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Hey Bondo, how's it going?
Yep Malin is the GOAT of commentators and RC is the WOAT.
No need for story time when there's action going on track.
He has three jobs:
1. Dumb down the broadcast as much as possible.
2. Cram in as much irrelevant filler as possible.
3. Miss as many important moments of the race as possible.
Bondo is a high achiever in his role.
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Yeah! What he said! How about Monster hire the motogp girls while we're at it. Beautiful and classy, take her home to meet mom. Not the Monster one night stands, get away from my son! Bri577 you hit the nail on the head !👍
You're witnessing our sport turn into the Nascar clown show.
😆 bondo doesnt know either!
Dvr and remote volume down!
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OP is 100% right. Coverage of racing in the US is shit, full on amateur hour. I’ve been a Moto guy since I was peeing the bed and still the race broadcasts we get can barely hold my attention for 10 minutes.
But is this not the typical thing for american tv? Try to create as much excitement as possible. ”Made up” monster truck voices, create a story around everything etc.
Often when i as a non-american watch american tv shows on discovery or what ever it’s always a over-dramatic production.
It can be a survival show and the thing will always be like: ”if they don’t breath some air now, there is a possibility that they will die”.. just for the drama of it.
SMX has turned Weedge into Ralph and for that I can never forgive them.
It doesn’t change the fact that the program or show itself SUCKS. I am not one to push for the removal of someone normally. But my god, it is truly atrocious. Your there to watch a race and the idiot does more to not watch the action than anything else. It is remarkable. He may be well liked by his piers. The quality of the product is absolute trash
Yep this is what you get when you are the ‘marketing states of America’. Everything is an ad and opportunity to sell something.
Mxgp is light years better for actual fans of racing to watch the broadcast.
why do we also need 5-6 commentators all talking 30 seconds each on US SMX, turns into a Talk Show with a race in the background. 2 in the booth, 1 on the floor is enough.
Exactly.
I do enjoy playing golf on Saturdays, having replaced the Bondo, Ricky & Will frustrations.
Podcast training, baby!
Like Mav said on another thread, MXGP-TV presents it as a sport, where AMA/SX/SMX is presented as a show.
Pit Row
Love the mxgp broadcasts. Don’t have to listen to weege fake laugh any time a pro says anything and Malin doesn’t talk to the viewer like it’s our first time ever seeing a dirt bike
…..Cooksey…..is that you? 😂
Yes and no…. Content? Definitely better. Technical execution? Not as good, too many stream drops for me. Last year I was disconnected for the entire first moto and today I lost stream for 5 minutes of moto 1.
Solid ISP and very modern PC…. Saw a lot of posts about stream lost.
The ”inside/outside” qoute RC got from the great Art Eckman!!
I think JT sleeps with a Jett poster taped to the ceiling above him... The guy looks like he spends more time in front of a mirror than super-models.
SX is the worst of the broadcasts....the whole show has become an unwatchable amateur night circus. MX is only better due to the hosts....still a clown show production.
What I haven’t seen anyone mention yet, but I think is worth pointing out: I really like how the MXGP broadcast shows all the riders on the gates before race time. They take their time to show each top rider, how focused they are, and how they prepare at the gate, etc. (it has been like that forever) On the US broadcast, there’s hardly any of that. You might get a few shots here and there, but often they switch to the start gate just SECONDS before the actual start. I dunno I think it’s much more immersive when you can see everyone before the gate drops.
when gajser took jet on the last corner ,
malin ,was pure brilliant, he couldnt contain his excitement and let it all out
Malin does have one weakness in his announcing. He rarely mentions the riders number. I don't watch MXGP that often, but when I do it takes a while to figure out who he is talking about.
Bro. Agree 100%. Well said. The only thing you missed was mentioning how far they zoom into the racer in the US. There could be 1/2 a wheel length between guys and they are so zoomed in you can’t even tell someone is behind.
I didn't miss the 40 mins of scoop tire talk.
High achiever? He is the G.O.A.T.
One thing I def dont like is the numbers scrolling across the bottom on gp tv. They constantly get blocked by things and if you are looking for what position a rider is in a takes a long time until it goes by. The way ama uses large chunks showing the top 10 then 11-20 below, then 20-30 below etc. makes it really quick to find out whos where as the action is going.
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