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  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    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?
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,039
    Not as good as the cricket.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,954

    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

    I don't mind him usually - yes he loves himself but he knows what makes good TV/radio so it's usually entertaining.
  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,103
    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 IMO
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    I thought they weren't relaxed enough, it was pretty boring.
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    seth plum said:

    I thought they weren't relaxed enough, it was pretty boring.

    Yep, was looking at my watch about 8.30 wondering when it was gonna end.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,954

    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 IMO

    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.
  • All_Thaid_Up
    All_Thaid_Up Posts: 2,293
    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.



  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    I didn't watch it, I haven't watched it since William Woollard presented it, but I really hated last nights episode.
  • AddickFC81
    AddickFC81 Posts: 4,053
    Bring back the Clarksonator......!
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  • LordDofB
    LordDofB Posts: 205
    It was dull, boring & unimaginative imo. Hope it will improve but doubt it somehow.
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    It'll come good. Matt Le Blanc is surprisingly dull though.
  • rikofold
    rikofold Posts: 4,051
    shirty5 said:

    TFI Friday with cars

    That's what it should have been. They kept too much of the old format.

    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.
  • rikofold
    rikofold Posts: 4,051
    Just to add, the new hosts were always on a hiding to nothing whoever they were - they're not Clarkson, May and Hammond.
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    Much like the football league show on 5, it will soon just be Chris and Joey sat on a sofa talking about cars
  • bazjonster
    bazjonster Posts: 2,875
    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

    Entertainment definition: the action of providing or being provided with amusement or enjoyment.

    Must have missed that somewhere!!

    Stick it in Room 101 with F1, NFL and NBA! Carbuncles on humanity, the lot of them.
  • Valley11
    Valley11 Posts: 11,986
    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.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,026
    edited May 2016

    Bring back the Clarksonator......!

    The've got a Clarksonator. Evan's new job is Clark(son Imper)sonator.
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,247
    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.

  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,741
    Just watched it . Not impressed .
    The worst thing is that I was totally bored by it.
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  • sadiejane1981
    sadiejane1981 Posts: 9,012
    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!
  • Oh_Yoni_Boy
    Oh_Yoni_Boy Posts: 1,762
    edited May 2016
    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.
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,091
    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.
  • AddickFC81
    AddickFC81 Posts: 4,053
    A very old episode with a youthful looking JC.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB9ei46O1Ok
  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,194

    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!

    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?
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    JiMMy 85 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!

    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?
    Hammond makes my teeth itch
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,806
    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.
  • Halix
    Halix Posts: 2,237
    JiMMy 85 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!

    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?
    Because not everyone, necesarily, shares your opinion.
  • JiMMy 85 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!

    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?
    Hammond makes my teeth itch
    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.

    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.
  • Big_Bad_World
    Big_Bad_World Posts: 5,859
    The ratings will do the talking.