It actually took comedy central out of my rotation when 'scanning' for something to watch. I think that Comedy Central dropping the show may be the best thing that could happen to the show. But dismissing Battlebots because the coverage is lame is like dismissing the Olympics because NBC is lame - it's missing the point. I'm a huge Craig Charles fan, and would rather listen to him than anyone who has ever worked for 'Comedy Central Sports'. That said, the Comedy Central coverage of the Battlebot events is pretty bad, and getting worse.

If 'functional' and 'actually able to cause real carnage', and 'shredded steel plate flying through the air' are 'simple', then give me simple any day. They have prettier paintjobs and grillwork, combined with 'weapons' that can barely scratch tinfoil. The RC 'bots' on the show called RobotWars are pathetic, wimpy little things compared to the monsters on Battlebots. Second was watching them head to head one night.

Battlebots was originally called RobotWars, but a promotion company stole the name and sold it to the Brits. Two things changed my mind.įirst, discovering something of the history behind the two. I used to think the way you do, that RobotWars was great, and Battlebots a pale imitation. And please, make the hammers and saws sensor operated so that the jackass hammer nazi doesn't get to pick and choose who gets smashed. They should just have the hammers and a couple sets of saws, and of course the spike strips on the sides, and let the robots fight. They just break up the flow of the action too much. Get rid of the spinners, the pistons, the spikes in the floor, and the lifting panels in the center. Too many fights are decided because somebody accidentally drives over a hazard, which is unavoidable because there are so many all over the place. They are too much of a factor in the fights. I also agree that the other Battlebots imitators (and I don't care who 'really' was first, Battlebots was the first one anybody knew about) are unwatchably lame.Īlthough, there are too many hazards in Battlebots. Advertisers have no problem with it- in my market, there are always ads for Christian music albums during the show.never understood those demographics. Battlebots to me has all the brutal appeal of, for example, Ultimate Fighting Championship, but without the social complications.

If it were people being this brutal with each other, everybody would watch it too if they could (don't deny it). The 'rawness' of this entertainment is what is so compelling, I think.

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