Gladiators 2008
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Well that was pretty poor! 
Hmm I only caught glimpses of the repeats of the first two weeks, finally caught a full episode tonight at 6pm. It was okay, but definitely not as exciting as it was. For a start, they're filming it at Pinewood Studios as opposed to the Birmingham NIA which has a capacity of 13,000 - now it doesn't even look half that. The Eliminator used to look like a long crazy journey, now it looks more confined. Also I'm not sure about the lighting and water - it just makes it look really weak and bland. I like the crowd being right up by the Gauntlet this time though.
The new Gladiators are pretty cool - they all have personas/gimmicks although no-one can beat Wolf, Hunter, Saracen, Jet and Vogue. Ice and Tempest are pretty damn hot. Need to get used to Wright, Gallagher and the new commentator.
Overall it's a decent return but having it on a Sunday night and on Sky hinders it from the ratings it could achieve.
The new Gladiators are pretty cool - they all have personas/gimmicks although no-one can beat Wolf, Hunter, Saracen, Jet and Vogue. Ice and Tempest are pretty damn hot. Need to get used to Wright, Gallagher and the new commentator.
Overall it's a decent return but having it on a Sunday night and on Sky hinders it from the ratings it could achieve.
its a big let down for me, could have been so much better...
The arena looks around 1/4 size of the old one at the NIA. It all looks crammed in. They should have got John Sachs back to do the commentary, the new isn't up to much. They should have also used the same 'challenging' music, the new stuff is awful.
The show tonight was rubbish! Firstly whats with John Anderson stopping play every 5 seconds? Think he must have stop play around 5 times tonight all for petty things.
The elimanaitor is the biggest let down. The cotton reels are a complete waste of time, people just fall straight off and roll down the netting. The rope down after the reels is also pointless, people just jump down. Also the penalty the girl received from falling off the hand ladder was 10 secs? Took the other girl longer to get across the proper way, she should have been made to start again!
And whats happened to the travelator? You could walk up it it moves that slow!
Hope they get it sorted for the next series, if they have one!
The arena looks around 1/4 size of the old one at the NIA. It all looks crammed in. They should have got John Sachs back to do the commentary, the new isn't up to much. They should have also used the same 'challenging' music, the new stuff is awful.
The show tonight was rubbish! Firstly whats with John Anderson stopping play every 5 seconds? Think he must have stop play around 5 times tonight all for petty things.
The elimanaitor is the biggest let down. The cotton reels are a complete waste of time, people just fall straight off and roll down the netting. The rope down after the reels is also pointless, people just jump down. Also the penalty the girl received from falling off the hand ladder was 10 secs? Took the other girl longer to get across the proper way, she should have been made to start again!
And whats happened to the travelator? You could walk up it it moves that slow!
Hope they get it sorted for the next series, if they have one!
Only watched the end of tonight's episode, what a load of crap:
-Too much pussy-footing around from the girls on Pyramid, basically there was ZERO grappling at all, they didn't even bother moving up above the 3rd step where the gladiators can touch them. So basically 60s of them moving side-to-side near the bottom.... ZZzZzz
-Girls eliminator was an absolute farce, the winner jumped the gun first of all, and then later on she GAINED by falling off the monkey bars near the start - she gets a 10s penalty but also a free ride to the other end, saving her energy and letting her overtake the other poor girl who was actually doing the bars. If I was a contender I'd just deliberately fall down on the first bar, walk to the end and wait the 10s, jobs a good'un.
-One guy gave up in the eliminator right at the start due to injury, meaning that the other bloke just had to complete the course to win (he'd scored a grand total of 0pts in the previous events). Shame they didn't bring on a sub to replace the injured guy like in the old series.
Having only 4 events before the eliminator is also a bit poor, they used to have at least 5.
-Too much pussy-footing around from the girls on Pyramid, basically there was ZERO grappling at all, they didn't even bother moving up above the 3rd step where the gladiators can touch them. So basically 60s of them moving side-to-side near the bottom.... ZZzZzz
-Girls eliminator was an absolute farce, the winner jumped the gun first of all, and then later on she GAINED by falling off the monkey bars near the start - she gets a 10s penalty but also a free ride to the other end, saving her energy and letting her overtake the other poor girl who was actually doing the bars. If I was a contender I'd just deliberately fall down on the first bar, walk to the end and wait the 10s, jobs a good'un.
-One guy gave up in the eliminator right at the start due to injury, meaning that the other bloke just had to complete the course to win (he'd scored a grand total of 0pts in the previous events). Shame they didn't bring on a sub to replace the injured guy like in the old series.
Having only 4 events before the eliminator is also a bit poor, they used to have at least 5.
It was 10pm. I posted straight after to correct myself!
Also what's with all these blocks instead of that paper they used to break through? That was so much cooler. Especially at the end of the Eliminator they used to monkey rope it through the paper, now they just crash into blocks. What a poor end!
Also what's with all these blocks instead of that paper they used to break through? That was so much cooler. Especially at the end of the Eliminator they used to monkey rope it through the paper, now they just crash into blocks. What a poor end!
She has nice norks though.
