(If someone has already mentioned this, please excuse me for putting up another thread, and just place me in that one...)
I think what is a very valid point in the difference in the presenters of the two Top Gear shows are in the background line of work each person has.
TGUK - Jeremy Clarkson - newspaper journalist(early 1980's). James May - Automotive Journalist(Early 1980's). Richard Hammond - Radio presenter (1990's).
TGA - Charlie Cox - Radio presenter (1960's). Steve Pizzati - Advanced driving instructor. Warren Brown - Editorial cartoonist.
For me what I feel is that the TGA crew aren't experienced enough in motoring journalism and are really just feeling their way into this. I don't doubt their ability at all to make an informed review on a car, it's the lack of experience in front of a camera - it feels like they are catering to their audience rather than making outlandish statements and sticking it in your face whether you like it or not, much like they do on TGUK. I watched ep4 this week and I can't help but notice how the audience look completely and utterly BORED!! They don't do what TGUK do every week, and what they are classically best at doing - ripping the shit out of cars (and sometimes the people that drive them.), instead they do pointless challenges and have not made solid statements about the cars they review - Like they aren't trying to insult anyone or any car manufacturer... meh, I don't know...
It's almost as if they are being watched by the SBS producers, making sure they only say nice things to keep the ratings from drifting off...
Look, I would really LOVE for TGA to work, but something about the boys needs to be overhauled - maybe they need to just RELAX and stop OVER ACTING! Or maybe they need a new lineup of people who can talk the journalistic lingo - or at least who are good with words, I'm am not digging the accents and the "okka-fied" Australian - whether that's SBS's way of trying to communicate to a majority of Australians, it's not really working. I seem to get the impression that every time they pay out a car, they use this okka slang... ie. "ave a bit of a fang!" "it's got a slush-box!" "it's got enough squirt to blow a dog off a chain!" "my favrite, tha booshfia!"
"a pooftienth more economical" "broo-ha-ha" "argy-bargy" "oh crikey!" - and all of this was in the space of 20 minutes in ep.3!!!
Warren seems to be the only well-spoken one, who uses colloquialisms within reason, and not overdone like the other two.
I could nit pick all day...
I hear the TGUK boys are coming down this way soon, maybe they can work on a team building exercise with the TGA boys, lol.
I really hope it does get better. I'm sure it will!!
I know it's not really worth much, but that's my two cents, lol.
I think what is a very valid point in the difference in the presenters of the two Top Gear shows are in the background line of work each person has.
TGUK - Jeremy Clarkson - newspaper journalist(early 1980's). James May - Automotive Journalist(Early 1980's). Richard Hammond - Radio presenter (1990's).
TGA - Charlie Cox - Radio presenter (1960's). Steve Pizzati - Advanced driving instructor. Warren Brown - Editorial cartoonist.
For me what I feel is that the TGA crew aren't experienced enough in motoring journalism and are really just feeling their way into this. I don't doubt their ability at all to make an informed review on a car, it's the lack of experience in front of a camera - it feels like they are catering to their audience rather than making outlandish statements and sticking it in your face whether you like it or not, much like they do on TGUK. I watched ep4 this week and I can't help but notice how the audience look completely and utterly BORED!! They don't do what TGUK do every week, and what they are classically best at doing - ripping the shit out of cars (and sometimes the people that drive them.), instead they do pointless challenges and have not made solid statements about the cars they review - Like they aren't trying to insult anyone or any car manufacturer... meh, I don't know...
It's almost as if they are being watched by the SBS producers, making sure they only say nice things to keep the ratings from drifting off...
Look, I would really LOVE for TGA to work, but something about the boys needs to be overhauled - maybe they need to just RELAX and stop OVER ACTING! Or maybe they need a new lineup of people who can talk the journalistic lingo - or at least who are good with words, I'm am not digging the accents and the "okka-fied" Australian - whether that's SBS's way of trying to communicate to a majority of Australians, it's not really working. I seem to get the impression that every time they pay out a car, they use this okka slang... ie. "ave a bit of a fang!" "it's got a slush-box!" "it's got enough squirt to blow a dog off a chain!" "my favrite, tha booshfia!"
"a pooftienth more economical" "broo-ha-ha" "argy-bargy" "oh crikey!" - and all of this was in the space of 20 minutes in ep.3!!!
Warren seems to be the only well-spoken one, who uses colloquialisms within reason, and not overdone like the other two.
I could nit pick all day...
I hear the TGUK boys are coming down this way soon, maybe they can work on a team building exercise with the TGA boys, lol.
I really hope it does get better. I'm sure it will!!
I know it's not really worth much, but that's my two cents, lol.