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w00t!; Gladiators is coming back in the UK!
Topic Started: Jan 30 2008, 12:01 PM (214 Views)
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7218153.stm

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Sky One is to resurrect 1990s Saturday night action game show Gladiators, it has confirmed. The show, which sees members of the public pitched against "gladiators" in physical games and tasks, originally aired on ITV. The new show, due to start in May, will feature some of the original games including the joust, "hang tough" and the final eliminator. Sky said a brand new line-up of gladiators would be unveiled in March.


... AWESOME!

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7218153.stm

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Sky One is to resurrect 1990s Saturday night action game show Gladiators, it has confirmed. The show, which sees members of the public pitched against "gladiators" in physical games and tasks, originally aired on ITV. The new show, due to start in May, will feature some of the original games including the joust, "hang tough" and the final eliminator. Sky said a brand new line-up of gladiators would be unveiled in March.


... AWESOME!

And as I don't have Sky, it's YouTube for me. :lol From the looks of the logo released, it looks like they're going to replicate the new American version than the old British version.

Plus I've heard Ian Wright's going to present it. Well, it's the closest they could have since John Fashanu is doing Deal or No Deal Nigeria. O_O
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Plus I've heard Ian Wright's going to present it. Well, it's the closest they could have since John Fashanu is doing Deal or No Deal Nigeria. O_O

To both names in question ... he is?!

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I'm just so hoping UK Wolf comes out of retirement so that when the inevitable International Gladiators returns, we get UK Wolf vs. US Wolf in a confrontation of kickassery.
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Oakster amazing the THQ developers with new ideas
 
Corey Clayton: OK.... we're running out of time tonight.... let's open up the comments to the fans.... what do YOU want to see in the next version of Smackdown vs. Raw?
Bryan Williams: Yes! Flood me with your responses.
Oakster: Big Dick Johnson
Corey Clayton: please no.... not B.D.J.!!!
David Seperson: Second that Corey
Bryan Williams: Wow! I never thought I'd see a request for Big Dick Johnson, LOL.
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I wanna see the gladiators face the gladiators from the opposing show. Or is that what Oak refers to and has it happened?
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They had "International Gladiators" in the mid 90's, but it was basically the same as the normal show (a mix of contenders vs. a mix of Gladiators) as opposed to Gladiators vs. Gladiators.

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Yeah it was basically country champions pitted against each other with the Gladiators from each country teaming up. If I recall the male winner was the American dude who could jump over cars while the geordie gal won the women's contest.

On a funny note, I was browsing this Gladiators' fansite and noticed Nigerian Gladiators:

http://www.gladiatorszone.co.uk/internatio...igeria/male.php

I'm sorry but ... Hotdog? ... Hippo!? :wtf
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Oakster amazing the THQ developers with new ideas
 
Corey Clayton: OK.... we're running out of time tonight.... let's open up the comments to the fans.... what do YOU want to see in the next version of Smackdown vs. Raw?
Bryan Williams: Yes! Flood me with your responses.
Oakster: Big Dick Johnson
Corey Clayton: please no.... not B.D.J.!!!
David Seperson: Second that Corey
Bryan Williams: Wow! I never thought I'd see a request for Big Dick Johnson, LOL.
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I wanna see the gladiators face the gladiators from the opposing show.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=yhYKEmxY7_c

Would this work? It's British Wolf versus Australian Vulcan, looking really rigged. :lol
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Oakster amazing the THQ developers with new ideas
 
Corey Clayton: OK.... we're running out of time tonight.... let's open up the comments to the fans.... what do YOU want to see in the next version of Smackdown vs. Raw?
Bryan Williams: Yes! Flood me with your responses.
Oakster: Big Dick Johnson
Corey Clayton: please no.... not B.D.J.!!!
David Seperson: Second that Corey
Bryan Williams: Wow! I never thought I'd see a request for Big Dick Johnson, LOL.
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And here they are:

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The six men and six women, who will become the stars of Gladiators when it launches next month, will be known by a variety of butch names such as Battleaxe, Spartan and Inferno.

They include former athlete Du'aine Ladejo, who won a silver medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and who also took part in ITV reality show Celebrity Love Island.

The oldest is 38-year-old Damar Martin from Croydon, who from now on will be known as Destroyer, while the youngest is 19-year-old Lucy Boggis, who will become Tempest.

One name is also repeated from the original ITV series - Panther.

Sky has gone into hype overdrive, describing the 12 spandex-clad gladiators as "modern day heroes" who are "bigger, badder and better than ever before".

