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Looking forward to sitting down with the family on Saturday and watching it. Hope it doesn’t disappoint. Some of the new Gladiators look like absolute monsters!
Favourite recollection from watching it in the 1990s was when Eunice Huthart, who was then a competitor, absolutely battered a load of them on The Gauntlet. Huthart then went on to be a Gladiator herself, before becoming a stunt performer on 007, Star Wars and Tomb Raider movies.
Will definitely watch the first one at least, loved the original BITD. Don't think I ever saw the 2nd version that was done 2010 ish?
yeah remember Eunice, absolute legend, didn't realise she'd gone on to be a stunt woman!
nope.
it was crap then and it'll be crap now.
The Mash playing a blinder on the subject....
Gladiators revival to include silent dad hiding erection in background
😂
Its difficult to beat as a bit of Saturday night silliness. Who's going to do the AWOOGA's with no Fash though?
Saturday nights were great back then - Gladiators and Blind Date 🙂
I'll be watching (I got tickets for the live show but it clashed with a school event - and apparently the whole thing ended in chaos anyway with people being turned away).
Only if there are real lions this time.
No because I am not 10 years old.
Even when I was 10 I would have thought it was shit.
Oh yes.
I'll try it out of curiosity but I wonder if it's sufficiently different to stuff like wipeout and ninja warrior, or does gladiator vs competitor appeal more than competitors vs obstacles.
Yeh I'll be watching atleast the first one with an expectation that it'll probably be dire 🤣
Daft bit of fun while I'm having my tea probably.
It will probably be awful, expectations are super low, but I used to watch it with my kids when they were young*. Both my boys loved it. So for old times sake I will give it a go.
*both Kids over 30 now!
I think they should bring back Rollerball.....much more entertaining!
I'll watch it out of curiosity - an acquaintance in the village is the uncle of one of the new male Gladiators.
Going back in time, friends in Teeside lived round the corner from Jet. Added a little excitement to trips to the corner shop
I may have misremembered, but did Jet have something to do with mtbing?
I may have misremembered, but did Jet have something to do with mtbing?
Only in our hormonally challenged teenage dreams....
Yea bring back Blind Date with our Cilla.
Going back in time, friends in Teeside lived round the corner from Jet. Added a little excitement to trips to the corner shop
The fashanu brothers foster mum was the organist at church and taught my brother piano 🙂
It won't be the same without 'wolf', and more importantly 'Jet'.
On a more serious note, I read an article recently about how difficult it was to recruit good gladiators for the origeonal, as they need to be very athletic in a general sense, as in they couldn't just go to the local 'power lifting gym' and sign people up, because most of them would have heart attacks if they are made to do any sort of prolonged cardio, due to the fact they don't do endurance training, and they are all pumped up to the eyeballs on 'roids.
It's a recruitment nightmare!
Interesting article on some of the new ones - Giant is the local guy to us.
BBC News - 'I drew abs on my stomach - now I'm a Gladiator'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-67930651
I’ll try it out of curiosity but I wonder if it’s sufficiently different to stuff like wipeout and ninja warrior, or does gladiator vs competitor appeal more than competitors vs obstacles.<br /><br />
It’s like a much more basic 90’s version with the added appeal of (Jet) people taking lumps out of each other and faux Gladiator intimidation. Let’s hope 2000’s era H&S hasnt dumbed it down too much. See it as Saturday night TV rather than an athletic event.
and they are all pumped up to the eyeballs on ‘roids
Yes, I'm sure none of the original gladiators were on any sort of PEDs.
Except for the slightly racistly named Shadow, of course. He was definitively the only one.
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and they are all pumped up to the eyeballs on ‘roids
Yes, I’m sure none of the original gladiators were on any sort of PEDs.
Except for the slightly racistly named Shadow, of course. He was definitively the only one.
Shadow was my favourite. Absolute monster on the pugil sticks! Always thought the steroids thing was unfair, no doubt all of the bigger guys on there were juicing. If you recruit body builders what do you expect?
