Australian Top Gear TV show set to be absolutely sh|thouse!

by **Malakai** » September 7th, 2008, 8:22 pm

I don't know these show hosts from anywhere else but going by their brief interviews (linked below) I can tell that they will be playing up the stereotypical Aussie angle. What's even more troubling is you can bet that the whole angle of the show will be the same.

Evidence:

Presenter number one Charlie Cox: His dream car is an FX Holden.
http://www.topgear.com/content/features ... /01/1.html

Presenter number two Warren Brown: He's not halfway through his interview and has already mentioned cattle dogs and cases of beer.
http://www.topgear.com/content/features ... /03/1.html

Presenter number three Steve Pizzati: Very first words out of his mouth in the interview "A beer fridge, some girlie mags..." Also he is clearly cast as the James May character of the group.
http://www.topgear.com/content/features ... /02/1.html

Have a read and you'll see what I mean... in the end time will tell, but if I'm right I won't be watching it. I can't stand that stereo typical Aussie crap, even if it is done by Australians.

Set your VCRs - 1st episode airs on the 29th of September 2008 at 7.30pm on SBS

Top Gear website source:
http://www.topgear.com/content/news/stories/3198/

by **Gozza** » September 7th, 2008, 8:24 pm

89AIT wrote:
Set your VCRs -

Fail!!

by **EFFalcon** » September 7th, 2008, 8:26 pm

Hahahah @ VCR's
mm my expectations arnt high for the aussie version, but we'll see.

by **Malakai** » September 7th, 2008, 8:29 pm

That last link to the main news article on the Top Gear site uses the word 'strewth'... I rest my case.

by **slo_sprint** » September 7th, 2008, 8:31 pm

I had a feeling it was going to be an abortion when i first heard about it, my fears have been confirmed.

by **needfordspeed** » September 7th, 2008, 8:38 pm

No suprises here, I knew they'd bugger it up.

by **Nikk O'lass** » September 7th, 2008, 9:07 pm

one of the things that make top gear so good is that it's british, and has that charm, and also because the host are so damn god, Clarkson can describe cars better then anyone.

by **five point slow** » September 7th, 2008, 9:12 pm

Just exactly what high speed was hard to tell, as the speedometer needle would bounce back and forth like a metronome from 0 to 280km, requiring some mathematical skill and guesswork to ascertain just how fast you were travelling. My optimistic mate always claimed we were travelling at 280, but then again it could have been 0.

Hmmmmm. 220 kph speedo in late XAs, 140 mph (224 kph) in the early ones. Fail at bullshitting.

Speaking of fail, that Steve guy's attempt at being funny.

by **lowghia** » September 7th, 2008, 9:30 pm

Nikk O'lass wrote:one of the things that make top gear so good is that it's british, and has that charm, and also because the host are so damn god, Clarkson can describe cars better then anyone.

yeah i fully agree...

our one is not goin to be as funny as the original,,, and ya just cant find someone with the same personality as Clarkson..

sure theres probably of hamsters out there and finding a Captain Slow shouldnt be too hard...

Jeremy makes the show

by **pro_ef6** » September 7th, 2008, 10:00 pm

gotta give it just 1 try

by **Gunns** » September 8th, 2008, 8:10 am

This was a given for a epic fail. You just can't beat the original.

by **Bipolar** » September 8th, 2008, 9:13 am

It's doomed to fail whether it's good or not. If it's too much like the original, everyone will shitcan it for being a dodgy ripoff. If it has too much of it's own styles, everyone will shitcan it for being nothing like the original.

by **Commando** » September 8th, 2008, 9:31 am

The only way this could succeed is if it were very different from the original. Trying to copy the original will only make it appear as a 2nd-rate watered-down version. This pretty much applies to any knockoff of an original series.

