New "Top Gear" airs

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The presenters allegedly had to retake their lines numerous times and the audience were "unimpressed" with their attempt to entertain them.

An unnamed source told The Independent many left the studio at the Dunsfold Aerodrome when filming continued into the early hours of the evening.

This was despite Chris reportedly telling members of the audience that they would be "on their way by 4pm".

It comes just hours after it was claimed the 50-year-old "swore at the audience".

According to The Sun, the presenter grew impatient with the audience, and shouted: "Don't fold your arms, don't have your hands in your pockets.

"F, f, f, f, f***. Don't be quiet. Talk amongst yourselves. Jesus Christ! Can you all hear me?"

Following these reports, BBC director Mark Linsey issued a statement, which read: "We don't recognise The Sun's accounts of Top Gear's first studio recording on Thursday."
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http://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv...irst-episode-filming-Chris-Evans-Matt-LeBlanc
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-e...s-evans-before-filming-finishes-a7042081.html
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/7164906/Chris-Evans-sweary-rant.html
 
I'm not surprised their initial tapings are not going without issue. I'm also not surprised that people are being so critical of it before it even gets started again.
 
Reserving judgement until I actually see the show. Two great car shows would be fantastic. While interesting, I'm not ready to dismiss the show due to what reportedly goes on behind the scenes.
 
OverclockN' said:
Reserving judgement until I actually see the show. Two great car shows would be fantastic. While interesting, I'm not ready to dismiss the show due to what reportedly goes on behind the scenes.
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That's how I feel about it as well. I want both to be awesome.
 
OverclockN' said:
Reserving judgement until I actually see the show. Two great car shows would be fantastic. While interesting, I'm not ready to dismiss the show due to what reportedly goes on behind the scenes.
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Same here...will just think of the new "Top Gear" to be a new show and try not to compare to the original crew. Hopefully the original crew will be up to their usual shenanigans on their new show :)
-Kat
 
Just to comment, Top Gear has been around longer than Jeremy, Richard and James. Just want to mention that when I see comments like "original crew".
 
Mahjik said:
Just to comment, Top Gear has been around longer than Jeremy, Richard and James. Just want to mention that when I see comments like "original crew".
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Ah - thanks. I should have looked that up. I only started watching it with Jeremy, Richard and James.
-Kat
 
Mahjik said:
Just to comment, Top Gear has been around longer than Jeremy, Richard and James. Just want to mention that when I see comments like "original crew".
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Fair enough.

BUT, Jeremy and team are what made Top Gear famous with the new format. It was simple and it worked as brilliant entertainment (for folks like me).

I like several of the new presenters so will give the new one a shot. Seems like a fair few folks are trying to tear it down before it starts. Going to reserve judgement till I see it.
 
As a big Top Gear fan, I'll continue to watch this show even without the trio.

I doubt I'll enjoy it as much as I did but there isn't much else on TV nowadays and I'm already missing the Top Gear track and the Stig. Happy to watch both shows.
 
I think if they keep the car sections maximum and all the other nonsense minimum, the show can be a hit. Top Gear in recent seasons had become an exercise in forwarding the show till you hit the one car review that they did.
 
KAC said:
I think if they keep the car sections maximum and all the other nonsense minimum, the show can be a hit. Top Gear in recent seasons had become an exercise in forwarding the show till you hit the one car review that they did.
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If you watched the previous trio for car reviews, then you were doing it wrong. In the remote instance they did a review, there was no substance to it. Fifth Gear is much better if you are actually looking to get a car review. The last generation Top Gear was just an entertainment show that had cars in it.
 
The last several seasons of Top Gear were fantastic. They gave just enough car info in their reviews and the rest was just plain fun. The film crews were starting to do some pretty amazing camera work and editing. I hope they stay with that formula and don't change much, if anything. It was entertaining.

If I want cold, hard facts and pure reviews, I'll look it up on the web.
 
I actually stopped watching the show more in the last few seasons due to it being less focused on cars (not that cars weren't involved, but it was too much with the scripted antics).
 
Mahjik said:
If you watched the previous trio for car reviews, then you were doing it wrong. In the remote instance they did a review, there was no substance to it. Fifth Gear is much better if you are actually looking to get a car review. The last generation Top Gear was just an entertainment show that had cars in it.
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The first several seasons of TG was actually decent enough for reviews and entertainment. It got more and more entertainment heavy later. But it was still breezy for someone like me :)

5th Gear was the same, quite informative really. And then it just got stupid. :(
 
I don't understand what you guys are looking for. Here's a review of the Lamborghini Huracan towards the end of the series.

What don't you like, what's missing, and what would you do different?

Things covered:
Cost
Power
Drivetrain
0-60
Top Speed
Various Electronics
Engine
Aero/Bodywork
Handling
Comparison to other models
Personal opinions
Hot lap around track with experienced driver

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OverclockN' said:
What don't you like, what's missing, and what would you do different?
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It's not so much of the review itself, it's the fact that those types of reviews became few and far between within their episodes. They have many multi-part episodes without a single review because they were doing some silly "challenge".
 
I think those silly "challenges" are what made the show awesome. Like someone else mentioned, if i want cold hard facts on a vehicle il look it up on the web, or go to some other show that does nothing but that.

Top Gear is infamous for there crazy antics and challenges, and its what made the show awesome cause no one else was doing a lot of the things they were!

Edit: I'll hold my review on the new cast until a few episodes in. I dont expect the first one too be all that great, but we shall see. Either way im withholding my judgment for the time being.
 
Supra_Freak said:
I think those silly "challenges" are what made the show awesome. Like someone else mentioned, if i want cold hard facts on a vehicle il look it up on the web, or go to some other show that does nothing but that.

Top Gear is infamous for there crazy antics and challenges, and its what made the show awesome cause no one else was doing a lot of the things they were!

Edit: I'll hold my review on the new cast until a few episodes in. I dont expect the first one too be all that great, but we shall see. Either way im withholding my judgment for the time being.
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Couldn't agree more. If you look at the US version of TG, it was pretty bad for the first season, but then they dropped the live audience (that was painful to watch), and the guys chemistry got much better.
 
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