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gavin18787 |
posted on 9th Apr 20 at 13:07 |
I found the latest top gear line up quite watchable. | |
Jambo |
posted on 8th Apr 20 at 21:51 |
Agree on the Boleon/Tavarish/Hoovie thing, was proper cheese. | |
Ian |
posted on 8th Apr 20 at 21:15 |
quote: On that basis I should like it and I don't. Paddy I can watch in the old Peter Kay stuff and also that dating thing and Freddie on sports programs but I've no idea what they're doing presenting a motoring show Car Throttle buying challenges are normally quite fun, some chemistry between those three although they can fuck off since they cut the roof off a fairly nice Omega. Tavarish is quite watchable. Hoovie I don't bother with any more, there's only so many times you can watch the same video acting surprised because you bought a shitter. That VINwiki mashup with the three of them including Ed Boolean or however you spell it was also fucking cringe central, turned it off. It was like watching a poorly made Top Gear special with worse camera work, worse editing and fewer gags. There's a guy buys salvage stuff from Copart that Youtube keeps recommending to me but I can't watch him and his cockney tendencies. Definitely room for more good content on YT, I'm going to have a channel myself at some point and just fuck about with old shit, seems it doesn't need to all be top money stuff so long as there's a purpose to the video and funny stuff happens. | |
Jambo |
posted on 8th Apr 20 at 18:42 |
Yesss. Smoking Tire with Matt Farrah was epic, new guy is OK but just not as engaging for some reason. As you said, much better when they used to drive modified stuff, now it’s just recent hatchbacks tbh. | |
SetH |
posted on 8th Apr 20 at 18:00 |
quote: yeah me too, loved the boating special but where is the next one? it is taking months. the new TG is much better then it has been in recent years but I agree that they are still trying too hard. Said it before, major fan of chris harris from you tube days without him I am not sure I could watch it. Dare I say with Paddy and Freddy its all a bit 'Northern' :lol: Love Jay Emm, I think he is fairly local to me. I could see him as a TG presenter, well maybe in an old school way like Quentin and Tiff were. Smoking Tyre is another one, although I preferred the older format of the one take canyon runs he has had plenty of interested modified metal too (lots of ///M cars!). | |
Jambo |
posted on 8th Apr 20 at 13:41 |
Still salty about this tbh. | |
Jambo |
posted on 17th May 19 at 00:02 |
Reinvent is key! | |
Fonz |
posted on 17th Apr 19 at 11:56 |
quote: Seconded. On YT Chris was his own person, he offered his view without any kind of agenda or forced situation. i respected his opinion as it appeared to be based on facts. however on TG he was paired against Matt more often than not that it wasn't a natural scenario for his style. I'm yet to understand Rory's role. while the "big boys" do battle, he's left with the "joke" segment, a city car or similar. except that his peice was actually useful consumer advice, if made in the wrong way or with the wrong approach. he was "branded" as the "young" one and given the hot hatch options but is simply younger rather than young (only 5 years between Rory and Chris Harris) although i agree that the chemistry between Harris and LeBlanc has improved and become more genuine, it was relied on too much to heavily. it appeared forced at the start, trying to copy what was there before with different presenters. quote: I think this is the hardest point for the BBC. on the one hand they need someone credible, an industry expert who is a natural presenter and reporter, while on the other someone the public are going to like and/or recognise. Chris Harris completed the former well (certainly in his YT days) and they just needed to bring that approach to TG. Matt, Flintoff and McGuiness are prime examples of only the former - known but not for reasons that makes TG great. Hammond and May were unknown back when "new" Top Gear started up, known by the industry yes, but not to the general public, even those petrol heads that read May's articles wouldn't necessarily have put the two together straightaway. Forget trying to get in a household name, forget trying to keep the show afloat with D-list celebrities known for skills not near cars or reporting and do what was done 20 years ago. reinvent the format and the programme. Tiff Needle, VBH, Quentin Wilson all made a great show alongside Jeremy C, but they (the BBC) or rather JC brought back into something different with a new team with May and Hammond. the BBC need to repeat that process with the current format. Pick out Chris Harris as someone now known and respected in the car industry and find two others who will become not only on-screen mates but off-screen pals too. and then decide what the format should be. dont look at the past and say "we want the same as it worked well" - that isn't what happened with "new" TG, gaining a fixed studio and three permanent presenters. we're twenty years later, you can't flog the same old horse just because you've changed the jockey [Edited on 17-04-2019 by Fonz] | |
Kyle T |
posted on 17th Apr 19 at 08:23 |
Harris is top drawer to be honest, and you'll probably find posts from me either on this forum or elsewhere in the past slagging him off - but I've warmed to him big time and would say he's tied first with Catchpole for my favourite auto-journalist right now. | |
Kyle T |
posted on 17th Apr 19 at 08:18 |
quote: :nod: | |
SetH |
posted on 17th Apr 19 at 07:58 |
Agree 100% | |
Jambo |
posted on 16th Apr 19 at 20:30 |
Gutting tbh! | |
RichR |
posted on 15th Apr 19 at 22:41 |
I just think more than that would kill it. I’ve watched maybe 2 of the new TG series, it really hasn’t made me want to watch it but I think a few really well executed GT specials a year would be better than a dozen half arsed ones. | |
SetH |
posted on 15th Apr 19 at 09:03 |
quote: Want cuddles? x | |
SetH |
posted on 15th Apr 19 at 09:02 |
quote: I really hope we would get more than that. I mean we have just had 14 episodes to Top Gears 5? although will top gear be back in the Autumn for another 5 or so? Some asked JC on his Instgram how much longer GT will go on for and his reply was a, 'few more years at least.' :thumbs: | |
SetH |
posted on 15th Apr 19 at 09:00 |
quote: Yeah I guess so by removing the audience and assume the track that cuts down on a lot of effort. I would imagine the road trips are considerable effort though from scouting to preparation, filming and editing. Although time saved by removing the the other elements could then be spent on this. | |
Kyle T |
posted on 14th Apr 19 at 21:13 |
Just got caught up, pretty emotional ending but I think they ended on a high - this season has been great, and right up there with some of the best TG series IMO. | |
RichR |
posted on 14th Apr 19 at 08:38 |
They are all getting on though, in the montage at the end it showed just how much they’ve aged, especially RH. | |
RichR |
posted on 14th Apr 19 at 08:37 |
Surprised how emotional JC was at the end. 2/3 decent 2 episode specials a year would be good; back to the ones like the Arctic/North Pole special. | |
Ian |
posted on 12th Apr 19 at 23:11 |
Road trips are probably easier to make. More fun at least. | |
SetH |
posted on 12th Apr 19 at 19:37 |
Well the end of Clarkson, Hammond and May doing the studio audience, chat and track stuff. |