Top Gear 2016 Official TV show thread *contains spoilers*

Top Gear 2016 Official TV show thread *contains spoilers*

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SHutchinson

2,040 posts

183 months

Tuesday 31st May 2016
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You lot would twist on 21! I just watched it after reading the posts on here and couldn't honestly see what you are crying about.

Give over lads, it's an hour of light hearted car telly. It's funny too because a massive proportion of posters on here hated the old show, now you hate the new show, I guess no one can win.

zeDuffMan

4,054 posts

150 months

Tuesday 31st May 2016
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SHutchinson said:
You lot would twist on 21! I just watched it after reading the posts on here and couldn't honestly see what you are crying about.

Give over lads, it's an hour of light hearted car telly. It's funny too because a massive proportion of posters on here hated the old show, now you hate the new show, I guess no one can win.
If the new show wasn't trying to be like the old show, you might have a point.

swisstoni

16,855 posts

278 months

Tuesday 31st May 2016
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Best part for me was Teddy Sherringham 'putting one' on Ramsay in a football match.

johnxjsc1985

15,948 posts

163 months

Tuesday 31st May 2016
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George111

6,930 posts

250 months

Tuesday 31st May 2016
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johnxjsc1985 said:
If "old" TG was so awful why is it practically the main stay of "Dave". Even at it poorest showing it was light years ahead of the trash we had served up on Sunday.
+1

DamienB

1,189 posts

218 months

Tuesday 31st May 2016
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Was it utterly, utterly st? No. It was just a very self-conscious imitation of the existing series - a minimum risk re-make in the hopes of not killing the golden goose.

Chris Evans is appalling, the shouting all the time... jesus. Couple that with the amazingly bad acoustics of the studio and he's going to be nails on a blackboard every single week.

Matt Le Blanc was OK, nothing special, bit wooden I thought. Some promise.

Sabine, for her limited screen time, was great I thought. But I do have a weakness for German blondes. More importantly though, she was the only person to really say anything about the car she was in - which admittedly was mostly her saying how st it was. Refreshing though.

I avoided Extra Gear initially as the advert was so annoying but work colleagues recommended it.

It was actually not bad at all, like an older episode of Top Gear minus any stupid scripted silly arse antics skit. Not bad. Sack Evans, get the Extra Gear team to take over and your golden goose might survive.

macp

4,058 posts

182 months

Tuesday 31st May 2016
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INWB said:
Just going to leave this here.

http://sniffpetrol.com/2016/05/31/fans-complain-th...

That's you that is.


laugh

macp

4,058 posts

182 months

Tuesday 31st May 2016
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andy_s said:
If there had been no old Top Gear (which evolved into the show it became) I think everyone would be a bit more positive, as a stand alone show it was great I thought - next weeks looks good also. Don't look a gift horse etc
Sorry Andy dont mean to split hairs but I wish it was a bloody gift horse rather than this being as a result of the unique way the BBC is funded.

ClockworkCupcake

74,404 posts

271 months

Tuesday 31st May 2016
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INWB said:
Just going to leave this here.

http://sniffpetrol.com/2016/05/31/fans-complain-th...

That's you that is.
You know those people who think they're being the first to say something but are actually very late to the party? That's you that is. That's your mum. In fact you are her. smile

Slippydiff

14,744 posts

222 months

Tuesday 31st May 2016
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ClockworkCupcake said:
You know those people who think they're being the first to say something but are actually very late to the party? That's you that is. That's your mum. In fact you are her. smile

PH thread descends into farce, now there's a first hehe

So a bit like the annoying Barclays mortgage ad, can we not just shorten this to :

Ginger, shouty.

LeBlanc, promising.

Content, hopeless.

Sabine, not sure.

Ramsey, t w a t.

Two boring geezers on the show most haven't watched, dire.

Boring show with two boring geezers most haven't watched, even more dire. (unless pimped up X5's the likes of which your local recreational pharmaceutical supplier drives around in are your thing)

Do please feel free to abbreviate further still.


ClockworkCupcake

74,404 posts

271 months

Tuesday 31st May 2016
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Slippydiff said:
ClockworkCupcake said:
You know those people who think they're being the first to say something but are actually very late to the party? That's you that is. That's your mum. In fact you are her. smile

PH thread descends into farce, now there's a first hehe
I was just humorously replying to the "that's you that is" meme by quoting it back more fully. I realise that some youngsters might not get it as it's from a 1990's comedy show. Apologies if that was seen as farce.

carl_w

9,155 posts

257 months

NJK44

1,364 posts

95 months

Tuesday 31st May 2016
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noble12345 said:
It could have been a LOT better, but it was still better than old top gear.

