BBC Top Gear - Series 23 discussion thread

Luckystrike123 · 31 May 2016 at 20:10

I thought the new TG to be okay, with my main "issues" being that Evans was trying to hard and that I felt Le Blanc was acting rather than presenting at certain points.

I'll keep watching it as they need time to bed it but IMO the prime version of TG will be much better...

Lunatic Dreyfus · 31 May 2016 at 20:16

I skimmed through it this evening. It was all kinds of wrong.

I have to listen to Chris Evans most mornings on Radio 2 and I can't stand him there. On this, he was utterly unconvincing and while LeBlanc has a certain charm, he's just sticks out like a sore thumb.

I even tried the BBC 3 thing just to get some Chris Harris. Somehow, that managed to be even worse.

mrk · 31 May 2016 at 20:30

I could not watch the whole episode. And I watched it on catchup...

Jono8 · 31 May 2016 at 21:53

Another thing that was inexplicably stupid, was taking the mick out of Clarkson and the catering thing during the episode.

Dont take the mick out of the presenter everyone loved and the guy that pretty much came up with the format and jokes you are copying.

Sounds like Chris Evans is having a mental break down on twitter though which is more entertaining than the show was.

Iamzod · 31 May 2016 at 22:13

Jono8 said:
Sounds like Chris Evans is having a mental break down on twitter though which is more entertaining than the show was.

I think he has a 12 year old posting to his account for him.

Steedie · 31 May 2016 at 22:27

His tweets are hilarious, he's clearly not handling all the bad press

Cavallino · 31 May 2016 at 22:49

No... just no no no no no.
It didn't work. At all.

grudas · 31 May 2016 at 23:01

FACT.

estebanrey · 31 May 2016 at 23:19

da_mic_1530 said:
To counter my previous negative points about top gear, I honestly don't expect much from the Amazon show.

Me either, the initial episode will get great reviews due to the media who've already made it clear what side they're on (I'm looking at you Daily Mail and The Sun) and loads of positive tweets from the "They only sacked Clarkson because he isn't PC" crowd.

The 453 people who signed up to Amazon Prime just to watch it will follow the series but I predict everyone else will download the first and maybe second episodes out of curiosity but then largely forget about it until Jeremy undoubtedly does something controversial to get more viewers.

Rroff · 31 May 2016 at 23:37

Amazon have picked up a number of discontinued shows i.e. Ripper Street and given them a really good first new season on Prime - but sadly most have then been followed up by uninspired formulaic seasons 2, 3, etc. on Prime. Hope it doesn't go that way.

djshauny1 · 31 May 2016 at 23:48

grudas said:
FACT.

Haha. He sure isnt handling this very well at all lol....FACT.

Merlin5 · 1 Jun 2016 at 00:39

I just watched it on iplayer. I want my 60 minutes back.

Skeeter · 1 Jun 2016 at 00:45

I want to get tickets to be in the audience so I can hold up a big sign that says "FACT".

Nismo · 1 Jun 2016 at 06:36

Skeeter said:
I want to get tickets to be in the audience so I can hold up a big sign that says "FACT".

One of the audience pre-requisites is being able to look bored to tears

I genuinely hope someone, either Evans or the production team, are taking onboard the criticism. The whole thing would be much more palatable if Evans just toned down the studio stuff, the pre-recorded "outside" videos weren't that bad on reflection.

Unfortunately he strikes me as being too pig-headed to care.

Cavallino · 1 Jun 2016 at 06:46

Also have I noticed correctly that whenever he says something and expects a reaction from the crowd, the reaction seems to be a little "delayed" for a want of a better word?

Or perhaps it was edited in for example? I.e not an immediate response to Chris' question.

E.g. (Evans to the crowd) do you want to see etc etc etc!!!?!?!
(Cut different scene of audience with a slight delay) Yeeeeeerrrrs.

Skillmister · 1 Jun 2016 at 07:33

Cavallino said:
Also have I noticed correctly that whenever he says something and expects a reaction from the crowd, the reaction seems to be a little "delayed" for a want of a better word?

Or perhaps it was edited in for example? I.e not an immediate response to Chris' question.

E.g. (Evans to the crowd) do you want to see etc etc etc!!!?!?!
(Cut different scene of audience with a slight delay) Yeeeeeerrrrs.

Imagine you'd been waiting for TG tickets for years only for your time to come around and it be this **** instead... You'd be a but subdued too!

Skeeter · 1 Jun 2016 at 07:46

Nismo said:
One of the audience pre-requisites is being able to look bored to tears

I genuinely hope someone, either Evans or the production team, are taking onboard the criticism. The whole thing would be much more palatable if Evans just toned down the studio stuff, the pre-recorded "outside" videos weren't that bad on reflection.

Unfortunately he strikes me as being too pig-headed to care.

The films were bad. I don't understand how they managed to make towing a broken Reliant to Blackpool last 10 minutes!

Camalot · 1 Jun 2016 at 07:49

I thought id give it a go, i lasted to the opening credits where he was trying to talk in a deep gritty clarkson voice and turned it off.

estebanrey · 1 Jun 2016 at 08:41

Camalot said:
I thought id give it a go, i lasted to the opening credits where he was trying to talk in a deep gritty clarkson voice and turned it off.

So you haven't actually seen it then?

NooBish AbbZ · 1 Jun 2016 at 09:09

His twitter feed is hilarious. ''I'M ACTING LIKE A SHOUTY 12 YEAR OLD. FACT"