Stefano1337
Active Member
First thing i thought when i saw the Lada Kalina: WANT ONE!
Maybe I demand too much, but that alone won't do. Not with a Top Gear spin-off, at least. What made the UK programme so good was Jeremy's humour and witty remarks. His distinct presenting style and his sagging two-sizes-too-tight-in-waist jeans.
Basically, I see it as an issue with Russian TV in general. It lags WAY behind European and British standards. It's mostly Jeremy Kyle show 24/7. Cheap and offensive thrills for less intelligent. This way presenters are used to presenting in a low-standard manner, and the viewers take it for granted. Matching UK quality even remotely would be a quantum leap.
Then again, judging by the script, no one is a real Top Gear fan on the production crew, otherwise they'd notice what really makes the show.
The good thing is, Fomenko has some balls to stand up to up-their-arse people, no matter how fat and vip they are
Well, let's see where it goes, so far it's too little top gear and too mucg generic stupid overacted entertainment to impress me.
And who said that the "reasonably priced car" has to be stock?
Technically, TG UK's car isn't factory spec either - bucket seats, roll cage, and harnesses. TGR did a little more than that... so what?
Oh, one thing they really need to do (which they could have learned from TGA) was to show and explain the track before they let cars have a go.
which is another reason to show us the track layouts.They even change? the track for the stars, so i guess now the track has different corner names for Stig's and stars' laps.
Oh believe me, you don't Just go to www.adac.de and read the last "Cars under ?10.000" test - Kalina came utter last in that, for a variety of reasons. It's maybe the best car Russians ever came up with, but it's still complete rubbish.First thing i thought when i saw the Lada Kalina: WANT ONE!
X: Stop criticizing it! What, someone starts to rant and you all jump the bandwagon?! It definitely can't be that bad!
Y ...rants...
Z ...rants...
X: OK disregard what I said earlier, I left the comment before watching the show. It's SHIT, unbelievably badly acted and produced. What a pile of rubbish!
lol, I told a friend of mine I had just watched the first Episode of Top Gear Russia.
He asked me "What cars did they review?"
I had to think for a second, and then I said "None."