Public Address | Monitor | Top Gear and reality TV

John Farrell

Tue, 15 Oct 2019 17:19:28 +1300

I think they target old threads, not knowing that a new post kicks them back to the top of the list – an SEO tactic, perhaps?

Russell Brown

Tue, 15 Oct 2019 14:07:09 +1300

Thanks guys. They seem to particularly target this thread for some reason, so I'll close now.

linger

Sun, 09 Apr 2017 15:44:58 +1200

And the comment just above it (from 7 months earlier) is actually another spam in the same series, albeit a much subtler variant: the entire text content is copied from Anne's comment at the top of this page, and the user homepage is ... a link to another "dissertation services"…

Alfie

Sun, 09 Apr 2017 13:03:32 +1200

Our same spammer is back again. It's confused writing makes it sound like a bot.

Madi Day

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:02:19 +1200

I have been a devoted Top Gear fan for as long as i can remember and i cannot see how you can relate Top Gear to a reality TV show. It is ridiculious!

I like the fact that Jeremy Clarkson has his own opinion and tells it how it is.…

Markos

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 20:55:33 +1200

Mr Green is clearly a confused individual.To even link Top Gear to Project Runway shows his poor taste and ignorance.

Whilst Jeremy Clarkson may have a "stiff upper lip" when discussing cars and the like,his opinion however, is so influencial within the industry, that car makers actively seek out his…

reece palmer

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 16:22:19 +1200

I watch Top Gear for the asides. Clarksons are usually quite funny. Some of the cars are quite nice but they use much the same footage (cut and paste vehicle here) for most reviews. I've no dramas with opinionated presenters, agree or not they do tend to hold my interest…

Paul Rowe

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:05:34 +1200

Oh, and Anne's idea for survivor – brilliant! Can we start with a celebrity version? There's a few z-graders wasting oxygen I'd love to see go all Lord of the Flies!

Paul Rowe

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:03:57 +1200

Clarkson is one of those guys, like Basil Fawlty, that you watch and cringe at the same time. He has his persona and it works for him, I mean, seriously, he is all over the media in the UK, for better or worse. I find, now that I'm older, the…

Evan Yates

Mon, 28 May 2007 10:42:18 +1200

I admire and enjoy Top Gear and ALL its presenters. Admittedly there is no way in hell that I would ever be able to afford any of the vehicles that they test, but as a car-fancier, I like the way that they level the playing field when testing all the…

Rob Stowell

Fri, 25 May 2007 11:47:42 +1200

I know a car nut who does like Top Gear... but it's successful 'cos people like my wife and I who are pretty indifferent to cars and could barely tell a lamborghini from a lada find it amusing. It's entertaining 'cos they do stupid things with great gusto, and because…

Hadyn Green

Thu, 24 May 2007 15:48:32 +1200

Personally, I can't really abide Monster Garage or American Chopper, but I lurve Scrapheap Challenge(!)

you guys need to see the final episode (actually it was a two parter) of Monster Garage. They made an actual hotrod, nothing gimmicky, and had a best-of-the-best crew. It was fantastic.

I still don't…

Emma Hart

Thu, 24 May 2007 13:37:56 +1200

Clarkson apparently gets the chick vote, which is so not supposed to be his demographic. What I like about Top Gear is the presenters, whom I kind of view as playing the parts of Richard, James and Jeremy rather than as real people. They're a good team and entertaining to…

James Green

Thu, 24 May 2007 13:11:34 +1200

Somehow to me, Clarkson doesn't stack up as an 'average' critic. He's extremely opioniated, but it always seems like his opinion. He can pan a car as much as he likes, but I don't think it every moves me much. And I guess as opposed to a text-only critic, you…

Anne M

Wed, 23 May 2007 19:59:45 +1200

Errummm. Top Gear makes up about 50% of my viewing so I'm not a dis-interested commentator.

Clarkson does know know about cars and he is a reasonable driver, so it's not arguing from ignorance (which some film/TV criticism is).

He can be vitriolic – but vitriol is often funny (see…

Hadyn Green

Wed, 23 May 2007 11:19:38 +1200

I came to a realisation yesterday while writing in this thread (mainly) about boy racers. I was able to figure out why I don't like Top Gear.

It's not because Jeremy Clarkson is a smug prick (though that does influence my decision a lot), it's because he's a critic. See,…