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I only caught the last 20 minutes of the show... but it was better than anything I saw on redline TV in the 3 shows I watched. The host was dry though, can't recall his name. I think it was the guy from 90210. He races in real life. Anyway I haven't watched Rides in month due to his voice. But last nite what I saw was awesome. They actually had GOOD footage and NICE camera work. Not DUMB effects like Redline where they change the car from black & white to purple to its normal color like they were doing last week to the greddy 350z I was trying to see. I hope Rides reairs this soon so I can record over the 3 Redline episodes I taped.
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It was great!
We enjoyed the show too and thought Toshi did a great job!
It was cool that Rides chose to focus a whole show on drifting, but let us not forget that this was one show out of 13...Redline has to be more things to more people and covers the whole of the tuner scene. We've already showcased what drifting is (first show) and now have gone on to cover various components of drifting over the course of six shows whereas Rides did it all in one extended broadcast but for me, it was cool to see some of the pioneers covered more in depth.
That said, it was clear that having fewer special camera effects added a distinct something to the show. Very well done indeed!Comment
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it was on 3 times yesterday....and its goin to be on 3 times today...Comment
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it was pretty awesome. i went to my parents house to watch it since i don't have cable yet at my place. anyway it was pretty cool. I agree it was nice that it went on for a while before commercials.Comment
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Missed it
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The show did seem to run long. i mean very few commercals and it was an hour long. Rides is professional because it is done documentry style. TLC is good at that style no doubt. It would be difficult for redline to match it well in its much shorter time slot. However i do honestly feel redline would be better if it took one show and focused on thing at a time. Its difficult if your trying to be diverse but i feel if you focused each show on a drift event showing drift battles from some of the series and kept track of the series point standings, both formula D and D1, you will really have a strong show that can stand on its own.
However the difficulty there is simple rights to show it. Not tomention the show would need to be relatively recent. Covering events from a few weeks ago, not months ago.
But anyways im rambling now..Comment
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Great features and excellent approach!Comment
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WOW that was great. Yea, they seriously need a monthly drifting special. So when does it come on again today???Comment
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I thought it was good....
better than the first redline tvComment
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i like the part where blair says... this is a VeilSide wing, it generates a lot of downforce...uhm (I could literally see him thinking...wait...traction is bad right for drifting right???) and it adds to the look of the car, and...it's functional.
I like the wing...and the logo on the bottom side. But i might just be a bit partial
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Best show I've watched on drifting so far.
Bad things: Kevin Kraack from APC comes across as a total idiot IMO. Not enough of the Signal and Apex boys and the Japanese drifters that have been around for freakin' forever (Kazama, Imamura, Nomura, Tanaka, Takahashi). Too much emphasis on "it takes a lot of money to build a drift car". ABSOLUTELY NO coverage of regional events.
Good things: I'm glad that they didn't show any street drifting for reasons that do not need to be named... I also thought it was cool that they showed the buildup of the GTO rather than "here is the GTO". Much better about showing accual drifts rather than just donuts. Super-bada$$ parking lot drifting by Team Orange, coming around the corner at like 100! (the shot that made sold the show to me)
Redline can easily be on par with this well-done show. Fewer goofy camera angles and effects, program time used to show drifting rather than the host rolling up in her car, driver interviews asking impotrant questions (tech-realated as well as personal opinion). At any given week there is more than enough going on in the world of drifting to fill the majority of a half-hour program. If it isn't possible to get people to events that are going on, you could always fill that time with drifting tech like tire and wheel selection, low-budget tuning, weight reduction projects, and safety tech, as well as driver technique segments like detailing different drifting methods and why/how they work, driver practice methods, etc.Comment
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the best part was when team orange came flying around that turn in the apc parking lot and started doing 360's around the camera...i only wish they showed some clips from japan...like real touge just a few clips to show how drifting originated...seemed a little strange when they said it started as an "offroad" sport in japan...Comment
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I think what they meant was off city streets. Off city streets and up in the touge!Originally posted by kaitokid21
...seemed a little strange when they said it started as an "offroad" sport in japan...Comment
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I loved the fact that they didn't try to be cool. They let the drifting be cool while they remained informative.Comment
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To me its seems as though Redline is trying to make drifting appealing to ricers by feeding it to you with crazy, hip, cool camera angles, flashy neon effects and a hot model as an announcer. Whereas, Rides just gave you very good drifting backed by an announcer who stays in the background and informative interviews with people who are actually part of the scene. In my opinion Redline is something that would appeal to kids not true motorsport fanatics and tuners.Comment
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