BBC Top Gear - Series 23 discussion thread

lamboman · 29 May 2016 at 20:52

I was actually expecting this to be OK. Switched off twenty minutes in.

It's absolutely horrific from every angle. The studio segments are as cringeworthy as The Office yet completely real and they feel like the TFI Friday reboot. Chris Evans' voiceovers make the clips feel like The One Show. The segments have no purpose - just a random, uneventful drive to Blackpool?

Even the editing, camerawork and audio work just seem worse than before.

Then there are the blatant attempts at imitating the old show. A sad final chapter.

It's concerning that many people are thinking the same thing.

snowdog · 29 May 2016 at 20:53

Dear god '''lovely ladies''.

Steedie · 29 May 2016 at 20:53

smr said:
le blanc's narrating is annoying. Doesn't suit him to talk like that.

Yeah sounds so amateurish

Mr Carrot · 29 May 2016 at 20:53

Evans is so bad I'm not being able to be objective on le blanc. He's just so much less hateful that despite being rubbish I would far rather watch him for the whole show

Skeeter · 29 May 2016 at 20:54

There's an irony in picking up a Drag Queen in a Willys Jeep...

DJMK4 · 29 May 2016 at 20:56

and on that bombshell :/ Awkward, clunky, not top gear,

Vertigo · 29 May 2016 at 20:56

So when does real TG start on Amazon?

DJMK4 · 29 May 2016 at 20:58

Vertigo1 said:
So when does real TG start on Amazon?

Not sure, although hope soon

I watched one of their episodes earlier (24 hour race in the BMW 330 diesel)

Cant wait for them to get back on the screen

Skeeter · 29 May 2016 at 20:59

Vertigo1 said:
So when does real TG start on Amazon?

End of the year.

Vertigo · 29 May 2016 at 20:59

Dear God, even the rear-ending gag?!

Skeeter · 29 May 2016 at 21:00

Coming soon, they cut the car in half, like Clarkson.

Vertigo · 29 May 2016 at 21:00

DJMK4 said:
Not sure, although hope soon

I watched one of their episodes earlier (24 hour race in the BMW 330 diesel)

Cant wait for them to get back on the screen

The Britcar race was one of the best. You could tell it started as a laugh for them but, by the end, they were really involved and emotional about it.

danielanthony · 29 May 2016 at 21:00

Christ, this is dry ****

TripleT · 29 May 2016 at 21:00

Painful

ThundyCat · 29 May 2016 at 21:01

If they can gag Chris Evans there could be a very slim hope of us seeing some improvement.

DJMK4 · 29 May 2016 at 21:02

Vertigo1 said:
The Britcar race was one of the best. You could tell it started as a laugh for them but, by the end, they were really involved and emotional about it.

Sure was! he even had a tear at the end

I'm surprised they even started with the small time they had to fix the issues before the start

shifty_uk · 29 May 2016 at 21:02

I'm finding the top gear hashtags on twitter more interesting than the actual show.

Had to turn off, can't believe they aired that.

Vertigo · 29 May 2016 at 21:03

Lol, pimping what and who's on next week's show. Something old TG never had to do.

Hiijinx · 29 May 2016 at 21:03

Just finishing the whole episode, think I will pass the series record function.

It's a bit like one of those annoying comedies which isn't funny and full of awkward silence.
I bet Clarkson is laughing right now.

snowdog · 29 May 2016 at 21:03

Great, extra gear is on BBC3? I don't get bbc3, only bbc1 hd and bbc2 hd.

That was a bit, underwhelming/boring...