Riding the Clarkson train as long as they can.
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Riding the Clarkson train as long as they can.
So has anything developed moving forward? This episode was taped before the incident.
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Yep it's the stuff they'd filmed before the cold meat platter incident.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ski to Be
Nothing new other than BBC say they're considering new format with rotating guest hosts.
Which will be shiteQuote:
Originally Posted by PNWbrit
Yes
Chris Evans to lead new Top Gear line-up
Not really that surprising... The guy is a complete car nut...
Is that the guy who owns all those classic Ferarris and let May take one out?
Blech. I'm sure he's a qualified dude, and I'll probably tune in, but the show as I know and love it is dead to me.
Hope the trio gets something worked out on Netflix.
Yep that's the guy. Hugely popular in the UK for 20 something years, national daily radio and TV shows. TV production companies etc.. very, very wealthy man. He bought ex-James Coburn 250GT spider that May drove for I think it was $11m? Think he has biggest private car collection in the UK now?Quote:
Originally Posted by BmillsSkier
It's some big shoes to fill, that's for sure.Quote:
Blech. I'm sure he's a qualified dude, and I'll probably tune in, but the show as I know and love it is dead to me.
Hope the trio gets something worked out on Netflix.
Before clicking the link I was thinking this "Chris Evans":
http://36.media.tumblr.com/5aac6e030...f26o1_1280.jpg
But the British dude makes more sense.
That's what I thought too...Quote:
Originally Posted by From_the_NEK
Good call, the trio is about to sign up with Netflix.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cruiser
http://www.businessinsider.com/jerem...r-mates-2015-6
The final episode made up from in the can footage aired a week or so ago in UK (and does here on BBCAmerica next Week?).
Kind of lame, two old car challenge segments both have the feel of stuff they've done before (at least once) and both seem very unfinished/polished. Hammond and May briefly present films in bizarre "he's not here but we can't mention why" manner.
the elephant in the room.
Heard that the BBC executives that axed Clarkson are under a lot of heat now for killing the golden goose.
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I can't imagine pissing off nearly one BILLION viewers globally is good for business.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ski to Be
Office politics. They wanted him gone for awhile. I've seen it happen on a much smaller scale where the top sales person got axed by some bitter person that was above them on the pyramid but made far less $ for personal reasons. The whole thing was handled the wrong way. They tried to make an example of him . They could have kept it in house and paid the producer a large sum of money to never talk about it.
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Bit more to it than that. The BBC is nearly like civil service... at least in terms of management, oversight, financial control. There just isn't the mechanism to write a check to a disgruntled (punched) employee to protect a profit center.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ski to Be
In this situation it's a pity there isn't. But in many others that system protects it from commercial pressures that other broadcasters/media can't.
Former 'Top Gear' trio deal with Amazon represents a new era for Clarkson, Hammond, and May
And also rumors that Jenson Button is in talks with BBC about co-hosting their "new" top gear.
'Top Gear' Team Signs Deal With Amazon; New Car Show Set For 2016
http://www.opb.org/news/article/npr-...-set-for-2016/
Hey man in case you hadn't heard yet. Apparently Top Gear team have signed a deal with Amazon.Quote:
Originally Posted by acinpdx
I laughed.Quote:
Originally Posted by PNWbrit
LOL - posted via the app & it landed on its own page so I I never saw that
I do wish Netflix had picked it up since I already pay for that
The BBC get to keep the Stig?
Huh. I guess it will suck not having the STIG to do hot laps in a new car each week and the varying roles he has in challenges, but I should just be happy that the three presenters will carry on together doing what we love watching them do.
They should just dress up Chris Harris to do the hot laps, take a piss out of the BBC.
Only in the event they can't find someone who knows how to drive. The monkey has jumped the shark.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gcooker
He's not the Stig, but he is the Stig's Amazon cousin.Quote:
Originally Posted by PNWbrit
So, the BBC has released a pair of "Best of Jeremy" episodes, shamelessly extolling the value that the "Big JC" brought to the show. Watching it now, and the voiceover is completely obnoxious. As though it's the viewership that needed convincing about Jeremy's impact on the programmmmmmmeeeeeee.
Did I spell that correctly?
I've been watching a bunch of his stuff recently.. the guy can fucking drive. Very entertaining and varied content too. BBC should have given him the steering wheel of Topgear.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gcooker
You are stupid. That is all.Quote:
Originally Posted by stfu&gbtw
Apparently Amazon upped the budget to something like $7 million per episode up from $1.5 at BBC. They're also paying The orangutan $46 million for 3 years. Big payday.
Yeeeessssss....
http://news.images.itv.com/image/fil...stream_img.jpg
Nice to see they're getting off on a good foot with the 918-P1-LaFerrari matchup.
Chris Harris will probably drive them better than Clarkson, Hammond and May.
^^^ Clarkson will melt the tires off them, Hammond might crash and Captain Slow will live up to his name. Chris Harris would drive circles around all three, really would like to to see what he could do with a big budget.
I think you just did, or at least the teaser for it above.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gcooker
Chris Harris sure can drive, but I would like to think he should be able to given its his job. I just don't find him that likable. That is what made Top Gear so great, it was more like your buddies spouting off irrational bias and opinion, whereas Harris seems to never be able to fully break away from just being a review drone.
More teaser of Harris and his buddies (who can also each drive the wheels off of Topgear presenters.)Quote:
Originally Posted by AdironRider
Nobody ever watched Clarkson, Hammond, and May for their driving abilities. I'd even argue that their lack of driving ability was part of the entertainment value of the show.
Agreed.Quote:
Originally Posted by adrenalated
Although significant amounts of their footage was filmed with real drivers driving, not them and then edited to make it look like it was them. So somewhat of a bait and switch was going on.