is top gear goin downhill ?

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

I really enjoyed it, yes its contrived and yes they are repeating stuff, but its still hugely watchable.

I'd rather my license fee went on Top Gear than on another series of stricly come celebrity dance off acamdemy or whatever sh*t they keep showing on prime time BBC1 on Saturday nights...

oh yes exacty.

I think its good, maybe not as good as a couple of series ago when they had all those races against cars and diff forms of transport.

still good fun though. i hope it keeps going. If you want to know about cars watch fith gear, if you want automotive entertainment watch top gear!

It's moved away from its original remit but hey it's fresh, entertaining, and funny, and that's enough for me!

Does bug me a bit though re the eco bit - i'd like to think that someone clears up the debris, etc at the end of the shoot, but sadly i suspect not...

Originally Posted by Razor

Really. I thought tonight's was funny. That bit with the cow's head was laugh out loud stuff.

+1

I loved last night's top gear. OK, it was like the polar explorer one, but a bit different, but I loved the polar explorer one!

Stuffing May's car with meat: Genius, The beetle as punishment was funny, Hamsters emotional attachment to oliver...

I don't really care if it was a set up rather than real. They are characters on TV. No-one complains that Doctor Who isn't real, you just enjoy it for the spectacle.

Top gear is not a documentary!

I do agree that the burning of plastics and leaving tyre tracks behind was a bit crappy though...

Struck me as a bit pointless and too contrived.

Especially if it was anything like the polar one there was a fleet of Toyota Landcrusiers just out of shot which probably did more to drag the wrecks out of the primeval swamp than Hamlton ever did leaning on them.

I gave up half way through and went and made a phome call

I love it and think its getting better lol. I think you're more a 5th gear person

Originally Posted by leemole

i really like the show but tonights was SH!TE and last weeks wasnt much better !!! oh well i will just have to look forward to never mind the buzzcocks and hope that is as good as last series

I enjoy it, but its had three different programming details since it started... 1rst was just talking about cars, this was great. Then was re-designed to a bit of screwing about, pub talk, but also about cars, (I liked this one best). But the past 2 series ever since hammonds crash theres been hardly any cars, it mentions mabey one or two (except last nights special, obviously) then the last 80% is screwing about, yeah its great fun and I do enjoy it, but not as much as when they did 50% cars 50% screwing about... in saying that at maybe I'm just getting old at the grand age of 20

I think it is great telly and one of the only things that my licence is worth paying for.

Would I like to see more cars and bikes featured - YES! Would I like to see more reviews - YES! Do I think some of the things they do are pointless - YES!

But I love it and could watch another hour of it if they extended it. If you have freeview you can watch Top Gear almost every hour on 'Dave' channel 19 I think.

Watched the american adveture one last week - that is real comedy telly.

Absolute load of cobblers in my eyes.

The eco thing was a big no no for me..those salt flats looks pristine before hand so clearly when the boys went across it (plus the entourage following them), its now wrecked for years.

The meat and head (oo-er) - pointless. Lions/Tigers and Bears (oh my) smell 'fresh' meat - not 4 or 5 steaks slow roasted on an engine block smelling like a George Foremans demo counter

Best part of the show - super clear image of the moon on my new 40inch LCD TV and all the other wildlife footage that is now almost life size on my new TV. Nice.

I can't bear Clarkson so I don't watch it.