Comments on: Writers’ Strike bears fruit: American Gladiators returns! http://dannynovo.com/2007/11/29/writers-strike-bears-fruit-american-gladiators-returns/ is opinionated Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:39:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Danny http://dannynovo.com/2007/11/29/writers-strike-bears-fruit-american-gladiators-returns/comment-page-1/#comment-949 Danny Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:46:21 +0000 http://dannynovo.com/2007/11/29/writers-strike-bears-fruit-american-gladiators-returns/#comment-949 <em>Predator</em> was a fine movie (and included the stylings of Apollo Creed, I mean, Carl Weathers, which is hard to surpass), but it did not have the pretense at <strong>meaning</strong> that <em>Running Man</em> did. Predator was a fine movie (and included the stylings of Apollo Creed, I mean, Carl Weathers, which is hard to surpass), but it did not have the pretense at meaning that Running Man did.

]]> By: mark http://dannynovo.com/2007/11/29/writers-strike-bears-fruit-american-gladiators-returns/comment-page-1/#comment-947 mark Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:39:07 +0000 http://dannynovo.com/2007/11/29/writers-strike-bears-fruit-american-gladiators-returns/#comment-947 Yes, great, but not my favorite Arnold-Jesse <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093773/" rel="nofollow">pairing</a>. Ironically, I think JV made a better military badass than professional wrestling (killing?) personality. I guess it figures, though, since the military predated his wrestling career. And for Jesse, I prefer "The Governing Body." Yes, great, but not my favorite Arnold-Jesse pairing. Ironically, I think JV made a better military badass than professional wrestling (killing?) personality. I guess it figures, though, since the military predated his wrestling career. And for Jesse, I prefer “The Governing Body.”

]]> By: Danny http://dannynovo.com/2007/11/29/writers-strike-bears-fruit-american-gladiators-returns/comment-page-1/#comment-946 Danny Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:24:55 +0000 http://dannynovo.com/2007/11/29/writers-strike-bears-fruit-american-gladiators-returns/#comment-946 Now that was a movie. And what a supporting cast! Yaphet Kotto! Richard Dawson! Dweezil Zappa! Mick Fleetwood! Jim Brown! Jesse Ventura! (Who, it is important to remind everyone, was the Governator first.) Maybe they'll update <em>American Gladiators</em> with celebrity guests. Now that was a movie. And what a supporting cast! Yaphet Kotto! Richard Dawson! Dweezil Zappa! Mick Fleetwood! Jim Brown! Jesse Ventura! (Who, it is important to remind everyone, was the Governator first.)

Maybe they’ll update American Gladiators with celebrity guests.

]]> By: mark http://dannynovo.com/2007/11/29/writers-strike-bears-fruit-american-gladiators-returns/comment-page-1/#comment-945 mark Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:07:16 +0000 http://dannynovo.com/2007/11/29/writers-strike-bears-fruit-american-gladiators-returns/#comment-945 How do you update a show that was so incredibly ahead of its time? *Goes back to watching <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093894/" rel="nofollow">The Running Man<a>.* How do you update a show that was so incredibly ahead of its time?

*Goes back to watching The Running Man.*

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