http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35548081 I think the BBC have nailed it. I have personal issues with Sabine for driving me off the track once but I think it's a quality line up. Chris Harris was born for this job!
It's not top gear without the three stooges, they should change the name IMO Those 3, no matter how idiotic, are/were Top Gear, they were the show, they were the name - you can't recreate it without them, been tried in different countries, doesn't work
I simply dont like the look of these people. Is that face-ist? They're not Top Gear. In fact, Top Gear is olny the name of the show, the 3 stooges are what makes the content of the show worth watching. I say this as someone who has only seen maybe 10 episodes at the most. It'd be like replacing Sean Locke, Jimmy Car and John Richardson with the crew from Dragons Den. It'd be like QI replacing Steven Fry with Sandi Toksvig... Oh, wait.
Don't forget, Top Gear existed before those 3 were presenters. You could say it's not Top Gear without Angela Rippon and Tom Coyne! This is progress, it's not going to be the same show. Let's face it, the old format was getting tired. It's going to be funny and entertaining in a different way and Chris Harris, nuff said.
How popular was it before those three though, I don't even remember it back then It only started becoming something great when those three joined Like Radio 1, it was dying before Chris Moyles joined, it was great while he was there, I listened all the time, he left, I don't even listen to it now People make the shows, the shows don't make the people IMO Still stand by my view that they shouldn't keep the name - it's not ever gonna be Top Gear again
Spot on. Scott Mills used to be a laugh, but you can tell he's been reigned in, I'm just not interested anymore. Same goes for Top Gear, without Clarkson and co it simply isn't going to be interesting. I'm not keen on the people replacing them in the least, Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc bore me to tears.
Never heard of most of them, Chris Evans is a unfunny prick and Joey errr I mean Matt Le Blanc is alright. I'm glad I don't pay the BBC anything
Yup and you know what the problem is? No matter what Amazon call their new show you know fine well that everyone everywhere will refer to it as 'The New Top Gear.' Seems 'The New Top Gear' has managed to do what the 'Old Top Gear' couldn't they will have a race between the McLarean P1, Ferrari La Ferrari and the Porsche 918. I can tell you right here and right now which Top Gear I am looking forward to returning. Woah just re read the article.... seriously Matt Le Blanc? Well, um, I guess that's a thing. Question, Sabine is like a pro driver, the whole crux of the Stig joke was that he was the semi human pro driver because, you know the, three middle age dudes couldn't really drive proper. What purpose does the Stig serve now? He's no longer the butt of a long running joke and he's no longer the much needed pro driver?
Old news, already been done by Chris Harris...... who is now a Top Gear presenter :banana: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3YPTkBRaOk I'm surprised (guess I shouldn't be) about so much hate for the new Top Gear without a single episode even being aired. I am however certain it will be a winner in the end. It will make the three stooges show look like the tired old format that it is. Believe me, I really used to like Top Gear but for true petrol heads, the new line up is exciting and I'm sure it will win over the doubters.
Popular enough to get cancelled and relaunched a year later anyway. It was incredibly dull as I remember, factual and informative if that's what you want. I'm not totally interested in car specs but enjoyed the comedic parts of the new top gear. Pretty much the opposite of what people complain about new top gear all the time for doing. Also, this line up, eh, i'll give it a few episodes.
Old Top Gear was the only TV serie which I have followed last few years. Not a single other new serie (full serie) watched. I have seen some episode of Homeland because room mate watched it. Not a single episode of Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, Under the Dome or what even people watch seen. I dont care. I also do not care about Chris Harris, seen few videos from him, not interested. I have no plans to watch TG with new presenters and I will check out the Amazon offering. Thats why the hate.
So that means Top Gear has rectro actively done it? Old Top Gear had issue doing it Amazon's new show has managed it, I dunno maybe the BBC's New Top Gear may do it as well but so far all we have heard of the new show is about key producers quitting and Chris Evans getting car sick, oh and the new line up. I guess we will have to wait and see
No, I just meant it's not a scoop, it's been done and if you watch the whole awesome hour, I hope you would agree that is has been done properly Imagine the contacts Sabine, Evans, Jordan, Harris and Le Blanc have worldwide. If it's got 4 wheels, they will be able to get their hands on it.
Old TG = as politically incorrect as possible New TG = as politically correct as possible, going purely by the line up. I think the BBC may well have killed off what people liked about the 'old' outgoing show. Sort of curious how long each episode will be too, are there actually going to be any cars on there or is it going to be all talking? Not sure how they're going to fit all these presenters in.
I think they'll try and recreate the old TG, fail, realise no-one is watching it, and try something else (TFI Friday / Fifth Gear / The gadget show mash-up)
Lol contacts, who is le blanc gong to contact, old colleagues from friends? Give me a shout when their contacts tops the royal air force.
I assume you're talking about the same Royal Air Force that is famous for their use of cars and ground based vehicles of all kinds?