Tuesday, 08 January 2008

• Asian-American Gladiators!

  Sunday night was the premiere of the NEW American Gladiator.  The show still has its over-the-top Gladiator personalities.  They're all so tacky - Titan, with his All-American nice-guy persona (come on, ladies, stop the fighting); Toa who breaks into sudden islander-esque chanting; Wolf, who howls every moment he gets; Fury, who kinda reminds me of Sheeva from Mortal Kombat III; Crush - the silent but deadly jouster; and of course HELLGA - the buff and buxom blonde-haired, blue-eyed representative.

  But what was exciting was to witness two Asians win the competition.  First up was Venus, who entered the competition as a replacement for another contender who injured herself in the first round.  So Venus was already behind by 8 points when she started to no fault of her own.  And when she got to the Eliminator, it was clear that she was getting exhausted as the race wore on.  In fact, her competition was almost to the finish line, were it not for that treadmill thing at the end.  So while her competitor attempted to ascend the treadmill for like the 50th time, Venus finally caught up and whizzed up the slope to victory.  She has the best darn quote I've heard in a long time: "I'm in so much pain, I can hardly breathe, but I am so friggin' happy and excited to be here!"

  Next was Molivann Duy, who I actually found to be very annoying, referring to himself as the Spider Monkey and constantly giving cheesy looks into the camera while fixing his glasses.  He was definitely a short guy compared to his 6 foot plus competition.  But during the Eliminator, he had the speed (then again, he was up against an older guy, so maybe the comparison is unfair...).

  Sorry to say it, though, I don't think Venus or Moli have a chance to win the final competition.  I really like Venus' attitude and such, but she's so small compared to the likes of the other contenders.  Moli is too cocky in my opinion (but who knows - that could be what gets him through...).

  My top choices at this point for American Gladiator?

  Anthony (the NY Fireman) for the men.
  Siene (the gymnastics coach) for the women.

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