Turns out he was was a genuine wrongun though. 😕 Currently in jail for kidnapping and torturing a guy over a drug debt.
Yeah, with Shadow it's not clear if it was the steroids they had a problem with or the massive amounts of cocaine he was also doing.
They seemed fine with Cobra being drunk though.
All in all it seems like everyone involved was having a jolly good time.
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Boooo!!
DrP
Except for the slightly racistly named Shadow, of course.
Now you’re being sexist - what about Nightshade?!
Wolf is in the 2024 show.
Giant appears to have very large muscles where I don't even have a bit of body...what are those bits called around his massive armpits?
Wolf is in the 2024 show.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooo.......
what are those bits called around his massive armpits?
Lats (alttisimus dorsi)...
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DrP
There's a good docu series on netflix about the American version of the show,and yes a few roids floating around
Giant appears to have very large muscles where I don’t even have a bit of body…
Genuine LOL!!
Re Shadow (from wiki) :
King moved to New York City as a 14-year-old[1] He fell victim to the crack boom of the late 70s and became a drug addict. His mother requested help from his father back in England who sent money to pay for his fare to England to escape drugs. King spent the money his father sent twice on drugs before the third time he bought a ticket and relocated to England...
In early 1995, King was at the centre of a steroid abuse scandal that saw him lose his job on the show...His fall from grace saw him turn to drugs, smoking heroin, crack cocaine,[1] and he struggled to deal with his addiction for nearly 20 years, turning to crime to pay for his habit which saw him in and out of jail....
In March 2005, whilst travelling on the top deck of a 205 bus in Southall, London, King was discovered in possession of an elderly person's bus pass, which he had shown to the driver to board the bus, despite being only 43 at the time. He was arrested for being in possession of stolen property, and taken to Southall Police Station...
In an April 2011 interview he reported that he had finally beaten his addictio....
In 2021 King was part of a criminal gang whose members were charged with a range of offences in connection with the kidnapping, beating, and false imprisonment...
Wow!!
Only in our hormonally challenged teenage dreams….
Apparently not, @dooosuk was right.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt2213989/
I used to work with “Fury’s” dad. He himself was nails, MMA and of all things a Coal carrying Champion.
His daughter Jodie (Fury) was born profoundly deaf. Give her various bios a scan, and we’ll see a bit more than a roid fuelled gym bunny.
Google Jodie Ounsley
Disappointed at the lack of hand bikes
Well that was great fun! Took me right back, but also just a great cheesy laugh!
Yeh was as bad as I remember it 🤣 We'll be watching the series.
Sabre is from Dundee apparently so near by and as you say Kerry from Scotland too 🏴
Was great Saturday night brain out tv.
Good fun and the kids loved it. Gladiators lives for another generation.
My wife was a bit too enthusiastic about Giant I feel.
Loved that took me right back to the 90's. Top bit of cheesy TV, some of the fellas are chuffin massive.
Superb! Contenders, READY! Loved it, whole family watching, great stuff
It was quite nostalgic and fun! Clearly a skip load of steroids running through all the male gladiators though!!
Well that was good fun. Loved the bit where Giant thunked that guy on the head with a "Pootle" stick. Bang-Bang and gone.
Much more of a mis-match than it was back in the day.
Those blokes are huge.
I bet the tabloids will have loads of "I was told to take steroids to keep my job" stories in a couple of years.
Channel changer... Ready! 😆
I think the gladiators need some Hang Tough training. They looked very awkward - can you remember when Lighting used to smoothly traverse the rings with maximum grace before taking ‘em down? I don’t she ever lost that game?
She did however call her son "Lexus", so she must have landed on her head a few times in training.
Lightning was always my teenage fave. I was ambivalent of Alan partridge 's fave, Jet
Those blokes are huge.
I bet the tabloids will have loads of “I was told to take steroids to keep my job” stories in a couple of years.
