Thoughts on American Top Gear?

MonteCarloM3 · 05-23-2011, 02:22 PM

Saw a bit of it the other night and i have a thought....they suck balls, excuse my french

There seems to be little to no chemistry between those guys and the talk comes across as too prepared/planned/scripted.
Just my 0.02c.

The original guys make great entertainment...

SUB-ZERO · 05-23-2011, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by MonteCarloM3

Saw a bit of it the other night and i have a thought....they suck balls, excuse my french

There seems to be little to no chemistry between those guys and the talk comes across as too prepared/planned/scripted.
Just my 0.02c.

I actually stopped watching.

-SZ

jra85 · 05-23-2011, 02:27 PM

Stopped watching after the first episode. In fact, I didn't even finish the first episode. I don't think you can find a group of hosts with as much chemistry and humor as UK's version, but they definitely could have done better than this group!

Wraith. · 05-23-2011, 02:33 PM

As a Top Gear die-hard I really wanted to like this but it's bad, really really bad.

DASHOCKER · 05-23-2011, 03:22 PM

This show is still on the tubes?

Crimson92 · 05-23-2011, 04:02 PM

i like it.'
it got better towards the end of season 1

E90SLAM · 05-23-2011, 04:36 PM

It got better throughout the season, and will come back for another try later this summer.

KingOfJericho · 05-23-2011, 04:41 PM

I saw the first episode and found it nearly unwatchable but I Tivo the show anyway and the last couple of episodes were pretty entertaining. I liked the one with the trucks in Alaska.

HPFREAK · 05-23-2011, 04:55 PM

All 3 of them are not good at it at all. The BBC needs to stop selling this show to other countries. They will never strike lightning twice. The OG TG is unique in every way. It can not be reproduced. These 3 from the US version are all decent guys I am sure, but they do not work together at all. They are one dimemsional and have nocomic timing or an ability to sound interesting or entertaining. They do not compliment one another in any way, nor do they play off eachothers strengths and weaknesses like the Jezza, Hamster, and Slow do.

This US version was pretty much a carbon copy(done poorly) of several shows from the UK TG, as far as the stunts, challenges, and bits they did. Nothing original, and nothing cool was done the entire season.

NewYearsBoy · 05-23-2011, 09:04 PM

I would have said everything above this, (it sucks) but others already said it.

It could have been so big.

UltimateBMW · 05-23-2011, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by JAdamz

Stopped watching after the first episode. In fact, I didn't even finish the first episode. I don't think you can find a group of hosts with as much chemistry and humor as UK's version, but they definitely could have done better than this group!

Pretty much this.

Its not just the chemistry. It's the negativity and slapstick method to some of their rambunctious comedy. The reviews where they tell you the bad things. Even if they are embellished.

To be successful, they would have to be allowed to tear bad cars a new one on TV. And you can bet they are not allowed.

BTM · 05-23-2011, 10:19 PM

Watch the 1st season of TG UK and the results are eerily similar...their current hosts are not the originals... as for the show, it is decent, if not hard to watch at times (due to awkward chemistry which editing doesn't do much to help), but in the end, episodes continued to improve as the season went on, got picked up for another season, and it's more automotive content on TV, rather than another singing contest or race around the world or otherwise preposterous "reality" show. And one doesn't have to suffer through Clarkson

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MonteCarloM3 Banned 53 Rep 576 Posts Drives: a shitty M3 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Uranus iTrader: (0)	Thoughts on American Top Gear? Saw a bit of it the other night and i have a thought....they suck balls, excuse my french There seems to be little to no chemistry between those guys and the talk comes across as too prepared/planned/scripted. Just my 0.02c. The original guys make great entertainment... Last edited by MonteCarloM3; 05-23-2011 at 02:39 PM..
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jra85 M3NTAL 137 Rep 612 Posts Drives: 2011 E92 M3 ZCP Join Date: May 2010 Location: Long Island, NY iTrader: (1)	Stopped watching after the first episode. In fact, I didn't even finish the first episode. I don't think you can find a group of hosts with as much chemistry and humor as UK's version, but they definitely could have done better than this group!
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Wraith. Captain 71 Rep 886 Posts Drives: ED '11 Z4 35is Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Seattle iTrader: (0)	As a Top Gear die-hard I really wanted to like this but it's bad, really really bad.
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HPFREAK Lieutenant Colonel 66 Rep 1,884 Posts Drives: C6 ZO6 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Socal iTrader: (8)	All 3 of them are not good at it at all. The BBC needs to stop selling this show to other countries. They will never strike lightning twice. The OG TG is unique in every way. It can not be reproduced. These 3 from the US version are all decent guys I am sure, but they do not work together at all. They are one dimemsional and have nocomic timing or an ability to sound interesting or entertaining. They do not compliment one another in any way, nor do they play off eachothers strengths and weaknesses like the Jezza, Hamster, and Slow do. This US version was pretty much a carbon copy(done poorly) of several shows from the UK TG, as far as the stunts, challenges, and bits they did. Nothing original, and nothing cool was done the entire season. __________________ My Youtube Channel
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