Top Gear or Flop Gear?

[Paul Blore]

I watched the first episode of the new Top Gear last night and I suspect the old team will have been wetting themselves laughing at the second rate imitation.
I was expecting it be different, but it was a blatant, albeit poor copy of the original show, even down to the "Some say...." script to introduce the Stig.
Matt LeBlanc was okay on the road tests, but I think Chris Evans was trying way too hard and why did he have to shout all if the time?
I'm not sure I'll be watching it again.

Paul

[Roger King]

Like it or loathe it, TG was about Clarkson, not cars. As the Indy's reviewer said today, he 'gave a voice to downtrodden white, middle-age male heterosexuals everywhere...through the guilty pleasure of blokeish banter, stupid stunts and his own style of skilled condescension.' 'He had a real love of cars and a journalistic knack for communicating this.' Personally, I don't like Clarkson, but I think this reviewer was spot-on and the new show won't last for as Paul says, it feels like a poor imitation rather than something new. I had to turn the volume down after 15 minutes of Evans' seriously annoying voice. I don't believe LeBlanc will work because there was always something very 'British' about the old three. I bet he was never taken on a caravanning holiday as a kid.

[chriskcode]

Well I missed it due trying to numb the pain from dropping a FMX torque convertor on one of my fingers whilst trying to get the damned thing off. I have never moved so quick from under a car uttering expletives at about 8, my new neighbours must think what a lunatic !

Sounds like Top Geear was more painful than my poorly finger

Chris

[Paul Blore]

It's probably a very close call Chris.

[Roger King]

Well I missed it due trying to numb the pain from dropping a FMX torque convertor on one of my fingers whilst trying to get the damned thing off. I have never moved so quick from under a car uttering expletives at about 8, my new neighbours must think what a lunatic !

Sounds like Top Geear was more painful than my poorly finger

Chris

I've always thought automatics are bad for you. Hope your finger's better soon

[PeterT]

As someone who was once in the business of broadcasting, and whatever you might think of Clarkson, to my mind his voice was/is so much more attractive than the high-pitched ultra loud grating noise which comes out of Evans mouth. Might be OK for a Radio 1 audience or, even now he is on it, for a Radio 2 audience (mind you standards have been slipping on that channel for ages) but for comfortable listening on TV it is appalling. Thank goodness I joined Amazon Prime for next to nothing. Now how actually do I get Prime ?

[Roger King]

As someone who was once in the business of broadcasting, and whatever you might think of Clarkson, to my mind his voice was/is so much more attractive than the high-pitched ultra loud grating noise which comes out of Evans mouth. Might be OK for a Radio 1 audience or, even now he is on it, for a Radio 2 audience (mind you standards have been slipping on that channel for ages) but for comfortable listening on TV it is appalling. Thank goodness I joined Amazon Prime for next to nothing. Now how actually do I get Prime ?

Yes, my point exactly.

[Paul Blore]

Thank goodness I joined Amazon Prime for next to nothing. Now how actually do I get Prime ?

There are a number of ways to watch Amazon Prime Peter. If you don't already have a smart TV with the Amazon Prime app pre-installed, probably the easiest way is to buy a Fire TV device from Amazon at just under £30:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Amazon-W87CUN- ... ords=Prime

Paul

[DavidP]

Watched the repeat last night and frankly will not be watching it again.

[Roger King]

Evans missed his target by 1 million, significantly lower figures than the last of the old series. It won't work - it's not Clarkson. The BBC have made the usual mistake of assuming this is a show about cars, which it hasn't been for years - it was about the interactions and old-school male fantasy interactions between three blokes.* I don't give this version long.


*I use 'blokes' advisedly.