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Robot Wars returns

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  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,765
    edited July 2016
    On now......

    BBC 2.
  • Clem_Snide
    Clem_Snide Posts: 11,738
    Oh dear, I used to love it. That was bad......
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,806
    I thought the new design robot with the spiny round weapon was pretty impressive when it was working.

    Not dara o'brian's best format.
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    I thought it was brilliant - a bit slicker than before. And wow, Angela Scanlon...yum,yum.
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,269
    They've tried to make it more like a documentary as well as entertainment, I personally don't care about the behind the scenes stuff, and Craig Charles was a much better host. I also think the arena itself isn't as good, and the fact that there is only one house robot, and they don't feature much, is a shame.
  • cafc4life
    cafc4life Posts: 4,632
    I enjoyed that
  • CAFCspooney
    CAFCspooney Posts: 562
    Agree with sam3110 in that Craig Charles was a better host.
    Hope they move it to 3.00pm on Saturdays-will give me something to do!
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,247
    I thought that was quality. The spinning bastard was lethal
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,855
    Is it just like the old days where a wedge shape robot will win by flipping the others on their back?
  • cafcnick1992
    cafcnick1992 Posts: 7,413
    Dazzler21 said:

    Gemini the 2 for 1 robot always seemed unfair.

    It was pretty rubbish so clearly no advantage
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  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,247
    MrOneLung said:

    Is it just like the old days where a wedge shape robot will win by flipping the others on their back?

    I never really watched it first time round but the best robot was one with a spinning thing on the front that just fucked everything up
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,918
    Even for a Sunday that was awful, has not aged well at all... Could at least have some modern tech being used
  • WSS
    WSS Posts: 25,070
    shine166 said:

    Even for a Sunday that was awful, has not aged well at all... Could at least have some modern tech being used

    Like some drone missiles?
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,269
    Given the advancement of robots and AI there should have been some flying robots or robots with laser beams and stuff on them, instead we got a toned down robot wars, that paled in comparison to the original
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    I thought it was a homegrown Breaking Bad.
  • WSS
    WSS Posts: 25,070
    sam3110 said:

    Given the advancement of robots and AI there should have been some flying robots or robots with laser beams and stuff on them, instead we got a toned down robot wars, that paled in comparison to the original

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  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    shine166 said:

    Even for a Sunday that was awful, has not aged well at all... Could at least have some modern tech being used

    Even the judges used pen and paper for their marks.
    Did you not know that this series was actually filmed in 2000 and only just broadcast?
  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,168
    Advances in AI? Presumably these robots are now being built by NASA and not in sheds by blokes with questionable facial hair?

    Unless the fights all look something like this then what is the point of tuning in?

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  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,004
    Prepared the former version but it was still fun.
  • A-R-T-H-U-R
    A-R-T-H-U-R Posts: 7,678
    edited June 2017
    Japanese Robot Wars - wow!

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