Top Gear is back! (Sunday @ 20.00)

BrensBenz

I actually emailed the BBC some years ago to advise them that, in my opinion, Top Gear was becoming an obnoxious lads show. I was confident that they would take my advice and return to reviewing cars and telling us that, although mostly either dead, dying, or cr@p, British cars just have that special something!
But no! Believe it or not, the BBC ignored me, resulting in this weekly clip of a velcro-haired, beige-toothed, WW2-ranting moron, sliding a supercar around corners on a dis-used WW2 airfield and then slavvering over guests with varying degrees of airheadedness, dominating the cutie-pie who also hosts a triumph of televisual creativity where people fall into swimming pools and the techno-nerd with the acquired dress-sense of your embarrassing uncle who thinks he is a theatre luvvie from the early 1960’s.
Tired similes, tired humour(?), tired features, tired audience participation / malipulation, tired locations, tired video effects, etc., etc.
Isn’t it ironic that the most entertaining guests in recent years have been German, e.g. Vettel, Becker, Schumacher and that excellent female driver, whose name escapes me but who specialises in testing at the Nurburgring.
Personally, I record, scan at speed, delete the clichés and watch whatever is left over. This technique can also be applied to the American version of Top Gear but, as nothing will remain after you’ve deleted that dross, this activity will only serve as thumb-practice with your remote.
Oh, and let’s not forget the Irish attempt where the (female) presenter told us that “this lovely car has locks on all the doors” and the (male) presenter told us that “this Ferrari drives very nicely but it’s very expensive”.

mike65

Sabine Schmidt is the name you are looking for.

gbee

mike65 wrote: »

Sabine Schmidt is the name you are looking for.

She's good, but I'd get tired of her quickly, loved the episodes that she was in but would prefer not to see her too often.

Duggy747

I agree with Mike that this season has been a big step up from the last few miserable ones. Not spectacular but I've found good for the most part (bar that useless Sweeney episode)

Hell, even the SIARPC this season has been somewhat watchable given the decent guests they've had on.

Minstrel27

It has been a decent enough series thus far but Sundays episode was awful. The Audi joke did make me laugh though.