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Should the final episode of Top Gear been simulcast in cinemas?
Dalekbuster523
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After tonight's Top Gear episode, I can't help but think it should have been shown in cinemas. It felt like Top Gear's Day Of The Doctor, even though it wasn't intended as a celebration and was a conclusion as opposed to a anniversary special.
Does anyone else agree?
Does anyone else agree?
Should the final episode of Top Gear been simulcast in cinemas? 85 votes
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No. I think Top Gear would work remarkably well in cinemas. It was 75 minutes like Day of the Doctor too.
I think they should have done while Clarkson, Hammond and May were presenting but not with Chris Evans. I've always believed the two part specials should have been combined to make films fit for cinema release instead.
Simulcast is best used as it is now.
I think it should depend on the length and whether it would benefit from the cinematic treatment. Day of the Doctor, for example, definitely benefited from it.
Of course. I don't think the original hosts are replaceable. I think Top Gear might still be an ok show and I'll watch it and give it a chance, but it won't be the same. It'd be like taking a great comedy and then just replacing all the characters.
Woah, check out the judgemental pants on pork pie
And there's a big difference between the Day of the Doctor's and the final Top Gear episode. The BBC wanted that Doctor Who episode to be a big event, they didn't want this episode of Top Gear to be that (though annoyingly for them it's probably going to end up been the highest rated ever episode of Top Gear).
Haha!
I don't think Clarkson's ever been an idol of mine, it's weird because I'm not sure if I even like him that much at times, but I like his style of presenting and it worked excellently on top gear. When he's on point, he's quite brilliant.
All the best people tend to be a little bit controversial in my opinion. I never understood the hate he got, I'm not sure he takes himself that seriously all the time anyway.
I reckon Jeremy Clarkson was very much playing a exaggerated version of himself on Top Gear. Same with the other two because when you think about it, all three conform to well-known stereotypes.
Jeremy Clarkson is the power-hungry motorhead.
Richard Hammond is the country boy.
James May is the slightly boring old-fashioned granddad.
I doubt they conform to those stereotypes in real life.
True, they adopted an exaggerated persona for the show and it worked because it was entertaining.
I also think there's quite a big element of just not caring too much from Clarkson as well, which was quite refreshing when most of us have to deal with moaners getting their pants in a tizzy over something inconsequential every day
Doctor Who carried on without Eccleston, Top Gear carries on without Hammond, May and Clarkson.
How about the X Factor final?
They used to show live TV boxing matches in the big city cinemas back in the 50s-60s, I never figured out how it worked. Cinemas use film via a projector, TV uses electical impulses via a cathode ray tube.
It be witchcraft, pure and simple.
Doctor Who is different in that it's a show about change. Clarkson, Hammond and May Top Gear, however, is it's own show and a completely different one to 1977 Top Gear.
Well, the Strictly final was shown in cinemas so why not?
Ah, but Eccleston isn't a southern, privately educated Tory boy, followed by similar, Daily Maily types, who are convinced that they and only they have exclusive rights to our licence payer's money is he?
And the thought of Chris Evans............ Yuch!