Re: James May on the Moon!!

Martin wrote:
On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:24:15 -0700 (PDT), Halmyre
<flashgordonreceding@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 22 June, 23:11, Martin <m...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:00:30 +0100, Sofa - Spud <comfyso...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:





Martin wrote:
On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:39:52 +0100, Sofa - Spud <comfyso...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Martin wrote:
On Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:14:56 +0100, "Enzo Matrix" <enz...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Sofa - Spud wrote:
Fantastic stuff - great to see the footage, fantastic to see May in
the U2 at 700,000ft!!
700,000ft? Really? That's 130 miles. Nearly Low Earth Orbit... ;-)
or a factor of ten too much.
They should have ejected the bugger. He was on BBC in three different programmes
this evening.
Why - who cares, it was top TV for a change. I'm hoping there is more
stuff on as the 40th anniversary comes round in July.
If James May is top TV then Krusty is right.
Who cares who presents it FFS - it was great subject matter, fantastic
stuff. Space/Aeroplanes/Cars/Steam Engines - what more do you want?
Yoghurt knitting?
Plenty of the same sort of thing on Discovery Channel. WTF needs James May
presenting it?
I like James. He doesn't have the portentous tone that US
documentaries often have, and he doesn't do the hyperactive gee-whizz
thing that some UK docs have. I think any of the Top Gear chaps are
better presenters than they're given credit for.

They are on far too often and so are their repeats.

I watched James May in the programme that included the Russian surface skimmer.
By chance there was a programme on the same subject on Discovery or NGC on the
same day. You have to watch the Discovery/NGC programme to see how poor James
May's version was. Many of James May's programmes look as if somebody has taken
a Discovery/NGC programme and reworked it to include JM. The Discovery/NGC
programmes are focused on the subject with a voice over commentary, whereas JM
programmes are focused on the presenter.


Well I haven't got Discovery for starters , but the theme of the show , James goes to space etc is all part of the fun, it wasn't ever meant to be a straight documentary. More entertainment - that said he still gets across plenty of info.

But we do Like JM here as well as Top Gear - my daughters reckoned the Vietnam top gear programme was one of the best they'd ever seen!
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