Chris Harris must modernise and up his game

Chris Harris must modernise and up his game

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Kitchski

6,516 posts

232 months

Tuesday 2nd February 2016
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Meridius said:
Streetrod said:
My remedy to all of the above is too dip into http://petrolicious.com/films on a regular basis

What I love about this channel is the sheer diversity of cars and owners, the great filmography and the enthusiasm of the owners. The videos are just the right length and the cars and owners are the stars, not a presenter with an agenda trying to raise his or hers personal brand.

It would be great to have a UK version of this channel, I wonder????….idea
Was going to post the Petrolicious channel as I was reading through this thread. I really like the setup of this channel, bringing in the owner to talk about their car, their history with it and so on. Mixing it in with some fantastic cinematography to create what is essentially a short film. TheSmokingTire with Matt Farah is a similar setup and a decent channel although he does get on my nerves fairly quickly. He puts out regular content but nothing like the quality of Petrolicious which I suppose comes to the thread topic of quality vs. quantity - it takes an awful lot of work to put out regular high quality content and id imagine these youtube channels are working with very small teams, individuals even, to put things together. I would much prefer the high quality content and great video reviews over the 'lifestyle' type channels of Shmee150 and the other supercar spotters (although I do watch them from time to time).

The likes of Chris Harris on Cars and EvoTV are at the top of motoring journalism on youtube and I look forward to seeing new videos of theirs more than other channels. Chris Harris' last video with the P1 vs. 918 vs. LaFerrari was absolutely spectacular and if future content can be just half as good as that then he is doing everything right.

One great channel that I came across that has become a favourite is from an Italian guy called Davide Cironi - Drive Experience who does some great videos blasting 70s/80s/90s classics around some nice Italian roads - the downside being that its all in Italian and only some of his videos have English subtitles on. Even in Italian they are still worth a watch though.

Some of the English subtitled stuff
DC2 Integra Type R
Renault Clio Williams
600hp Escort Cosworth
Renault 5 Turbo 2
Lancia Delta Integrale Evo 1
Fiat Uno Turbo vs. Renault 5 GT Turbo

A UK version of this channel would be great.
I've never heard of that channel, so just watched the Scirocco episode while eating lunch. Really enjoyed that! First film I watch nails my interest in cars! Will watch more, thanks for bringing it up smile

Rawwr

22,722 posts

235 months

Tuesday 2nd February 2016
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danllama said:
That's interesting. So he's either jacking it in or found a another source of cash.
Like presenting Top Gear or something.

AndrewEH1

4,917 posts

154 months

Tuesday 2nd February 2016
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danllama said:
That's interesting. So he's either jacking it in or found a another source of cash.
This is a shame, I guess his own personal videos will go out the window if Top Gear goes ahead.

I loved his videos mainly as they were so beautifully filmed and edited by Neil Carey hopefully he is involved moving forward.

Edited by AndrewEH1 on Tuesday 2nd February 15:03

Rawwr

22,722 posts

235 months

Tuesday 2nd February 2016
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e21Mark said:
Rawwr said:
danllama said:
That's interesting. So he's either jacking it in or found a another source of cash.
Like presenting Top Gear or something.
Hope not.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/bbc/12066136/Who-will-be-Top-Gear-co-presenters-alongside-Chris-Evans.html

Awkward.

e21Mark

16,205 posts

174 months

Tuesday 2nd February 2016
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Rawwr said:
danllama said:
That's interesting. So he's either jacking it in or found a another source of cash.
Like presenting Top Gear or something.
Hope not.

loudlashadjuster

5,130 posts

185 months

Tuesday 2nd February 2016
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AndrewEH1 said:
This is a shame, I guess his own personal videos will go out the window if Top Gear goes ahead.

I loved his videos mainly as they were so beautifully filmed and edited by Neil Carey hopefully he is involved moving forward.

Edited by AndrewEH1 on Tuesday 2nd February 15:03
I noticed the latest one, the 488 Spider, wasn't filmed by Neil.

