"FlopGear"
They should sack this off really.
"FlopGear"
They should sack this off really.
TOP TEAR.
Watching this, Evans is absolutely unbearable.
edit: He actually just said "It couldn't be more exciting" after asking a frustrated audience whether they liked a LaFerrari better than a random Porsche he showed. And now he's just cheered about a puddle. I'm going to bed.
Did anybody watch "Extra Gear"? Some comments saying it was much, much better than the main show.
LeBlanc was astonishingly good. I thought he'd be awful - I actually detected a whiff of personality from him.
Evans though... jesus. Wracking my brains to think of who could replace him.
I didn't watch it, but what made Chris Evans so bad?
I'm a twit
I'm guessing he just shouts a lot.
He's shouting all the time, that might be his delivery style but his 'jokes' are all cringeworthy. Not that I find Clarkson's jokes to be the pinnacle of humour, but at least he has his persona and owns it.
His performance during the Stars segment was abysmal, it was one the worst interviews I've ever heard probably. It seemed like he was checking off a questionnaire. "What was your first car?" "What was your best car?". It doesn't help that Jesse Eisenberg seemed to have the same level of interest in cars that James Harden has in defense.
It just seemed to me like they've abandoned any attempt to make it good, and are simply thinking about how can we sell this to America. Which is idiotic because the reason the old one sold to America was not because they were thinking about how to sell it to America, but because it was good.
They sold America their own version. Its on its sixth series.
The pandering to Americans was too much, "What's Blackpool? lol Brits amirite" and all.
He also sounds like he's actually trying to be Clarkson.Originally Posted by Baz
I dunno. It can't be worse than Clarkson's one with Amber Heard. "Oh, a Lesbian?! Sod cars. Let's focus on that for 10 minutes."
It's only their first go, it'll probably be fine after a while.
Anyone who has listened to the insufferable Radio 2 show should have known it was going to be unbearable.
Watched it, liked it.
I suppose you're probably in the Chris Evans, Radio 2 demographic these days.
I moved to local radio years ago because Evans was annoying me too much.
I watched it, it was shit. But then so was the original.
I genuinely thought Revrage would emerge over this. Quite shocked.
Awfully cringeworthy.
Evans is a fun host when given freedom to do what suits his style and without a script. He's not particularly funny and not overly engaging, but can (TFI, Radio 2, Big Breakfast) carry a show with his giggly schoolboy routine.
The set piece heavy world of Top Gear is NOT the place for that unless they give it a huge overhaul.
LeBlanc? Meh. Less irritating than Evans and knowingly deadpan it seems, but still, meh.
Perhaps it's because I don't mind Evans, but I thought for a first episode it was a good start. Evans was fine and the chemistry between him and Joey looked promising, with the latter being a real find. The original was at its best when they were just fucking around and I have reasonably decent hopes after the opener that Evans and Joey will be able to maintain that.
Oh and I liked the soundtrack, which presumably Evans had an input into too.
The Amazon show should be better, but we knew that anyway.
It wasn't that bad. Chris Evans will hopefully tone it down a bit, but they need more actual car stuff to move it away from what they will obviously fail to replicate. They should also ditch the celebrity lap times as well, since they were always shit.
The Grand Tour is what the proper one is called. It sounds shit.
Nobody wants to watch 'actual car stuff' though, do they?
Nobody wants to watch Chris Evans screeching like he's introducing Keith Allen to a bunch of pissed nineties yuppies either, so you have to balance it out.
After not thinking the opening episode was too bad, the first half an hour of this second one has been a complete mess.
'Noisy' could probably be used to sum it up best, either through Evans shouting or tires screeching there's just constant noise - I feel like I have a migrain.
It was decent until this horrendous celebrity section that is lasting forever.
The 'Star in a reasonably priced car' bit has always been shit, though.
How long does it take this to go up on iPlayer usually?
I've recorded it. Worth watching?
Also did anyone else see Evans' utterly cringeworthy rant on Twitter about THE FACTS i.e viewing figures? Seemed like a desperate shouty arrogant cunt.
His first mistake was engaging with shitter.
Last week Evans claimed that viewing figures growing during the hour shows it was a hit and it 'won its slot.'
This week he claims overnight viewing figures are irrelevant. Early reports suggest they lost nearly half the viewers of week 1. I wonder if those last 2 are connected.
Down from 4.4m(4.7m peak) to 2.8m(3.3m peak).
He can go full on Rafa all he wants, but claiming the figures make a good show will be his downfall I think.
I still haven't watched the second.
I can't bring myself to watch more of Chris Evans attempting to be Jeremy Clarkson.
I love this. What a fucking bell. For all to see on Twitter as well. Embarrassment.
Admittedly I've only seen one episode but they appear to have binned 'The News' and they had only a cursory road/track test. Replacing it with shit celebrity stuff is definitely worse.
I havent wacthed any of this new gear yet, but i hear its awful.
That's what the Amazon one should have been called.
Again, enjoyed LeBlanc, hated the rest of it. Waste of Jenson Button too, he was on for like a minute.
Getting the crowd to cheer throughout that rally bits and at the mention of the Stig is properly awful.
It is ok, but not great. I was hoping they would go another direction. Chris Evans is just trying too hard and the format is the same.
Matt is the only decent thing on this show.
I thought the latest episode was better and more in line with what I was on about. The celebrity bit it still far too long, but there was a nice mix in the other segments, and the two non-white geezers were good (the full-black one especially).
Joey is fatter than he thinks he is though.
Tonight might be the strongest episode so far and Lewis is right about Harris and Reid but I'm still bored of the apparent inferiority complex (whether it be Evans or whoever) at times. "THAT MIGHT BE THE BEST TEST FILM TOP GEAR HAS EVER HAD!!!!!! ISN'T EVERYTHING GREAT!? RIGHT, GUYS?? RIGHT???? OH MY GOD PLEASE CHEER HOORAY WOO YEAH!"
I thought last nights was quite good. If they could just sort out the star in a car section they could be on to something.
Still not watched an episode since. The content is irrelevant to me when the shit Ian referred to is still happening.
Yeah I saw the first because her brother insisted on watching it (and he likes it, but he does have odd taste) but Evans was strangling it. The Le Blanc only section was a nice break.
I only watched a bit of it last night but noticed that thing after the Aston Martin bit being THE BEST TRACK FILM WE'VE EVER HAD ON TOP GEAR. Felt a bit needy.
I wonder what Evans will say about the viewing figures dropping yet again
Episode 4 was only 2.34m, they're haemorrhaging viewers.
6.42 > 4.06 > 3.44 > 2.34.
Edit: Just spotted that 2.34m is pure viewers on the night, so that compares to 4.4m for episode 1, 2.8m for episode 2, 2.4m for episode 3 and 2.3 for 4.
What did the old one get?
Averaging around 6m for the last few seasons.
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