Tesla Sues Top Gear

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Thought this warranted a thread of its own.

http://jalopnik.com/#!5786995

We all know the show is scripted entertainment just the same as any other comedy or drama series, and the BBC has even admitted that the tesla didn't run out of charge but wanted to show what "could" happen.

But when your dealing with somebody's commercial product, and publicly slating it the world over for something that didn't happen, you can go too far.

Did they go too far with the tesla tests ?

My feeling is no, its entertainment at the end of the day, people should be able to read between the lines. What next ? a short statement from denise van outen at the beginning stating the events are created purely for own enjoyment and may not be true as happens with "the only way is essex"?

Is that the level top gear is going to have to go to avoid yet more wrist slapping form the daily mail brigade ?
 
I think its justified, the joe public are stupid and will hang on top gears every word, thus putting a black mark against the tesla in a totally unjusified lie. People should read between the lines and see it as a bit of fun, but they wont, they base their lives on things like this.
 
No, not justified;


They mostly had praise for it, and even reported a time the same as a Porsche 911 GT3?!

Tesla are probably in trouble.
 
Psypher5 said:
I think its justified, the joe public are stupid and will hang on top gears every word, thus putting a black mark against the tesla in a totally unjusified lie. People should read between the lines and see it as a bit of fun, but they wont, they base their lives on things like this.
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World has gone mad tbh, Everyone is looking to sue someone.

It's stupid and not justified.
 
I've stopped watching Top Gear over the past 4-5 seasons or so, the show is so heavily scripted and put on now, I find it unbearable to watch, It's a real shame because the earlier seasons were a lot more genuine and uniquely entertaining, once the TV highlight of my week.

Now all I see beside the shameful pretense is Clarkson's/James and the other one acting like three school children, giggling together like a bunch of girls.. Grow up.
 
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TerryH said:
I've stopped watching Top Gear over the past 4-5 seasons or so, the show is so heavily scripted and put on now, I find it unbearable to watch, It's a real shame because the earlier seasons were a lot more genuine and uniquely entertaining, once the TV highlight of my week.

Now all I see is Clarkson/James and the other one acting like three primary school children giggling together like a bunch of girls.. Grow up.
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yea waste of time, even the star in a reasonably priced car is scripted imo...

cruise/diaz....
 
In a similar vein, their constant confusion of boost threshold with turbo lag is extremely annoying.

"LOL TURBO LAG SO BAD"

*Puts it in 6th at 30mph and accelerates*

"SEE, SO MUCH TURBO LAG!"
 
I feel sad saying it but it's True Top Gear is Crap now & not even worth watching, Not long ago I'd never miss a show but now I avoid it as it Rages me so bad. Hammy has turned into some hair flicking fagot & the other two are just to slow delivering there BS scripted lines. I can here baby jesus crying from here. :(
 
Oh not this AGAIN.

Yes, Top Gear is scripted. Quite why some of you act with suprise and outrage at this fact continues to evade me. Of course its scripted - it's a recorded television show. Almost every recorded television show in the entire world - and many live ones as well - have a script. It's how you make television. Its how it works. Even the BBC News at 10 has a script.

Unscripted stuff doesnt work. It's ok for a one-off event and sometimes it works for stand up comedy but generally speaking you cant do the sort of things they do on TG, properly, without a script to follow.

Its just how it is.

The only thing thats tiresomely predictable about Top Gear are those who claim to hate the show yet curiously still watch every episode. I hate Eastenders. I cannot stand it. Therefore I just dont watch it. You should try it, its refreshing.
 
MikeHiow said:
No, not justified;

They mostly had praise for it, and even reported a time the same as a Porsche 911 GT3?!

Tesla are probably in trouble.
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What correlation has subjective attribute reviews and a quirky circuit laptime got to do with them lying about its range?.. the principle concern of any EV.... particularly a sports car. It suggested a big differential between driving steady and hooning which potentially would put people off buying one.

Not sure why they would be in 'trouble'.

That said BBC is not a marketing medium.
 
i saw one episode of the last series, i dont really bother with it anymore.

as for the tesla, if it didnt run out of charge it would have been better for them to report its range when being thrashed. that would be more useful, chris goffey from TG yesteryear would have.
 
[TW]Fox;18787007 said:
The only thing thats tiresomely predictable about Top Gear are those who claim to hate the show yet curiously still watch every episode. I hate Eastenders. I cannot stand it. Therefore I just dont watch it. You should try it, its refreshing.
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A lot of people don't say they hate it, just that they don't find it as good as it once was.

Older Top Gear was so much better than the newer ones, I still watch it every week so that I can see if it gets better or that it might actually have a decent segment.
 
4T5 said:
I feel sad saying it but it's True Top Gear is Crap now & not even worth watching, Not long ago I'd never miss a show but now I avoid it as it Rages me so bad. Hammy has turned into some hair flicking fagot & the other two are just to slow delivering there BS scripted lines. I can here baby jesus crying from here. :(
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Topgear's always been eminently watchable for myself. However more and more episodes had me cringing at certain points, to the point where I wasn't too concerned about missing it on a Sunday, i'd just iPlayer it later at some point. Still a good show and better than most of the stuff out there, but too predictable nowadays, in my view anyway.
 
[TW]Fox;18787007 said:
Oh not this AGAIN.

Yes, Top Gear is scripted. Quite why some of you act with suprise and outrage at this fact continues to evade me. Of course its scripted - it's a recorded television show. Almost every recorded television show in the entire world - and many live ones as well - have a script. It's how you make television. Its how it works. Even the BBC News at 10 has a script.

Unscripted stuff doesnt work. It's ok for a one-off event and sometimes it works for stand up comedy but generally speaking you cant do the sort of things they do on TG, properly, without a script to follow.

Its just how it is.

The only thing thats tiresomely predictable about Top Gear are those who claim to hate the show yet curiously still watch every episode. I hate Eastenders. I cannot stand it. Therefore I just dont watch it. You should try it, its refreshing.
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Indeed, most people that moan about it don't remember the 'old' Top Gear!

It needed to be scripted and bought more up to date with what audiences want from a show nowadays, when Clarkson especially used to do road tests it was cripplingly unfunny and dreary.

**** I remember Quintin Wilson ffs!
 
Who said anything about the old top gear with Tiff, Vicky and Quentin ?

New top gear from about series 3 to 10 was much better and relied less on scripted acting in the segments to provide entertainment.
 
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