Yet another new new TG review

"Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer" (smallbear94) 05/30/2016 at 19:01 • Filed to: None

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Chris sucks.

Sabine is meh.

I’d actually LOVE to see Matt ditch the show to become the fourth stooge on Grand Tour. Obviously that won’t happen, but that gives you an idea of what I thought of this performance...

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 05/30/2016 at 19:08

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Just finished watching it. I agree. Chris is a spazz, Sabine needs to stop trying to be funny, but Matt is a solid performer. Sabine needs to play the “humorless German” archetype as much as possible.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 05/30/2016 at 19:51

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The problem I think Sabine is running into is the same thing resistance fighters used in WW2. Apparently if they hit them when they were off guard their exclamation would be in their native language, no matter how good they were at whatever language they were using.

Basically, I think Sabine is having a hard time both thinking on the fly and putting her thoughts into coherent English. She was fine on the ring because that was her home turf.

Still rather her over Chris. He tries too hard. He was OK when he was on as a guest because it was all off the cuff. He’s not much good at making scripted stuff seem unscripted.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 05/30/2016 at 20:02

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Sabine is not very good at the scripted presenter type stuff. Her talent is really in off the cuff coments while wringing the neck of a car.

MUSASHI66 > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 05/30/2016 at 20:36

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You liked Matt? He was super stiff, felt like he was reading the script for first time and his jokes were so cheese and forced

Algeria is that way

Something just licked me

Chris is not nearly as stiff, but he is not likable at all and there is just no chemistry between them. Also, his narration is just awful.

GT better be good...

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > MUSASHI66 05/30/2016 at 21:03

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I did. He was the by far the most at ease in my books. Chris just jumps around and shouts, but Matt’s Nomad film was by far the best part. It was also closest to old new TG. Start out with the issues, go show off how much fun you’re having in and and why you don’t care, end by doing something ludicrous as a test. He clearly (so far) doesn’t jive with Chris’s style though.

Actually, I think TG would have been best resurrected with Matt, Rowan Atkinson, and someone like Kevin McCloud who has a differing view on cars but really gets into the engineering. That’s your new James May.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 05/30/2016 at 22:14

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Thing I noticed about Chris is that he acts like a child. Not a man being childish, like Clarkson and co, just a child. Not an endearing way, either.