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Originally Posted by devo22
Watched the first two episodes so far. Don't get the criticism in here, I've really enjoyed it so far. Might be because I've never been a die-hard Top Gear fan but more of an occasional watcher, so I'm sure my expectations weren't as skyhigh as others'. Don't really like some segments (the American and that weird goofy killing of celebrities), but other than that, I think it's great.
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I think its great for the most part as well, and theres going to be criticism and I think the main reason for that is that our standards and expectations of these three are so high.
And those expectations are also wildly varied. For me, I love pretty much all of it. I love the 'three idiots/best friends travelling around the world in awesome cars and causing hijinx and mayhem' dynamic.
I also love the really well done automotive reviews. One of my favourite Top Gear pieces was the review of the Skoda Yeti. Well worth a watch if you havent seen it.
It doesnt hurt that its a car that normal people might actually buy.
I like when they take cars and do something stupid like when they drove hatchbacks to Chernobyl.
I also like when they do insanely stupid things like taking a wheat combine and turning it into a snowplow.
And their specials are amazing, Vietnam, India, Bolivia and the Polar Specials in particular were amazing despite their distinct lack of 'automotive reviews.'
I also enjoy the insane things they do like entire 'Toyota Hilux' saga. Which was just madness start to finish, yet one of the segments they're most famous for and took some of the most criticism for.
So what you get is people like me who enjoy most of the various different aspects of what these three clowns do and then you'll get others who want to know whether they get more value for their money and should buy either the Bugatti Veyron or the Rolls Royce Phantom and how fast they'll go around some arbitrary race-track and some of those people are not going to enjoy three British idiots driving lorries through Burma so they'll whine about it.