They got the Gladiators roles because they were ready huge, not the other way around. I’m fairly sure 99% of bodybuilders know exactly what they’re doing and why.
They got the Gladiators roles because they were ready huge, not the other way around. I’m fairly sure 99% of bodybuilders know exactly what they’re doing and why.
Not going to stop them selling an embellished story after they are finished from the show.
The dodgy naming is still going on! Guess what colour Phantom and Nitro (N**ro) are?
What the hell are you talking about? A phantom is another name for a ghost - traditionally er white. I'm not going to comment on the second part of your post as I think that might be saying more about you than any naming.
married Zoe Gilbert in 2023
We manufactured the large white traverse net on the final course. Didn't take them up on the free tickets to the filming. Kinda wished I had now🤔
Re: Jet
I don't want to piss on the vintage **** bank but...
It has got to be recognised as one of the worlds most drawn out struggles. The battle between those fearsome caterpillars for dominance over the forehead. One can only imagine the chaos wrought if they teamed up as an omnipotent force!
In the Copperpot household, the unkempt black pubic stripe is referred to as a brush (The Shape of Water), for it's similarity to a commercial sweeping brush. What a combination!
What was that about? 🤷🏻♂️
What was that about? 🤷🏻♂️
Not watched it but do follow Matt does fitness - aka Legend - on his youtube channel.
He's a bit OTT at times but spent quite a lot of time and money proving he's natural and not on steroids.
Worth a watch if anybody is interested in that sort of thing.
Might give the new show a quick watch too, as the general feedback seems to be positive.
The "documentary" on netflix about the beginnings of American Gladiators is fairly entertaining, probably a bit over egged to make it more so. But clear lack of H&S and lots of drugs!
Anyway, watched with my 7yr old. She loved it, it was pretty good fun. My favourite was the new Wolf, Viper. He was rubbish at the events he was in!! 🤣
So who's the new Jet ?
Sabre or Diamond ?
Sabre for me..... not least because back in the days of the one and only Jet, I was playing American football for the Southend Sabres (Double national youth champions, no less !!)
I can't decide whether I loved it or thought it was far too cringe, the kids enjoyed it though, and had to bite my tongue when sabre was trying to pull Kerry off the rings, what I wouldn't have given to swap places, and strength to weight ratio, and MTB skills.
Is Jet in this one? 😀
I loved it. Good, clean Saturday afternoon fun.
had to bite my tongue when sabre was trying to pull Kerry off the rings
I think a lot of adult viewers would have been trying not to laugh at the frantic scissoring going on there.
Really enjoyed the show generally. Seemed the smaller, quicker contestants did best - but the male winner seemed a bit of a bellend eh?
Don't think I've ever wanted to strangle Bradley Walsh and his weird 80s TV presenter faced spawn.
I think a lot of adult viewers would have been trying not to laugh at the frantic scissoring going on there.
At that point my missus said something like "I don't think women with muscles like that are particularly attractive".
Me and my 16 year old son said nothing.
I don’t want to piss on the vintage **** bank but…
It has got to be recognised as one of the worlds most drawn out struggles. The battle between those fearsome caterpillars for dominance over the forehead. One can only imagine the chaos wrought if they teamed up as an omnipotent force!
In the Copperpot household, the unkempt black pubic stripe is referred to as a brush (The Shape of Water), for it’s similarity to a commercial sweeping brush. What a combination!
Nope, not a clue what that is. Anyone want to have a stab at translating?
Viper is brilliant. Really hams it up!! 😂
Kerry is a Scottish mountain biking champion apparently. Anyone know her?
I haven't watched it yet but was it this Kerry?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09jqz6g
I haven’t watched it yet but was it this Kerry?
Nope
I think a lot of adult viewers would have been trying not to laugh at the frantic scissoring going on there.
6 year old got me off the hook with "SHE'S TRYING TO BUM SHUFFLE HER OFF!"