Chris a rude old man, that still lives like it was the midt 18th century british empire. He complains over small things, like sitting next to a toilet, while you see Several passengers standing and some being to skinny, sleeping and taking this route daily with a smile. He talks/yells back to people wich he/they doesnt understand. "Extreme railroads" is only extreme to him. Special season 2, were we see him sit in luxury trains like Japan and Canada is nice to see, but nothing "extreme", except luxury. This is also some of the rare episodes, where he is not being grumpy about comfort. And Instead of see the whole routes or get some history, we see him travel with car, plane or boat, in a railroad series!
Atleast 1/3 of this show is Chris. It is still pretty and good history, but theese parts is also rushed, special the parts were you finaly meet some intresting people or pretty landscape.
I know nothing about Chris, why he is the best suited host to this series, is a mystery. Special for so many seasons, he is too old and childish. There are is nothing wrong to be old and childish, infact i would love James May to be the host. But the way Chris is being old and childish, in the wrong ways, that is disrespectfull to many cultures, people and talk down to the viewers, with random personal history and facts you could find on Wikipedia in 10 lines. He never seem curious, intrested or present in the moments, more like "faster i can come home is better, or the longer the trip is, the more i get paid"
The editing is kinda annoying, like i mention earlier. It is rushed, special the landscape, wich you most of the time only can enjoy for 2 seconds. Then the people you meet, it is most "how long you been here?" Interviews. The facts are rushed, and you cant "geek/nerd" with the trains details. Also the many angles of the 1 cameraman, were they had to take 1 scene/questions many times to get the different angles. Im not saying there is only 1 camera dude, but in several scenes there angles that is impossible to get, without capture another camera guy, or its impossible because of the small space.
6/10 is high, but if you can ignore Chris, it is a fairly character.
Atleast 1/3 of this show is Chris. It is still pretty and good history, but theese parts is also rushed, special the parts were you finaly meet some intresting people or pretty landscape.
I know nothing about Chris, why he is the best suited host to this series, is a mystery. Special for so many seasons, he is too old and childish. There are is nothing wrong to be old and childish, infact i would love James May to be the host. But the way Chris is being old and childish, in the wrong ways, that is disrespectfull to many cultures, people and talk down to the viewers, with random personal history and facts you could find on Wikipedia in 10 lines. He never seem curious, intrested or present in the moments, more like "faster i can come home is better, or the longer the trip is, the more i get paid"
The editing is kinda annoying, like i mention earlier. It is rushed, special the landscape, wich you most of the time only can enjoy for 2 seconds. Then the people you meet, it is most "how long you been here?" Interviews. The facts are rushed, and you cant "geek/nerd" with the trains details. Also the many angles of the 1 cameraman, were they had to take 1 scene/questions many times to get the different angles. Im not saying there is only 1 camera dude, but in several scenes there angles that is impossible to get, without capture another camera guy, or its impossible because of the small space.
6/10 is high, but if you can ignore Chris, it is a fairly character.