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Originally Posted by christianmotox
I find it extremely funny, and entertaining.
They don't give a cr@p when it comes to real comparison test's or reviews, but that's what makes this so unique and wonderful. If i want serious car talk i just grab a magazine or something like that.
This show is just over the top entertainment TV, with a few moments of actual decency.
They are Biased, stupid, obnoxious, and sometimes racist, but all in a funny way that its hard to describe.
BRILLIANT!.
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They're really finding their groove now. Their recent episodes including trying to be chauffeurs and trying to run a car-themed museum exhibition. I've noticed a trend to purposely make idiots of themselves whilst trying to accomplish these feats. In other words, they attempt to screw up the challenge as much as possible whilst still achieving the challenge's goals.
If one could compare it to a "factual" but "entertaining" show, one could look at "Mythbusters" for a direction they might have taken. By comparison, "Top Gear" is far more entertaining than "Mythbusters". Mythbusters satisfies intellectual curiosity in a mildly entertaining way. Whereas "Top Gear" is all about giving the audience an amazing and fun experience, and minors on the "intellectual curiosity" bit.
What makes Top Gear brilliant is because it's honest. The excitement of fast and powerful cars is not about boring performance numbers, it's about a certain sumthin-sumthin that can't be readily measured. When you watch say the Camaro "review" - you get it - because they
show why it's fun, not try to explain it. And when they do
explain something, it's done in the most entertaining way possible - and the British way is through dry wit.
Making fun of the car, and then choosing it as the car they'd prefer is being honest. The Camaro is a stupid car. The Maserati is
an idiotic car. But we know what they mean: it's stupid from a practical standpoint, but they choose it because the cars evoke excitement. And so by calling them stupid and then choosing them, they show that cars aren't just about practicality - they are all about stupid fun.
Other serious car shows like Fifth Gear try to explain fun cars through facts and figures, as if somehow one can justify a sports car as a sensible thing to buy. They aren't. Sports cars aren't sensible, let's be honest with ourselves!
Top Gear is the best car show in the world, because it makes everyone love cars. If you look at the audience in the hangar, they are a mix of all sorts of people - not just male car geeks. Top Gear is responsible for bringing car love to the masses, and that's why it is the best car show in the world.