Top Gear USA open thread
Top Gear USA open thread
I mean, Buzz Fucking Aldrin was the first guest and the interviewer just pulls out a list of Buzz's cars and names them off for 3 minutes?
Great way to start the series. Even the Australian version has more talent than this.Part way through episode 2 Edit: Okay, I will give the one guy kudos for saying "(drifting) is just a bunch of guys in imported cars sliding around like morons".
ForcedInduction
11-29-2010, 06:37 PM
#1
Two episodes so far. Is it me or does it just feel like a cheap ripoff? Boring hosts with no chemistry, no jokes (maybe a few lame ones), no meaningful discussion or chemistry with the guests, no Stig introduction jokes and they haven't shown half the test track laps they've counted the times for.
I mean, Buzz Fucking Aldrin was the first guest and the interviewer just pulls out a list of Buzz's cars and names them off for 3 minutes? Great way to start the series. Even the Australian version has more talent than this.
Part way through episode 2 Edit: Okay, I will give the one guy kudos for saying "(drifting) is just a bunch of guys in imported cars sliding around like morons".
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Duckinator17
11-29-2010, 06:59 PM #3It sucks. I dont like it at all. It just seems tacky and cheesy. They seem to be trying to copycat the real one. I watched maybe 15 min and couldnt stand it anymore. No comparison, british guys got it down.
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willbhere4u
11-29-2010, 08:00 PM #4Lame duck version They will never replace the British version!
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Captain America
11-30-2010, 04:44 PM #5Its a new show... you've got to give it some time. But also they should not be trying to copy the UK version. The US version should be different, there is no point in trying to copy the UK version.
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diesel_fitter
11-30-2010, 06:39 PM #6Have they started insulting British people yet? The British one insults Americans in every "real one" I have seen.
(11-30-2010, 06:39 PM)diesel_fitter Have they started insulting British people yet? The British one insults Americans in every "real one" I have seen.
They Should!
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Captain America
12-01-2010, 05:02 PM #7(11-30-2010, 06:39 PM)diesel_fitter Have they started insulting British people yet? The British one insults Americans in every "real one" I have seen.
They Should!
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Antiques Roadshow
Cosby
Junkyard wars
Sanford and son (this might be the only one we did BETTER)
Thats about it excluding reality shows, I dont think any of those are good.
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OBK #42
I wouldnt even bother. Rarely do we steal from the brits and do it right. List of shows that maybe we did OK with :
Antiques Roadshow
Cosby
Junkyard wars
Sanford and son (this might be the only one we did BETTER)
Thats about it excluding reality shows, I dont think any of those are good.
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OBK #42
The best US ripoff I've seen was Robot Wars, Mick Foley was a far better presenter than Craig Charles.
ForcedInduction
12-04-2010, 06:51 AM
#9
Junkyard wars was a wash too. It was a decent show, but they didn't get as technical with their builds and challenges as the Brits.
The best US ripoff I've seen was Robot Wars, Mick Foley was a far better presenter than Craig Charles.
Leprechaunliam
12-10-2010, 10:22 AM #11I think this one blows as well...it seems like they're just trying to act their "counterparts" on the british version...pretty lame...
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Junkyard wars was ~ at best. Like you'd really find a 2000 foot roll of aluminized mylar in the trunk of a car in a junkyard, and have it be perfectly cut free...
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willbhere4u
12-11-2010, 11:23 PM #13who else thinks Leno should have hosted this?
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If US Top Gear is ever going to aspire to be better than the UK version of the 80s ... which sucked about as much as Gulf of Mexico jokes ... the Yanks are going to need to listen, be funny, take sh#t nicely and dish it out. Wouldn't hurt to have some good looking girls in the audience. The UK ones may be large bosomed on occasion, but to a girl, almost all need a. multiple trip to the dentist b. brown bags over their faces c. combination of the two d. american and/or ukranian 20-somethings.
this past season, Hamster, Capt'n Slow and Jeezer start laughing & making jokes about the Gulf of Mexico being unswimmable.
If US Top Gear is ever going to aspire to be better than the UK version of the 80s ... which sucked about as much as Gulf of Mexico jokes ... the Yanks are going to need to listen, be funny, take sh#t nicely and dish it out. Wouldn't hurt to have some good looking girls in the audience. The UK ones may be large bosomed on occasion, but to a girl, almost all need a. multiple trip to the dentist b. brown bags over their faces c. combination of the two d. american and/or ukranian 20-somethings.
I'm not going to waste my time listing a plethora of weaknesses but suffice it to say that a major restructuring is needed. And that weak, short interview with Buzz Aldrin can never be excused!
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Silberpfeil
12-22-2010, 04:03 AM #16I think the people here on this site could do a better Top Gear than the Australian or American one.
I'm not going to waste my time listing a plethora of weaknesses but suffice it to say that a major restructuring is needed. And that weak, short interview with Buzz Aldrin can never be excused!
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I thought it was just us Brits, that thought that Top Gear USA, was just trying too hard to be the British version.
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http://www.ppcmag.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=6743&start=105
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMf0sZubyfg&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPZy0pNgcZ0&feature=plcp
WOW!!!
I thought it was just us Brits, that thought that Top Gear USA, was just trying too hard to be the British version.
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=6743&start=105
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMf0sZubyfg&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPZy0pNgcZ0&feature=plcp
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