Look at their faces...why so serious? Gladiators is back!If you've seen Sky One at any point at all over the last month you're probably aware that Gladiators is back on the telly. And well...I'm not too sure. Don't get me wrong, it was certainly entertaining but there was something missing. Maybe it's the Gladiators themselves, there was no real interaction between them and the contestants outside of the games, the only real confrontations being a little bit of trash talk between Wolf-a-like Oblivion and one of the contestants. John Anderson (For it is he!) tried to lighten the mood a bit by giving him a telling off but this ended up being drowned out by Ian sodding Wright. If they're looking for a Wolf for the 21st century you have to let him have a bit of argy-bargy with the referee, or at least let him push Ian in the swimming pool. It all just takes itself a little bit too seriously for it's own good, what with all the black and silver costumes, ridiculous searchlights all over the place and no real humour, be it intentional or not. There's not even someone like Jet! Aaaah Jet.
Oh my. Anyhoo...the Gladiators I remember was fun, colourful and had a football player who couldn't present television to save his.....okay, they still have that. This is just a bit too monochrome, there's no real way of telling the difference between the Gladiators and the presenting is just dire and not in a funny John Fashanu way, in a painful to watch way. And just cos there's a swimming pool involved, doesn't mean it's any more exciting. 1990's nostalgia kicks off here folks... may God have mercy on our souls.
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