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ChadTower:

They show the old one regularly on ESPN2.

shardian:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on January 08, 2008, 02:43:48 pm ---
--- Quote from: ChadTower on January 08, 2008, 02:40:37 pm ---
They show the old one regularly on ESPN2.

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What about the Nickelodeon ripoff?  What the heck was that thing.... "Guts"?

:)



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Are you talking about Double Dare? that show had an elimination course at the end.

AtomSmasher:

--- Quote from: hypernova on January 07, 2008, 09:13:47 pm ---I think they may need to eliminate powerball.  Some woman got her leg screwed up on the first show, and the preview for next week looks like a man has to splint his leg after it.  With so much tackling, it's no stretch that these are only the beginning of the injuries in it.

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Theres going to be plenty of injuries with or without powerball.  With the full contact type events, theres just no way around it.  My uncle was actually one of the "gladiators" on the AG ripoff show Battle Dome, and he broke his ankle in the first season (a very nasty break, done on camera so we could see the replays of it snapping) and tore a bicep in the second season.

Overall the show seems very similar to the original with a couple noticable exceptions.  Obviously the eliminator has been ramped up big time, but they also seem to be giving "personalities" to the gladiators.  It seems like in the original they were barely mentioned, but now some of them wear costumes and even say a few lines in character (most notably is Wolf and Hellga).

shardian:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on January 08, 2008, 03:49:13 pm ---
--- Quote from: shardian on January 08, 2008, 03:23:01 pm ---Are you talking about Double Dare? that show had an elimination course at the end.

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Nope.  Guts:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickelodeon_GUTS

I mean, obviously it was toned down, but it was definitely an American Gladiators ripoff.



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I remember that show. It was pretty neat.

Legends of the hidden temple was another of the neat Nickelodeon shows back in the day. Ahhh, the good ol' days of youth. ;D

JackTucky:

--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on January 08, 2008, 05:02:17 am --- :angry: I swear to god, allah, buddah, the flying spaghetti monster and anybody else who'll listen, if I see one more New York fireman, Iraqi vet, housewife who married their childhood sweetheart, guy who married their childhood sweetheart, ethnic stereotype or person that sure thinks they have to say a clever pun after each question is asked (and those puns are NEVER funny) I'm going postal and killing every single frikkin television producer that's ever made a reality show in the last 10 years!!!!!!!  And is it me or are these people always terribly one-dimensional?  I mean it's nice you are a vet, but is your life so sad that this the sole thing that defines your entire life?  Every question to these people is replied with "well I'm a soldier/marine/fire fighter/some city worker still bragging that he DID HIS DAMN JOB on 9-11 6 YEARS after the fact/ect. so ....."  I feel sorry for these people.  I mean I'm a single loser and a dork and I have more going on then them.  I have friends and family and obligations and hobbies and interesting stories to tell regarding all of that.  I think they exploit the one decent quality they have hoping the gameshow people will rig the contest in their favor or something.  Well that's illegal so it ain't gonna happen so get over yourselves.  Also true heroes are modest so quit getting on television and embarrasing yourself and everyone associated with you. :timebomb:

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I'm beginning to like you Howard.

=J

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