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New Series Trailer

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  • #2
    Dolph Starbeam
    Registered Users Posts: 4,536 ✭✭✭Dolph Starbeam


    Can't wait for it. The old Top Gear had gone stale for a few years now. Not expecting miracles but I think it will be good.

    And at least the others will be on Amazon soon, nothing wrong with having both of them.


  • #3
    Nody
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,259 CMod ✭✭✭✭Nody


    I think they are doing themselves a big disservice calling it Top Gear and that trailer did not give me any confidence it will last beyond a season or two (because BBC will fund it on name alone and prey it will work out in offshore markets which I highly doubt).


  • #4
    ScumLord
    Registered Users Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    The show top gear predates the Clarkson trio, it became a world brand under Clarkson and maybe it can't survive as a world brand without them but it can still be a BBC car show. It looks like they're going for the international market though, probably going to throw the kitchen sink at it and desperately hope people like it.

    I hope it works out, but I wouldn't be surprised if it wreaks of desperation.


  • #5
    alchemist33
    Registered Users Posts: 10,969 ✭✭✭✭alchemist33


    The trailer looked just like a Top Gear trailer, which is a good thing IMO. They can't lose sight of the fact it's an entertainment show.


  • #6
    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users Posts: 28,661 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    Looks shyte.. Evans being his usual self, lots of shouting and pulling silly faces, and what looks like a poor rip-off of the stuff people complained about on Clarkson's TG . 35k dislikes on the video so far too!!

    Will be amazed if it makes it beyond a second season. Real TG has moved to Amazon.


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  • #7
    ScumLord
    Registered Users Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    _Kaiser_ wrote: »
    Will be amazed if it makes it beyond a second season. Real TG has moved to Amazon.
    I hope it's not the case that Clarkson, May and Hammond are shyte without the production values of BBC to make them look better. :D

    I'm going to take new top gear as it comes. I'm not going to have expectations that it needs to fulfil and as long as it has cars I'll be easy enough to please.

    The continuity top gear can just be about those three old men doing stuff with cars and I'll be happy.


  • #8
    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users Posts: 28,661 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    ScumLord wrote: »
    I hope it's not the case that Clarkson, May and Hammond are shyte without the production values of BBC to make them look better. :D

    I'm going to take new top gear as it comes. I'm not going to have expectations that it needs to fulfil and as long as it has cars I'll be easy enough to please.

    The continuity top gear can just be about those three old men doing stuff with cars and I'll be happy.

    Didn't Andy Wilman and some of the rest of the production team move with them? (stand to be corrected)

    I'd imagine Amazon will throw whatever resources are needed at this to make it successful if some of their other shows are any indication.


  • #9
    bnt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,957 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    Another teaser trailer:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJwoYBHuTBo

    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



  • #10
    ScumLord
    Registered Users Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    I'm holding out hope it'll be good but for people complaining the last guys were scripted that trailer looks very scripted. It's like they're trying to be awkward. That works fine when the person is awkward and can carry it off, (like any of the old top gear crew) but I wouldn't peg Matt as an awkward person.

    Chris Harris took part in Blancpain at the weekend. I wonder it TG be doing a piece on it? It also highlights the clash that's going on with this trailer. You have serious people like Harris and Sabine, the thoughts of them trying to ape old top gear awkwardness just won't work, it's not going to be believable. Plus I'd love to see the lifestyle those two in particular live, not them trying to be Clarkson, Hammond, or May.


  • #11
    TCP/IP
    Subscribers Posts: 3,698 ✭✭✭TCP/IP


    Another Trailer Just Posted

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gzCnrR0ZhM


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  • #12
    bnt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,957 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    The trailers keep on coming:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rur6a9QKmi4

    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



  • #13
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users Posts: 81,111 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    I see RTÉ2 will be showing it same day as BBC, not sure how the ads will impact on it.


  • #14
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,504 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    _Kaiser_ wrote: »

    Will be amazed if it makes it beyond a second season. Real TG has moved to Amazon.

    Substitute "Amazon" with "Channel 5" and it's almost exactly the same thing as people were saying fourteen years ago...


