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The original (Australian) Gladiators was one of my favourite game shows of all time - it was always much more interesting watching grown men and women beat each other with giant pompoms than sit in a chair and answer questions.

This new version is practically a carbon copy of the older one. If you were looking for something new, exciting and different, you won't find it here. If you were looking for good quality, cheesy entertainment you'll find it by the bucket load.

'Amazon' and 'Thunder' are rapidly shaping up to be the Gladiators to watch in terms of pure showmanship, but I have a feeling they'll all give a good chuckle and a great show.

This 'pilot' for a series that never eventuated is only four minutes long, but every minute of it is a blast... as long as you're already a Wonder Woman fan. The series would never had survived simply because the idea works best as a spoof, and most people at the time wouldn't have had much to do with Wonder Woman. Now that there has been at least one 'straight' television series about her, the spoof works a lot better. It's also a lot of fun for those of us know WW from the comics, but the less you know about the character the less it is likely to tickle your funny bone.