Some of the others on Extra Gear just incase you missed that.
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Some of the others on Extra Gear just incase you missed that.
Soldato
Chris Harris is great, replace Evans with him and it would be 100x better.
Chris Evans is doing a really bad impression of Clarkson with none of the actual presenting ability. He's just dreadful.
Matt was actually pretty good. He's funny and in the films, needs a bit of work with the hosting.
They said it was going to be completely different to old Top Gear. Umm, well it's got 2 hosts instead of 3, and they've managed to make SIARPC even worse, and... ummm...
Nope. Can't see much difference other than it's nowhere near as good.
Will watch extra gear later on.
Matt was actually pretty good. He's funny and in the films, needs a bit of work with the hosting.
They said it was going to be completely different to old Top Gear. Umm, well it's got 2 hosts instead of 3, and they've managed to make SIARPC even worse, and... ummm...
Nope. Can't see much difference other than it's nowhere near as good.
Will watch extra gear later on.
Yeah I think I'll be watching extra gear more than top gear lol.
Caporegime
Go on YouTube and watch Motor Trend, it's a very good and quite varied car shows with great production value.
Soldato
Im.just eatching an old oneseries 16 episode 5 with Jenson Inteceptor. Clarkson is just a great narator and presenter... like Stephen Fry they just sound right... for the first time ever im 50/50 whether ill watch TG next week... have to admit
Soldato
Just finished watching, and I was really, really disappointed. Evans is trying too hard and is just annoying - why is he shouting all the time? I thought he'd promised something different, but different turned out to be turning the star in a car segment into a gameshow.
I was surprised at Matt LeBlanc being the highlight for me. Lazy scripted style out of the car, like he doesn't really give a crap, and enthusiastic when in it. Everything else though... ugh. Even the audience looked bored - looks like they had multiple takes on some parts.
Time for Prime I think.
I was surprised at Matt LeBlanc being the highlight for me. Lazy scripted style out of the car, like he doesn't really give a crap, and enthusiastic when in it. Everything else though... ugh. Even the audience looked bored - looks like they had multiple takes on some parts.
Time for Prime I think.
Soldato
I really hope the dual star in a rallycross car isn't going to be the usual format. That was shallow and boring.
Some of the rest of it was OK. I'll watch it (the series) again but not a great episode.
Some of the rest of it was OK. I'll watch it (the series) again but not a great episode.
Soldato
Cant believe how bad that was... Chris evans is a moron and just doesnt cut it at all.
Chris Harris was good on the extra gear but the rest was just far too cheesy.
Chris Harris was good on the extra gear but the rest was just far too cheesy.
Associate
I found it decent light hearted Sunday entertainment. I can understand the loyalty to the old crew but it wasn't bad.
Caporegime
Replace tonights presenters with Hammond, May & Clarkson and everybody would be bitching - as they used to, myself included - about how the formula was tired and getting predictable etc etc etc.
So, in short, they've replaced old TG down to a tee.
I hope they decide to ditch replicating the old and go with new, but, from what I've seen so far (via iPlayer) its the old show with the only difference being the presenters, not a lot really has changed tbh, new presenters, old issues.
Not bad, not bad at all in its own right, I am enjoying it for what it is.
So, in short, they've replaced old TG down to a tee.
I hope they decide to ditch replicating the old and go with new, but, from what I've seen so far (via iPlayer) its the old show with the only difference being the presenters, not a lot really has changed tbh, new presenters, old issues.
Not bad, not bad at all in its own right, I am enjoying it for what it is.
Soldato
Much worse than I was expecting. Need to ditch Evans ASAP.
Soldato
Leblanc was as charismatic as cardboard and after 10 minutes i was starting to get urges to break that snivveling little ginger ***** bones...
0/10
0/10
Soldato
It was painful to watch at times.
I think people (beeb inc) have massively underestimated how hard it is to replace the old team. You can't just reinvent a format that's already been perfected, and imitations we're always going to be a pale comparison.
I think people (beeb inc) have massively underestimated how hard it is to replace the old team. You can't just reinvent a format that's already been perfected, and imitations we're always going to be a pale comparison.
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