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The first episode is on On Demand and my son and I watched it this afternoon. I had high hopes, but it seems its like every other piece of garbage "reality show". There is obvious fake drama between "contestants". And just like every show that has to to with building something, be it cars or home improvement, the "contestants" have an unbelievable amount of work to finish in an extraordinary short amount of time. Like that's never been shown to us before.
There is lot of talk to the camera, then more talk, then fake drama, then some work on the car, swearing between "contestants", then more talk to the camera, a little work on the car, arguing, more fake drama, more talk then WOW! the car is finished. I'm like "wait, I thought they were going to show them working on the car!" During all that I was waiting for Gordon Ramsey to pop up.
Here is a concept. Have a car show about building cars that actually centers around building a car. No fake drama. No "eliminations". No interviews several times an episode with the camera. No cliffhangers before going to a commercial. No unbelievable deadlines. Take a few episodes and build a damn car. And if they have to be judged, have judges that car enthusiasts give a damn about. Or even better, have judges people care about and a few everyday car enthusiasts.
And then in the first episode, they were supposed to take a 2014 GM car and re-imagine it a a 2015 concept. Neither team of "professional designers" came even close. Put they were mostly praised by these so called judges. What whey built were customized cars that a one hit wonder rap star would have done at West Coast Customs.
And that is my "professional" review of this tv show.
I really want to see what they do with the Camaro's. But I think I'm going to watch with the sound off.
And finally, when you read this, imagine Lewis Black is reading it out loud to you.
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