Rally Wrc Monte Carlo 2017

[GravelBen]

Women can have opinions too about motorsport, its just that nobody cares what they think.

I didn't know you were a woman.

[N.O.T]

I didn't know you were a woman.

i am not kid, thats why you reply, you care.

[janvanvurpa]

i am not kid, thats why you reply, you care.

You aren't ???!!!
Then what explains the P-PMS ?
(that's permanent PMS)

[janvanvurpa]

Why isnt the Press Conf on the live stream ?

Cause the poor guy is dead

[steve.mandzij]

I am watching it now and some of the commentary is a bit awkward, as if the commentator can't decide between simple recapitulation of events and pretend "live" commentary. There are day 2 highlights cut together, and he talk over the footage like "at the beginning of the day, Meeke was doing well, blah blah blah, and as you can see, he is quick, OH NO, HE IS DRIFTING AND CRASHING, this could be end for him!"

I mean wtf, everyone knows it's just a prerecorded footage commented on afterwards, the guy doesn't have to pretend what a suprise for him it was seeing the crash.:-o

Pretty sure it's always been like that. Search any 2009ish crash on YT and it'll be just the same. I personally like it.

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[the sniper]

Pretty sure it's always been like that. Search any 2009ish crash on YT and it'll be just the same. I personally like it.

Yeah I can see why people wouldn't like it, but I think it works. I've always preferred Paul King's well done faux surprise to John Desborough awkwardly setting you up for an incident. That might just be because I prefer Paul King full stop though...

I really like the voice and style of the guy who last year did the voiceovers for review videos on Elfyn Evans You Tube channel (which somewhat ridiculously had more coverage than the official BRC channel...): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pHizFzDiXg IIRC this guy was the BBC's Rally commentator in the late 90's, though I don't know his name unfortunately.

Anyway, I'm going off topic...

Aside from the tragic incident on Thursday obviously, the rally has been great so far. I don't know how I could follow a rally without this thread/forum, so thanks all!

[fegh]

My first Monte ... really amazing, a dream coming true.

Very sad for the death of a rally fan and independently from the circumstances of this tragic accident, we need really as fans to help the organisers ensure the security, I've seen very stupid things.

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[RAS007]

I am watching it now and some of the commentary is a bit awkward, as if the commentator can't decide between simple recapitulation of events and pretend "live" commentary. There are day 2 highlights cut together, and he talk over the footage like "at the beginning of the day, Meeke was doing well, blah blah blah, and as you can see, he is quick, OH NO, HE IS DRIFTING AND CRASHING, this could be end for him!"

I mean wtf, everyone knows it's just a prerecorded footage commented on afterwards, the guy doesn't have to pretend what a suprise for him it was seeing the crash.:-o

This problem is not new, but it is nonetheless a cancer that needs to be removed. It started with Paul "PK" King, doing excruciating "live" commentary over pre-recorded footage, much as you describe. At best it is embarrassing, at worst, it is, well, just total shit. In my opinion, it stems from having commentators who have no real knowledge or understanding of the sport, who lack a basic grasp of when, where and how rallies are won and lost, and are therefore unable to recognize the patterns or rhythms of each event, instead just talking shite about "Oh no! He's drifting!". It's really tragic stuff.

[Duvel]

I liked the redbuul show, yes a bit to much focus on the top drivers thats true.
But last year they had the rights to do something whit wrc, then we saw nothing. Now this is very good for starters i think.
Also, Webber was anounced as comantator, wilson was expert. I find it good they let someone like Webber get a taste of WRC, think he is really in to rallying after this weekend.

[rage82]

We are at around 2 km from the start of ss9, the road is absolutely dry, the temperature is around 3°. Looking forward to this beautiful day for rallying, personally I think that Ogier can take some time out of Neuville. Let's hope that Tanak can keep his pace too and set some decent times through the stages.

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