Why I'm still excited for Top Gear #blogpost

There’s been a lot of hatred towards the new Top Gear and I just don’t see it. All of them seem to be either saying how it’ll never be as good as the previous Top Gear, or how Chris Evans is a “ginger prck”.

There’s been a lot of hatred towards the new Top Gear and I just don’t see it. All of them seem to be either saying how it’ll never be as good as the previous Top Gear, or how Chris Evans is a “ginger prck”. While I’m of course excited for The Grand Tour, Top Gear still doesn’t look ready to die out and here’s why…

1. It doesn't seem like they're just trying to copy what James, Richard and Jeremy had

Why I'm still excited for Top Gear #blogpost

Or at least not entirely. To me, this was the most important step in not being just terrible. Try and be different, but keep in the right elements. It’s hard to base this around anything, but their casting of 6 presenters rather than 3 is deffinitely a step in the right direction.

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I’ve always felt like other than the presenters, this is really what set Top Gear apart from the others. The way the program was shot was so different and so utterly gorgeous that it really gave a sense of the beauty and pure theatre of these cars. And you can still see this in the trailer. Just focus on the way it’s shot and edited and tell me if that still isn’t there.

3. Are the presenters really that bad?

Why I'm still excited for Top Gear #blogpost

Hear me out…
When people complain about the new Top Gear, they all seem to push the blame onto Chris Evans. So I get the feeling he isn’t the most popular of presenters. But is Jeremy too? Outside of the car world, a lot of people seem to really dislike him. But we all still love him. Why? Because we’ve seen him as this loveable oaf for years on the show, while sharing in his love of cars. Who’s to say this can’t happen with Chris Evans?

Then there’s the rest. We have Matt LeBlanc. A bit of a strange choice, but a bit of American insight and homour interspersed with the rest can make for some good stuff. Sabine Schmitz is a seriously good driver and very funny. We already know and love Chris Harris and Rory Reid’s been on things like “Fast Furious and Funny” so he also has talent in presenting and I’m still not sure what Eddie Jordan’ll be doing on the sure, but hopefully that’ll be good too…

4. and most important... THERE'S STILL A SHOW WITH CLARKSON HAMMOND AND MAY!!

Why I'm still excited for Top Gear #blogpost

We’re still getting a show with the previous Top Gear hosts! What this whole thing means, is we get Top Gear with a different name and a bigger budget and an entirely new car show with a company that’s been doing so since the 70s! Where’s the down side to this??

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Why I'm still excited for Top Gear #blogpost

So that’s all I have to say for now. There’s more that can be said, but I lack ability to make blog posts any more detailed than this. Am I saying it’ll be better than Jeremy, James and Richard’s shows? No. Am I saying it’ll be great right off the bat? Probably not. All I’m saying is give it a chance and give it time. The chemistry between the presenter will get better and better over time.
Now hopefully you can go into the trailer more optimistically… if you managed to stick around this long. Toodles!

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Comments

Dan Dominé

Nice post and I totally agree with you !

05/13/2016 - 22:33 |
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Yeah I agree, but new TG is sort of just copying one of the most viewed top gear segments on youtube which is the reliant robins….. but then again, so is GT. And I feel like they will continue to take the most viewed top gear segments and copy each other anyway

05/17/2016 - 01:31 |
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The Stig 4

You have convinced me too!

05/13/2016 - 23:47 |
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Ewan23 (The Scottish guy)

In reply to by The Stig 4

Hey you’re all ready in it lol

05/14/2016 - 00:29 |
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same

05/14/2016 - 01:54 |
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Jared G.

Nice to know i wont be the only one atleast giving the show a chance

05/14/2016 - 00:27 |
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Same here, but all the Clarkson Fanatics still Festume Youtube and Facebook

05/14/2016 - 14:58 |
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Ian-196!

I don’t like the cast, Chris Harris comes across as a horrible person. Why is there a random dude from London and we all know Chris Evans and Matt Le Blanc don’t get on.

05/14/2016 - 00:33 |
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Anonymous

To see how disgusting it will be!!

05/14/2016 - 03:56 |
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Mayank Sharma

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

I agree. In my view, Chris Evans sabotaged original top gear. (Not referring to the fracas. But other controversies over the past 3 years). None of these presenters are rightful to the three wise men’s throne.

05/14/2016 - 09:44 |
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Ivan F

Well if the new presenters had the same quality as the trio, wouldn’t that be another advantage since now we had 2 good car related show ?

05/14/2016 - 08:48 |
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Anonymous

Never thought i was going to be a bad show or whatever, its probably a good car show, just not top gear, that died with the firing of jezza.

05/14/2016 - 09:13 |
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Brad🏁

I live that I have found other perils tha are looking forward to the new top gear AND the grand tour… THE ONLY THING THAT IS CHANGED IS NOW THERE ARE TWO CAR SHOWS!

05/14/2016 - 09:49 |
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Anonymous

It is a win win.. Top Gear gets a refresh, Jeremy and team still have a show (and more freedom as some say), Amazon will manage to get more subscribers and we get two shows to look forward to instead of just one :)

05/14/2016 - 10:07 |
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Anonymous

Rip top gear

05/14/2016 - 10:39 |
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