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^Yes. Also, that public interaction occurred with a group of fans and when all actors knew the camera's were rolling.
Its reasonable to assume private interaction was not the same or better.
The producers created a situation where DB was expected to stick a rag in his air box so as not to outrun RC. When it became clear that RC was not in support of being paired with DB, and that RC wasn't going anywhere, DB cut his losses and moved on. DB is smart but not smart enough to know how to dumb it down. Weege on the other hand is smart enough to know when and how to play dumb.
The fact he is in a public position elevates the need for him to be at a high level. If an employee received poor reviews continually from their "customers", he would have the opportunity to get better and if not would be gone or reassigned. Small mistakes in a Live show are understandable, but he is constantly terrible, offers little to no insight, and his analogies are way off.
And as far as the entertainment aspect of it jugglers do not drop the balls, opera soloists perform flawlessly, actors say the correct lines. I watched MotoGP the other night, SX/MX deserves that kind of professional broadcast.
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I remember watching MXON last year and thinking how is the broadcast this much better than the ama one? They had more cameras on the ground and not 5 people talking on the broadcast and no drone, even though that would have been cool.
There's one cool thing about the Blairgate and especially this topic: it got me to listen to old CDs from a 90's band I liked and had almost totally forgotten: Enuff Z'nuff.
Could just as well have been Limahl's "Never ending story"...
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Ahh, the hair band that arrived on the scene at the beginning of the grunge era. Somewhere i have that tape with Fly High Michelle on it. Now if I just had a cassette recorder that worked. How is it that not using something for a decade causes it to not work?
Just like this thread, they were there for a loooooong time and nothing happened.
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Loved that one -among many others.
Free Daniel Blair?
They for sure have some good coverage.
Like no pay wall...???
NAH
D's gotta eat!
Posting this here since it's broadcast related vs. making ANOTHER broadcast post.
After watching the presser this past Saturday, YouTube automatically started to play the 250/450 mains from Vegas 2017. This is the first time that I've watched an "old" race vs. a more recent one. It was kind of eye-opening.
First off, RC was not bad as a trackside reporter. He actually provided some good insight between the races. His delivery during the race was a step above Will's. I think it was because he didn't necessarily have to think on his feet.
In retrospect, Ralph and Fro were much better in the booth than what we get now. The broadcast has taken multiple steps back between Leigh, RC, etc.
The production direction at Fox was a lot cleaner. Less use of garbage split screens. On-screen graphics for timing and scoring were arguably more legible. Overall the Fox product appeared more polished.
Where the NBC broadcast shines, however, are the camera angles. Some of them are still pretty bad, but more recent broadcasts seem to be shooting from a higher angle, both with cameras and the drone. The older broadcast had low angle cameras (on the back of a Mule, on the concourse, etc.) which made it harder to see how riders take different rhythms and such.
Also, Todd Harris was calling the SailGP race last weekend. My fiancée who never followed SX until a few years ago was blown away when I told her that he used to call the races. This is kind of beating a dead horse, but the guy is miles better than Diffey or pretty much any other mainstream announcer we've had in recent years.
I've been watching a bunch of Bar To Bar's in the last few weeks. As a younger person that wasn't old enough to understand Art and DB, holy shit were they awesome. Straight up play by play and straight up analysis that didn't have to relate to a "bigger story" or the championship hunt. It's the polar opposite of what we have now. There are pro's and con's to both, but it's definitely easier to listen to those older videos and just enjoy the racing. I acknowledge bar to bar show's the highlights so take my comments with a grain of salt.
You're right though. Part of what made the Ralph and Fro broadcast "good" was that Ralph was actually calling the race. Right now we have the Diff and RC social hour where they MAYBE talk about what's on track and RC makes predications that occasionally pan out.
The broadcast as it stands is almost like some sort of YouTube reaction video where a few guys comment on the race. Except this is on network television. There's no real excitement in anyone's voice beyond OHHHHH.
There is a very well-known quote in marketing and advertising....
"What you have to say is enormously more important than how you say it"
RC is incredibly bad at how he says things, and during the broadcast he doesn't have anything valuable he's even TRYING to say. It's that simple.
The production team was the same both on FOX and NBC. Bondo has been with the series since 2009.
It would be better for both LD and RC if the show was pre-recorded and played back days later like it used to be. Then they could have retakes, edits, etc. On second thought they would probably screw that up too.🤣
Can you imagine how corny and forced rc would be if he got to plan it out and redo it and act surprised at what he’s seeing. Good god, he’s already faker than the kardashians I can’t even imagine that lol.
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Where's the Blair vs Mathess podcast for this week?
Has Daniel already quit that job too or with him being on The Monday show did Pulpmx not want to over load us with too much DB?
Yes, and the camera work still sucks, even though they have better angles. The story-driven narratives are obviously something that NBC is pushing, just like they do with Olympic coverage.
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