MessiWillSignForVilla Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 (edited) Never really liked Top Gear, and didn't watch it last night (well, I caught 5 minutes of it and turned off as I was thoroughly bored), but I see Chris Evans seemed to have a bit of a Benitez-esque meltdown on twitter. FACT. The one thing I did notice from watching that first 5 minutes or so, Evans was trying his hardest to be Clarkson. If you want Top Gear to become it's own, new thing, don't try imitate what it was. Edited May 30, 2016 by MessiWillSignForVilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted May 30, 2016 Moderator Share Posted May 30, 2016 17 minutes ago, MessiWillSignForVilla said: I see Chris Evans seemed to have a bit of a Benitez-esque meltdown on twitter. FACT. Brilliant Thanks for that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted May 31, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted May 31, 2016 Chris Evans voice makes me want to drown kittens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 evans should be careful banding about viewing figures, people walking away before an episode has aired is one thing, people walking away after watching his performance is another Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Thought it was good to be honest. Le Blancs decent. Evans not so sure 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Either get Evans to calm down or bin him. Get rid of the wacky zany crap like laser guns and robin reliant sand focus on the bloody cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 (edited) Robin Reliants are cars Edited June 1, 2016 by HanoiVillan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 (edited) 6 hours ago, Ingram85 said: Either get Evans to calm down or bin him. Get rid of the wacky zany crap like laser guns and robin reliant sand focus on the bloody cars. It's never going to become a serious car show, it wouldn't be a worldwide hit if it was. Too much competition in that area, not least on YouTube where there's tons of channels just straight reviewing cars. They need to keep the challenges and road trips, tone down Chris Evans and leave out the US v GB thing and it will be ok. I'm sure they'll find their feet sooner or later. Edited June 1, 2016 by AVFCDAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 2, 2016 Moderator Share Posted June 2, 2016 Interesting to hear people talk about the show finding its feet or settling down, but it has already been filmed. All the shouting and screaming has been committed to tape. So it is what it is and it's likely to remain that way. OK the bits in the studio might improve off the back of feedback, but the rest is done and dusted 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted June 2, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted June 2, 2016 The bits in the studio only improve if someone takes away Evans' 'sharpener' (/takes him outside with a revolver) and sends LeBlanc to the bar for an hour before filming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 1 hour ago, BOF said: Interesting to hear people talk about the show finding its feet or settling down, but it has already been filmed. All the shouting and screaming has been committed to tape. So it is what it is and it's likely to remain that way. OK the bits in the studio might improve off the back of feedback, but the rest is done and dusted Only the "on the road" segments have been pre-filmed which doesn't bother me as Evans screaming over the sound of a wailing engine makes a bit more sense than when he does it in the studio. The studio segments at least back in the Clarkson era were filmed mid-week ahead of the Sunday airing so they could keep up to date with the car world. That said the Clarkson-era also had a news segment every week mainly to reuse the "Dacia Sandero" joke over and over again which meant they had to stay current, unless it's coming in future episodes it doesn't appear that the Evans-era has a news segment so maybe it is all pre-recorded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 2, 2016 Moderator Share Posted June 2, 2016 I know. I said that in my last bit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 2 minutes ago, BOF said: I know. I said that in my last bit Aha! I completely glossed over that. Oh how much typing that would have saved, I've been mis-reading stuff all day I apologise lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 If they got rid of Eddie Jordan and Chris Evans along with the 'star in a rallycar' bollocks then they might just have a show. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 I quite like Eddie Jordan, I only watched about half of it tonight but he seemed to be the most suited to the programme. Chris Evans is just a shitbag and Matt LeBlanc is thinking wtf am I doing here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meath_Villan Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Christ its shite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 The studio bits are truly awful. Not sure what they're trying to achieve with the overly long 'star' section? The challenge was alright, but they told us virtually nothing about the cars (unless I missed it??). Got engine capacity, but nothing about price, no critique, not even a shot of the interiors IIRC. Better than last week but even the dog shit Top Gear USA had the good sense to ditch the studio all together when they couldn't get it to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted June 6, 2016 Author Share Posted June 6, 2016 10 hours ago, StanBalaban said: The studio bits are truly awful. Not sure what they're trying to achieve with the overly long 'star' section? The challenge was alright, but they told us virtually nothing about the cars (unless I missed it??). Got engine capacity, but nothing about price, no critique, not even a shot of the interiors IIRC. Better than last week but even the dog shit Top Gear USA had the good sense to ditch the studio all together when they couldn't get it to work. agreed ..I've got one eye on an F-Pace and was hoping they would give a proper run down on it .. I learnt next to nothing from that segment 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 14 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: agreed ..I've got one eye on an F-Pace and was hoping they would give a proper run down on it .. I learnt next to nothing from that segment A comparable segment from the old show would be when they took a Bentley Continental, BMW M6 Gran Coupe and Nissan GTR across the outback of Australia. As it happens, it wasn't the most interesting of trips and in no way a real-life representation of what those cars would go through, but we still got to see more of the cars amidst the buffoonery. For a corporation where advertisers don't have an influence (in the UK at least), it actually felt like a non-BBC show where you got the impression that they were scared to criticise any of the products for fear of pissing off the manufacturers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 The ironic thing about Top Gear is that they sacked one presenter for punching someone and replaced him with a presenter who reminds the audience that some people need punching. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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