Comments on: Battle cars

By: naxxtor

naxxtor — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:46:26 +0000

this was very disappointing. machine guns do not cause cars to explode, and the damage are remarkably unspectacular. most of the carnage is executed by well placed pyro charges.

the most dramatic thing to occur in the episodes is that one of the cars ill-thought out armoury or weaponry gets stuck on a rock, whilst the other team sits and uses that week’s special weapon to blow them up. seriously – most of the damage is done by the pyro team, not the competitors.

there’s no interesting engineering content, just dull, scripted rubbish.

square root of minus one stars.

By: andre

andre — Sun, 03 May 2009 13:50:46 +0000

WATCH OUT, the linked site has multiple bot/virus warnings on AVG, possibly its been remote exploited…

-A

By: Jose Torres

Jose Torres — Sat, 02 May 2009 22:35:23 +0000

Finally, Twisted Metal.

By: fl1ntlock

fl1ntlock — Sat, 02 May 2009 21:21:49 +0000

now that sounds a little better

By: Scott K

Scott K — Sat, 02 May 2009 05:10:39 +0000

The WEAPONIZERS fire thousands of rounds each episode. Each vehicle is outfitted with several different machine guns and real rocket launchers and the cars are completely oblitereated. The fireworks were for a victory celebration. Only one of the cast has a special effects backround and that is Cowboy who also worked for NASA. Andrew McLaren is a former mercenary who street races Lamborghini’s for big time cash, Jimmy Shine his partner is a Hot Rodding legend who holds a land speed record at Bonneville, he set the record in a car he built himself. Rusty is an Underground celebrity in Seattle who built a 40 foot robot that throws fireballs.

By: spacematters

spacematters — Sat, 02 May 2009 04:45:24 +0000

oops um.. I guess I mean:

stupid youtube with case sensitive urls…

By: spacematters

spacematters — Sat, 02 May 2009 04:41:05 +0000

Hey all here’s the traile for it:

Hazardfactory founder Rusty Oliver is 1/4 of the “talent” behind the thing ;)

By: AlmostThere

AlmostThere — Sat, 02 May 2009 00:50:18 +0000

>I wish they would bring back junkyard wars

You guys do know that Junkyard Wars was scripted, don’t you? One guy explained to me how they actually had a week to do the build; it was actually indoors with LOTS of indirect lighting and used lens filters to give the effect of morning, afternoon and evening lighting (you never saw the sun, and you never saw a single cloud in the sky – I know, I looked.)

This guy’s team was way ahead and the director wanted more action, so he ordered an assistant to stab the radiator with a screwdriver. Looked cool on TV; lots of smoke, and the guys had to collect water from the hole in the radiator pouring it back in the top (burning their hands in the process.)

Good TV, maybe; a contest, no!

By: rasz

rasz — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:40:27 +0000

I get on my cable something called Discovery Science, turning in on right now gives me some shite called “great crashes” composed of old youtube car accidents.

By: d00m3d

d00m3d — Fri, 01 May 2009 20:34:08 +0000

I wish they would bring back junkyard wars, i watched nearly every episode and i dont even watch tv at all. Hopefully this turns out to be some real carnage, I’ve thought of the prospect of a show like this a few times.

By: mike

mike — Fri, 01 May 2009 20:30:46 +0000

@ryan: I’m with you on the ice cream truck!

@everyone else especially rasz: Discovery channel is not the science channel. If you want science watch the science channel, or watch nasa tv.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 01 May 2009 20:04:16 +0000

Gross spelling errors aside, I agree with rasz: Discovery needs to focus more on discovery and learning, less on blowing shit up. I can accept Mythbusters because it tries to do both.

For example, a show about the design process of a ubiquitous success, such as the iPhone, with lots of attention to the prototypes and early rejected design ideas, to show the progression of the design and familiarize the general public with the possibilities associated with modern, commercial technologies.

By: will d.

will d. — Fri, 01 May 2009 18:14:58 +0000

this could be good, or it could be ‘smash lab’ awful.

By: your spelling teacher

your spelling teacher — Fri, 01 May 2009 18:11:43 +0000

@rasz: teaches something like how to spell “science”?

By: rasz

rasz — Fri, 01 May 2009 16:58:36 +0000

less and less actual SCIENCE on discovery channel :( all they show latelly is RETARDED crap, junkyard wars US was total turd compared to UK version, why stupid unfunny presenters? Dinosaur wars with morons playing hydraulic jaws eating melons? please …

How about a SCIENSE show that teaches something?