MrPstv Posted June 18, 2015 Posted June 18, 2015 My couple of rupees worth : To be fair if you want to watch a car show about your run of the mill motors look else where... Jezza's format worked.. It's what made Top Gear "Top Gear" Hopefully Mr Evans can inject some fun and laughter into as he seems to be a cheerful fella..
Arreks Posted June 18, 2015 Posted June 18, 2015 I think that's probably the problem, people don't watch Top Gear for just the cars.. they mainly watched it for the comedic value that you get in every episode. BBC can either change the format to make it a serious car show, but it will lose a lot of viewers - or they can try and keep the 'humour' going and it probably won't work so they'll lose some viewers. Either way I don't really care..
CAM Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 Amazon have snapped the trio up to produce a show for their Prime Instant Video service. Amazon Prime signs ex-Top Gear hosts - BBC News
mthomas08 Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 Amazon have snapped the trio up to produce a show for their Prime Instant Video service. Amazon Prime signs ex-Top Gear hosts - BBC News Just seen their twitter feed, it's official. As I said before the real losers will be the BBC and the millions of world wide viewers. Now it will no longer be essentially free to watch. Do I want to sign up for amazon prime? Not really. Perhaps one day if it's popularity increases we will see it attached with Virgin Media/Sky (I can hope). Not really worth signing up to another service just for LikeTopGear but NotTopGear.... If amazon do it right though they can increase the episode series, give us more minutes on "The News" and bring back TheCoolWall but NotTheCoolWall. Sometimes I wish Sky had pinched them, as much as I don't like the main commentators on their Sport channels I do enjoy all the extras that we get with the F1 channel which I will add - has blown away what the BBC ever gave us. Will be interesting to see who else goes over to this new show from the previous crew, the producer who quit BBC will most likely go with them.
Zoom7000 Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 I knew it wasn't gonna be ITV (for advertising reasons) but I was hoping for a more popular service like Netflix. Amazon Prime just doesn't seem worth it... Don't want to sign up for yet another subscription service!
bmdixon Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 I knew it wasn't gonna be ITV (for advertising reasons) but I was hoping for a more popular service like Netflix. Amazon Prime just doesn't seem worth it... Don't want to sign up for yet another subscription service! I've seen a lot of comments similar to this but I think Amazon Prime is great value for money already and gets better all the time. If you don't order from Amazon much I guess it's not so good but next day delivery + Prime Instant Video + Prime Music (just launched) + Storage + Kindle Library (if you have an actual Kindle) for £79 a year is good value to me.
sparkeh Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 Interesting, I wouldn't have expected them to end up on Amazon Prime. Be interesting to see if it actually drives up subscriber numbers or people will just say... Do I want to sign up for amazon prime? Not really Amazon Prime just doesn't seem worth it...
synaesthesia Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 Seems like a very good carrot for Amazon to dangle. Medium to heavy users of Amazon for shopping will find Prime is a no-brainer anyway to get their money's worth and the media side of it certainly is a bonus. Interested in the possibility of Jenson Button on Top Gear though; he is a very charismatic and funny bloke as well as one of the most down to earth people in F1. Could be a good move; probably better than commentating
ICTDirect_Dave Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 Seems like a very good carrot for Amazon to dangle. Medium to heavy users of Amazon for shopping will find Prime is a no-brainer anyway to get their money's worth and the media side of it certainly is a bonus. Interested in the possibility of Jenson Button on Top Gear though; he is a very charismatic and funny bloke as well as one of the most down to earth people in F1. Could be a good move; probably better than commentating Couldn't agree more. Something like Prime will give them a lot more freedom to create something entertaining and it might just be the thing that pushed me into getting prime. I use Amazon a lot but haven't been willing to shell out on Prime just yet. I'd love to see Jenson on the new Top Gear too. He'd fill in the role of the Stig you would imagine which would mean we've seen the last of that character probably? It will be a shame in some ways though as I've been looking forward to the prospect of the BBC signing Jenson up to be DC's co-commentator in the F1. 1
Trapper Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 Seems like most decent stuff on Prime you need to pay extra for? I got a Prime account on my work Amazon account, as frankly we were spending hundreds and hundreds on postage each year alone. I took a mooch at the Prime Video, well it'd be rude not to, and I wasn't impressed. Pick Top Gear - £2.89 a show!
