Top gear
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Was the audience the same? You know, the blokes in boot cut jeans and wrap around sun glasses on their head and birds pretending to be into their motors?0
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Not as good as the cricket.1
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I don't mind him usually - yes he loves himself but he knows what makes good TV/radio so it's usually entertaining.AllHailTheHen said:Anything with Chris Evans presenting it has me reaching for the off button. A bit like Johnny Vaughan and Chris Moyles how he continues to carve out a career is one of lifes mysteries
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Some people have been waiting for weeks for it to be on, just to slate it.
People on Twitter etc saying "well this is shit" at 8.02pm
I liked Matt, didn't like Chris "Jeremy Clarkson" Evans.
But gotta give it 4-5 weeks before you can really judge it IMO1 -
I thought they weren't relaxed enough, it was pretty boring.0
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Yep, was looking at my watch about 8.30 wondering when it was gonna end.seth plum said:I thought they weren't relaxed enough, it was pretty boring.
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Thing is it took the first lot a while to relax into it and it to become good, but I'm not sure people will give this lot time to bed in.stackitsteve said:Some people have been waiting for weeks for it to be on, just to slate it.
People on Twitter etc saying "well this is shit" at 8.02pm
I liked Matt, didn't like Chris "Jeremy Clarkson" Evans.
But gotta give it 4-5 weeks before you can really judge it IMO4 -
Typing without haven't seen it, but I assume most people expected it to be different, but it sounds like the same formula.
Personally I would have liked it to be completely different otherwise you get the poor man's Clarkson references.
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I didn't watch it, I haven't watched it since William Woollard presented it, but I really hated last nights episode.6
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Bring back the Clarksonator......!0
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It was dull, boring & unimaginative imo. Hope it will improve but doubt it somehow.0
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It'll come good. Matt Le Blanc is surprisingly dull though.0
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That's what it should have been. They kept too much of the old format.shirty5 said:TFI Friday with cars
I thought it was ok, hard act to follow obviously, and Leblanc is an asset if they use him properly. Evans came across as untypically nervous. I expect it to improve as the characterisation develops and they start to have the confidence to do their own stuff.
Lest we forget, even Only Fools and Horses was poorly rated in its first series. Give it time.2 -
Just to add, the new hosts were always on a hiding to nothing whoever they were - they're not Clarkson, May and Hammond.0
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Much like the football league show on 5, it will soon just be Chris and Joey sat on a sofa talking about cars0
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Entertainment definition: the action of providing or being provided with amusement or enjoyment.Swisdom said:Everyone has been waiting to slate this show. People need to take it for what it is - a light hearted entertainment show.
People would probably knock one out to Clarkson even if their first episode features him smearing himself in chocolate while Hammond licks it off
It always appears scripted because it is. Once the cast settle and develop their characters im sure it will get better.
Give it half a dozen episodes before forming a judgement
Must have missed that somewhere!!
Stick it in Room 101 with F1, NFL and NBA! Carbuncles on humanity, the lot of them.0 -
Thought it was exactly the same as the old series.
I've found it dull for years but don't think the new lot are rubbish. The format is just old.3 -
The've got a Clarksonator. Evan's new job is Clark(son Imper)sonator.AddickFC81 said:Bring back the Clarksonator......!
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It was a bit bleaurgh but like others have said. It's the first one so I'll give it a chance
I will add I'm suprised they didn't change more with the format though given how long they've had to muck about with it. Evans was trying to be Clarkson which whilst being understandable given his popularity is daft as he can be a very engaging presenter. I hope they use Chris Harries to do the proper reviews, his stuff on YouTube is miles better than anything else.
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Just watched it . Not impressed .
The worst thing is that I was totally bored by it.
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It was poo.
Top gear was never about the cars only the personalities amongst the presenters may, Hammond and clarkson made the show and made comparing cars more interesting, bbc never got that.
RIP top gear!0 -
The content of the episode was fine, same recipe as always - just with worse presenting. As someone that dislikes Chris Evans pretty strongly I was never going to like it, but Matt Le Blanc was fine.
The problem with the 'it can never be as good as it was' argument is that I found the last couple of series were looking so tired as well. Cool cars and a staged little trip somewhere where they run into trouble... the only thing that carried it just before Clarkson & co. left was the chemistry of the presenters - because it had lost it's originality and was getting boring.
I suspect that the only thing that can save it is a revamp of format, because otherwise with Evans & Le Blanc it's just the same as it was - but worse. Viewing figures were high for the opening, watch that half and then tail off of the rest of the series.0 -
Did find Le Blanc's facial expressions funny in the 3 wheel car to Blackpool, you could read his mind thinking, I was in one of the biggest shows of the 90s now I'm driving 3 wheelers to Blackpool in the rain with a ginger bell end. Too early to judge though.1
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I don't understand this at all. James May doesn't have a personality. Clarkson is a nasty piece of work and Hammond was a single-joke buffoon. How is that more interesting?sadiejane1981 said:It was poo.
Top gear was never about the cars only the personalities amongst the presenters may, Hammond and clarkson made the show and made comparing cars more interesting, bbc never got that.
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Hammond makes my teeth itchJiMMy 85 said:
I don't understand this at all. James May doesn't have a personality. Clarkson is a nasty piece of work and Hammond was a single-joke buffoon. How is that more interesting?sadiejane1981 said:It was poo.
Top gear was never about the cars only the personalities amongst the presenters may, Hammond and clarkson made the show and made comparing cars more interesting, bbc never got that.
RIP top gear!2 -
teeth itching is a bad thing right?
I agree, can't stand Hammond, makes me want to punch the TV screen if only that would wipe the irritating 'cheeky chippy chappy' grin off his face.0 -
Because not everyone, necesarily, shares your opinion.JiMMy 85 said:
I don't understand this at all. James May doesn't have a personality. Clarkson is a nasty piece of work and Hammond was a single-joke buffoon. How is that more interesting?sadiejane1981 said:It was poo.
Top gear was never about the cars only the personalities amongst the presenters may, Hammond and clarkson made the show and made comparing cars more interesting, bbc never got that.
RIP top gear!1 -
Ha ha. Couldn't have put it better myself. The most annoying person on tv for me. Especially when you noticed the air sucking thing he'd do mid sentence. Couldn't watch him after I noticed that.i_b_b_o_r_g said:
Hammond makes my teeth itchJiMMy 85 said:
I don't understand this at all. James May doesn't have a personality. Clarkson is a nasty piece of work and Hammond was a single-joke buffoon. How is that more interesting?sadiejane1981 said:It was poo.
Top gear was never about the cars only the personalities amongst the presenters may, Hammond and clarkson made the show and made comparing cars more interesting, bbc never got that.
RIP top gear!
The polarisation of views on clarkson has always fascinated me, both sides seem almost fanatical about him. Say what you will about him, not many can achieve that.0 -
The ratings will do the talking.0
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