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Hi, I'm Heather. I used to have a blog until I discovered that I really liked the tumblr format. I like a lot of things. Topping that list are writing, reading, video games, music, photography, tea, and my friends, not necessarily in that order.
I suspect that this is going to devolve into me posting youtube videos well after they were cool on the internet, but I'm okay with that.
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Top Gear USA Remix: Take 1
As the motherland continues to gank off the creativity of British television, I caught the beginning of an episode of Top Gear America today. Immediate reaction is as follows.
1. Very dry.
2. Trying a bit too hard.
3. Cheap imitation.
All in all, not impressive. The hosts all lack the natural charisma possessed by Clarkson, Mays, and Hammond and seem too afraid to take the mick out of one another and, indeed, themselves.
Maybe this is something that will come with time, but I suspect that this may suffer from the U.S. epidemic of wanting to seem “cool.” Top Gear BBC soars on a well formulated balance of solid information, wit, and an absolute lack of hesitation on the part of the hosts to look like fools. Steve Carell and Tina Fey have made careers based on similar trifectas.
To be fair, it’s very possible that what the show needs in order to settle into itself is simply time. For now, though, the obvious jokes and wincingly bad stabs at wacky humor made me quite certain I’ll be sticking with the BBC.
No clue why I felt compelled to post a small rant about Top Gear, but there we are. If you’re going to try and mimic something that good, you’d better know what you’re doing.
