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Chris Evans was a breath of fresh air to this show. I'm from the TFI Friday generation.
The celebrity timed lap commentary was the only weak bit. Even that fell flat the first season or two Clarkson did it.
Sad to see him go.
Le Blanc putting down the others so bluntly after their over-enthusiastic films grates badly. It's supposed to be enthusiastic! The off-road Ariel piece was his best bit so far.
Chris Harris is pure awesome. Less technical detail than YouTube but that's correct. BBC2 is mainstream. Online car channels are more specialist. Damper rate stagger on a DeltaWing would not be Top Gear.
Chris Evans would be welcome back in my living room next season. 👍
The celebrity timed lap commentary was the only weak bit. Even that fell flat the first season or two Clarkson did it.
Sad to see him go.
Le Blanc putting down the others so bluntly after their over-enthusiastic films grates badly. It's supposed to be enthusiastic! The off-road Ariel piece was his best bit so far.
Chris Harris is pure awesome. Less technical detail than YouTube but that's correct. BBC2 is mainstream. Online car channels are more specialist. Damper rate stagger on a DeltaWing would not be Top Gear.
Chris Evans would be welcome back in my living room next season. 👍
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I feel he is still leaning too much to the technical side on Top Gear. He can't help it because thats the world he is from but it's also why I feel he shouldn't be on the show. It's a light entertainment comedy show which happens to feature cars!
"I'm going to get lynched for saying I didn't like the old NSX"
.....dead silence from the audience....
That's because no one understands why Chris!!!!
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I wish it was a car show that happens to feature light entertainment comedy.
That's Fifth Gear!
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That was Fifth Gear.
That's what the old new TG was. They were always clear this new new TG was not going to carry on exactly where they left of with that. It wasn't going to become boring Fifth Gear but somewhere in the middle. I'm glad personally, the scripted comedy got really bad the last three or four series, especially Richard "I can't act" Hammond.
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Someone would have either explained to the audience in that conversation the reasoning behind that NSX statement or Clarkson would have told May to shut up before he could continue as was often seen when anything technical arose in the past. It's a comedy!
The TG audience members are the equivalent audience members of something like Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway. They are not petrol heads, they are just people who applied for tickets and are a wide demographic quite representative of actual Top Gear viewership. We are in the minority!
I'm sure many people apply for Wimbledon tickets and don't care less about Tennis, it's just another event to not turn down like Glastonbury etc. No one would say no to Top Gear tickets.
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Sorry I not hatin' but I never took a liking to Chris Evans from way back in the day!
Tiff Needell where you at?
Tiff Needell where you at?
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Rowan Atkinson is a brilliant suggestion.
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Sucks for Famine to be lumped in with a guy that didn't watch two thirds of the series yet still takes to Twitter with an opinion.
Though, "Barely in it"? Power Lap commentary, SIARCC segment, MG segment, linky bits.... "Barely in it" simply doesn't sound accurate to me.
Though, "Barely in it"? Power Lap commentary, SIARCC segment, MG segment, linky bits.... "Barely in it" simply doesn't sound accurate to me.
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I still don't have BBC America, but was able to watch the new Top Gear thanks to a coworker.
IMO the new series isn't great, nor do I find it unwatchable. I don't find it much worse than the last couple series of the old TG with Clarkson and company, which IMO were no where near what they once were.
I didn't even mind Evans that much, but do think LeBlanc does a better job as presenter.
IMO the new series isn't great, nor do I find it unwatchable. I don't find it much worse than the last couple series of the old TG with Clarkson and company, which IMO were no where near what they once were.
I didn't even mind Evans that much, but do think LeBlanc does a better job as presenter.
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The Mustang segment with Rory and then Harris and the MLB bit with the 911R were excellent - in fact the 911R was totally Top Gear. Couldn't fault it.
Compared to some of the episodes which were 'Evans and' or group features with Evans trying to be front and centre and he was barely in it. I reckon he had less screentime last night than any episode so far.
Also did I invent a hashtag there?
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No Evans... so let the main team be Matt, Eddie, and Rory, with Sabine and Harris as the occasional special guests.
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Ahh you see, that could actually have been a stroke of genius. To ensure a "second season" of Top Gear, the producers could use the Euro Cup to justify the low viewer turnout and test out what works and what doesn't. This has all been carefully planned out
Same here. I guess those Top Fuel dragsters do burnouts just for fun then also
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No real surprise that he has left, he tried but he wasn't the right fit for the show, these things happen, I enjoyed the series in general and I really liked Chris Harris after not being that aware of him before, was impressed with Rory and Matt, Sabine and Eddie weren't really in it that much...
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If they need new hosts, then Cameron, Johnson and Farage are all looking for gainful employment ...
I mean, you can see how they'd fit the show - Cameron would be the James May type, proclaiming how sensible he is, but is largely ineffective. Farage would be the outspoken Jeremy Clarkson stand-in, proclaiming his love for everything British, even when it's rubbish. And Johnson could be re-cast as Richard Hammond, a perpetual annoyance who insists on silly ideas. Gove could be the new Stig, since he lacks charisma.
"On tonight's show: Boris tries to solve London's congestion problems with paragliders; Nigel sells Austin Healeys at a Mercedes dealership; and I review the new Vauxhall Bland."
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Just don't let Atkinson near the Mclarens!
Then again......
This is the only guy I know to crash his Mclaren F1 twice and still end up selling it for more than he paid for it!
Give the man more Mclarens!!!!
Then again......
This is the only guy I know to crash his Mclaren F1 twice and still end up selling it for more than he paid for it!
Give the man more Mclarens!!!!
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