Gladiators (2024 version)

[Zapp Brannigan]

I think they need some better Gladiator names too

The best bit is the silly names vs the regular people.

"Clive, you will go on my first whistle. Leviathan, you will go on my second whistle."

 

[Nine Bob Note]

Satelite ?

No, the Sky version was shit

 

[seeformiles]

The best bit is the silly names vs the regular people.

"Clive, you will go on my first whistle. Leviathan, you will go on my second whistle."

I just think they could be a bit more imaginative (& stupid ). Here’s a few I’ve just thought of:

Wasp
Gumption
Primark
Conker
Smegma
Propane
Castle
Lava
Girth
Horn
Et Cetera
Etc..

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

I just think they could be a bit more imaginative (& stupid ). Here’s a few I’ve just thought of:

Wasp
Gumption
Primark
Conker
Smegma
Propane
Castle
Lava
Girth
Horn
Et Cetera
Etc..

An overweight gladiator - Behemoth.

 

[May Kasahara]

Loudspeaker
Shoehorn

 

[Silas Loom]

Semicolon
Thrush
Helmet

 

[smmudge]

Hangover
Blender
Speculum
Dogfart

 

[seeformiles]

Semicolon
Thrush
Helmet

Cumshot

 

[seeformiles]

Chlamydia

 

[Steel Icarus]

Weapon
Taint
Effluvia
Carbolic
Scrotus
Porkknees
Throstle
Unguent
Mealworm

 

[Silas Loom]

Weapon
Taint
Effluvia
Carbolic
Scrotus
Porkknees
Throstle
Unguent
Mealworm

All of those have already been team names on the Apprentice, though.

 

[A380]

Throb

Perineum

Girth

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

Balzac
Member
Manhood

 

[seeformiles]

Uncle
Paddington
Deciduous
Spreadsheet

 

[Cloo]

I just think they could be a bit more imaginative (& stupid ). Here’s a few I’ve just thought of:

Wasp
Gumption
Primark
Conker
Smegma
Propane
Castle
Lava
Girth
Horn
Et Cetera
Etc..

I always remember from the original series period seeing an interview with a little girl on Saturday morning TV where for some reason they asked her what would be her Gladiator name and she thought about it and said... 'Strawberry'

 

[seeformiles]

I always remember from the original series period seeing an interview with a little girl on Saturday morning TV where for some reason they asked her what would be her Gladiator name and she thought about it and said... 'Strawberry'

Absolutely - the emphasis has always been on aggressive animals, tumultuous natural events, etc.
The more abstract, the better s far as I’m concerned

 

[seeformiles]

Prostate

 

[Crispy]

These would all make excellent boat names for winding up the other sailors at the marina.

 

[PR1Berske]

As it happens I was thinking about the Gladiator names yesterday and whether they reflected the times we live in etc.

The original 90s series- Female:

Flame, Phoenix, Scorpio, Jet, Panther, Lightning, Zodiac, Nightshade, Falcon....

Current BBC series-Female

Athena, Comet, Diamond, Dynamite, Electro, Fire, Fury, Sabre.

 

[Dom Traynor]

I always remember from the original series period seeing an interview with a little girl on Saturday morning TV where for some reason they asked her what would be her Gladiator name and she thought about it and said... 'Strawberry'

Would have been great if she made it to this series using that name.

 

[A380]

My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions and loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son. Husband to a murdered wife. And I will go on the first whistle.

 

[ska invita]

Robot Wars vibe on this

 

[stavros]

I'm sensing Legend is tapping the Wolf vibe more than Viper. Viper's a bit more like Shadow - quiet but straight-faced, staring down his opponents. Giant seems like Warrior back in the day.

Has anyone else noticed the change to the men's Eliminator? I'm sure back in the day the women did the monkey bars, and the men did a hanging hand bike, but now they're both on the bars.

 

[Karl Masks]

My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions and loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son. Husband to a murdered wife. And I will go on the first whistle.

You will not be emperor

 

[Humberto]

Travelator was the best bit in the olden days version.

 

[CNT36]

I'm sensing Legend is tapping the Wolf vibe more than Viper. Viper's a bit more like Shadow - quiet but straight-faced, staring down his opponents. Giant seems like Warrior back in the day.

Has anyone else noticed the change to the men's Eliminator? I'm sure back in the day the women did the monkey bars, and the men did a hanging hand bike, but now they're both on the bars.

Yeah. I wondered about the bike thing.

Cumshot

Whatever happened to the word association thread?

 

[stavros]

Has anyone picked a new Jet? None of them have done her trademark flips yet.

 

[A380]

Eyes down.

 

[stavros]

I quite like the Ring as a new event, although they're tempting fate by putting a big G on the spot they're trying to find.

Is it a bit unfair that the contenders go against different Gladiators in things like Duel? Giant is going to be a lot harder to dislodge, and will probably hit harder because of his size, than, say, Viper.

 

[Nine Bob Note]

Is it a bit unfair that the contenders go against different Gladiators in things like Duel?

Duel is annoying me for that reason and the fact they put it on first, when for the first series it was always last. Tilt (from series two) was the first event where the gladiator was swapped for each contender. They clearly want to copy the 1992 version, but there're just these little things that they should have picked up on.