a competition. Heck, just make it a first car/best car story and it's probably fixed. I can take or leave Star in a Rally-Cross Car. It's kind of fun to see them do the jump and splash, but on the other hand track dynamics have way more of an effect on the lap than they used to. The "reasonable" part was creeping out of relevancy by the end of old new TG -- maybe have them genuinely try to find the best car for X money, where X is (lowest priced car on sale in UK) * 1.5? It could be a decent segment. Upon further googling, it looks like it'd be a stripped Dacia Sandero. This would be good news. I guess after all the new version still hasn't figured out what they are yet. If they can figure out their "Ambitious but Rubbish" they'll probably be genuinely good. It took way longer than six episodes for TGUS to figure out their chemistry, after all. Oh, yeah.
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Oh for fucks sake, in the office? He must know where the bodies are buried at the BBC. quote:Matt LeBlanc, Rory Reid, Chris Harris, Sabine Schmitz and Eddie Jordan will front the next series. Evans may be a twat, but at least he is a competent presenter. But Eddie Jordan? He acts like somebody's Aunt Mabel who's been woken up, given a cup of tea and told to read what's written on the card in front of her.
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spog posted:Evans may be a twat, but at least he is a competent presenter. A competent presenter doesnt make you want to hurl a puppy through the TV
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Tricky Ed posted:I love everything about Sabine except when she has to talk to the camera or to other people when she isn't driving. Maybe she should do a segment where she interviews minor celebrities, except the interviews can only take ten minutes because they're held while she's driving them around the Nurburgring? That would be amazing, get Sabine to take them round while terrifying them and asking questions, then switch it round and get the celebs to drive while Sabine shouts at them to go faster.
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Jul 5, 2016 09:21
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Tricky Ed posted:Chris tends to get a little bit mad-eyed and drooly over his supercars, but at least he's interesting, passionate, knowledgeable, and skilled. He's much more versatile than just supercar reviews. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKp7BrfOpEU
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Jul 5, 2016 09:23
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Data Graham posted:Well, according to this: FACT.
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About to watch Episode 6, does Evans wear a Yellow shirt under a jumper again?
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Humphreys posted:About to watch Episode 6, does Evans wear a Yellow shirt under a jumper again? It's not a yellow shirt, it's a hi vis safety vest to warn away the women and children.
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Jul 5, 2016 12:34
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Tricky Ed posted:Format-wise, ... take out the stupid 'read what the other one is doing' part. That's my favorite part of the new format  I think it works well as a mild satire of the inanity of celebrities going on talk shows and plugging their latest work.
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howe_sam posted:That's my favorite part of the new format Bad news, it isn't satire in this case.
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howe_sam posted:That's my favorite part of the new format It's actually ridiculously bad. Like I never cared much for SIARPC but I didn't think they could make it worse in every way, but they did. I love rally/cross stuff but the rallycross track is just bad. I think the way the handle celebrity interviews in Extra Gear isn't too bad, getting their opinions on news items can be good. Either way they should just stick to one celebrity, or two if they're doing the same thing.
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I'd expect the star segment to be revamped next season, they're just unlucky that they filmed all the episodes in a block instead of once a week so they couldn't really do anything when it was bad. To be fair, old Top Gear had some ideas that totally missed too - who else remembers the Top Gear Stuntman  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhZXDM87izE Funny the first time, but by week four... blunt fucked around with this message at 19:02 on Jul 5, 2016 |
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blunt posted:I'd expect the star segment to be revamped next season, they're just unlucky that they filmed all the episodes in a block instead of once a week so they couldn't really do anything when it was bad. They also abandoned the Cool Wall and Car of the Year.  I vaguely remember some in-studio segments in the earlier episodes that sucked and were never repeated.
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you have to wonder how chris evans was even considered for the job, let alone getting it. it's not like it wasn't already well known that he's an insufferable oval office.
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BBC panicked at hearing him say he knew who was a sex offender and gave him the job to buy his silence, not realizing he was just setting up a who's got two thumbs joke.
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LordArgh posted:you have to wonder how chris evans was even considered for the job, let alone getting it. it's not like it wasn't already well known that he's an insufferable oval office. It was really puzzling. You just had to watch is previous appearance on Top Gear where he reluctantly lets James drive his old Ferrari California to realize the guy had no business being within 1,000 miles of the show. More broadly, he just comes across as a huge douchebag, everywhere, all the time. He has no sense of humor and is a black hole of anti-charisma with no discernible talent. There is just nothing loving there. He was an incomprehensible hire from the word go.  My Lovely Horse posted:BBC panicked at hearing him say he knew who was a sex offender and gave him the job to buy his silence, not realizing he was just setting up a who's got two thumbs joke. 
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sean10mm posted:It was really puzzling. You just had to watch is previous appearance on Top Gear where he reluctantly lets James drive his old Ferrari California to realize the guy had no business being within 1,000 miles of the show. Or his appearance before that as the SIARPC when he said himself that he is not a petrolhead.
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