its back ,but will we like it?

[Norrin Radd]

Top Gear is back tonight ,are we going to love it or loathe it ?
it will certainly take an episode or three to get used to the new presenters and format ,but i for one will be watching . what about you lot ?

 

[Deleted member 15344]

I predict

The people that said Clarkson etc were getting boring and not about the cars etc will think it's a refreshing change

Where as the ones that enjoyed the format and the presenters and the banter will think it's awful compared to how it used to be

I think it will be a bit of a cluster bomb with so many presenters trying hard to create chemistry - already stories of filming going wrong and too much going on and the audience getting bored and leaving

I'll watch it but I'm not expecting to be anywhere as near as popular or enjoyable as it used to be and more looking forward to the Clarkson and co show

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I will watch it with my son as always. I suspect Clarkson et al will soon be forgotten about. Presenters come and go...........Evans might be a prat but he knows how tv works and I am sure he understands what will make TG work still.

 

[Grogger]

Didn't watch the Clarkson version won't be watching this one either.

 

[FairwayDodger]

I'll probably watch it to see what it's like. If it was a new series with the old presenters I wouldn't be tuning in as it had long since stopped interesting me. I hope they will breathe new life into it but, if not, I won't be a regular viewer.

 

[Pin-seeker]

I haven't liked TG for a whlie.
Clarkson got way too big for his boots,& Hammond & May just got really annoying.

You'll get the bitter fans of the old show just wanting to pull the new show down regardless if it's any good or not.

 

[FairwayDodger]

I predict

The people that said Clarkson etc were getting boring and not about the cars etc will think it's a refreshing change

Where as the ones that enjoyed the format and the presenters and the banter will think it's awful compared to how it used to be

A bit like the referendum, allegiances have already been set!

 

[Smiffy]

I haven't liked TG for a whlie.
Clarkson got way too big for his boots,& Hammond & May just got really annoying.

You'll get the bitter fans of the old show just wanting to pull the new show down regardless if it's any good or not.

I like Clarkson. Not afraid to say what most of us are thinking.
May can be amusing.
Hammond? I like him about as much as I like Noel Edmunds, Dale Winton & Jeremy Kyle.
Put the four of them on a cross channel ferry and I'd gladly fire the torpedo.

 

[Pin-seeker]

I like Clarkson. Not afraid to say what most of us are thinking.
May can be amusing.
Hammond? I like him about as much as I like Noel Edmunds, Dale Winton & Jeremy Kyle.
Put the four of them on a cross channel ferry and I'd gladly fire the torpedo.

I use to like Clarkson for that reason.
But now I feel that he just says things to be controversial for the sake of it.
Hammond is just there to massage Clarksons ego.

 

[Piece]

As long as it is entertaining, I'm sure I'll like it.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Funny how some have already made a decision without it even being shown. It won't be TG as we know it with the former presenters but it will still be entertaining and worth watching with an open mind.

 

[ColchesterFC]

Funny how some have already made a decision without it even being shown. It won't be TG as we know it with the former presenters but it will still be entertaining and worth watching with an open mind.

And yet you've made the decision that it will be entertaining and worth watching without it being shown.

 

[Fish]

It will take a few episodes to bed in and presenters to feel their feet, I remember Gary Lineker's first appearance on M.O.T, he was desperate, sometimes you have to give things and people time and not be too quick to judge, especially when it hasn't even been shown yet!!

 

[Tongo]

I think its gonna regress back to being a stuffy car show. Will the different personalities mix? What happens when the beeb realise they have employed Matt LeBlanc rather than Joey Tribbiani?

 

[Ethan]

However it starts it will take some time to shake off the ghost of Clarkson et al. I think it will end up being stil pretty watchable. Some of the Clarkson stuff was pretty tired. The best part was always the cinematography of some of the location shoots and that should remain.

 

[chrisd]

Pretty awful compared to the old one. Evans shouting his way through it and the American as engaging as the the Statue of Liberty!

 

[AmandaJR]

So far - feels like Evans is trying way too hard. Never liked watching LeBlanc in anything and he's not changing that opinion!

It feels like they're just doing the same show with different presenters and would have thought wholesale changes would have been the way forwards.

Clarkson was an oaf but he always made me laugh - that's not happening so far.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Utter rubbish

Attempting to recreate what the previous show did without the humour and banter

Evans does nothing but shout which is the same as TGI Friday , Matt Leblanc is wooden and can clearly see him just reading from auto cue

There is nothing natural or flowing about it , nothing to laugh at and just cringeworthy beyond belief.

The old Top Gear just flowed - you can see how scripted this all was. Unless it improve quickly it's going to bomb very quickly.

Should have at least attempted to try something different as opposed to attempting to copy the previous guys.

 

[upsidedown]

Very entertaining and HiD thinks it better than the old one and and on tonight's showing don't disagree

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Very entertaining and HiD thinks it better than the old one and and on tonight's showing don't disagree

Have to agree. Very enjoyable and a good first effort. It will evolve and improve.