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      05-31-2016, 12:51 AM   #7
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They should've taken it a bit slow and probably revamp the whole thing instead of continuing the old format. 5 min into the show they went all out on a Dodge Viper review with a Top Gun theme with spectacular shots, in which Chris Evans didn't say he liked the car or not (only later he said in Extra Gear that he didn't like to so much to buy one) and before you know it they were doing meaningless stunts with it against a Corvette. The stunts only work if the characters are established properly, not when audience has zero clue about the presenters.

Leblanc's Ariel Nomad review is promising, but should've skipped the stunt at the end. The interviews were awkward but not really bad and Chris Evans is reasonably entertaining.

But what really killed it - The really lame 'Blackpool' driving challenge. Why were they even going to Blackpool? If it's a UK vs US thing - why were they both driving Reliant Robins? What was even the challenge? The final act 'Defender vs Wrangler' felt like a bad buddy cop movie. I get that it's too tempting to do UK vs USA challenges but the producer should've waited atleast until a few episodes to build some chemistry, instead it looked really cheesy.
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