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Fun Stuff => ENJOY => Topic started by: valley_parade on 24 Dec 2007, 07:37
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In early January.
I'm surprisingly excited, more than I probably should be.
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There's not enough steroids involved, so I won't be watching it. You remember how big the old Nitro was? None of that here.
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They've also started casting for the Australian one.
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Oh man, I hope they do this with the UK version. I'd be ridiculously excited, if so.
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I remember the old American Gladiators. That show was awesome. I'm excited for this iteration, I'll be honest.
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Holy crap!
I was just thinking the other day that I missed this show!
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Hot damn.
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I saw an "inside look" at this when I last went to the movies. I couldn't stop laughing. These guys are hilarious.
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I watched a marathon of the old show on ESPN Classic or something once. It was the best day I ever spent without going outside.
Hilarious. And I'm super glad Hulk Hogan is involved.
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YES. When I was a kid, I always wanted to battle with those giant q-tip things. I hope it's just as entertaining now as it was when I was younger.
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Hell. Yes.
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YES. When I was a kid, I always wanted to battle with those giant q-tip things. I hope it's just as entertaining now as it was when I was younger.
My junior year of high school, they had those at a school-sponsored after-prom party. You can wear all the helmets in the world and it still hurts like a bitch getting hit in the head.
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I already set my TiVo to record them. I loved that show.
YES. When I was a kid, I always wanted to battle with those giant q-tip things. I hope it's just as entertaining now as it was when I was younger.
I made some back then.
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For the longest time I thought I was the only person that was really excited that show was coming back on the air.
Then I catch the articles about how contestants are getting hurt (badly) by the Gladiators, my first thought what did you really expect? these people are ... for lack of a better word monstrosities.
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I knew one of the guys from the first Australian series. I think his name was Commando on the show but his real name was Ashley. He was a security guard on my dad's gated community estate. I can't wait for this to come back, it is reality television worth watching.
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You can wear all the helmets in the world and it still hurts like a bitch getting hit in the head.
Helmets: great for stopping skull fractures, not so great for stopping brain rattlings!
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Just ask Eric Lindros (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16Z7-XRPcrw)!
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Does any one else have nightmares about Wolf? That guy is terrifying.
I'm enjoying the show but it's still annoying that some guy can suck through five events then win the whole thing in the Eliminator because the other guy can't climb a cargo net or make it up an inclined treadmill. If that's the only things you want to have matter just have them and save me an hour of my life.
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The gladiator I'm most afraid of is actually one of the female Gladiators.
Crush is like a professional Muy Thai fighter and a 5 time women's UFC champion. She's also the best looking gladiator they have, and is from Las Vegas, which always makes me go "YAY" for some reason. Probably because I'm from there.
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I want to know how they came up with the names for these guys.
Venom and Crush are really good-looking women.
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Is the Australian one bringing back Mike Whitney? For some reason he's all I think of when I hear about Gladiators. Then it makes me think about Who Dares Wins.
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I like Wolf.
He's the one that sounds like a wolf.
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the new one is awesome but the one thing I miss is the ref getting things going with the long drawn out commands... thats what made the show classic...
but at least it came back should be pretty awesome once I can actually sit down and watch it!
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They have that! It's longer, usually.
"IS THE CONTENDER READY? GLADIATOR, READY? THREE, TWO, ONE, *COMMERCIAL BREAK*"
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Oh hells yeah, the UK version is coming back! Although not on free channels, I don't think :(
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I swear the commercial breaks are incredibly annoying. And do they have to talk to each contender before and after every event? Seriously! There's like 5 minutes of action during an hour long show!
The gladiators getting chucked into the pool after having their target hit in Assault is awesome, though. I'd want to lose as a aGladiator just so I could do that.
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Saw the Championship match... The guy who won was a climbing instructor and he literally could fly up the wall. First time I've seen a guy not only beat the gladiatior up but have twice the lead he started with at the end.
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I swear the commercial breaks are incredibly annoying. And do they have to talk to each contender before and after every event?
Hulk Hogan gets paid on a "times he says 'brother' per episode" basis.