Top Gear

[james forde]

Very surprised to say I thought Matt le Blac was a perfect fit.
I'd quite happily swap Chris Evans for Chris Harris.
Everything else aside, cinematography is still the best there is for
motor related tv.

Agreed, I'm a big fan of Chris Harris.... The video he did with the Porsche gt3 rs was unreal. He did a cool one on the m550d 5 series aswel.

[dergside]

This was always going to be a tough sell, replacing what had become an institution. It was also hard being the first to air, before the three amigo's go to air with their show. Its clear that there was some nervousness, etc. among the presenters. It showed in some of the two handed parts particularly. I missed the earliest part of it but all in all I thought it has enough going for it for a first episode to offer some hope.

In some respects I thought that it was more of a car show than the old Top Gear had been for a very long time, and I wouldn't see that as a bad thing at all. The old version had become about buffoonery more than anything else, a televisual lads mag with only a thin thread of relevance to cars. The era of Lads mags is over.

It'll be interesting to see how JC and the others reinvent the format in their new show. I suspect that American conservatism will cramp their style a little bit, even if they have a mega-budget. How that tension plays out will be worth seeing. We know Clarkson has a short fuse - the whole reason the debacle arose - so how he handles it will tell much about his character .

[Starvin]

All I could hear throughout the show was Clarkson laughing his arse off. Get rid of Evans. It was like TFI Friday in a car park.

[kdevitt]

Haven't watched it yet, but I think some people have the blinkers on when it comes to just how bad the old Top Gear was on occasion. It had become virtually unwatchable. That's before we mention how vile Clarkson had become with some of his racist and xenophobic outbursts. Also worth mentioning that the initial episodes with James May looked like he'd never seen a tv camera before, and the studio 'banter' was horribly forced.

Will take a few episodes for it to bed down - am pretty certain the non studio segments will be strong with the likes of Harris involved.

[dergside]

Haven't watched it yet, but I think some people have the blinkers on when it comes to just how bad the old Top Gear was on occasion. It had become virtually unwatchable.

Agreed - I hadn't gone out of my to watch the three musketeers for the past few years.

[HealyC]

So verdict on last night, imo seemed a bit better. Evans is very annoying but LeBlanc seemed more comfortable. Section about the LT McLarens was very good


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[RossYB]

I like Le Blanc, Can't stand Evans. (Too loud & Constantly tweeting about views FACT!)
Turned it off half way through the SUV test, Just boring.
McLaren bit was okay but you couldn't really screw that up with those cars!

I prefered the buffoonery of the last 3, Yes it was scripted but their was some genuine moments and laughs. If I want to know all about cars I'll watch 5th gear.


RIP Top Gear. (At least while Evans is still there)

[ciars]

LeBlanc and Harris should be the pairings IMO. LeBlanc for the crowd pleasers and Harris on actual car reviews whilst driving - something not an awful lot of presenters can manage (Eddie Jordan in the Merc jeep being a good example here ).

I wonder how much Mclaren paid for the 'promotion'?? They still haven't allowed them officially review/critique the P1 which is a shame. Maybe if Button is driving it..

Overall, too early for an opinion, but episode 2 got less fast forwarding than episode 1.

[FunkySeeFunkyDoo]

Not as bad as last week, I'd have preferred a different presenter for the McLaren segment and I'm going to take a wild guess and assume the car sliding etc footage was someone else at the wheel.

The Star in the car section is starting to look like the Graham Norton show


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[eamo]

I didn't see the first episode so cant comment. But the 2nd episode I did and I thought it was cringeworthy at times.