Poll: Is Top Gear Australia in with the sharks already?

I waited with anticipation the release of the Australian version of the mega successful British series Top Gear. After watching the first episode i was well a little in shock mixed with a serving of dismay. I personally found it painful to watch and was hoping for a lot more. One point to remember is that when Top Gear in the UK started the hosts were alot younger than they are now, 12 years actually or near enough. The initial cast has changed slightly to what we have today, which is now like watching 3 mates chat about cars which never ceases to raise a smile. I love this show and the Aussie version was always going to have an up hill battle.

Most of my friends have stated pretty much the same comments and maybe they will just put this to bed sooner than later. My comments may be a little bitter and twisted as i did apply for the role as a presenter.

The poll on the story below has the winning choice currently as

“What did you think of Top Gear Australia?”, No, I’d rather watch two cockroaches race up a wall. I’m burning my Australian passport right now.

cnet Australia Article

“It was always going to be a tough field to plough: re-mixing the BBC’s hugely successful Top Gear into something uniquely Australian. Based on the evidence of the first show, we’re not convinced they’ve succeeded.

It all started well enough, the intro and the set were both very faithful recreations of the UK version. Then they started talking. Part of the appeal of the British original is the repartee between the show’s three hosts — something that’s a result of a natural rapport built up over many seasons, as well as some very tight scripting. The banter in the Aussie version was stilted and overly eager to paint the three hosts into their respective positions — Charlie Cox as an antipodean Clarkson, Steve Pizzati as a stubbly Richard Hammond, and Warren Brown as a cartoon caricature of “Captain Slow” aka James May.”

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Source: cnet Australia

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