  • #15
    alchemist33
    Registered Users Posts: 10,969 ✭✭✭✭alchemist33


    Starting next Sunday at 8. I really hope people give it a chance. It'll have a lot of enemies, from those who always disliked TG because it didn't feature cars "real people" could buy, to those who thought the sun shone out of Jeremy's backside.


  • #16
    Duggy747
    Registered Users Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    If they use this chance to clean the show up from overly scripted events and overly staged jokes then I'll be on-board to give it a chance. I like Clarkson, May & Hammond but their time on TG was getting very stale so this whole thing could work out for everybody if they all use this opportunity.

    Matt LeBlanc was an odd choice at first before remembering he's quite a good driver and though fairly reserved outside of acting he can still be pretty funny.

    Chris Evans is like Bovril to a lot of people so we'll see how does with this.

    The new show can't be any worse than the old when it had a run of boring episodes unless they try to ape that show too much.


  • #17
    alchemist33
    Registered Users Posts: 10,969 ✭✭✭✭alchemist33


    It's a balancing act between keeping the best of the old show (the focus on entertainment) and ditching the stale elements (the "races" had become too formulaic and predictable)


  • #18
    The Cuban
    Closed Accounts Posts: 492 ✭✭The Cuban


    Well I don't think the new TG will be as bad as we expect, BBC have not skimped on the budget for the show, you`ll find that Matt will be very good, Evans will turn out to be the guy we all love to hate.
    Plus the Virgin show may not be as good as we expect, there routine was wearing thin and I cant see how they will do anything different.


  • #19
    cdeb
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,142 Mod ✭✭✭✭cdeb


    Top Gear audience walk out

    Was supposed to be over by 4; went on "into the early hours of the evening" - so, say, 6 - and people had to be elsewhere so they had to leave.

    I would say anyway. But looks like media-bashing of Top Gear might be one thing not to change.


  • #20
    lertsnim
    Registered Users Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭lertsnim


    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    I see RTÉ2 will be showing it same day as BBC, not sure how the ads will impact on it.

    RTÉ's running time is 10 minutes longer and also starts 20 minutes after the BBC.


  • #21
    philstar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,986 ✭✭✭philstar


    ^^^^^^^^^^

    strange one that, surely rte are shooting themselves in the foot going up against the bbc no ads transmission..also it must be costing a fortune to being showing it so new and not an old repeat like they usually do


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  • #22
    lertsnim
    Registered Users Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭lertsnim


    RTÉ have a content deal with the BBC so it won't cost them anymore to show it tonight.


  • #23
    dublinman1990
    Registered Users Posts: 8,300 ✭✭✭dublinman1990


    10 minutes to go when this airs on BBC Two now. Any thoughts beforehand?


  • #24
    bnt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,957 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    dublinman1990 wrote: »
    10 minutes to go when this airs on BBC Two now. Any thoughts beforehand?
    New "live comments" thread? :P

    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



  • #25
    Mike Litoris
    Registered Users Posts: 6,002 ✭✭✭Mike Litoris


    Anyone watching this? Evans is shocking! :eek:


  • #26
    bnt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,957 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    Mike Litoris wrote: »
    Anyone watching this? Evans is shocking! :eek:
    HE'S VERY LOUD, ISN'T HE?

    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



  • #27
    snipey
    Registered Users Posts: 373 ✭✭snipey


    trying too hard and ya he's loud


  • #28
    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    I'm recording it so I can zip through it later but the bit I've seen (the chase in an airfield thing) looks horribly like a bad copy of what the Clarkson and co have done.


  • #29
    Muppet Man
    Registered Users Posts: 1,650 ✭✭✭Muppet Man


    Ya, copy of previous event, and Evans literally shouting in the studio....


  • #30
    sonofenoch
    Registered Users Posts: 2,136 ✭✭✭sonofenoch


    Looks a continuation of the same format......stolen ideas


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  • #31
    Roar
    Registered Users Posts: 7,426 ✭✭✭Roar


    Top TFI Friday Gear

    Surprised to see its the EXACT same format as the previous series.

    Evans is trying to hard and Le Blanc looks bored


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