Muggins. Posted December 30, 2011 Report Share Posted December 30, 2011 [quote Still makes a welcome change from garbage such as 'I'm a has been,get me a job at Iceland' etc. That could be Clarkson soon!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gadge-it Posted December 30, 2011 Report Share Posted December 30, 2011 To me there doing the same things over and over,every program which they are given to do aboard is the princable the same type of cars etc etc .doing somthing new guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR1960 Posted December 30, 2011 Report Share Posted December 30, 2011 Agree with everything above.........one word 'tedious'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKPoacher Posted December 30, 2011 Report Share Posted December 30, 2011 The presenters gradually developed their characters over the first two series and the format was new and fun to start with. Now they have become pantomime characters that are far too full on and the format is just repeating itself in different locations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Clavata Posted December 30, 2011 Report Share Posted December 30, 2011 Blimey, this level of agreement is unprecedented on PW. The PW massive have spoken, let's hope someone listens. If they purged those three schlongs and got new presenters who are more interested in cars than themselves it might be worth watching again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayano3 Posted December 30, 2011 Report Share Posted December 30, 2011 What happened to proper car reviews and test drives etc. Its no longer a car show, its about 3 presenters on jollies in either smart cars we can only dream of or ones we have already scrapped. It definitely needs a respray or MOT !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muggins. Posted December 30, 2011 Report Share Posted December 30, 2011 James May doesn`t seem too bad so let him front a new format. Fire Clarkson as he`s too much of a liability and send Hammond to Argentina to carry on with that other crock of dung he fronts............... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libs Posted December 30, 2011 Report Share Posted December 30, 2011 I couldn't help but laugh at "EAT ENGLISH MUFF" painted on the side of a train anywhere in the world. Predictable, yes. The best job in the world, yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J@mes Posted December 30, 2011 Report Share Posted December 30, 2011 Everyone knows its staged, most accept it. What I can't accept is that even though absolutely everything is staged, they can't make it funny and/or interesting. :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger Posted December 30, 2011 Report Share Posted December 30, 2011 I watched the whole of this years Christmas special just so I could post about how rubbish it was. I will watch it again,and the next series, so I am able to deride it. Much the same way I watch soaps, x factor etc. That way I can say yes I watched it and oh it was dross. If only I knew how to use a remote control! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 Totally agree the format needs to change, I find some of it very funny but just wrecking good cars is cack. Let's have some decent stuff from them in future.the Christmas special was just reheated leftovers from past years must be due to the budget cuts. ATB figgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperfection Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 What happened to proper car reviews and test drives etc. Its no longer a car show, its about 3 presenters on jollies in either smart cars we can only dream of or ones we have already scrapped. It definitely needs a respray or MOT !! That formula didnt work which was why the BBC dropped TopGear back in 2001 because the ratings slumped to an all time low then they reinvented it 2 years later in the guise it is now.The show is now entertainment rather than a factual motoring programe and it clearly works because TopGear is apparently the worlds most watched and exported tv series seen all around the globe.The Beeb make an awful amount of money through the series,DVD's,marketing etc so i dont think they're going to be changing the format just yet. I watched the India special on Iplayer this morning and thought it was great-the "eat British muff" tickled me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun4860 Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 What happened to proper car reviews and test drives etc. Its no longer a car show, its about 3 presenters on jollies in either smart cars we can only dream of or ones we have already scrapped. It definitely needs a respray or MOT !! You have to watch "Fifth Gear" thats the nearest you will get. this weeks had the first "TV" view of the new defender replacement.......looked better in the flesh than the press pictures did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 Fifth gear is dull though, and I can't warm to the presenters - plain magnolia all the way. There has to be something in between Top Gear and Fifth Gear? I think it just needs new wit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sako751sg Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 I can handle Clarkson and May but that little ****** is so basebattable and predictable.Ill watch it,mostly to moan aboot it but i think most of us do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J@mes Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 Trouble with car reviews is that if I want to know what the new astra/focus/golf is like I'll go and drive them myself. I'll take the dog and a suitcase and see how the boot measures up. I'll take it round the back roads to see how it rides and down the motorway at 60mph to see how much MPG I can squeeze out. I don't need someone on the TV telling me it. What I do need is someone to take a disco 3 to the top of a mountain, to take a zonda round the test track, to build a car/boat and sail it to France. Things that are entertaining to watch, that I can't do myself. There's nothing wrong with the format, it just needs new ideas. Fifth Gear? Can't stand any of them. Especially VBH, letting off her little squeaks and yelps to try and turn all the desperate middle age men who haven't seen a gammon slipper in over a decade in to tripods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeonstool Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 (edited) It WAS tame - only 23 complaints todate --- his One Show gaff got 22000 I can only guess that more civil servants watch the BBC than immigrant Indians Edited December 31, 2011 by pigeonstool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-ack Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 Fifth Gear? Can't stand any of them. Especially VBH, letting off her little squeaks and yelps to try and turn all the desperate middle age men who haven't seen a gammon slipper in over a decade in to tripods. :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berties Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 Top Gear is a global brand,sold all around the world,apparently its what every one wants to watch!all the cheap and nasty merchandise is then sold and the three idiots get more money as they feel the show is about them and then they buy more cars,that they spend their working week test driving Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKPoacher Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 What I do need is someone to take a disco 3 to the top of a mountain, And ideally to drive it down again, and not get airlifted off to thei airport in the helicopter with the car keys still in your pocket like that clown Clarkson did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratman2 Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 For me Top Gear and the extra shows are all that's worth watching on the box. The trio work so well together, excellent stuff. If you don't like it don't watch it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gixer1 Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 I love top gear and I think the presenters are well matched - but the Christmas special was a bit predictable, anyone who thinks clarkson is an idiot hasn't thought it through - he's extremely good at the production and writing side and has apparently come up with half the things they have done - how can anyone deny the cow on the roof in the American special or getting chased by rednecks wasn't funny? Also him falling off the scooter or breaking his wrist crash testing the volvo - that wasn't staged, even though some of it is. it needs a few new ideas but I'm sure that'll happen. The other episode that I thought was great was when they took the BMW diesel racing - cracking entertainment. And VBH is pretty good at the tripod effect - anyone who wouldn't like to see her bent over the bonnet of a car waiting for them needs glasses! Regards, Gixer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-ack Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 And VBH is pretty good at the tripod effect - anyone who wouldn't like to see her bent over the bonnet of a car waiting for them needs glasses! I can't see what the fuss is about with her. She looks ill. If I came back and found her draped over my bonnet I'd give her a kick up the ***** and tell her to sling her hook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gixer1 Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 I can't see what the fuss is about with her. She looks ill. If I came back and found her draped over my bonnet I'd give her a kick up the ***** and tell her to sling her hook Really? http://s11.allstarpics.net/images/orig/9/w/9wbzxlvdid8hdvdz.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J@mes Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 And ideally to drive it down again, and not get airlifted off to thei airport in the helicopter with the car keys still in your pocket like that clown Clarkson did. Sorry, where did he say he was going to drive it down again? The purpose of the test was to get it up there - and he did. I'm going to assume you've never left your keys anywhere, not ever, never? Really? I see a striking resemblance: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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