Now that it's two episodes in and we are starting to see how the hosts interact with one another, what does everyone think of the post-Clarkson Top Gear?
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Lowest viewership figures in 10 years and the second episode lost 1.6 million viewers.
It is an unmitigated disaster.
Lowest viewership figures in 10 years and the second episode lost 1.6 million viewers.
It is an unmitigated disaster.
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It's not the lowest. Should see the first series with Clarkson, Hammond and Dawes. Evans so far has been an insufferable twat, and he's the one who's most likely going to cause this sinking ship to go down if he doesn't calm down and lighten up.
Chris Harris and Rory Reid have excellent chemistry and it's a shame they've been delegated to a small show after the main event. Sabine is an absolute charmer, and I assume she wasn't on on Sunday because it was filmed during the Nürburgring 24 Hours race which she took part in. LeBlanc comes off as stiff and forced but he's apparently great to work with and loves cars.
The Beeb simply needs to sack Evans. Or have him only do the interviews with the guests. That's all he's good for, given his background in radio.
Amended, apologies, I was basing this on a radio report that had the numbers wrong.
Yeah, because the first episode had something like 4 and half million viewers. I think some of the view drops for episode 2 are also due to a popular charity football match that was on ITV at the same time. The viewer count for episode 3-5 will be the most telling.
Forgetting that Top Gear has existed for 30 years prior to the revamp in 2002 featuring the three amigos. A lot of the older hosts (at least from the 90s) went on to create Fifth Gear after Top Gear was cancelled in 2001. Only for it to be revamped.
Clarkson is a twat and made topgear unwatchable.
Clarkson's twattness helped make the show IMO.
Clarkson is the third best thing to ever come from England, after Lemmy and Motorhead. More Limeys should try to be like him. I'll take him over that sanctimonious, egomaniacal cuntrag Piers Morgan.
The problem with Matt LeBlanc is he's actually really good when he's not stuck to a script. When he's allowed to ad lib he's genuinely charming and even funny. He seems to pick up a rapport with people very quickly and seems to be a pretty good driver.
This is the problem with "Flop Gear" it's too clinically monitored and checked on by Evans and co ensuring he gets all the gags and other crap and it shows far too badly.
What is slightly annoying (and I said over in the Multimedia forum) is that Reid and Harris got parcelled off onto their own smaller show which actually keeps a better spirit of the old show alive. They bounce off each other, their interviews are natural and entertaining and not a big pile of shitty celeb love in cringe like the Evans interviews.
Reid himself, cheerfully admits to modelling himself after Clarkson and even called himself "A black Jeremy Clarkson" and Harris really does love cars to bits and it shows endlessly.
What should have honestly changed was quite a chunk of the format in a fundamental way. Reid and Harris could represent the new era much better than Evans ever would, and Matt LeBlanc is actually great when allowed to ad lib and relax. Four presenters would've made an interesting change, especially among the challenges.
Heck, even the rumoured "Countryfile" style format mooted at one point would've been better than this Evans led cringe-fest.
This is the problem with "Flop Gear" it's too clinically monitored and checked on by Evans and co ensuring he gets all the gags and other crap and it shows far too badly.
What is slightly annoying (and I said over in the Multimedia forum) is that Reid and Harris got parcelled off onto their own smaller show which actually keeps a better spirit of the old show alive. They bounce off each other, their interviews are natural and entertaining and not a big pile of shitty celeb love in cringe like the Evans interviews.
Reid himself, cheerfully admits to modelling himself after Clarkson and even called himself "A black Jeremy Clarkson" and Harris really does love cars to bits and it shows endlessly.
What should have honestly changed was quite a chunk of the format in a fundamental way. Reid and Harris could represent the new era much better than Evans ever would, and Matt LeBlanc is actually great when allowed to ad lib and relax. Four presenters would've made an interesting change, especially among the challenges.
Heck, even the rumoured "Countryfile" style format mooted at one point would've been better than this Evans led cringe-fest.
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I will say Soccer Aid did destroy the ratings.
However, I will also say that the old Top Gear would also have it roll off like water on a duck's back. A repeat of Antiques fucking Roadshow beat it in the ratings. ANTIQUES ROADSHOW!
Fuck Chris Evans, Joey is cool, but the whole show is just so forced and quite frankly, a terrible idea.
Never mind that they'd have actually woven it into the episode like they did every time something "bigger" was likely to go up against them. It'd have been a gag bit and other chunks like when they kept going up against Downton Abbey when that show was still new. It also tended to be where they hid their more outrageous jokes and even some of the funnier challenges.
The challenges they have come up with so far have made no practical sense. The Jeep-Land Rover/drive to Blackpool bit in the first episode, and the SUV 'road test' in the second. They only gave a cursory reference to anything regarding specifications whilst reviewing the X-overs, and brought in guests to help test them. Personally had never even heard of the guests beyond Eddie Jordan, though Charlene was charming herself and a dear to listen to and look at.
You've never heard of Sharleen Spiteri?
Damien Lewis?
Seasick Steve?
Jenson Button?
Or Tinie Tempah?
(To be honest not too fussed if you don't know this one, he's shit)
Are you incredibly old, or incredibly under a rock?
Seasick Steve is my favourite blues musician. Mostly because of his album titles are always so awesome.
"I started out with nothin and still got most of it left."
"Man from another time"
"Can't Teach and Old Dog New Tricks."
"I started out with nothin and still got most of it left."
"Man from another time"
"Can't Teach and Old Dog New Tricks."
Recall Seasick from a Clarkson-era episode. And I know who Jensen Button is, I was specifically referring to the crossover test.
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