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YouTube - Ewan - Davidoff Adventure

Now that is funny and a well made programme!
Spot the Bonnie.

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Another Christmas over and the DVD watched. What can I say I know have mixed feelings of it all. Yes it did make me want to get back on the bike and travel but it also pissed me off. The bit with the fire is just silly and Claudio is the true star as he has to lead the way to get filming oppurtunities. There was not so much adventure as LWR and its all got a little too proffesional for my liking maybe the Mondo Boys and Louise can do us proud and do another great trip that appeals to us all. I can see what everyone was getting at now as the book tells the story in a different way. Now i must go and set the sky box to record the Dakar. I love January Happy New Year Everyone.

After checking in on this thread forever and wondering what I was missing, I've finally found Long Way Round. Have TIVO'd it on Direct TV and seen the first episode. Will get channel info if anyone in US is interested (or maybe it's been here for a while and I'm late...)

So now its been Cancelled, what are you recording instead?:confused1:

Martyn

I agree its a bit plasticeeeee with all the back up but it do some good in my case as the wife got some understanding of what i am planning for and to a extent what i will experience, and is actually helping me with the project instead of thinking that i am crazy, and did not understand why i am putting in so much effort in the bike and planning.

As a very late comer to the topic, and a serial thread killer, I should probably not contribute, but I am oh so bad at making the right choices.

I didn't enjoy it, not out of any deap seated jealousy (honest) or moral misgivings, just because it is very badly made.

The camerawork was generally horrible, the voiceovers grating, the focal points badly chosen, and the 'talent' incredibly annoying. Ewan was likable enough to justify his 'celebrity,' but HOW innane and whingey is his spoilt child of a boyfriend!? Immature and simple, and the 'energetic and mischevous rogue' persona he tries so hard to project just ends up as retarded child for me.

The two 'suits' travelling in the support cars were by far the biggest flaw of the experience though. Their attitude turned it from the purported adventure of a lifetime into an over structured expedition. One of their comments at the end was something along the lines of.

'I'm glad it's over, but I'm also a little bit sad,'

This says everything about their motivation, it was just a job for them. If I was E or C, I would never have employed that sort of man for such a trip. Conversely, Claudio seemed to have a great attitude, very easy going and adventure spirited - but got much less screentime than he did in LWR?

It is a format of television that depends heavily on the personalities of those involved, which is why Michael Palin has done so well in this arena. I just can't empathise with any of the characters (which is essentially what they are, as several people have stated - this may as well be a soap opera.) To an extent, Ewan can carry the others with his charisma and superior celeb status, but this is not enough. Who would want to carry Char;ie very far, or either of the overstuffed suits for that matter.

At the end of the day it was successful, so what do I know?

We all know that a lot of that success comes from Tarquins with limited edition LWD Snap On Toolboxes parked beside their Landrover though.

Happy Riding.

Joel

I know someone called Tarquin, and he has neither a Snap-On toolbox nor a Landie...

But yes, I'd agree, the "producers" got a lot more air-time and I didn't really feel the need to see them. Perhaps they could have done a companion programme, like that Comedy & Soap on ITV at the moment with Ben Miller and Jason Donovan, that way you could have watched one or other or both.

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If you can achieve that trick in this case Joel, you will do us all a favour IMO.

Thanks in anticipation,

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