Top Gear audience drops by a third on second episode
After 2 episodes (neither of which engaged me sadly), are we allowed to say we don't like the new team impersonating the old team yet? Or do we still have to give it a chance?
For the record, I really enjoyed the old TG with Clarkson and co. It had everything this new version is missing: authority, camaraderie, reason(!), hilarity, and so on. There just isn't any of that now. The tests are just a shouty chap spouting nonsense. The guest bit is reduced to a nothingness. The host boasts of his car buying, whereas previously the others would take the piss, etc, which made it entertaining (the Ramsey bit like this was especially cringeworthy). The challenges have no sense of purpose to them now. The forced enthusiasm, eg. Sharleen Spiteri trying too hard to show enthusiasm while watching. They're destined for failure until they plough their own furrow.
Extra Gear is good for the Chris Harris driving'n'talking bits - uniquely now, he's a car journalist, he knows what he's saying. But Rory needs to stop his CBBC "yeah, cool, alright, yeah, wow, cool" style.
Feel better for getting that off my chest...
