JLM
Not A Dude
Got back from our weekend in Sydney about 4 hours ago and I have to say the weather was spectacularly crap! made it very difficult to enjoy any outside activity although hubby and I walked most of Olympic Park over the weekend
The almost 40 degree temp at 4 pm on Sat meant that we spent very little time outside enjoying the cars, also was disappointed that we had been told to get there 2 hours before the start time and we couldn't actually get into the arena until 1hour and 15 mins before start time the temp resulted in us only walking around the cars for about 45 mins before taking our seats.
As for the show itself (oh actually before that - was a little p'ed at the usher lady that told me off for taking photos when heaps of other people were and this was before the show even started) now back to the show, really loved the first lot of stunt drivers in the little alfas, loved the car soccer (we won of course 4-2), other then that was a little disappointed the red/green cool/uncool thing was just silly and obviously what ever we did with them made no difference what so ever so I personally didn't see the point, same obviously then with the lap at which our show (5pm sat) set the wonderful time of 1.57.5.
Personally think there are many things that could have been improved, could have used a B grade celeb and a go Kart for the lap (as long as the laps were similar lengths at each location/show then this could have worked) or could have randomly picked an audiance member and had them drive a rc car around a track for more audiance involvement. The cool wall could have been done better and the woman ninja thing was just stupid - didn't see the point at all. The little cars, while quiet well done themselves were too obviously staged and more so now seeing as how the same thing happen at each show - would have been better without the mishaps and see who actually won in a fair race. The helicopter, again while good in itself meant that people were wearing their 3D glasses and watching the heli and not watching the Stig who could have been doing slow cirlces around the arena for all the attention he was getting (3D glasses don't work on me so I was actually watching the Stig who was more often then not at the opposite side of the arena from where the heli was shooting meaning that it looked silly). Anything else I may have missed from the show was neither great nor all that bad. Therefore I was left saying to anyone that asked how is was " umm *big pause* it was OK" I asked others what they thought of the show after they had been and the common opinion was that it was average. So to quote JC ambitious but rubbish, which is exactly how he describes TG UK so therefore can't have been as bad as I thought
Got to say thou have a new respect for Steve Pizzaboy and will be watching TG Au next season with more enthusiasm.
*must say I had great difficulty in writing this as so many people on here seemed to think it was great and I well obviously didn't, so I guess I will get ready for an influx of neging then*
*edit* for all the B**ching thou still spent $180 on merchandise and still glad I went even if it is just for bragging rights but at this stage wont be going again
The almost 40 degree temp at 4 pm on Sat meant that we spent very little time outside enjoying the cars, also was disappointed that we had been told to get there 2 hours before the start time and we couldn't actually get into the arena until 1hour and 15 mins before start time the temp resulted in us only walking around the cars for about 45 mins before taking our seats. As for the show itself (oh actually before that - was a little p'ed at the usher lady that told me off for taking photos when heaps of other people were
and this was before the show even started) now back to the show, really loved the first lot of stunt drivers in the little alfas, loved the car soccer (we won of course 4-2), other then that was a little disappointed the red/green cool/uncool thing was just silly and obviously what ever we did with them made no difference what so ever so I personally didn't see the point, same obviously then with the lap at which our show (5pm sat) set the wonderful time of 1.57.5. Personally think there are many things that could have been improved, could have used a B grade celeb and a go Kart for the lap (as long as the laps were similar lengths at each location/show then this could have worked) or could have randomly picked an audiance member and had them drive a rc car around a track for more audiance involvement. The cool wall could have been done better and the woman ninja thing was just stupid - didn't see the point at all. The little cars, while quiet well done themselves were too obviously staged and more so now seeing as how the same thing happen at each show - would have been better without the mishaps and see who actually won in a fair race. The helicopter, again while good in itself meant that people were wearing their 3D glasses and watching the heli and not watching the Stig who could have been doing slow cirlces around the arena for all the attention he was getting (3D glasses don't work on me so I was actually watching the Stig who was more often then not at the opposite side of the arena from where the heli was shooting meaning that it looked silly). Anything else I may have missed from the show was neither great nor all that bad. Therefore I was left saying to anyone that asked how is was " umm *big pause* it was OK" I asked others what they thought of the show after they had been and the common opinion was that it was average. So to quote JC ambitious but rubbish, which is exactly how he describes TG UK so therefore can't have been as bad as I thought
Got to say thou have a new respect for Steve Pizzaboy and will be watching TG Au next season with more enthusiasm.
*must say I had great difficulty in writing this as so many people on here seemed to think it was great and I well obviously didn't, so I guess I will get ready for an influx of neging then*
*edit* for all the B**ching thou still spent $180 on merchandise and still glad I went even if it is just for bragging rights but at this stage wont be going again
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