Old top gear was DEAD, the 3 "chums" were SO BORING, hammonds ham acting was beyond bad, captain slow was either doing pre-filght boring facts or asleep, clarkson was a dinosour. It was like watching a puppet show from the 1860's. The whole show was stale, it had got so bad that they had to waste top gear money by cocking about in argentina with 100 crew just to get noticed. At the end it was like they were deliberatley trying to sabotage the show by making it utter crap, it couldnt have gotten any worse. Most people i know didnt even bother to watch it anymore.

New top gear needs to drop the boring clebs, i could have muted ramsey and that other boring tt, if *genuine* celebs want to come on the show and talk CARS and drive on the new rally cross (good idea btw) then OK. BUT if all they want to do is promote their crap then they can sod off its not a **COMMERCIAL BREAK** ITS THE BBC!!! AND its my FcensoredG "TAXES" your WASTING!

They also need to loose the ste cars, nobody with a brain needs to see a reliant robin EVER again. All they had to do was visit Pagani and rag a new car, its called Top Gear NOT chavtastic 80's in the rain. If i want to watch that rubbish or the old "weve bought a banger for 50 quid and its breaking down all the time" crap ill go up to newcastle and sit in a dustbin getting high off my tits.

Im in no hurry to dismiss this presenting team just yet, Matt was GREAT, we need more of Chris Harris on the main show too. I think the problems may be not so much the people ON screen, but the people OFF it. But BIG changes need to happen and FAST, even if it means re-editing. This was a golden opportunity to make a NEW better top gear and it was mostly wasted.

Biggest problem for top gear is the REALLY GOOD QUALITY CONTENT thats online all year round.
You post less than once a month and you save your post for this load of s**t? hehe



Slippydiff

14,744 posts

222 months

Tuesday 31st May 2016
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ClockworkCupcake said:
Slippydiff said:
ClockworkCupcake said:
You know those people who think they're being the first to say something but are actually very late to the party? That's you that is. That's your mum. In fact you are her. smile

PH thread descends into farce, now there's a first hehe
I was just humorously replying to the "that's you that is" meme by quoting it back more fully. I realise that some youngsters might not get it as it's from a 1990's comedy show. Apologies if that was seen as farce.
Goodness gracious, this thread descended into farce some 61 pages back, your post was merely the straw that broke the camel's back biggrin Do please continue smile

LDM

372 posts

126 months

Tuesday 31st May 2016
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Troubleatmill

10,210 posts

158 months

Tuesday 31st May 2016
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I forgot about the tug of war team....


I can see the storyboard...

We are having 2 Reliant Robins.....
..... with the roofs cut off....
..... and vinyl wrapped in US and UK flags.

We go to Blackpool...

... pick up a willys jeep and an old landie...
... and get this... we add a tug of war team.....
... and then take the 4x4's up a mountain towing the Robin's...
... with a bodybuilder.... and an skinny bloke that can read maps....


It is trying too damned hard....
How stupid can you make one skit?

NJK44

1,364 posts

95 months

Tuesday 31st May 2016
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Tyre Smoke

23,018 posts

260 months

Tuesday 31st May 2016
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Watched it this evening. Utter tripe. Love or hate the old TG, it was watchable because of May, Hammond and Clarkson. I liked it.
This was dreadful. The BBC had a golden opportunity to totally revamp the show and didn't. Evans and Le Blanc can't do old TG, any more than the other trio could do old, old TG.
This may be the last series I fear.

NJK44

1,364 posts

95 months

Tuesday 31st May 2016
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Tyre Smoke said:
Watched it this evening. Utter tripe. Love or hate the old TG, it was watchable because of May, Hammond and Clarkson. I liked it.
This was dreadful. The BBC had a golden opportunity to totally revamp the show and didn't. Evans and Le Blanc can't do old TG, any more than the other trio could do old, old TG.
This may be the last series I fear.
No need to fear with the new and better grand tour on soon.

Pebbles167

3,418 posts

151 months

Tuesday 31st May 2016
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