Danger! People are thirsting over the robot from 'Lost In Space'
If people can thirst over the Venom trailer, this shouldn't come as a shock.
Folks are frothing over the robot from Netflix's reboot of Lost in Space, played by Brian Steele — and Netflix is absolutely owning it.
When the show's protagonists, the Robinson family, find themselves stuck on a creepy alien planet, the youngest Robinson, Will, scores a sick pal in a local robot — this character, as in the original 1960s series, is the source of the show's signature catchphrase, "Danger, Will Robinson!"
Nothing groundbreaking here. So, why is everyone in a sweat? Well, in the original series, the robot looked liked this:
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And now, Netflix has quite literally rebooted it:
Netflix posted an acknowledgement of their sexy, sexy robot on Twitter on Tuesday, saying, "When Lost in Space premiered we were prepared for a big reaction. What we weren't prepared for was this..."
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That was followed by this:
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People have been getting all hot under the collar over the buff robot for the last few weeks.
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While you're all thirsting over the shapely robot, why not rewatch Harry and the Hendersons? Brian Steele, who plays the robot, played Harry/Bigfoot himself. Dayum.
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Shannon Connellan is Mashable's UK Editor based in London, formerly Mashable's Australia Editor, but emotionally, she lives in the Creel House. A Tomatometer-approved critic, Shannon writes about entertainment, tech, social good, science, culture, and Australian horror.
