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Originally Posted by Teriyaki
Did not enjoy Evans. However, I don't think its really his fault. He's probably been given a mandate from the BBC, with a script to follow. He's trying to be someone he's not, and hope he finds his own personality and humour because these shoes don't fit him.
sidenote: He reminds me of Richard Quest, and I don't really like his personality either so...
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I was living in the UK in the early 90's and back then Chris Evans was insufferable in exactly the same irritating way that he is on the new TG. That performance you watched
IS Chris Evans' personality and humour.
I watched the show just on the off chance, hoping it wasn't going to be a train-wreck, I left disappointed.
The forced, artificial blokey, matey-ness in the challenge came across cheesy and way less entertaining than the deliberate sabotage and competition of the original 3; the challenge had no purpose and was lame, boring and contrived; the jokes weren't funny; the lame interview sucked with the 2 stars reading off a teleprompter what the other was up to; Evans trying to rev up the obviously bored audience; his pathetic commentary during the SIARPC lap; I could go on.
I won't be watching it again unless someone with a higher tolerance for crap programming toughs it out and tells us if they sort their sh*t out and actually produce a show worth watching. It'll be interesting to see the viewership numbers on episodes 2 and 3. I think that there were a lot of fans of the old Top Gear that tuned in out of curiosity and won't be tuning in for another episode. My money is on their viewership falling week after week unless they make a change (getting rid of Chris Evans would be a good start). They're just lucky that The Grand Tour isn't launching this spring, at least they have a little while to sort things out before the original 3 launch their show.