BBC Top Gear - Series 23 discussion thread
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No they really didn't. Nearly every post I saw on news sites and social media said they wernt interested. Personally i thought they were talking rubbish and everyone would watch the first one just to see what it's like. Well see how the viewing figures progress throughout the year.
Chris harris should be bumped and do proper reviews of super cars/rare cars on the main show. this would also help differentiate it, not saying get rid of all the fun. but at least the super car reviews would be very different and Harris already has his own style.
I cant see how chris evans could ever be good, so sack him.
MLB there were points where I thought there where glimpses that he could be good. All in the Atom segment (which was the only bit which wasn't totally dreadful).
sabine was essentially not in there, and imo you need at least three full time presenters for the traveling segments.
the scripting was terrible and I think that's mainly down to them not wanting to copy but at the same time don't know what else to write. Because they haven't been together they haven't got there own "in" jokes.
Should have had a budget just to put the presenters in some random banger rallies so they could form some sort of friendship and writers could write better tailored scripts for them. before filming the main show.
I cant see how chris evans could ever be good, so sack him.
MLB there were points where I thought there where glimpses that he could be good. All in the Atom segment (which was the only bit which wasn't totally dreadful).
sabine was essentially not in there, and imo you need at least three full time presenters for the traveling segments.
the scripting was terrible and I think that's mainly down to them not wanting to copy but at the same time don't know what else to write. Because they haven't been together they haven't got there own "in" jokes.
Should have had a budget just to put the presenters in some random banger rallies so they could form some sort of friendship and writers could write better tailored scripts for them. before filming the main show.
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That's why they'd be better having Chris Harris and Rory Reid at the helm... People with actual car journalism pedigree. The only problem is that 90% of people have never heard of Harris and 99% of people have never heard of Reid.
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Just watched Extra Gear and enjoyed it far more than the Top Gear episode. It just felt much more natural and happy doing its own thing, rather than copying the Clarkson et al show and struggling to make it work.
I'd be happy for Reid and Harris to replace Le Blanc and Evans for the main show and make it their own.
I'd be happy for Reid and Harris to replace Le Blanc and Evans for the main show and make it their own.
I don't dislike it. I don't like it either.
Chris Evans is trying far too hard in the studio segments. It comes across as forced and silly and totally unnatural. If the content is good enough you don't need to shout and wave your arms around, it'll pretty much speak for itself.
MLB is a lot better. He doesn't seem to do enthusiasm so well but he's funny and entertaining. The highlight of the main show for me.
Sabine is an odd one, I don't know what it is but she looks... uncomfortable. Also I wonder how much of a part she will actually play given that her racing team come first over the show. Time will tell I guess.
I like Extra Gear and Chris Harris is brilliant, I love how blunt he is and just straight up honest. RR i'm going to give time to, but he can certainly present better than Evans can.
Overall i'll keep watching but i'm not optimistic it has enough to keep the viewing figures from falling away over time.
Chris Evans is trying far too hard in the studio segments. It comes across as forced and silly and totally unnatural. If the content is good enough you don't need to shout and wave your arms around, it'll pretty much speak for itself.
MLB is a lot better. He doesn't seem to do enthusiasm so well but he's funny and entertaining. The highlight of the main show for me.
Sabine is an odd one, I don't know what it is but she looks... uncomfortable. Also I wonder how much of a part she will actually play given that her racing team come first over the show. Time will tell I guess.
I like Extra Gear and Chris Harris is brilliant, I love how blunt he is and just straight up honest. RR i'm going to give time to, but he can certainly present better than Evans can.
Overall i'll keep watching but i'm not optimistic it has enough to keep the viewing figures from falling away over time.
Wow. What a bell end.
keep mlb,with those two I think he would be ok.
but as well as presenter change, they need to make it there own. just having chris harris would help. proper super car reviews. would make it different fro the old one.
Exactly. Evans just doesn't seem to have a clue about TV, does he think it's Cbeebies or something? It just comes across as patronizing to the audience.
At least Matt is naturally cool and has awareness of how he's coming across on screen, Evans doesn't even seem to be aware of how loud he's screaming half the time it's almost comedic lmao.
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I'm not totally convinced, it might take a little time to find its groove but wasn't feeling the first episode.
Might just leave it as something to flick through when I've got nothing else on.
Might just leave it as something to flick through when I've got nothing else on.
The main thing they had to get right was the "groove" between the presenters, and I find it highly unlikely that Matt LeBlanc and Chris Evans will ever find a groove. They're simply incompatible.
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Oh God at least be gracious and have some dignity. If he'd remained professional and taken the criticism well he could keep some fans but this just makes him look like a dick.
https://twitter.com/achrisevans/status/737279594311602176
He thinks it's series 1 episode 23? Poor Evans doesn't have a clue about TV, Matt needs to whack him over the head with a radio.
He thinks it's series 1 episode 23? Poor Evans doesn't have a clue about TV, Matt needs to whack him over the head with a radio.
Yeah, that's a better idea than mine!
How long can you keep ahead of Sabine so you could have a leader board of sorts. It still doesn't take the conditions out the equation so you get the old problem of just having "Wet" after the lesser times but still it's a good twist on the old concept.
I quite liked the premise of an American being a bit WTF about Britishness and the competition, it wasn't necessarily well done, but it has a certain promise.
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The show was absolutely crap. Evans is the worst presenter ever; someone needs to tell him he was presenting TG and not TFI Friday.
I won't be watching it again.
I won't be watching it again.
Couldnt agree more. Every time he's on TV I get a migraine from the way he talks, nay 'shouts'. He is woeful and I'm with a few others, I tuned in for curiosity but count me out next weekend.