bryanbeachboy1970
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not a single person that responded to this thread has provided any concrete examples as to why this is supposedly a quality show, rather many of you have taken shots at me for voicing an opinion in order to hide the fact that you don't have any examples.
I find TGUS dull, awkward, and disappointing
I've seen something that, in my opinion, is not very good, especially when compared to the original
the majority of you just seem butt-hurt that yet another person decided to voice a negative opinion on TGUS
I'm out.
My own rebuttal to those points, above:
1) We don't provide any examples because this is entertainment, and therefore subjective. Your 'examples' are merely your own opinion and have as much weight as mine. Opinions are not concrete examples. If you wish me to spell it out, then I will say "I think TGUS is a quality show because the things that bother bgrams7 do not bother me, and I find other things that bgrams7 has not stated his opinion on to be either pleasant or at least not annoying enough to detract from my opinion that this is a quality show.
2) I find TGUS fresh, reasonably cohesive (and getting better at that every episode), and exhilarating. I look forward to it each week so that I may live out my fantasy of being an average guy with kids, a dog and a mortgage who gets to drive exotic cars and do fun, off the wall challenges with cars that are not so exotic.
3) I see something that at first tried to be like the original and failed at it. Thankfully, that something has focused itself on being its own thing and not a knockoff of the original, and I think its doing a damn good job of that.
4) We're 'butt-hurt' that someone has voiced a negative opinion on TGUS and done so in a way that is only negative, not constructive (the only thing you clearly say is wrong with the show is the hosts; this is/are your 'concrete examples'?). Clearly the producers have listened to the fans (and I doubt America has as many fans of TGUK as you might think. Anyone have numbers on that?) and made changes. Did they listen to you and follow your advice? Probably not, but they can't please everyone; they have to make a show that can attract as wide an audience as possible and since the viewership numbers seem to be on the rise, they seem to be having some success.
5) So you post once, saying you don't like the show and basically calling us idiots for liking the show ("I'm still baffled as to how any of you think that Top Gear America is actually a good show."). You lambast us for not posting concrete reasons for liking the show (and only offer up the hosts as your single concrete reason). And then when we take offense for having a different opinion, you take offense that we took offense, implying that your POV has more merit than ours. Goodbye - ASS!
And why did I bother to type all of this when he probably won't read it?! Jesus, I need to work on my stubborn streak.