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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2016-05-15 04:24 pm

[ SECRET POST #3420 ]


⌈ Secret Post #3420 ⌋

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Re: Fandom Rants

(Anonymous) 2016-05-16 07:19 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know about the fandom, but I thought it was a good name. It sounds a lot less obnoxiously testosterone-filled than "Top Gear" and it works on different levels. First, as you mentioned, it refers to the tradition of wealthy upper class young men doing a tour of Europe as a finishing off of their education and a rite of passage of sorts, so it evokes world travel. Entirely apropos. It also reminds one of a "touring car", so there's the link with cars and racing in particular. Actually I think it'd be a challenge to think of a more appropriate name for the show that was still relatively concise.
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Re: Fandom Rants

[personal profile] slashgirl 2016-05-19 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh god, you're a Clarkson fan, aren't you?

Evokes world travel? Yeah. Okaaayyy. Because soooo many people today are even aware of the touring traditions of wealthy young men (and tbh, I was actually thinking about young women travelling) back in the day. And I have to say bwuh? to the name Top Gear being testoserone filled (pretty sure Sabine Schmitz might disagree). Egotistical, perhaps.

OMG, touring car? Pretty sure only my grandparents generation would even recognize that term. This is a world wide show that needs a name that's going to appeal world wide. If this was a brand new show with new hosts, "The Grand Tour" wouldn't've been considered, at least not seriously.

I don't think it'd be that much of a challenge to think up a more energetic name that doesn't use the initials TG/GT and that is also concise.