Yes, good. Let them destroy each other instead of coming for their human overlords.
Seriously, though, do you guys remember BattleBots? So much robot-destroying action! It’s been off the air for twelve years, but now ABC has revived the series as a six-episode summer reality show. The creators of the original series, Ed Roski and Greg Munson, will be behind the revival, so that bodes well.
The new BattleBots will be pretty much like the old BattleBots - homemade robots trying to tear each other to shreds, tournament-style, until only one robo-victor remains. That robot becomes a General in the eventual Robopocalypse (I think).
But the new series will place extra focus on the design and build of the robots, and on the builders’ backstories. New developments in camera technology means we’re also going to get sweet on-board robocamera shots. Plus, the new show will air on ABC instead of Comedy Central, meaning it won’t try so hard to be funny. Which is a very good thing.
Hey, ABC – I think I found your first contestant.
(via Laughing Squid)
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