If you missed The Rock’s physical game last year you will be able to watch it on Netflix in the UK from next weekend – the games and set are genuinely impressive looking, but I hope you like inspirational backstory because there’s a looooot of it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s a shame then that it feels like so much of it feels like it\u2019s given over to each contestant\u2019s \u201cinspiring\u201d backstory, over the course of the two hours you\u2019ll see up to 16 video pieces (for whatever reason, one game was just a highlights package in the second of last night\u2019s tournaments). If you add to that the 20% of the show given over to Dwayne Johnson being just a great guy, that means we have a frustrating situation where the key centrepieces, the events, begin to feel a bit like unwelcome guests at their own party.<\/p>Me talking about The Titan Games last year<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
This probably isn’t accidental timing, the second series of the show begins tomorrow (Monday) night on NBC and it appears to have become a pro-am tournament, with the winners of each of the best-of-three match-ups taking on a professional athlete on Mount Olumpus to become the reigning Titan. Here’s a ten minute sneak peek:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Edit:<\/strong> Or at least there was one, The Rock’s made it private.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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