NBC pumps up for 'Gladiators' redo
 

"NBC is getting into the ring with "American Gladiators," which has been revived by the Peacock for midseason.

The competition skein -- which featured players with names like Nitro, Turbo and Laser in its campy, early '90s syndie incarnation -- will be updated for the 21st century with new technology and twists. MGM TV, which was behind the original hit, is producing along with Reveille."

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"Plestis said he was particularly interested in the original U.K. version of "Gladiators," which focused even more on the characters and the behind-the-scenes stories of common folk going up against the show's powerful stars. The new "Gladiators," he said, "will have the scale, scope, different characters and family drama that the U.K. version had."

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LESS STORY, MORE SMASHING PLZ

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yeah i was excited until i read the second part

So basically this is going to be WWE? Fuck man how are they going to rape the gladiators franchise like that.

omg

http://forums.netphoria.org/showthread.php?t=143227

hahaha

i bet you had inside information and planned this whole thing out

hahahaha this is like when people get upset because the Transformers is "ruining the original" by having product tie ins in it. HELLO THE ORIGINAL CARTOON WAS A TOY COMMERCIAL.

nah they're monitoring ravenguy's posts, it's fairly obvious.

i think it's more like when people get upset because Transformers is "ruining the original" by having a bunch of boring humans in it.

american gladiators was hilarious

It was. I never saw the UK version but I hope they don't take too much of the funny out of it.

also, i can't help but mentioning, the mihouse's mom dating the american gladiator bit is also awesome on the simpsons

It's sentimentality. I remember watching Gladiators as a kid and hate the idea of them bringing it back in an inferior form.

hey guys, remember jet?

That's cool I was planning on doing a gladiators thing in school if I'd ran for and then subsequently made prefect.

edit - nevermind, you people watch amiercan aidle

i'm down

i would give a remake a chance, though. they are so much better at making quality television these days

i tried to find a youtube clip to illustrate how lame the show is when you actually watch it but this is much better