DanRoM
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I am not willing to judge the show as a failure just yet. It is only five episodes in.
But the point made in the opening posts are valid. Rant ahead.
England is full of racetracks. But they found a disused something that I can only assume was the cheapest solution.
Apart from that, what really annoys me is that with all the money and freedom and apparently many former Top Gear staff on payroll, the show is just poorly executed in general. I wrote it already in a review thread to one of the episodes: They are just going through the motions, but don't convey any emotion. It looks like they get their money for past merits and worse, it looks like they are content with that.
But the point made in the opening posts are valid. Rant ahead.
The tent is for all intends and purposes the same kind of home the hangar was. But the track is indeed crap. Not because of the layout (let's face it: Dunsfold isn't that good a track neither), but because it is too narrow in terms of space next to the actual track. They can't do open, sweeping camera angles for one thing, and because of all the houses and trees standing right next to the track, plus the bad surface, the track is very unforgiving. On Dunsfold they could go all out and if things went wrong, they had hundreds of metres of grass. I don't think we'll ever see what a car can really do on the Eboladrome because in case of error, it would immediately end up in a tree or house.a.) TGT doesn't have a proper "home", namely a real track for car reviews. The Eboladrome is rubbish: too narrow, not enough open space for right camera angles and lame corners.
England is full of racetracks. But they found a disused something that I can only assume was the cheapest solution.
Correct. So far we hadb.) [...] They film in many countries, but where's the information we get? They could be anywhere in the world and it wouldn't make any difference at all.
- Burning Man festival: Okay, that was something. But apart from the opening scene, they didn't use it.
- South Africa: They had a man who had build his own Group C racecar replica and didn't even ask him what engine etc. he used. And their display of local car-related youth culture was showing James May being annoyed while doing donuts as a passenger.
- England x 2: Okay, they were home.
- Netherlands: Jokes about speed cameras and sex toys. Clearly they couldn't miss the opportunity to show how naughty they can be now that they don't have to adhere to BBC standards anymore. But as I am not 12 anymore, I only found the first three seconds of it funny.
The car reviews do lack depth, indeed.c.) [...] It looks like the cars are not important anymore
That is my impression too. It looks lackluster. Especially James looks miserable all the time. Perhaps it's an act, but judging from the quality of their acting in general, it's too convincing for that...d.) They just act through their script, seemingly uninterested in what they are doing.
Apart from that, what really annoys me is that with all the money and freedom and apparently many former Top Gear staff on payroll, the show is just poorly executed in general. I wrote it already in a review thread to one of the episodes: They are just going through the motions, but don't convey any emotion. It looks like they get their money for past merits and worse, it looks like they are content with that.