Except for Milf Island. I predict this will shit all over Temptation Island

by **Malakai** » September 8th, 2008, 10:22 am

...and Australia's Next Top Stripper will kill Australia's Next Top Model

by **fierce-ea** » September 8th, 2008, 10:33 am

these 3 hosts look fucking gayer than aids... axe the show already. stick with the original.

by **Dezza** » September 8th, 2008, 10:45 am

It'd be a near impossible task to create a Top Gear spinoff better than the original. I'll give the Aussie version a fair go, but I can't see it going well at this stage. The thing is, the 3 UK Top Gear hosts work perfectly together. Jeremy is funny on his own as his range of DVDs shows, but on Top Gear the other 2 hosts make it all that much better. I just hope Top Gear Australia doesn't end up like Pimp My Ride UK (absolute rubbish compared to the original). I'd have just preferred a Top Gear Australia special where they come over here and drive the Typhoon for example. They could also have a challenge where they have to buy a 2nd hand car for $1000 and drive across Australia in it. Jeremy in an EA ftw!

by **Frost** » September 8th, 2008, 10:55 am

As long as they bag out English Engineering and the English in the cricket and well the English full stop everyone will rate it #1

by **Malakai** » September 8th, 2008, 11:10 am

LOL Jeremy in an EA, that would be funny stuff. I can just picture the roof lining hanging down around his ears.

by **biggav** » September 8th, 2008, 5:29 pm

89AIT wrote:...and Australia's Next Top Stripper will kill Australia's Next Top Model

where can i get audience tickets to that show?

by **CaRtZ** » September 8th, 2008, 6:13 pm

it could be saved..... buy the awesome cars that are built in australia. all falcons, commodores, magnas and camarys.......

hmmmm its doomed

by **Sunboost** » September 8th, 2008, 7:26 pm

As long as they do the funny sht like in the UK one I'm in. You know, where they all have $500 to spend on a registered sh1tter (ie. E-Series, early 90's Commo etc.) and need to drive it from Sydney to Perth or make it in to a boat. That'd be hilaric.

by **EFFalcon** » September 8th, 2008, 7:28 pm

thats it, the challenges make the show.
and they need a decent budget to do that kinda shit.

if its too sponsor driven it'll fail
if its too copy cat it'll fail
if its too one eyes aussie it'll fail

but we'll still watch it because there are no decent altenatives.

by **Sunboost** » September 8th, 2008, 7:30 pm

Sundeep wrote:As long as they do the funny sht like in the UK one I'm in. You know, where they all have $500 to spend on a registered sh1tter (ie. E-Series, early 90's Commo etc.) and need to drive it from Sydney to Perth or make it in to a boat. That'd be hilaric.

EFFalcon wrote:thats it, the challenges make the show.
and they need a decent budget to do that kinda shit.

$1500?

Fukk I'd put that money up lol.

by **Stengord** » September 8th, 2008, 8:50 pm

Are they replacing the british version completely?

by **Dezza** » September 8th, 2008, 9:04 pm

abcisfun wrote:Are they replacing the british version completely?

No. Thankfully the British one will continue.

As for what Sunny said about turning an E-series into a boat, most of them are already boats

. Well they certainly feel like one!

by **SpeedyED** » September 11th, 2008, 4:26 pm

Charlie Cox was racing BTCC up in brittan in like the mid 90's... I only know this because when I was young this was on tv on Channel 10 and I used to record it on the good old VCR. I have a tape of the BTCC in 95, in one of the races Charlie Cox had a crash that looked like he had wrecked the average VN commodore, He was driving a ford mondeo then. On some of the tapes I have from 96, 97, and 98 the same bloke commentated the races that I recorded.

