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I think this will go well - they are both very much petrol heads and at ease on screen.
(I think the beeb will probably neuter them though which won't be as good.)
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Duncan Edwards Jones wrote: (I think the beeb will probably neuter them though which won't be as good.)
If they want to keep the successful format they can't, the question is though whether keeping the format would be a good idea. It fit the former trio very well, but you can't squeeze fit the new ones into it.
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Trouble is the Beeb is somewhat schizophrenic: half of it is commercial and wants to make money (and TG did that in bucketloads) but the other half is Oxbridge and believes it should only spend money on Opera, Cricket, and Golf. Guess which half is in charge? 
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The half that has the money. Which might explain why Top gear was around for so long after all.
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: The half that has the money.
Oooo: you had a 50:50 choice, and you got it wrong...
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I didn't say the half that makes the money, but the half that has the money, as in controls it.
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Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc - dragging Top Gear into the 1990s.
It will be either good or bad, or a bit meh.
Almost everyone will say it's not as good as Clarkson.
Lots will whinge about every detail.
A few (most of whom didn't watch it before (and probably won't watch it in the future)) will say how much better it is now.
I shall watch it, if it entertains me enough to not delete the series link from my recorder thing then I shall keep watching it.
Problem I have with LeBlanc is having watching Episodes [^] I shall be extremely disappointed when he turns out not to be the version of himself he plays in that.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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The trouble is that TG was Clarkson - the only reason to watch Original TG was for his bits, the rest was truly dull. So when he left, the show went south as well (Top Gear math in use here, you understand). When he brought it back, it worked - and how!
Now, I suspect the Beeb will control it a lot more - to prevent Evans et al doing a repeat - and the Corporation regrettably has no sense of humour. As a result, I think it's going to be either "don't forget your toothbrush on wheels" or a "proper" car show. And neither of those is going to pull in the punters like TG(2) did. So it's budget will get cut, it'll get duller, lose even more ratings, get more budget cuts, ... and finally die ...
While I suspect that the Amazon Prime version will be one of the most popular illegal downloads very quickly after release!
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chriselst wrote: It will be either good or bad, or a bit meh.
Obviously.
chriselst wrote: Almost everyone will say it's not as good as Clarkson.
It won't be ever be, Clarkson is comedy personalized whether it's on purpose or not.
But with that out of the way, there will obviously need to be changes to the format. Will they survive that?
I personally believe LeBlanc is a good choice, but who knows.
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I think the new show is likely to fail. I can see what they're doing....getting away from the goofy antics and trying to get it back to more serious proper driving, with proper drivers, proper petrolheads. They think they're adding credibility to the mix, but what they're actually doing is extracting the fun. The thing Top Gear got right was that it appealed to more than just petrolheads, it was a general entertainment show that just happened to use cars. With that element taken out you're going to reduce your target audience.
Also Chris Evans is an annoying **** 
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F-ES Sitecore wrote: Also Chris Evans is an annoying ****
No, no, he isn't. You need a lot more swear words between "an" and "annoying".
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Probably just as well that I don't really know the guy.
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Is this another reality tv-show ?
«In art as in science there is no delight without the detail ... Let me repeat that unless these are thoroughly understood and remembered, all “general ideas” (so easily acquired, so profitably resold) must necessarily remain but worn passports allowing their bearers short cuts from one area of ignorance to another.» Vladimir Nabokov, commentary on translation of “Eugene Onegin.”
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It's not about them being petrol heads, it's about them being funny. Clarkson was funny. Dry, sardonic and very, very smart. Rude as hell, but funny and a little too close (or too over) the edge sometimes. That's what gave it the spice.
It won't work as well. I'm sure it'll be fine, but not the level it was.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Makes me glad, yet again, that I've got Amazon Prime.
This space for rent
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Not available here. 
And Top gear only with delay.
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: Not available here.
Three words. Veiled Punxsutawney Nationality
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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yeah, I know, but Netflix has started to block proxies, so I believe Amazon won't be far behind.
Besides, I wouldn't sign up to their service for just one show.
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How you doin? 
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Have you seen him drive though?
It's like he's always stuck in second gear.
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