• peeonyou [he/him]
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    5 months ago

    i was just thinking about this the other day.. i used to watch this on saturday mornings when i got up a little too early for cartoons

    now they have ninja warrior on primetime

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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      5 months ago

      now they have ninja warrior on primetime

      In a way - I feel very disconnected to America. Right now I'm in the middle of binge watching the original Twilight Zone. I have no idea what current American pop culture is about. I assume I saw the words "Ninja Warrior" at Hexbear but I had no interest in it so I didn't google. I just watched the show for the first time in this clip - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOVat4QLLE8

      • DefinitelyNotAPhone [he/him]
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        5 months ago

        It's an abomination of American reality TV that's aping one of the best Japanese televised sports of all time.

        • Amerikan Pharaoh@lemmygrad.ml
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          5 months ago

          Facts, Sasuke was heat but the Amerikan flavor feels watered down and Fear Factor adjacent. Half certain a bunch of the Amerikan courses are chopped down and truncated too from their original inspirations as far as heights and lengths are concerned

      • peeonyou [he/him]
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        5 months ago

        yep.. that's it.. its like an even shittier version of american gladiators