US Top Gear - Page 3

98_Camaro · 12-04-2010, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Apex Chase

I think US Top Gear is pretty good. Not perfect but you can't expect it to be the best thing ever aired on television its first season. BBC has had 8 years and 15 seasons to perfect their formula and allow their hosts to become comfortable. US Top Gear needs to find their own groove and not try so hard to be BBC Top Gear but I am enjoying it and will continue to watch.

Not to mention the 20-ought years Top Gear had been going before the relaunch in 2002.
I'm enjoying the US version as well. Watching the Lamborghinis being floored for a mile was exhilarating (maybe just because I want a Gallardo Superleggera one day...) and seeing a blind guy make a full 180-degree drift in to a parking space got my adrenaline rushing.
I'm hoping History gives it enough of a chance to develop its own flavor though. It'd be a shame to watch it go after one season.

Captain Awesome · 12-04-2010, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by VonDutch

Love the cars

But The host's are soo F************ Dull

You'd think Hollywood could have come up with a more original show

But I guess they needed to rip the British off (Sad) Huge statement there

But , I do like the cars on the show

I don't know which is better, dull hosts or interesting hosts who repeatedly make ridiculous comments bashing the US cars.

chain777 · 12-05-2010, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Captain Awesome

I don't know which is better, dull hosts or interesting hosts who repeatedly make ridiculous comments bashing the US cars.

Definitely interesting hosts. You have to take the comments with a grain of salt. Not everyone gets British humor.

SleepWarz · 12-05-2010, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by chain777

Definitely interesting hosts. You have to take the comments with a grain of salt. Not everyone gets British humor.

totally

Captain Awesome · 12-05-2010, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by chain777

Definitely interesting hosts. You have to take the comments with a grain of salt. Not everyone gets British humor.

I grew up on Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, The Goodies, Red Dwarf, etc.

There's a difference between "humor" and "hitting below the belt"... but then again low blows to belittle people/things are pretty much what passes for humor in the U.S. these days too.

Bungo · 12-05-2010, 10:04 PM

think out of the first 3 episodes tonights was the best one so far. I enjoyed this episode

Jessika · 12-05-2010, 10:05 PM

That's me on the bridge. 3rd from the right

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FenwickHockey65 · 12-05-2010, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Bungo

think out of the first 3 episodes tonights was the best one so far. I enjoyed this episode

I liked tonight's episode best as well. Seemed like they're starting to get comfortable with the show now.

Only hint of awkwardness I could pick up on was when they were each trying to make fun of Buick. Seemed like the last guy had to think for an extra minute before he could come up with anything.

Jessika · 12-05-2010, 10:21 PM

What's funniest to me is that all the episodes were filmed within two weeks of taping. I saw myself on the bridge in the first episode and tonights. Also I was there (same taping) for the kid rock interview that will air next week...

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2ndgenz28 · 12-07-2010, 11:06 PM

Can't believe they let it make it to air where that putz in the Red Mitsubishi say how Mitsubishi built the Zero in WW2 and they had the best business model, build it, jump in and crash it into a ship.

9c1ny · 12-08-2010, 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by 2ndgenz28

Can't believe they let it make it to air where that putz in the Red Mitsubishi say how Mitsubishi built the Zero in WW2 and they had the best business model, build it, jump in and crash it into a ship.

why because its true?

2ndgenz28 · 12-19-2010, 09:29 PM

Oh LORD I was channel flippin and saw their "NEWS" section, where the spent their time trashing the Camaro, while reading their scripts right off their laps, taping went so bad, the run through made it to TV.

73camarolt · 12-19-2010, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by 2ndgenz28

Oh LORD I was channel flippin and saw their "NEWS" section, where the spent their time trashing the Camaro, while reading their scripts right off their laps, taping went so bad, the run through made it to TV.

They didnt trash it. Tanner said it was a straight line car, and the other guy liked it. Adam was the one who said he cant see out of it. But IMO he shouldnt be on that show.

snakekiller · 12-20-2010, 04:22 AM

Top gear need some real automotive host, not some nascar guy and that crappy comedian. the reason why Top Gear UK is so successful is because all its host have been real automotive journalist, with real car experience. Have you ever read some of their work? Wow easily some of best car writing I've ever read. Tanner is really the only good host on top gear USA, and certainly the only one that can drive. Speed channel is getting ready to make a original car show, not some copy with Adam Carolla and Dan Neil who is among the very best and most entertaining and irreverent automotive writers (and he has a Pulitzer Prize to prove it), John Salley and Matt Farah from The Smoking Tire

"the untitled Speed show comes from Mandt Bros. Prods., which also just scored a series order from Food Network for the docu-series “Ice Brigade.”