Things are most definitely afoot.

danllama

5,728 posts

143 months

Tuesday 2nd February 2016
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Rawwr said:
Like presenting Top Gear or something.
I've been reading that for a long time. Is it confirmed now?

Stig

11,818 posts

285 months

Tuesday 2nd February 2016
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e21Mark said:
Hope not.
A Top Gear presenter who can actually drive?

Beggars belief doesn't it.

R11ysf

1,936 posts

183 months

Tuesday 2nd February 2016
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I think it is a shame if it is true. He was very good at being honest about cars - like with his Ferrari article - but at the BBC he would have to tow the corporate line.

Still he has a family to feed so good luck to him.

coppice

8,623 posts

145 months

Tuesday 2nd February 2016
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Hardly..it was the BBC who allowed Clarkson to be magnificently rude about the immortal Vectra and legions of cars since. Unlike some channels it isn't beholden to advertisers so it hardly needs to tow (or even toe ) the line .

AndrewEH1

4,917 posts

154 months

Tuesday 2nd February 2016
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loudlashadjuster said:
AndrewEH1 said:
This is a shame, I guess his own personal videos will go out the window if Top Gear goes ahead.

I loved his videos mainly as they were so beautifully filmed and edited by Neil Carey hopefully he is involved moving forward.

Edited by AndrewEH1 on Tuesday 2nd February 15:03
I noticed the latest one, the 488 Spider, wasn't filmed by Neil.

Things are most definitely afoot.
Perhaps the man who filmed/edited the 488, Charlie Rose, works for Mr Carey? They have used a couple of additional guys on their filming expeditions.

Edit: Seems Mr Rose works for Carfection or whatever XCAR is called now!

Edited by AndrewEH1 on Tuesday 2nd February 16:41

EricE

1,945 posts

130 months

Tuesday 2nd February 2016
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Donations are automatically transferred on the first day of the month and he shut the account down on the 2nd? Nice touch.

suffolk009

5,426 posts

166 months

Tuesday 2nd February 2016
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EricE said:
Donations are automatically transferred on the first day of the month and he shut the account down on the 2nd? Nice touch.
Really? That is a bit sharp.

Samjeev

725 posts

122 months

Tuesday 2nd February 2016
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suffolk009 said:
EricE said:
Donations are automatically transferred on the first day of the month and he shut the account down on the 2nd? Nice touch.
Really? That is a bit sharp.
Not really. He could technically keep the account open if he wanted to however as he is no longer going to be creating content of course he has no warrant to keep the account morally he IS however still releasing content for the remainder of this month so obvious he feels he should still receive that payment for this month which sounds about right in my opinion.

KTF

9,808 posts

151 months

Thursday 4th February 2016
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Matt LeBlanc confirmed as new TG presenter: http://www.topgear.com/car-news/top-gear-tv/matt-l...

Not Harris then?

HorneyMX5

5,309 posts

151 months

Thursday 4th February 2016
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KTF said:
Matt LeBlanc confirmed as new TG presenter: http://www.topgear.com/car-news/top-gear-tv/matt-l...

Not Harris then?
As one of. Harris will be confirmed in the near future.

k-ink

9,070 posts

180 months

Thursday 4th February 2016
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I really hope CH is still in! The typical celeb worship is rather predictable and tedious.

Ari

19,348 posts

216 months

Thursday 4th February 2016
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HorneyMX5 said:
As one of. Harris will be confirmed in the near future.
Said a high ranking BBC executive bloke on the Internet earlier today. biggrin

KTF

9,808 posts

151 months

Thursday 4th February 2016
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k-ink said:
I really hope CH is still in! The typical celeb worship is rather predictable and tedious.
Didnt take long: http://newsthump.com/2016/02/04/matt-leblanc-ideal...

suffolk009

5,426 posts

166 months

Thursday 4th February 2016
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KTF said:
Matt LeBlanc confirmed as new TG presenter: http://www.topgear.com/car-news/top-gear-tv/matt-l...

Not Harris then?
Suppose we could wait and see if Harris re-opens up his Patreon account.