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Anybody else watching the American Gladiators doc? I know ESPN is putting one out simultaneously and I'm wondering how that rates? Netflix has the "unauthorized" version, whatever that means. They're interviewing the people I want to hear from.

I loved this show so much and wish they would bring it back. There was another show like it (Battledome) in the early aughts, and it was every bit as cool but I only remember it airing at like 10 pm on Saturday night. I guess there isn't a market for this anymore, but I'll never understand that. It's WWE except the competition is real.
 
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n_huffhines said:
Anybody else watching the American Gladiators doc? I know ESPN is putting one out simultaneously and I'm wondering how that rates? Netflix has the "unauthorized" version, whatever that means. They're interviewing the people I want to hear from.

I loved this show so much and wish they would bring it back. There was another show like it (Battledome) in the early aughts, and it was every bit as cool but I only remember it airing at like 10 pm on Saturday night. I guess there isn't a market for this anymore, but I'll never understand that. It's WWE except the competition is real.
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i have this in my watch lists. I loved American gladiators.

ive seen 1 or 2 bits on the tv at the gym of the 30 for 30 on it that ESPN has done. It look’s really good. Seem like it goes more into the creator & how he treated the athletes. Could be wrong though. Like i said, I’ve only seen a couple of mns of it. I would love to see the whole thing
 
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the_todd said:
i have this in my watch lists. I loved American gladiators.

ive seen 1 or 2 bits on the tv at the gym of the 30 for 30 on it that ESPN has done. It look’s really good. Seem like it goes more into the creator & how he treated the athletes. Could be wrong though. Like i said, I’ve only seen a couple of mns of it. I would love to see the whole thing
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Without giving too much away the first part focuses on "the creator" John Ferraro and the creation of the show with a few of the gladiators being interviewed. The 2nd half goes into the question some people are probably realizing partway through the first episode and also what happened with the show/gladiators that would participate in the documentary.

I'm looking forward to seeing the Netflix doc because it looks like it has Nitro in it and I'm wondering what he has to say. The ESPN doc mentioned some gladiators refused to participate in their documentary and led you to believe it had something to do with their dislike of John Ferraro.
 
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Clark, the story of the guy whom the Stockholm Syndrome is because of, is a really good limited series,
 
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Witcher has a lot of great actors.. if they could admit they f’d up, bring Henry back and get closer to the books, they could salvage the show. But I doubt they’ll even film season four if they don’t admit how the screwed up
 
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eVOLve said:
Witcher has a lot of great actors.. if they could admit they f’d up, bring Henry back and get closer to the books, they could salvage the show. But I doubt they’ll even film season four if they don’t admit how the screwed up
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I agree.... I'd actually consider watching it again if they got back to the source material of the short stories and bring back Cavill who is a big fan of the material and the game and wants it told the way it's supposed to be. I don't see that happening as the writer seems stubborn and wants to write her own fan-fiction loosely based around the Witcher universe.

I seriously doubt that they'll make it any longer after this season is up.
 
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give_him 6 said:
Lincoln Lawyer season 2 Part 1 was disappointing. The storyline is not interesting and acting is bad.
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I like it. Big fan of Michael Connelly, so I like how they incorporate multiple books into the storyline. Diverged enough from the movie to keep me guessing. Also good acting from the lead. Hated him in Goliath and love him as Mickey.
 
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butchna said:
I like it. Big fan of Michael Connelly, so I like how they incorporate multiple books into the storyline. Diverged enough from the movie to keep me guessing. Also good acting from the lead. Hated him in Goliath and love him as Mickey.
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Mickey is the best one in the show, but the constant "putting out fires" is exhausting to watch.

Maggie is ok, but every scene is the same with her. Kind of still in love with Mickey but then really pissed at Mickey.

Lorna is the typical Hollywood blonde

Cisco - that voice is too much to be able to get through. Write him off the show already. Let the biker gang take him away and not return him. He sounds like Christian Bale's Batman but worse.

Lisa - She always walks away from Mickey with more cliche lines. She is a cougar trying to play a character 15 years younger than her actual age.

Maybe the books are good, but I do not think these actors are selling it.
 
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IDK about this Quarterbacks docuseries. I thought it was gonna be about the position in general. Pretty disappointed to find it follows Mahomes, Cousins, and Mariota for a full season. Cousins is a personality at least, but I can't deal with Mahomes' wife and I guess IDK much about Mariota, but he seems boring
 
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n_huffhines said:
IDK about this Quarterbacks docuseries. I thought it was gonna be about the position in general. Pretty disappointed to find it follows Mahomes, Cousins, and Mariota for a full season. Cousins is a personality at least, but I can't deal with Mahomes' wife and I guess IDK much about Mariota, but he seems boring
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yeah hard knocks it aint
 
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bignewt said:
yeah hard knocks it aint
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I'd assumed it would be another Netflix attempt to replicate Drive to Survive success. Follow a few qbs day to day life, practice life, in game action. I figured every sport would get one. Full Swing is covering golf. I think they're doing a tennis one on Netflix also.
 
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TheDeeble said:
I'd assumed it would be another Netflix attempt to replicate Drive to Survive success. Follow a few qbs day to day life, practice life, in game action. I figured every sport would get one. Full Swing is covering golf. I think they're doing a tennis one on Netflix also.
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The beauty of those shows is they follow one team/golfer per episode. Lando Norris is not that interesting to me, but one episode about his team is fine because there is the team principal, his teammate, etc. A whole season about 3 QB's (and specifically these QB's) is not that enticing. I love Mahomes on the field, but his voice is grating, he's too big of a star to give you anything much outside the "this is what I'm supposed to be and say" marketing persona he wants to put forth, and worst of all, his wife is obnoxious. Maybe I'm wrong and he's a barrel of fun on the show, but I highly doubt it.
 
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