Carolla has been eager to do an auto-based TV show for some time. He previously hosted NBC’s attempt to adapt U.K. hit “Top Gear,” but that version never made it to air. (He’s not involved in the U.S. “Top Gear” that just recently launched on the History channel.)

The untitled show has been described as a cross between “Top Gear” and Fox Sports Net’s old “The Best Damn Sports Show Period” franchise, which featured Salley was a regular.

According to the pitch, the show will feature news and conversation centered around cars, as well as pre-recorded features shot on the road.

Carolla, whose podcast frequently rates among the most-downloaded on the web, has been behind series such as “The Man Show,” “Crank Yankers” and “Too Late with Adam Carolla.”
link:http://www.autoblog.com/2010/12/13/r...channel-pilot/

12-05-2010, 10:04 PM	#34
Bungo Tampa Gulf Coast Family Drives: 2010 ABM Camaro SS Join Date: May 2009 Location: Palm Harbor Fl Posts: 262	think out of the first 3 episodes tonights was the best one so far. I enjoyed this episode __________________ excited every morning to see the ABM 2SS/RS LS3 in the garage and the wife says I have to be patient while she gets dressed

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12-05-2010, 10:05 PM	#35
Jessika Account Suspended Drives: Anything Blown Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: SoCal Posts: 1,194	That's me on the bridge. 3rd from the right Sent from my amazing and awesome iPhone4

12-05-2010, 10:21 PM	#37
Jessika Account Suspended Drives: Anything Blown Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: SoCal Posts: 1,194	What's funniest to me is that all the episodes were filmed within two weeks of taping. I saw myself on the bridge in the first episode and tonights. Also I was there (same taping) for the kid rock interview that will air next week... Sent from my amazing and awesome iPhone4

12-07-2010, 11:06 PM	#38
2ndgenz28 Thread Killer Drives: All Black Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: NWO Toledo Area Posts: 4,720	Can't believe they let it make it to air where that putz in the Red Mitsubishi say how Mitsubishi built the Zero in WW2 and they had the best business model, build it, jump in and crash it into a ship.

12-19-2010, 09:29 PM	#40
2ndgenz28 Thread Killer Drives: All Black Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: NWO Toledo Area Posts: 4,720	Oh LORD I was channel flippin and saw their "NEWS" section, where the spent their time trashing the Camaro, while reading their scripts right off their laps, taping went so bad, the run through made it to TV.

12-20-2010, 04:22 AM	#42
snakekiller Drives: f150 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: san diego Posts: 281	Top gear need some real automotive host, not some nascar guy and that crappy comedian. the reason why Top Gear UK is so successful is because all its host have been real automotive journalist, with real car experience. Have you ever read some of their work? Wow easily some of best car writing I've ever read. Tanner is really the only good host on top gear USA, and certainly the only one that can drive. Speed channel is getting ready to make a original car show, not some copy with Adam Carolla and Dan Neil who is among the very best and most entertaining and irreverent automotive writers (and he has a Pulitzer Prize to prove it), John Salley and Matt Farah from The Smoking Tire "the untitled Speed show comes from Mandt Bros. Prods., which also just scored a series order from Food Network for the docu-series “Ice Brigade.” Carolla has been eager to do an auto-based TV show for some time. He previously hosted NBC’s attempt to adapt U.K. hit “Top Gear,” but that version never made it to air. (He’s not involved in the U.S. “Top Gear” that just recently launched on the History channel.) The untitled show has been described as a cross between “Top Gear” and Fox Sports Net’s old “The Best Damn Sports Show Period” franchise, which featured Salley was a regular. According to the pitch, the show will feature news and conversation centered around cars, as well as pre-recorded features shot on the road. Carolla, whose podcast frequently rates among the most-downloaded on the web, has been behind series such as “The Man Show,” “Crank Yankers” and “Too Late with Adam Carolla.” link:http://www.autoblog.com/2010/12/13/r...channel-pilot/