Gladiators

[Pflanzgarten]

MiniMan64 said:

Pflanzgarten said:

MiniMan64 said:

Pflanzgarten said:

Bloody brilliant in our house, we absolutely loved it! Obviously it was the BBC so we had to have a same sex marriage for the kids to ask "what?" but apart from that it was joyous unadulterated Saturday night fun.

Really?

Why would that be a problem for your kids?

Why are you concerned what my kids are aware of?

You felt the need to point out something perfectly normal as odd.

No I didn’t.

[asfault]

coolchris said:

Bradley good and a true pro but Barney let's be honest like Ronan kemp get the gigs because of there Dad's.The programme was great entertainment glad they stuck to a successful formula that didn't need changing.The scowling gladiator is a poor version of wolf at least wolf was humorous.I wonder how these new gladiators would have stacked up to the originals.Jet and lightning pretty much untouchable on the rings and the early days Shadow was a beast on duel contenders were beaten before they got up there those eyes just psyched contenders out.The re hashed Gladiators on sky that was short lived Tornado was a formidable gladiator.

Was thinking about the "rings" game earlier.

Proper brutal when a gladiator especially on the men when the gladiator could use their whole weight and jump to try and pull them off.

Edited to add just rewatched a classic game of "hang tough"

Lass held on in sheer pain with a gladiator jumping on her. Broke 2 vertibrae on her fall.

Hope they dont allow the gladiator to jump when hanging onto the contendor.

Edited by asfault on Saturday 13th January 20:47

[robscot]

Pflanzgarten said:

No I didn’t.

“ apart from that “

Came across you did IMHO.

[Another project]

I enjoyed it, it was very nostalgic. I spent most of the time thinking that I could do better very much like when I was a kid

[Glenn63]

Its Just Adz said:

The size of Giant.

Jesus christ.

That lean at 20 stone.

Jamie Christian, was a pretty competitive bodybuilder before getting this show, bit to tall for bodybuilding. Decent guy though used to watch a few of his videos and he’s been on a few podcasts.

[Pflanzgarten]

asfault said:

Was thinking about the "rings" game earlier.

Proper brutal when a gladiator especially on the men when the gladiator could use their whole weight and jump to try and pull them off.

Edited to add just rewatched a classic game of "hang tough"

Lass held on in sheer pain with a gladiator jumping on her. Broke 2 vertibrae on her fall.

Hope they dont allow the gladiator to jump when hanging onto the contendor.

Edited by asfault on Saturday 13th January 20:47

We picked up on that, was there a new rule that said the gladiator couldn’t jump onto you and pull you off the rings? Maybe previous incidents meant they couldn’t play that way?

[DeejRC]

Er - didn’t the blonde lass do exactly that?

[BadOrangePete]

DeejRC said:

Er - didn’t the blonde lass do exactly that?

Think she was still holding onto a ring IIRC

I enjoyed that, proper took me back!

[asfault]

BadOrangePete said:

DeejRC said:

Er - didn’t the blonde lass do exactly that?

Think she was still holding onto a ring IIRC

I enjoyed that, proper took me back!

A bit yeah, Im not sure this week 1 guy fkced up and the other was struggling so didnt really see a full on body grapple. could defo fk up your shoulder joints.

Id want to win but if they do that i think i would play the long game and just bail on that one...

[MC Bodge]

MiniMan64 said:

Pflanzgarten said:

Bloody brilliant in our house, we absolutely loved it! Obviously it was the BBC so we had to have a same sex marriage for the kids to ask "what?" but apart from that it was joyous unadulterated Saturday night fun.

Really?

Why would that be a problem for your kids?

I wondered that. My kids didn't comment. We have friends and relatives in same-sex marriages. To them it is just what happens.

[MC Bodge]

I enjoyed watching it with my children. It appeared virtually unchanged since the 90s.

It is rare that my children sit with us and watch something without gawping at another screen.

That Finlay lad did really well.


I wonder if the Gladiators are tested for PEDs?

[pocketspring]

MC Bodge said:

I enjoyed watching it with my children. It appeared virtually unchanged since the 90s.

It is rare that my children sit with us and watch something without gawping at another screen.

That Finlay lad did really well.


I wonder if the Gladiators are tested for PEDs?

After the Shadow incident, they would be stupid not to.

[Kamov]

Kids, girl 10 boy 13 loved it, I'd been youtubing old ones for them and glad to see they didn't mess with the format too much.
Also started watching the netflix series about original USA gladiators, worth watching to see the first pilots, absolutely catastrophic.

Only let down, seeing Brad Walsh and his son. Should of been a fit bloke and a fit woman presenting, made no sense with those two unless Brad is on the production team and if so not much i can say.

Me and the kids thought the women's rounds were better than the blokes, and some of the women this time round are hot as hell.

Loved it.

[hidetheelephants]

Pitre said:

Like the show, but as a footy fan I'm disappointed to see Mark Clusterfk as a referee on this. Thought we'd seen the back of him...

No miserable weegie with an "on my first whistle"? I R disapoint. Is John Anderson dead? No, just incredibly old.

[BossHogg]

I thoroughly enjoyed it, I commented to MrsHogg if they would use the original theme tune or a new one. When old faithful struck up at the beginning, I was immediately transported back to the original.

[Ancient Wheelbarrow]

Loved it, they were clever enough to keep it basically the same, which was great.

Also, having watched a few things on the ITV recently where they drag a 40 minute show out to 90 minutes (more chance for ads) this really zipped along, properly crammed into an hour.

[Randy Winkman]

Kamov said:

Only let down, seeing Brad Walsh and his son. Should of been a fit bloke and a fit woman presenting, made no sense with those two unless Brad is on the production team and if so not much i can say.

I thought they are an odd choice too because they don't really complement the theme of the show.

On Harry Aikines Aryeetey, I'm a keen athletics fan and always thought he was on the verge of being "over-muscled". Granted, he does look even bigger now.

[Kamov]

Having watched Jermaine Jenas presenting, badly, Formula E, being as he's a guy i really admire i can't help thinking he would of been a better fit for this show.
They got a top draw footy commentator in which was clever, i think the next step would be to have 'pundits' as presenters so they could do a brief synopsis of the previous action, Brad and his kid take it too far away from a 'sport' IMO, they just jarred with it all.

Jermaine Jenas and Jill Scott would of been perfect, to name one example...

[Runnyg]

Proper nostalgia for us oldies.

Our grown up kids all texted saying how much they used to enjoy Saturday nights - Gladitors, pizza and can of fizzy juice.

Brilliant the new series is on BBC avoiding ad breaks every few minutes.

[Randy Winkman]

Runnyg said:

Proper nostalgia for us oldies.

Our grown up kids all texted saying how much they used to enjoy Saturday nights - Gladitors, pizza and can of fizzy juice.

Brilliant the new series is on BBC avoiding ad breaks every few minutes.

It is good to not have ads. And ex sports people (male and female since there are make and female contestants) would have been good. You'd have thought they'd have learned from A Question of Sport.