w00hoo_kent
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- Location
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Radio 3... ...quiet isn't it.
For me there's definitely been a couple of public Chris Evans, I think the period leading up to his Billie Piper marriage just saw his ego rising and rising with his behaviour and big 'I am' attitude getting progressively worse. That sort of show off / do what I say behaviour never endears people to me and he went from someone I found a bit annoying, to someone I wouldn't give air time to. Post the whole marriage debacle it feels like he has got a bit more balanced and he does come across as a different person, someone who has had life justifiably kick him in the teeth but been fortunate enough that it was in a way that he could turn it around and come out the other end. I still don't seek out his stuff, but I'll not turn it straight off because he's on any more.
Equally, we used to watch Top Gear, then PVR Top Gear and fill dead time with it and then around 3 seasons or so we just stopped bothering. It had all got a bit samey, the challenges were just stunts and you could see all the planning for the accidental mishaps shining through. At least the earlier stuff felt like you'd actually got some real reactions to personal stupidity going on. I agree with the comments, they got formulaic and lazy. It'll be interesting to see who they have and what they do. It's been entertainment rather than education for most of its second life so I doubt it's suddenly going to get intelligent and insightful, but if they can keep some of the mood pieces with excellent camera work and not be too silly. I'll probably give it a watch and we might even start regular viewing again, who knows.
For me there's definitely been a couple of public Chris Evans, I think the period leading up to his Billie Piper marriage just saw his ego rising and rising with his behaviour and big 'I am' attitude getting progressively worse. That sort of show off / do what I say behaviour never endears people to me and he went from someone I found a bit annoying, to someone I wouldn't give air time to. Post the whole marriage debacle it feels like he has got a bit more balanced and he does come across as a different person, someone who has had life justifiably kick him in the teeth but been fortunate enough that it was in a way that he could turn it around and come out the other end. I still don't seek out his stuff, but I'll not turn it straight off because he's on any more.
Equally, we used to watch Top Gear, then PVR Top Gear and fill dead time with it and then around 3 seasons or so we just stopped bothering. It had all got a bit samey, the challenges were just stunts and you could see all the planning for the accidental mishaps shining through. At least the earlier stuff felt like you'd actually got some real reactions to personal stupidity going on. I agree with the comments, they got formulaic and lazy. It'll be interesting to see who they have and what they do. It's been entertainment rather than education for most of its second life so I doubt it's suddenly going to get intelligent and insightful, but if they can keep some of the mood pieces with excellent camera work and not be too silly. I'll probably give it a watch and we might even start regular viewing again, who knows.
