the new American Gladiators is pretty great.

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I just finished the first hour of the first episode and it was a pretty great time. the show is pretty much exactly what I wanted and shows signs of turning into completely what I wanted. the matchups with the female contestants in the first episode (after a pinch hitter swapout) made for a pretty awesome episode.

so far the standout gladiators are Wolfman and Toa. the Female gladiators haven't done much to differentiate themselves yet, but they are all pretty hardcore.

Toptube · Anti-cabbage Party Candidate Joined: 23 Apr 2007

this show is a pretty successfull approximation of something like ninja warrior combined with some hard hitting beef. its just the sort of "reality" game show that america has needed for awhile.

shrugtheironteacup · *man of tomorrow* Joined: 06 Dec 2006 Location: a meat

How much foam weaponry was in evidence?
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Focus · Joined: 04 Dec 2006

yeah, that wolf guy is pretty great. the whole time i was watching the show, i couldn't help but recall mike judge's OTHER movie, idiocracy.
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shrugtheironteacup · *man of tomorrow* Joined: 06 Dec 2006 Location: a meat

Well thank God.

I'd hate for a lack of foam beat-downs to ruin all those memories from my childhood.
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a girl is bleeding from the face!

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Fury has a pretty cool special move on the rings.

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it does seem like they are pretty blatantly writing some of the male contestants though. it could be they are just big dorks.

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FUCKING YES

Why God did I miss this?

I've never really been into torrents but now may be the TIME
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Eudaimon · Joined: 08 Sep 2007 Location: Space City

They had that girl bleeding from her forehead on the first episode. I don't know if that's awesome or dreadful.

I never had the chance to see the original show, but this one kind of interests me. It's very much like that Ninja Warrior show, only Americanized (direct competition, weapons, general "toughness".) It's like the difference between watching speedruns and watching fighting game matches.

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Lurky · banned Joined: 06 Dec 2006

I watched some of this!

Is the show writing the dialog of the male contestants? I just thought they were big dorks and hamming it a bit for the camera.

I just find the modern day Hogan endearing, his daughter too! I watched snippits of Hogan knows best as well. There was this excellent part, where Hogan was all 'respect brother' and the dork started crying, and Hogan was all 'that's awsome' and his daughter says "It's not awesome that he's crying.'. :D

IIOIOOIOO · double banned Joined: 08 Dec 2006

Too much backstory/dialogue from the contestants. It took me watching 3 hours worth of the show to realize that said dialogue/backstory was the "mystery factor" which was aggravating me.

My nostalgic memory of the show had them introducing the contestants as "This is Jim. He is a plumber from Albequerque. Let's do this!"

Other than that, I'm digging it. Helga might be the ultimate "plan b" girl if her legs got slightly cottage-cheesy when she wasn't flexing.

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diplo · Joined: 18 Dec 2006 Location: Brandy Brendo's bungalow

this is a lawsuit just waiting to happen

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cowboykim · Joined: 11 Jul 2007 Location: C-Town

man I will have to torrent this or find it on youtube, I did not know there was a new gladiators! loved the old show, it was pretty much the best show to watch on sunday afternoons.

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HULK HOGAN

"More moves than a bowl of jello!"

Craptastic! · Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Location: Canada

The Eliminator segment for the men on Monday's episode was brutal with respect to how Big Country kept failing to go up the travelator or whatever it's called. Despite the commanding lead throughout the show, $100,000 and a car went down the drain because he couldn't get up on his feet after grabbing the rope. It was almost heart breaking.

The asscheck exposure due to the other guy pulling on Militia's tights during the uh...gladiator toss event was pretty funny though.

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I highly encourage anyone who has only seen monday night's episode to torrent sunday night's two hour double dose. monday night is an example of when this new show will have an average episode because of comparatively lame contenders. both sets of contenders on sunday were much better.

Axelay 2 · Joined: 23 Apr 2007

Wow, I laughed my ass off at this show, it's just so absurd. Sorry guys.

Wolf is fucking annoying with that constant howling.

And no Atlasphere? C'mon, nothing says gameshow, like contestants running around in giant hamster balls!

The red lady in the first episode on the eliminator was hysterical. She was just lying there getting raped by the treadmill for like 2 minutes.

And I really loved this:

Aside from jumping the whistle, it's exactly how the game/show should be played.

Toptube · Anti-cabbage Party Candidate Joined: 23 Apr 2007

I just want to make sure its clear how awesomely rough the gladiators are with the contestants. especially in the game where you try to put balls in baskets, and The Pyramid. they seriously pancake people into walls, throw them away, body slam, the level of physicality is really pretty high.

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someone cryogenic titan just for this show!
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Talbain · Joined: 14 Jan 2007

I watched this after seeing the comments here and... wow. I'm not sure to laugh or... well, laugh, but a more sad, less amused laugh.
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Aaron · Joined: 07 Dec 2006

Can watch the eps streaming on nbc.com. No need for torrents. Good show I thought. Silly but fun entertainment.

taidan · Joined: 05 Dec 2006

Haven't seen this yet :(

Still, one interesting thing I found was that as usual, paranoid internet peoples claim the show is rigged. Could be true, but the video I saw that tried to prove it mostly said things like "why can't they fall forward here?", and I think "well you know buddy, the travelator moves them down".

Love it when geeks who don't do much physical activity know they can comment on it experlty.

google · Joined: 08 Feb 2007 Location: Vancouver, BC

Is anyone of the English variety in this thread?

Who remembers OUR Gladiators?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=yhYKEmxY7_c

For any Americans watching, the presenter is England Rugby Legend Gerry Guscott...

Hosting Gladiators...
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Toptube · Anti-cabbage Party Candidate Joined: 23 Apr 2007

so apparenlty UK Gladiators = WWF?

I'm suddenly overlooking any slight misgivings with the new american show's "talking" bits.

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Daphaknee · Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 5:36 am

oh man i love the new american gladiators this is so good they had a pro skater on it
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