And here they are, along with Sky's frankly hilarious descriptions:

ATLAS - Sam Bond, 24, Bournemouth - "As strong as He-Man, fights hard and with dignity".

BATTLEAXE - Shirley Webb, 26, Edinburgh - "A weapon of war, domineering, aggressive and indomitable. Battleaxe is a warrior queen".

DESTROYER - Damar Martin, 38, Croydon - "Determined and strong, angry and unstoppable - nothing gets in his way".

ENIGMA - Jenny Pacey, 25, Borehamwood - "Mysterious and beautiful, contradictory and unpredictable, impossible to capture".

ICE - Caroline Pearce, 27, Cambridge - "Cold, steely, frosty and beautiful".

INFERNO - Jemma Palmer, 24, Tamworth - "Hot, fiery, dangerous and destructive".

OBLIVION - Nicholas Aldis, 21, Norwich - "Leaves nothing in his path - extinguishes his opposition".

PANTHER - Kara Nwidobie, 26, Morecambe - "Beautiful, sleek, aggressive and powerful. Panther is the strongest and fiercest of the wild cats".

PREDATOR - Du'aine Ledejo, 36, Newark - "Volatile, quick and poisonous, hunts down prey and takes no prisoners."

SPARTAN - Roderick Bradley, 24, Grantham- "Handsome, disciplined and brave. Will take on any army - the perfect warrior".

TEMPEST - Lucy Boggis, 19, Quintin, Wiltshire - "Naturally beautiful, a force of nature bringing furious agitation and commotion".

TORNADO - David McIntosh, 22, Altrincham - "Violently destructive windstorm full of unstoppable energy - leaves you in a spin".

Ian Wright and Kirsty Gallacher will preside over the contest with 32 contenders, whittled down from 20,000 applicants, who will battle the gladiators in classic events such as Duel, Powerball, Hang Tough and, of course, The Eliminator in a bid to try and win the £50,000 prize.

Original referee John Anderson will also return to the show, which will be filmed on two giant sound stages at Shepperton Studios - the biggest studio sets in the UK.

It is eight years since Gladiators last appeared on UK screens, when it was a staple of ITV's Saturday teatime schedule, although it was eventually dumped after ratings dropped.

The recent success of the revamped American Gladiators series on NBC in the US saw Sky One snap up the rights.

Richard Woolfe, the director of programming for Sky One, Two and Three, says: "The games are bigger, the contenders are stronger and the Gladiators are even more unbelievable... we've found extraordinary characters.

"It's a colossus of a programme and it's going to blow people's socks off."


I have no idea what to say ... "Black" Panther? Battleaxe?! :wtf Either way, John Anderson = Awesome but John Anderson without Wolf = Suckage. :lol
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Oakster amazing the THQ developers with new ideas
 
Corey Clayton: OK.... we're running out of time tonight.... let's open up the comments to the fans.... what do YOU want to see in the next version of Smackdown vs. Raw?
Bryan Williams: Yes! Flood me with your responses.
Oakster: Big Dick Johnson
Corey Clayton: please no.... not B.D.J.!!!
David Seperson: Second that Corey
Bryan Williams: Wow! I never thought I'd see a request for Big Dick Johnson, LOL.
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OBLIVION - Nicholas Aldis, 21, Norwich - "Leaves nothing in his path - extinguishes his opposition".


Awesome - plus double awesome if he has a true Norfolk accent :lol

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So did anyone catch the first episode? I've just saw most of the games on YouTube and it was alright but totally missing parts what made the original special (in particular the new set and the new theme, which both suck beyond belief). And who thought it was a good idea to drop the Queen music in Duel for Britney Spears? :wtf

Glad of the night probabily goes to Spartan. From the looks of posts on the net, he's totally getting compared to Randy Orton in terms of looks and the fact he keeps on doing the damn Orton pose all the time. :rollin

And :lol @ Oblivion trying hard to be the new Wolf.
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Oakster amazing the THQ developers with new ideas
 
Corey Clayton: OK.... we're running out of time tonight.... let's open up the comments to the fans.... what do YOU want to see in the next version of Smackdown vs. Raw?
Bryan Williams: Yes! Flood me with your responses.
Oakster: Big Dick Johnson
Corey Clayton: please no.... not B.D.J.!!!
David Seperson: Second that Corey
Bryan Williams: Wow! I never thought I'd see a request for Big Dick Johnson, LOL.
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I marked for Oblivion cutting a promo. And failing.

Plus yeah, the music ...

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Aparently the season premier of American Gladiators got a 2.9 rating, doesn't look good, wonder what will happen when Monday Night Football starts.
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