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Arrow, Chaos, Cobra, Comet, Cyclone and co. hit screens from early January.
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7th January. not long to wait now
Australia and UK are both doing a new version of gladiators in the next few months.
From what I can tell the English one looks really good, the Aussie one not so much. Ill reserve my thoughts til I can actually watch them though
From what I can tell the English one looks really good, the Aussie one not so much. Ill reserve my thoughts til I can actually watch them though
It appears that Ch10 have learned nothing from Ch7's disaster with Holey Moley.
Instead of putting the show on once per week, ideally on a Saturday night, they're stripping it across multiple nights. Who is going to watch 90 minutes of Gladiators, 3-4 nights per week? Talk about kicking a massive own-goal.
It's a real pity. I enjoyed watching the original Gladiators, back in the 1990s, and I was looking forward to this re-make. However, I'm unwilling to commit to watching 90 min of this, 3-4x per week. I doubt I'm the only prospective viewer they're losing.
They've shot themselves in the foot, and it will almost certainly crash & burn. However, they'll blame the show, when it was their own poor scheduling which created the disaster in the first place.
Instead of putting the show on once per week, ideally on a Saturday night, they're stripping it across multiple nights. Who is going to watch 90 minutes of Gladiators, 3-4 nights per week? Talk about kicking a massive own-goal.
It's a real pity. I enjoyed watching the original Gladiators, back in the 1990s, and I was looking forward to this re-make. However, I'm unwilling to commit to watching 90 min of this, 3-4x per week. I doubt I'm the only prospective viewer they're losing.
They've shot themselves in the foot, and it will almost certainly crash & burn. However, they'll blame the show, when it was their own poor scheduling which created the disaster in the first place.
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also we'll probably watch 5-10 min and decide it's not worth our time.
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It’s quite meh, because you can’t recapture that 90s nostalgia. Liz Ellis is not a good fit as co-host.
I know they’re already casting for contestants for a 2nd season, but they shouldn’t bother.
I know they’re already casting for contestants for a 2nd season, but they shouldn’t bother.
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I don’t think it is that bad so far.
I saw the 2024 UK season on YouTube, and I find our version better already.
This version of Gladiators are too roided up and big. In the 90s, the Gladiators were much more natural looking. Some of the contestants actually had a chance matching up size wise.
They have seemed to missed the mark on the casting of the woman gladiators. In the 90s, all were glamours. Even Flame she was quite stunning. I can’t imagine my old teenage self having a childhood crush for the likes of chaos.
Also the eyeline makeup is not necessary and actually quite distracting. And they are trying way too hard with the sledging of the contestants.
They have seemed to missed the mark on the casting of the woman gladiators. In the 90s, all were glamours. Even Flame she was quite stunning. I can’t imagine my old teenage self having a childhood crush for the likes of chaos.
Also the eyeline makeup is not necessary and actually quite distracting. And they are trying way too hard with the sledging of the contestants.
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The lack of background music for the games is a bit odd. Was very prominent in the original series.
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I could definitely imagine this generation's teenagers doing so. Societal norms of attractiveness change a lot over 28 years.
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Now I know where the HAM in Hammer comes from. Mark should tone it down a bit.
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Well this 1st episode has been a bit of a disaster. An injury in the 2nd event. The big guy was probably still concussed after getting knocked out in duel on the first blow. All challenges have been non competitive. The gladiators dominating. The wall was so bad with two of the competitors falling off the wall without a hand laid on by a gladiator. Ana got a charity 5 points because halo was too stupid to not grab the body instead of the leg/shoe. The eliminator was a fizzer. lol at Ana falling asleep on the balance beam.
I’ll give it one more episode but I hope it improves and becomes more competitive.
I’ll give it one more episode but I hope it improves and becomes more competitive.
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Agree the pauses are very annoying.
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I think the commercial suggested that contenders would have more luck tomorrow. I could be wrong though.
Phoenix clearly the star Gladiator. Peak athlete. Cannot see many, if any, contenders beating him. It’s incredible to watch and I love it.
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If you look back at the original series (it's all on youtube), first episodes tended to be a bit disappointing an then stepped up.
Was very disappointing, we’ll see if it improves but way too much crap to jazz up the show into some modern crap.
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What an odd show.
Anyone know how long this is meant to go for? Cos I can see re-runs of the Dog House on Monday and Tuesday, and triple episodes of Gladiators on Friday or Saturday night by the end of January.
I feel like I spent half of tonight's show waiting for Hammer to ask people if they're ****ing ready - unfortunately, based on the preview for tomorrow, they think that's going to become an iconic part of the show.
- They've picked 2 awful hosts for this show, especially when they're trying to do some of the sarcastic humour that doesn't suit either of them.
- The lack of music meant there was no ambience at all.
- I was confused by the games chosen. Of the old games, Duel is the most likely to cause head trauma, Powerball and Pyramid are among the 2 most likely to cause injuries.
- Despite all that, a lot of the games tonight felt slow motion, like they were trying not to hurt each other.
- The apparent storyline of going from contender to Gladiator is a bit of a fail I think.
Anyone know how long this is meant to go for? Cos I can see re-runs of the Dog House on Monday and Tuesday, and triple episodes of Gladiators on Friday or Saturday night by the end of January.
I feel like I spent half of tonight's show waiting for Hammer to ask people if they're ****ing ready - unfortunately, based on the preview for tomorrow, they think that's going to become an iconic part of the show.
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I think he cheated on the duel. He anticipated the whistle and moved before it was blown to get the first shot in. Wouldn't of mattered anyway against a 19 year old.
Considering it's 50% longer than the '90s version (90min vs 60min)... and 3x per week (instead of once)... I'd say they're in a world of trouble.
This show was perfect Saturday night light entertainment. It was silly, it was fun, it was once per week. Why anyone thought it would work well stripped 3x per week, on a week night, is entirely beyond me.
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There are 8 quarter final spots. So I’d say there should be 8 regular episodes. + 4 quarter episodes + 2 semi episodes + the GF. I could be wrong though. In the UK I believe they are doing 12 episodes of it.
Would have won Duel regardless. Don’t think anyone is beating him in that this season.
Only games I could see him losing is Hang Tough or the Wall (if they give him any of those events but it is unlikely), but even then he is so good that he may still win them. My favourite Gladiator by far.
Channel 10 have history of doing this. They did the same thing with Australian Amazing race.
8 shows of qualifiers
4 shows of quarter finals
2 shows of semis
1 grand final
15 episodes. 3 a week for 5 weeks.
January is usually a non-ratings period for TV. They just need content to fill a slot. Channel 10 probably dont care above viewers. They didnt bother organising a live audience.
Ratings season starts on 11 February this year, so if it runs for 5 weeks then the last week will be during ratings period. Good luck with that!
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Thought it was okay, and to be fair, the competitors weren’t great, but maybe we aren’t the target audience anymore.
I loved Gladiators when I was ten or so in the 90s. My parents probably thought it was cringe.
My nine year old son loves this new Gladiators and while I think it’s cringe, I love watching it with him.
That’s all that matters, I reckon.
I loved Gladiators when I was ten or so in the 90s. My parents probably thought it was cringe.
My nine year old son loves this new Gladiators and while I think it’s cringe, I love watching it with him.
That’s all that matters, I reckon.
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