Top Gear

IanH replied on 29/05/2016 20:26

IanH

Posted on 29/05/2016 20:26

Well, I thought I would give it a chance........and 20 minutes in I am afraid that it's every bit as bad as I thought it would be.

First we have Chris Evans' irritating, whiny voice......enough to put off anyone anyway.

Then we find that it is just a pale imitation of the previous version. A review of an American muscle car is turned into a stupid, pretend 'Top Gun' game.

Then we have 'The Stig' ........and they even use exactly the same lines, copied from Clarkson and co.

Now they are doing a mickey-take of three-wheeler cars.......now where have I seen that before? Except that this time it's even more tedious and pointless.

Yup, it's basically "TGI Friday" does a pale imitation of Top Gear. Sad

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Fysherman replied on 08/07/2016 13:41

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Posted on 08/07/2016 13:41

I read somewhere it was the refusal by the BBC to consider JM for the Top Gear position that he spat his dummy out and resigned from Saturday Kitchen. Perhaps they will now change their mind?

How the other half live!

Kennine replied on 08/07/2016 15:49

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Posted on 08/07/2016 15:49

Watched an episode of legacy Top Gear with Clarkson Hammond and May -- It was very good.

The new Flop Gear will never match up, no matter who the BBC choose to present it.

IanH replied on 08/07/2016 17:11

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Posted on 08/07/2016 17:11

Went off James Martin somewhat when I watched a documentary about him entering a classic sports car in the Mille Maglia.

The car cost about £1million and he came across as a rather spoilt and petulant brat.

Why do they need anyone else?? For goodness sake, there are enough of them already (even in the BBC world of doubling up on presenters with every new series of a programme).

Just make Matt LeBlanc the main presenter.

RichardPitman replied on 08/07/2016 20:30

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Caravanner

Posted on 08/07/2016 20:30

Vicky Butler Henderson ......

cyberyacht replied on 08/07/2016 22:08

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Motorhomer

Posted on 08/07/2016 22:08

Sabine Schmidt AND Vicky Butler-Henderson? You old lecher, you.

Fysherman replied on 09/07/2016 15:39

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Posted on 09/07/2016 15:39

Watched an episode of legacy Top Gear with Clarkson Hammond and May -- It was very good.

The new Flop Gear will never match up, no matter who the BBC choose to present it.

K

Which is why they made such a mistake by copying the Clarkson formula so closely.

Far better to try something new and different otherwise people will just constantly compare the new with the old.

IanH replied on 09/07/2016 20:40

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Posted on 09/07/2016 20:40

I couldn't believe how much they copied from the Clarkson version......I was expecting 'all new Top Gear' but they even copied it right down to the jokey style introduction of the Stig.....and even kept the Stig!