However although his done racing and commentating in Brittan he is Australian (thats what my brother tells me anyway)

EDIT: I'm talking about the 1st presenter in the first post.

by **serial_fool** » September 14th, 2008, 11:25 pm

Check this preview vid out;

http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/09/1 ... ew-videos/

Note the early E series in the air around halfway.

by **needfordspeed** » September 15th, 2008, 12:17 am

hmmm doesn't seem too bad! Still not expecting much though, hopefully they prove me wrong, because i'm sure my opinion is highly regarded by them

by **[D1SCNT]** » September 15th, 2008, 1:06 am

bwhahahah trashing e-series it's got me enticed.

by **Steady** » September 15th, 2008, 1:10 am

Story of your life patty!!!
I spoke to max earlier

by **[D1SCNT]** » September 15th, 2008, 1:14 am

Steady wrote:Story of your life patty!!!
I spoke to max earlier

haha y0u missed out man drunk drifting 4thewin:D

by **Jim Beam** » September 15th, 2008, 2:44 am

It actually looks ok from that ad.

by **Kyle the ED4LTR** » September 15th, 2008, 1:57 pm

serial_fool wrote:Check this preview vid out;

http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/09/1 ... ew-videos/

Note the early E series in the air around halfway.

check 30 seconds.

But if this top Gear is like the UK one (Humour Side) and has some of the aussie built cars then it should be interesting.

by **Malakai** » September 15th, 2008, 2:35 pm

The videos look alright, I hope the actual show lives up.

I spotted an Aboriginal in the video, what do Aboriginal's have to do with cars except if they are road testing ex-taxis or XE-XF's with rusty twelve slotters on one or two axles. This is what I think will make it shit, too much "stereo-typically Australian" crap.

What's wrong with just making the show normal? I mean shoot at some great scenic locations, have some good challenges in the outback and do some of that stuff but I hope they don't over do it.

Who knows they might get it right and I may become the biggest fan of the show.

Does anyone remember the SBS/ABC show called Bush Mechanics?

by **Dezza** » September 15th, 2008, 3:08 pm

Malakai wrote:Does anyone remember the SBS/ABC show called Bush Mechanics?

lol yeah. Chopping a roof off a wagon and using it as a trailer ftw! Likewise with using a log to replace the front wheel and suspension assembly!

by **serial_fool** » September 15th, 2008, 3:15 pm

Haha BUSH MECHANICS! I remember one episode where the abos were gonna go on a trip (about 800kms of bush country) so they piled all of there stuff onto a clapper XE wagon with no head lights and set off. When night came they used torches and hand held headlights from the front of the car for light. About half way the roof collapsed from rust/ overloading so they ripped it off and dragged it behind them with there luggage on it. Pure awesomeness that show. Maybe they made some DVDs?

*edit* beat me to it dezza.

by **serial_fool** » September 15th, 2008, 3:22 pm

By the way, the aboriginals have moved on from XFs. The first time I went (2004) to the NT they were all driving E- series with occasional spots of a AU. The next time (2006) they had parked up all the early e series and the EF-EL became more common while the AUs were more plentiful and the BAs were luxury cars. My old man tells me they have almost solely moved to AUs and Bas now (since he trip there earlier this year).

They all love the Falcons though. The Commodores and 4 cylinders were almost non-existant.

by **Kyle the ED4LTR** » September 15th, 2008, 3:23 pm

Malakai wrote:The videos look alright, I hope the actual show lives up.

I spotted an Aboriginal in the video, what do Aboriginal's have to do with cars except if they are road testing ex-taxis or XE-XF's with rusty twelve slotters on one or two axles. This is what I think will make it shit, too much "stereo-typically Australian" crap.

What's wrong with just making the show normal? I mean shoot at some great scenic locations, have some good challenges in the outback and do some of that stuff but I hope they don't over do it.

Who knows they might get it right and I may become the biggest fan of the show.

Does anyone remember the SBS/ABC show called Bush Mechanics?

that was a fuckin awesome show, watched it with dad when it was on, i remember there was a VB commo on there that needed a new axle from memory.

by **Malakai** » September 15th, 2008, 3:27 pm

Cutting up a boomerang to make brake pads. LOL

by **ClassicAU** » September 15th, 2008, 3:30 pm

They sure did, I have Bush Mechanics on DVD at home! Funny sh!t that is! I will watch Top Gear Aus either way, hopefully its decent.

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