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Top Gear Australia’s Warren Brown - yep, the one with the fire truck and the dodgy moustache - has popped up online with an article and a video to get us all a little more excited for the debut of the world’s first Top Gear series to be produced outside of the UK.
The video shows a little bit of the sausage-laden Warren prepping for a dip with some sharks, and a bunch of other snippets from the show.
Once you’ve had a look, come back and tell us what you reckon. Are we in store for some magic, or does it look every bit as bad as you hoped it wouldn’t be?
For us here at Le Moteur Rapport, it looks great. SBS and Freehand TV appear to have found the balance between the perfect cinematography, soundtrack, and dialogue that the original show is known for, along with the Aussie larrakin attitude the show will need to cut the mustard here.
Check out the video at The Daily Telegraph
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Comment by Lorien
14 September 2008
After the “local” version of Survivor, I was more than a little frightened of the idea of an Aussie Top Gear, but this might actually be okay!
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Comment by Daz
14 September 2008
I’ve got to say, it actually looks really good. I’m a sucker for this sort of thing weather it’s good or not, but I’m looking forward to it now.
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Comment by nathan Scoular
14 September 2008
Even since Australian TV was forced to watch glen ridge talk about cars I’ve been incredibly pessimistic about a day coming when we could enjoy local content without twat presenters … and by the looks of it that day has now come! Eagerly waiting the 29th.
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Comment by davidm
14 September 2008
It actually looks like it could be kind of cool. God I hope it is.
I heard that the presenters were chosen well before SBS called for video applications from the ‘everyday people’. That was just a publicity stunt! Bit rude really.
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Comment by Godspeed
15 September 2008
Ha! A good way to boost interest in the upcoming series I spose, if that’s true. Might also be a way of making Cox, Pizzati and Brown look even better by showing those horrible audition tapes…
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Comment by Godspeed
15 September 2008
I’ll reserve judgement for the first ep, but it’s so important not to have high expectations!
If you watch the first season of UK Top Gear (especially straight after watching a recent ep), it seems a little dated, awkward, funny but not so hilarious or polished. That’s no revelation but it’s only really obvious when you watch them back to back.
So expectations should not be too extraordinarily high for Oz TG, especially as they have such a hard act to follow.
I will say I think the initial signs look good though.
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Comment by Fezzle
15 September 2008
While I partially agree with GS, I’ve got to say that ultimately the preview was uninspiring and a little cheesy.
I’ve got my fingers crossed it turns out to be decent though, I just reckon it’s a tough call given the benchmark. Maybe give them 2-3 seasons before they really get it going on, if they make it that long.
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Comment by Anon
6 October 2008
OK ive watched ep and it is…, well lets just say im moving to the uk!!!
If anyone reads the the sunday paper,the part with the TV guide, it should be a “real stinker”
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