FTA-TV Gladiators returning to TV

[Vader]

I find it amusing, sometimes confusing, when the gladiators clearly go softer on some opponents than they do on others, in some events. Sometimes it's an attempt to even up the scores, so one competitor doesn't have a 20 second head-start in the eliminator. Sometimes the reasons are less obvious, and may be due to something happening off-screen.

 

[Peter Sidorkiewicz]

I've been binge watching the UK version this weekend - I totally forgot about when our series ended.

Man I love the campiness of this, it does such a better job of reprising that mid-90s fun than ours did. The slow-mo when people take big falls or bumps is amazing

How are you watching? Is it on youtube?

 

[Cleavy]

Axed: But what about that Gladiators prize? | TV Tonight

Check the small print Kalani & Taylah. 10 has officially killed off your series prize.

tvtonight.com.au

needless to say, it's not coming back for season 2

 

[MrsBlueSky]

I wonder why the producers of the new series of Gladiators in Australia didn't realise the 1990's show was successful because the men were bone crushing brutes and the women were like very sexy assailants.
I found nothing to like to about season one and glad it's been cancelled.
I have a confession to make. A radio station in Perth had a competition where they would put around the city life-size cardboard cut outs of the gladiators and you had to find them and hand them in for vouchers. I found 6 and kept them because I loved the men and the women. But I was particularly pleased to find Storm, Rebel and Delta. I wouldn't have even minded going against them in Hang Tough and having their legs wrapped around me for 60 seconds.

 

[brucetiki]

Axed: But what about that Gladiators prize? | TV Tonight

Check the small print Kalani & Taylah. 10 has officially killed off your series prize.

tvtonight.com.au

needless to say, it's not coming back for season 2

Quite simply, Channel 10 did it on the cheap and opted to burn the episodes over 3 weeks (then 2 weeks when the ratings tanked).

One of the big criticisms of the 2008 revival in the UK was that the set was too small and production was cheap. They corrected this for their revival, returning it to an arena (albeit a smaller arena than the original) and going all out on the production. Their revival has been successful with season 2 now confirmed.

It was clear Channel 10 saw how cheap the 2008 revivals were done and then doubled down on it. The production values on our version were awful, and borderline comical.

Then there’s this stupid idea of stripping the show over several nights a week. It needed to be on once a week. It simply doesn’t work as a stripped format.

 

[MarcMaverick]

Quite simply, Channel 10 did it on the cheap and opted to burn the episodes over 3 weeks (then 2 weeks when the ratings tanked).

One of the big criticisms of the 2008 revival in the UK was that the set was too small and production was cheap. They corrected this for their revival, returning it to an arena (albeit a smaller arena than the original) and going all out on the production. Their revival has been successful with season 2 now confirmed.

It was clear Channel 10 saw how cheap the 2008 revivals were done and then doubled down on it. The production values on our version were awful, and borderline comical.

Then there’s this stupid idea of stripping the show over several nights a week. It needed to be on once a week. It simply doesn’t work as a stripped format.

That, and having the same events over and over, was a chore to sit through. Never thought I'd say that about Gladiators.

 

[Vader]

That, and having the same events over and over, was a chore to sit through. Never thought I'd say that about Gladiators.

To be fair, the UK version didn't exactly have a massive number of events either. They didn't use the exact same set every week, but there weren't the same variety of events that there were back in the 1990s. They had 8 events, plus the Eliminator, with 5 events being used each week. The 1990s version had 18 different events, plus the Eliminator - though some events were added & deleted over the course of the 8 series (i.e. there weren't 18 events in use at any given season).

Even so, 8 events, with 3 "rested" each week, is still far better than the cheapened Aus version that C10 stupidly tried to get us to watch.

 

[brucetiki]

To be fair, the UK version didn't exactly have a massive number of events either. They didn't use the exact same set every week, but there weren't the same variety of events that there were back in the 1990s. They had 8 events, plus the Eliminator, with 5 events being used each week. The 1990s version had 18 different events, plus the Eliminator - though some events were added & deleted over the course of the 8 series (i.e. there weren't 18 events in use at any given season).

Even so, 8 events, with 3 "rested" each week, is still far better than the cheapened Aus version that C10 stupidly tried to get us to watch.

They played Duel on every episode, and The Wall on every episode except the first episode.

Conversely, Collision only got used three times.

They also could only play either The Edge OR Hang Tough on a particular episode because they shared the same rigging.

I’d assume more games would get added to the rotation next season so we’ll see a bit more variety.

 

[Cleavy]

Prime Video greenlights Gladiators reboot | TV Tonight

Glossy action series gets another TV reboot.

tvtonight.com.au

Amazon Prime doing Gladiators now

 

[Vader]

Prime Video greenlights Gladiators reboot | TV Tonight

Glossy action series gets another TV reboot.

tvtonight.com.au

Amazon Prime doing Gladiators now

The UK version showed that it can still work - if it's done properly. Ch 10 just made every possible mistake they could have, ensuring that it flopped here.

 

[brucetiki]

Prime Video greenlights Gladiators reboot | TV Tonight

Glossy action series gets another TV reboot.

tvtonight.com.au

Amazon Prime doing Gladiators now

That would be a revival of the American version I believe.

 

[Cleavy]

That would be a revival of the American version I believe.

correct. I guess they're hoping it would work out better than previous (not sure if most recent?) version hosted by Hulk Hogan and Leila Ali

 

[Vader]

Season 2 of the UK Gladiators is back, with the first 4 episodes available on the high seas.

They've introduced 1 new Gladiator so far, who is fairly meh. They've also brought back the Atlaspheres game, and introduced a new game called "Unleash" (which is basically just a game of tag).

 

[Cleavy]

Season 2 of the UK Gladiators is back, with the first 4 episodes available on the high seas.

They've introduced 1 new Gladiator so far, who is fairly meh. They've also brought back the Atlaspheres game, and introduced a new game called "Unleash" (which is basically just a game of tag).

there's some Gladiators' Epic Pranks show too.

CBBC - Gladiators: Epic Pranks

Nitro plays hilarious pranks on his fellow Gladiators.

www.bbc.co.uk

if only ch10 stuck it out, they could have copied that too

 

[brucetiki]

Season 2 of the UK Gladiators is back, with the first 4 episodes available on the high seas.

They've introduced 1 new Gladiator so far, who is fairly meh. They've also brought back the Atlaspheres game, and introduced a new game called "Unleash" (which is basically just a game of tag).

Apparently Cyclone (the new female Gladiator) is the first Irish Gladiator (there's been a plethora of Irish contestants across all 3 runs of the show). I think they're trying to make her a bit of a female baddie, which I thought was Sabre's role.

It's great to see Atlaspheres back, but the polished floors have seen much more skidding and sliding compared to the OG's on a carpeted surface.

Unleash is, visually, quite spectacular. It's somewhat a modern take on Pursuit, but no one knows who the Gladiators will be until they run out a few seconds into the game. I quite like it.

Also, Series 3 has already been confirmed.

There was also a French version launched around Christmas. Despite it having similar production values to the UK version, it lasted 2 episodes before it was burnt off. This was the first French version of the show though, so it didn't have the nostalgic value that the UK and Australian versions had.

 

[Vader]

Apparently Cyclone (the new female Gladiator) is the first Irish Gladiator (there's been a plethora of Irish contestants across all 3 runs of the show). I think they're trying to make her a bit of a female baddie, which I thought was Sabre's role.

Sabre seems to have been reduced to just a cheerleading role in the Gladiators' dressing room.