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Originally Posted by tahdizzle
The thing about topgear US is....
The hosts have no personality! And they try to mimic the dynamics of Top Gear.
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Originally Posted by husker741
Well I like TGUS, except for Adam Ferrara, so FUCK ALL OF YOU.
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Huh, I like Adam and Rutledge, very similar to Hammond and May in my mind. They get excited about the things that they like and have fun as much as possible and give each other a reasonably hard time.
I think they went wrong with Foust. I agree with Clarkson:
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"the opinions of all racing drivers are completely worthless,"
Clarkson, Jeremy (23 Sep 2007). "Volvo XC70 SE Sport". The Sunday Times (London)
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People who drive fast are rarely entertaining (the only exception I have off the top of my head is James Hunt), there's only so many things a person can be good at. The first couple of episodes were painful but they started to pull it together when I was watching (the moonshine challenge and used car salesman were as good as most TGUK budget challenges), I didn't finish season 1 however, things could have gone either way since then. I don't keep up with TGUK either, all I know from 18 on is the Toyobaru review.
The thing that gets most people is that it's more obvious that the gags are staged rather than natural in the US version. They are just as staged in TGUK, but the Britishness and subtlety of their nature obscures the setup for us Yanks.
Do you really think they set up ALL the cameras, microphones, and locations when starting a challenge and just let the presenters roll up as they feel like it? Oh and they already have microphones on them ready for recording when they hop out of their car/tow truck?