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Nike270 said:
these gladiators are really poor, its like they are afraid to get tough with the contestants. Especially in gauntlet, they barely even tried to stop them. Also why are the contestants all pally with the gladiators hugging them etc. You would have never seen that in original Gladiators. It ruins it seeing them all friendly 🤣 ive rewatched the original series on youtube and its much better.
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Things would have been different back then rules wise , this series I quite like that most of them are friendly afterwards Give credit where it's due
But will still put up a fight in each round.

I say most legend definitely doesn't care for anyone else and viper well he's never said a word.
 
I remember Jet said of the original series "These weren't normal people". However I think the contestants are a lot more trained than they were in the 90's. I don't think fitness was as big as it is now, it was more like aerobics, not like the strength training most of the contestants so far seem to do.

The Gladiators need to be better - too evenly matched in some cases at the moment.
 
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Yeah your average Joe is much more athletic than back in the 90s. There is way more information and scientific research into exercise and diet. Crossfit, mma, functional training etc etc are all pretty common and easily accessible.

It could be why the Gladiators don't seem so affective. Many aren't all rounders, so anything that involves speed and agility they struggle with a bit

Legend I know from his mattdoesfitness so he is hard to take seriously.
 
Noseyoldcow said:
Finding Legends Instagram and seeing he’s married with 2 kids means I just can’t look at him the same anymore
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Mark81 said:
Yeah your average Joe is much more athletic than back in the 90s. There is way more information and scientific research into exercise and diet. Crossfit, mma, functional training etc etc are all pretty common and easily accessible.

It could be why the Gladiators don't seem so affective. Many aren't all rounders, so anything that involves speed and agility they struggle with a bit

Legend I know from his mattdoesfitness so he is hard to take seriously.
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I was saying this to my husband - if you look at particularly the female gladiators back in the day they were no where near as muscular as they are now??
Things have moved on massively in fitness fron the 90s??
 
Nike270 said:
these gladiators are really poor, its like they are afraid to get tough with the contestants. Especially in gauntlet, they barely even tried to stop them. Also why are the contestants all pally with the gladiators hugging them etc. You would have never seen that in original Gladiators. It ruins it seeing them all friendly 🤣 ive rewatched the original series on youtube and its much better.
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Well, in Gauntlet in the first episode they did get tough with one of the male contestants, which involved pushing him all the way back to the start (after he'd cleared at least one section), that then led him to pushing back harder and twisting his knee quite painfully.

So I wouldn't be surprised if they're told not to get too tough on the contestants for fear of causing injury but also making it too hard. Part of the appeal of Gladiators is cheering the underdog, but the contestant has to do well at least some of the time. If the Gladiators tried their hardest 100% of the time and always won, it would get boring fast and people would switch off.

I don't mind some of the Gladiators being friendly, as it's a counter balance to those like Legend and Viper who've been told to play arrogant and angry personas respectively. Again, if they were all arseholes it would make the show less appealing generally. I think having different characters and personalities among the Gladiators (including friendly) keeps things more interesting.
 
I think how easy the games are depends on the contestants agility. The first guy who did the edge made it look so simple and the gladiator was useless but the other three games of it were closer
 
Multi-21 said:
I think how easy the games are depends on the contestants agility. The first guy who did the edge made it look so simple and the gladiator was useless but the other three games of it were closer
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True and I bet the Gladiators had quite a bit of practice time in rehearsals, as they surely had to spend a lot of time setting each game up and 'testing' them (ie letting the Gladiators have a lot of practice on each!)
 
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