localzuk Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 Seems like most decent stuff on Prime you need to pay extra for? I got a Prime account on my work Amazon account, as frankly we were spending hundreds and hundreds on postage each year alone. I took a mooch at the Prime Video, well it'd be rude not to, and I wasn't impressed. Pick Top Gear - £2.89 a show! That isn't Prime video, that's Amazon Video. Prime has a subset of the stuff available on Amazon. Just like Netflix has a limited selection too. It's just that Amazon also allows you to buy other stuff too.
sted Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 I've seen a lot of comments similar to this but I think Amazon Prime is great value for money already and gets better all the time. If you don't order from Amazon much I guess it's not so good but next day delivery + Prime Instant Video + Prime Music (just launched) + Storage + Kindle Library (if you have an actual Kindle) for £79 a year is good value to me. not to mention the app (at least on my tv) is so inferior to the Netflix app its untrue it cant even remember the last episode of a show you watched so you have to guess if its been a day or 2
john Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 not to mention the app (at least on my tv) is so inferior to the Netflix app its untrue it cant even remember the last episode of a show you watched so you have to guess if its been a day or 2 Must be your TV, I have a Samsung smart TV and it has no issues with knowing what I have watched and favorited. I did do a complete TV and App software upgrade recently so if you have not done the main TVs software as well as the app that maybe it?
sted Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 Must be your TV, I have a Samsung smart TV and it has no issues with knowing what I have watched and favorited. I did do a complete TV and App software upgrade recently so if you have not done the main TVs software as well as the app that maybe it? it might be the sony app is different tv has updated relatively recently but I wasn't using the app at that time as far as im aware there is no way to update apps and it does look a complete if poor app. it looks like for reference Amazon Instant Video on Your Sony BRAVIA Device
teejay Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 You can always wait until all the episodes are released and then sign up for the Prime trial ;-) I would've preferred it on Netflix as I think their streaming is better, looks like they weren't prepared to throw as much money at it as Amazon.
Arthur Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 I would've preferred it on Netflix as I think their streaming is better Hopefully Amazon will make all episodes available at once (like Netflix does with their programmes) so we can binge-watch the entire series in one weekend.
6Foot2 Posted August 1, 2015 Posted August 1, 2015 Poll: Expressandstar.com: Will you pay membership to Amazon Prime to watch Jeremy Clarkson's new motoring show? http://i.gyazo.com/94b535c9166090e8cafc4d62432970ba.png Link: Poll: Will you pay membership to Amazon Prime to watch Jeremy Clarkson's new motoring show? Express & Star
Arthur Posted August 1, 2015 Posted August 1, 2015 Will you pay membership to Amazon Prime to watch Jeremy Clarkson's new motoring show? There's aren't enough options in that poll. As an existing Amazon Prime subscriber surely I would have to vote 'No'?
bald_pig Posted August 2, 2015 Posted August 2, 2015 He'd fill in the role of the Stig you would imagine which would mean we've seen the last of that character probably? But what if he was the stig all along? The stig never quit
Zoom7000 Posted August 2, 2015 Posted August 2, 2015 Top Gear was the most pirated show in the world. When you consider that must of the people in the UK didn't need to pirate it, I'd hate to think what the pirate figures for the "new" Top Gear will be!
ICTDirect_Dave Posted August 3, 2015 Posted August 3, 2015 But what if he was the stig all along? The stig never quit He could have been, but I've always thought this stig was a Touring Car driver. But then I've always thought that and previously he's bene anything but
mthomas08 Posted August 3, 2015 Posted August 3, 2015 He could have been, but I've always thought this stig was a Touring Car driver. But then I've always thought that and previously he's bene anything but If they got him as the host instead of Evans, I would have seriously been more interested. Get the feeling this rumour is just like the Football Transfers, one person at the BBC HQ mentioned the name Button while in the toilet and that got passed on to the press....
bald_pig Posted August 3, 2015 Posted August 3, 2015 Missed this one! The Stig has voiced his support for Jeremy Clarkson in the wake of his BBC suspension | Latest News | Breaking UK News & World News Headlines | Daily Star
bald_pig Posted August 4, 2015 Posted August 4, 2015 Its quite hard to miss Stig on a tank driving through London to hand in a petition to the PM .... but you managed it I saw that, didn't see he'd revealed his name!
abillybob Posted September 17, 2015 Posted September 17, 2015 Apparently the new show could be called Gear Knobs!! Jeremy Clarkson's new Amazon Top Gear-style show could be called Gear Knobs - Telegraph 1
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