FTA-TV Gladiators returning to TV

[ubolt]

6 days to go!

 

[ubolt]

found this on youtube: a challenge from the up and coming season of gladiators filmed by a crowd member obviously.

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=g4r2KKOmMcw

 

[Deenamite]

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Good challenge.

 

[raikkonen]

6.30 tonight!!! Its been a long time coming!

 

[ubolt]

only about 4 hours away guys!

 

[WhyAlwaysMe]

It just won't be the same without Mike Whitney.

 

[NeRFaHoLIc]

Surely Nitro used to be a man.

 

[TigerFan]

I want to punch Tom Williams in the face.

 

[dmc333]

Some of those blokes need to do a few sit-ups.

Was expecting a few ripped up animals, few of them look like they just stepped out of the pub.

 

[beautime]

the hosts are shit

Where did we pull this chick from she can't even speak, without raising her pitch.

 

[Crosby87]

The challengers come out flexing and looking all mean... basically acting like utter tools.

When the gladiators do it - fair enough, they're playing a character.

 

[ManWithNoName]

Why isn't the guy called "Thunder" called "Tank"? It'd suit him much more than that fool who's actually called Tank.

I love Thunder. He'd kill people.

 

[Cousin Jed]

the hosts are shit

Where did we pull this chick from she can't even speak, without raising her pitch.

McLeod's Daughters

 

[NeRFaHoLIc]

I don't know which team is the blokes. They both look manly.

 

[NeRFaHoLIc]

Ahh, watching this just got worth it.

God bless the marketing team at Bonds. You should all be knighted for the service you bring.

 

[Bombers_Forever]

"Tank" - what a stupid name

 

[ManWithNoName]

"Tank" - what a stupid name

Especially when the guy's one of the smallest Gladiators.

 

[Xtreme]

This is stuffed, they've turned it into one catastrophic staged circus show.

Reading about people who have went to the tapings (as fans of the old series), when they walked away disappointed... it left me with little hope that this new reinvention would at least match the original.

Seeing how chopped and edited it is, is really lame.

 

[Bombers_Forever]

Especially when the guy's one of the smallest Gladiators.

So true!

I don't know what is more lame - the show, the hosts or the crowd!

 

[w00dy]

McLeod's Daughters

Zoe Naylor. i loved her as a kid when she was on MTV...

The bloke is far more annoying though...

 

[Xtreme]

So true!

I don't know what is more lame - the show, the hosts or the crowd!

They had the crowd 'interact' before the taping officially started. All of the clapping and cheering you hear is 'staged' to the point of boredom.

What happens is they get told to clap for a certain amount of time, cheer/yell/scream for a certain amount of time, then wave around pre made signs (provided by 7's production staff).

When they're filming the show, the audience is relatively motionless and sit watching the action.

When you see the finished product on tv, it is a messy mesh of pre taping 'cues' from producers and the action you're watching between the gladiators and challengers.

I know the interviews between the gladiators and challengers is staged with badly written scripts (as they do multiple takes of the same thing).

Another thing i havn't had confirmed by more than a few people is that the show is staged from the get go is that the action itself is scripted. What they do is, they'll film the game in one go.... but if the 'conclusion' isn't to their liking, they'll film it again... even to the point of changing the finish to the match - to get a better camera angle of it etc (making it sound like wrestling... but essentially what i understand is that the show is just as scripted).

 

[Bombers_Forever]

They had the crowd 'interact' before the taping officially started. All of the clapping and cheering you hear is 'staged' to the point of boredom.

What happens is they get told to clap for a certain amount of time, cheer/yell/scream for a certain amount of time, then wave around pre made signs (provided by 7's production staff).

When they're filming the show, the audience is relatively motionless and sit watching the action.

When you see the finished product on tv, it is a messy mesh of pre taping 'cues' from producers and the action you're watching between the gladiators and challengers.

I know the interviews between the gladiators and challengers is staged with badly written scripts (as they do multiple takes of the same thing).

Another thing i havn't had confirmed by more than a few people is that the show is staged from the get go is that the action itself is scripted. What they do is, they'll film the game in one go.... but if the 'conclusion' isn't to their liking, they'll film it again... even to the point of changing the finish to the match - to get a better camera angle of it etc (making it sound like wrestling... but essentially what i understand is that the show is just as scripted).

That doesn't surprise me at all. It is fairly obvious too - typical 7

 

[Cleavy]

Note to female gladiators: Learn to swing your pugel stick on Duel/Joust. Worst jousting display ever.

Tom Williams needs to dress more casual. Wearing a suit looks so out of place.

Thunder is the only Gladiator with personality.

 

[Cleavy]

Another thing i havn't had confirmed by more than a few people is that the show is staged from the get go is that the action itself is scripted. What they do is, they'll film the game in one go.... but if the 'conclusion' isn't to their liking, they'll film it again... even to the point of changing the finish to the match - to get a better camera angle of it etc (making it sound like wrestling... but essentially what i understand is that the show is just as scripted).

I'm fairly sure that re-takes happened on the (recent) American version also.

 

[Blue Red and Gold]

well I will continue to watch it as long as Angel is on it.