A-aron

The only thing I saw good out of it was Venus' headlights, and looking for a cameltoe on the ladies. I guess that was why they aired it at 9pm.

This should be a Saturday morning show, NOT a primetime waste of time.

MadMark

So Monday at 8 on NBC has gone from this . . .

to this . . .


The grand prize for getting the crap kicked out of you on this show is only 100 grand and a car, but the screaming dumbasses on Deal or No Deal can win more than that by opening a couple briefcases? WTF NBC?

Finisher

Yeah, that's pretty ridiculous. After taxes you're talking about 60k for winning this thing.

As long as the winners are not pre-determined, I don't really care if they re-shoot certain things. Now, if *everything* actually is staged, I would have zero desire to keep watching.

Anyway, this is a good show to DVR and fly through in 25 minutes. Doesn't hurt that Crush is attractive.

Ravenous

Yea I watched and laughed my ass off. SO cheesy. And why was Yanni howling so much? I felt a bit odd watching cause I despise wrestling and some of that 'drama' felt staged.

Oddly enough I use to date a chick that looked just like that one that got hurt. Only younger and no kids. Weird.

Crush is fucking hot.

GoVegan

Chris Hicks = very excited
Bill Hicks, on the other hand = rolling over in his grave

Deftones

This show was classic cheese, but fun nonetheless. One of the shows you have playing in the background while you do other stuff.

Deftones

BTW, I don't think I've ever seen this much camel toe on network TV, ever.

U6C84

Ah, so I just went to the webpage and noticed that we have already seen all of the events. There will be nothing new on tonight.

I was hoping they still had the one where they rolled around in a steel cage and rolling over triggers.

jonw9

I recalled the ref would hold the contender in the pit for something like 5 seconds, now there is really no reason to attempt the bike or the barrel roll for that matter.

Just jump in and run.

fumanstan

Yeah, it seems like a lot of the great old events are gone. Swingshot was cool. I Also liked the one on the track on the ceiling.

Rob V

Ah ha ha... I thought the same f'ing thing. I pointed it out to my wife (to her disgust).

lordwow

And now for the Gladiator you'll be facing...


RIGHT AFTER THESE COMMERCIALS!

Michael Corvin

There's only 8 episodes on deck and we are already at the third. Not sure how much change could possibly happen over the next five.

Wow. Seriously? What's the point of watching now? There are tons of other events they could bring back.

Pressplay

Ok, they really need to cut that scripted shit out, seriously. The contestants sound like they learned all of their lines backstage. Less talking, more fighting!

chrisih8u

The travelator is too hard. Its dumb to see the contestants spend more than a minute on it.

cdollaz

I saw the last few minutes of tonight's episode and it was total shit. It had a really cheap quality to it. I loved the t-shirts that the families were wearing that had obviously been made by the show as they were all alike except for the colors. And the female announcer is horrible.

Drop

Like I said, we'll see more of the Gladiators. Crush really beat those contestants at joust. I thought that one chick was knocked out, that was definitely as brutal as any Gladiator has been. Wolf did another sweet move, this time on hang tough.

Plus, like the original, the series evolved as it went on. I'm sure old events will be refined and new ones will be created. This first season is basically an extended pilot, so I wouldn't expect any fundamental things to this season, but it's personality has all ready grown.

I think it's hilarious to see the contestants struggle on the travelator, although it's not like all of them do poorly. Siene completely owned it, and did better than both the guys.

Not any different than the old series, which always felt cheap. All those same stunts were done. I agree about the hosts though, they're lame.

cdollaz

But this is 2007 and networks but a lot of money into their programming. There is no excuse for such a cheap looking product. The challenge sets on Survivor, which are out in the middle of nowhere, look considerably better and seem of better quality than this stuff. It looks like something they can put up in a couple of hours, tear down, and put up quickly again when they move on to the next town.

Deftones

LOL. My wife and I are laughing our asses off at these guys trying to do the Travelator.

Layziebones

This is 2008...

fumanstan

You got married already? I had no idea

cinta5

I just watched some of it on Hulu.com...wow, that's crazy! I feel like they are all on steroids...even the contenders.

clemente

The toughest American Gladiator event ever? The TRAVELATOR!! I nearly am rolling on the floor watching people slip sliding down for large chunks of time.

Here's the basic thing though, its still at its core, the same program. All of the nitpicks can be fixed in an eventual Season 2. We all have fond memories of what gladiator became, but it evolved into that, and I think given the chance, this will too.

Bring in a live play by play guy and don't cut up the action so much and the show improves. Cut the "scripted" banter before the challenges, show improves. Add a few new games and change the eliminator (like the old show did), show improves.

For what it is, I'm enjoying it.

Charlie Goose

Yeah, I was wondering about that. Why even attempt either one?

cartman

Because the script says to?