One could hardly make up the top review at time of writing, which gives it 10/10 at "quite good" before going on the defensive at phantom "feminazis."
Take it from someone who generally likes Clarkson's work from Top Gear to his books and documentaries: this show is proper early-morning BBC9+1 drivel. Neither particularly entertaining nor researched and informative, it comes across as a third-rate, highly scripted reality TV show. Were it not for Clarkson's ability to draw in a sycophantic crowd, this show would and should not ever have been made.
The cinematography and editing are "good enough" - as in, it's coherent, but the show never manages to capitalise on the few moments of humour or drama peppered sparingly throughout the series - the real issue seems to be Clarkson himself, who seems no longer able to engage with anything beyond the limits of his buffoonish media persona.
Ultimately, what is the point here? An important topic is given an idiotic treatment. Climate change violently intrudes in the first apisode but the best Clarkson can muster is mumbling "nothing I can do." Food security is stressed while he is intentionally useless and ruins his crop. Every important moment is similarly undermined by the feeling that, for a rich man in the closing stages of a life spent for the benefit of himself and himself alone, nothing matters more than hamming it up for the camera..
Take it from someone who generally likes Clarkson's work from Top Gear to his books and documentaries: this show is proper early-morning BBC9+1 drivel. Neither particularly entertaining nor researched and informative, it comes across as a third-rate, highly scripted reality TV show. Were it not for Clarkson's ability to draw in a sycophantic crowd, this show would and should not ever have been made.
The cinematography and editing are "good enough" - as in, it's coherent, but the show never manages to capitalise on the few moments of humour or drama peppered sparingly throughout the series - the real issue seems to be Clarkson himself, who seems no longer able to engage with anything beyond the limits of his buffoonish media persona.
Ultimately, what is the point here? An important topic is given an idiotic treatment. Climate change violently intrudes in the first apisode but the best Clarkson can muster is mumbling "nothing I can do." Food security is stressed while he is intentionally useless and ruins his crop. Every important moment is similarly undermined by the feeling that, for a rich man in the closing stages of a life spent for the benefit of himself and himself alone, nothing matters more than hamming it up for the camera..