"Kake Bake" (kakebake)
03/26/2014 at 14:57 • Filed to: potpourri
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"Kake Bake" (kakebake)
03/26/2014 at 14:57 • Filed to: potpourri | 1
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This is a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! showing IMDB ratings for episodes of Top Gear UK beginning in 2002. The low points are "Best Of" shows and the peak is the Burma Special. I don't regard the series as following an upward trend, but the people who rate the episodes on IMDB must.
lone_liberal
> Kake Bake
03/26/2014 at 15:00 |
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I'd rate the Vietnam Special over the Burma Special, but what do I know?
Mercedes Streeter
> Kake Bake
03/26/2014 at 15:07 |
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It's because over the years Top Gear began to appeal to more people than just petrolheads. Top Gear has become much more of a "car entertainment" show than a "car information" show.
Top Gear's demographic is much larger now than it was back in 2002.
sliding-sideways
> Kake Bake
03/26/2014 at 15:09 |
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It's interesting that what is considered the 'best' years by many Top Gear fans (which appears to be about episodes 60-110 on the graph) have started with lower ratings that then get better, while the 'where has the originality gone/why don't you do more proper car tests/nobody cares if a car can drive upside down in a Belfast sewer' era (episodes 110-160) starts stronger and trends downward.
It's a "Porch-uh"
> lone_liberal
03/26/2014 at 15:12 |
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And I'd rate the Polar Special over both of those.... so I know even less.
Dusty Ventures
> sliding-sideways
03/26/2014 at 15:18 |
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In fairness a couple of those downward-trending seasons are betrayed by low-ranking "best of" specials, like Kake said. But you do make a valid point
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Dusty Ventures
> It's a "Porch-uh"
03/26/2014 at 15:18 |
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Polar, Vietnam, and Africa. All way better than Burma
Wurrwulf
> It's a "Porch-uh"
03/26/2014 at 15:19 |
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And I'd put the Botswana over all, with the exception of Vietnam. Those two are tied. I must be slow.
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Kake Bake
> Mercedes Streeter
03/26/2014 at 15:19 |
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Don't be so mature and clear-headed about it.
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Kake Bake
> lone_liberal
03/26/2014 at 15:21 |
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Well, if reality can only be observed by the observer, by what metric does anybody know anything?
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lone_liberal
> Kake Bake
03/26/2014 at 15:22 |
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RacecaR
> Kake Bake
03/26/2014 at 15:54 |
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Hell, I think they best episode that I have watched is episode 9 from series 10, the 24 hours endurance race in a BMW. It was a very genuine episode in my opinion.
Mark - Sixpots None The Richer
> It's a "Porch-uh"
03/26/2014 at 16:53 |
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I watched the Polar Special six times or so. Therefore, I only know one thing: Top Gear is slowly dying ever since Fifth Gear burned down the Cool Wall. After that the show was more about creating drama than entertaining and informing car nerds in a uniquely humerous way.
The last season still had highlights like the P1 review, but there was also the dreadful hatchback episode.
A big problem for Top Gear is also the competition from web content like for example the Drive network. They produce "cheap", so they don't need a huge audience - i.e. the whole family. Nevertheless, they are able to satisfy our jalopy needs with an astonishing quality nowadays. You don't need to fast forward a celebrity interview and endure 24 fake accidents in a bogus challenge to get a few chuckles and a well made review of a supercar anymore.
wiffleballtony
> Kake Bake
03/26/2014 at 17:07 |
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My favorites are always the cheap car challenges or when they are forced to create something. The motor home one gets my accolades specifically.
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Kake Bake
> RacecaR
03/26/2014 at 17:13 |
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That was a good episode, but that's only because they couldn't enter a catamaran or train in the race.
thebigbossyboss
> RacecaR
03/31/2014 at 10:42 |
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I think the best episode was the one with the cheap porsche challenge. That is my favourite top gear segment of all time.
anacanapana
> RacecaR
04/09/2014 at 12:33 |
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Definitely in my top 10.
