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And to have to see that egg frying dildo showing us his new car keys was the tipping point for me.
That was odd. Ramsay and his new Ferrari key which was greeted by tumbleweed. But then you remember that Chris Evans collects Ferraris and co-owns a dealership. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/gallery/top-gear-presenter-chris-evanss-car-collection-in-pictures/ So it could have been an interesting item but instead of being himself (ie a complete petrolhead) Evans was stuck imitating Jeremy Clarkson. |
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But he was himself ( I.e a complete tw@t)
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Episode 2 was fantastic
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I caught a bit of it last sunday, I'm not a fan but was ok. Not any worse than the origianal series, and without that tw*t clarkson in it.
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I dont like Evans reviewing cars but the Africa section was more than on par with old Top Gear
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I have to agree with Zazu. Episode 2 was a cracking watch. Maybe it's a grower rather than a show'er!
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Episode 3 brilliant. Its better than old Top Gear
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Yeh right
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Missed it yesterday so this is "in running" from iplayer.
It suffers from the same problem as Fifth Gear -- too many presenters. We had Chris Evans driving the Audi, then Sabine driving the Audi, then the Stig driving the Audi. Over to Chris Harris in a Ferrari. He's got a good following but I was unimpressed. He's not got a good voice and it is too close to the pitch of the engine to be clearly audible, though maybe this can be tweaked in production. His "xxx-y" neologisms such as explody seemed childish. The star in the reasonably-priced car involved more blatant plugs including film extracts. It also went on forever. Rory in the Focus, Honda Civic and Merc A45. Matt and Ken powerslide round the sights. Carporn meets Londonporn. In conclusion, this was more Fifth Gear than Top Gear: one for the petrolheads rather than "cocking about with cars". |
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They raced new Audi R8 round laguna seca. One lap with audis latest driving aids turned on, one with no aids and just a professional racers skill
RS section was excellent and I hope the black presenter who did that is featured more heavily as he was brilliant I normally fast forward through stars in cars but Anthony joshua and Kevin Hart were very entertaining Ken block did us hoolican stuff round London. Agree the Ferrari section presenter wasn't great It was nothing like fifth gear and if you if you dont enjoy episodes 2 and 3 than I'm not sure why you'd watch top gear as it's clearly not a show for you |
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The items were good. Better in some cases than some of the nonsense the old team filmed.
But it was less than the sum of its parts. There was nothing holding it together. It was like watching half a dozen youtube car videos in a more-or-less random order. It is lazy to blame lack of chemistry between Evans and MLB, but the sheer number of presenters does not help. |
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Excellent chance to change a tired and formulaic show.................... wasted.
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Yep
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The train vs car section this week was cringeworthy
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Get rid of three old guys and a show past it's sell by date and replace with ?????????????????????????
More old guys, an old German woman and a show trying to replicate what wasn't working. |
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More old guys, an old German woman and a show trying to replicate what wasn't working.
Top Gear was working -- at least in the sense it was the BBC's most profitable show from foreign sales. |
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Again, the individual items were good, but disconnected from each other. It was like watching a Top Gear tribute band.
And what was the point of the chefs in the Venice race? Cooking on hot engines is a thing, so it could have been an interesting component of the race, but having a Michelin-starred chef spatchcocking chickens in the back of a Jag wasn't that interesting. The Aston Martin footage from Dubai had a CGI feel, almost as if it were a video game. Probably there is a good technical explanation for that, but I found it a bit disconcerting. The Stig seems redundant, since now he is just a racing driver doing timed laps in cars we have just seen in timed laps driven by the racing driver Chris Harris or the racing driver Sabine Schmitz. |
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Clarkson is a Bremainer ffs.
The whole credibility of the show has gone out of the window. |
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Seems Matt le blance may leave the show
Hates Evans tantrums  |
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Every feature seems to be a vehicle (geddit?) to shoehorn as many celebs into the show as they can. Big fat who cares
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Matt le Blanc is better that I expected.
Evans is worse though, he gets too excited over the simplest thing. I'll continue to watch it. Tonight has a feature on the Jaguar F type SVR which could be decent. |
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This seasons Top Gear has been brilliant and far superior to Amazons offerings imo
I think Chris Harris and Matt Le Blanc are superb and even I liked the studio bit with Tinie Tempah this week |
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These three are starting to settle into the roles now.
The last series they tried to be the same as the old top gear copying the personalities and presenting style. This time they are letting them be themselves. |
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I only watch because Mr Makybe has it on but I'm really enjoying this series
 Much better without Chris Evans. |