One of the WORST movies of the 1990s! - Robot Wars (1993)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ส.ค. 2024
- #RobotWars #1990s
On this episode of Weird Movies With Mark, I talk about Robot Wars (1993)
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Credits Music by: OVERWERK
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:16 Robot Tours
1:45 Centros Attack
4:03 Leda's Test Tubes
5:15 Unifoms
6:02 Leda VS Drake
6:58 Tube TVs
7:51 Crystal Vista Cover-up
9:10 Explosive Acting
10:58 Windbreaker
11:34 Fighting Ceremony
12:49 I'd Hookup with Annie
13:34 What Would John Wayne Do?
14:43 Crystal Vista
17:03 The Betrayal
18:22 The Return of Drake
19:32 Leda's Rescue
20:07 Robot Fight Time
20:46 Memory Lane
21:31 Closing Thoughts
23:05 Ending Skit
23:54 Outtakes/Credits - ตลก
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Been watching you for a long time and you never fail to entertain. You've helped me during the bad times and made the good times that much better. Thanks for all the hard work you put into these. It shows.
Also, best self insert ever. You deserve a golden globe or something. Maybe a golden glove. That's what my phone wanted me to say.
one single golden glove hahahah
A golden VHS
It's the background music :-)
More bad 90’s movies please!
Is that the Fall Break wig?
Never stop editing yourself in these movies. You always crack me up when you pop up in a random scene.
Def a highlight
Agreed
Agreed x3!
It's hilarious!
Dude for real… it is insane that FBF isn’t like one of the top movie channels. His videos always split my sides lol
"nano quantum plastic hybrid coated wires"
Did I stumble into a Neil Breen movie??
Maybe?
Hmmm, depends on how many laptops were destroyed...
Neil Breen and his double are living heros! 🤣
Programmable coat hanger matter
@@karnerblue7658 Programmable virtual reality coat hangers!
"LOOK AT IT!!!" 😂🤣This made me laugh out loud! Please, Mark, keep editing yourself in these movies.
I almost fell off my chair laughing :) :) :)
"I'm still waiting for the war."
This certainly aged well.
Comrade Fanboy wants a war?
"Really, the whole year was a shitty sequel of 2020" 🤣 I loved that line!
Man was it! Geez!!
It’s so true.
My life's been in reruns for the past decade so I hardly even noticed a difference.
In addition to the things he mentioned, we also got an incoherent and incompetent vegetable for president.
@@planescaped Ha! My life has been in syndication for years, but only on Al Jazeera and Telemundo. #Rockbottom
15:00 The town was abandoned decades ago but someone still came to wipe those windows and water plants in the City Hall. That passing car obviously belonged to the window cleaner.
it's not as bad as some of the Asylum movies. In one of their zombie movies society fell at least a decade ago yet when the camera pans over a bridge there is a constant flow of traffic. There was also Navy Seals Vs Zombies. The city was supposed to be infested with zombies and no one alive yet you can see people shopping.
I love how it was the flimsyist excuse to cheap out on the production and just used some small down instead of building sets.
There is this zombie - vampire movie set in some inner city area. During one of the scenes there is a horde of zombie - vampire creatures who are rampaging, except for one who is super chill and taking a cigarette break. Don't judge, he earned it because he is an achiever who puts 110% into his rampaging. 😆
Those CRT tv’s were insane. I remember having a big flat screen one - it legitimately had a huge concrete weight inside the bottom - to keep it from tipping forward. That thing SUCKED to move…
I remember the house I rented in college had this tube tv and my roommates and I wanted to move it for a party. I went to lift it and thought it was bolted down. It wasn’t.
@@FanboyFlicks The TVs with the fat-backs? I literally still have one. Am I a terrible person?
Those were the days. When you needed 2 strong people to move a 25" TV. Now I can easily move my 55" LCD TV by myself (and I'm not in shape at all)
@@fattiger6957 I'm dying 😂
@@GabrielAlcala956 some retro gamers need old fat tv to play their games.
When Mark started talking about moving CRTs... I felt that.
When my mom got her CRT replaced with a flatscreen, my brother and I had to move a 48 inch CRT from the living room to the curb. It was like carrying the heaviest, most unwieldy drum set.
Why are they moving critical race theories around?
What I wouldn't give for a Kung Pow! Enter the Fist style series, in which Mark replaces the lead characters in various cruddy old movies. Netflix or Apple TV should be all over that.
Brilliant!
I would love to do something like that
@@FanboyFlicks Call your agent! Get a demo reel of your best vid cameos over to Netflix!!
Great idea! I completely agree!
lmfao your comment triggered this memory th-cam.com/video/G_deNZYECsQ/w-d-xo.html
Duuuude me and my buddies watched this movie every time it came on cable and ripped it constantly. One of my very first hate watches. Good times man. Lol
Word up
He needs to speed up his editing skills, he finished this 3 days ago! Unacceptable!
Okay, Karen.
Mines was the movie Breathing Fire. I used to have watch parties for that movie so I understand the experience.
Same! And it was on tv like every other night. Wont go into a detail but a family member used to LOVE this movie. Also loved alcohol, if that helps explain it. Man does that take me back. Pretty sure he used to rent it every other week as well.
"LOOK AT IT!!!!!" Oscar worthy acting mark! Neil Breen would be proud brother! 👏 btw, I love your channel, the only one I decided to become a member of. Good work, as always
Thank you, I had a lot of fun making this one
Me and My wife laughed so ridiculously hard at your reenactment of that scene. Now My wife's constantly saying "look at it!" To everyone and everything. Good job man!! Really great videos!
This is what I love about Cinema between 1990 & 1993. It cannot decide whether or not to go back to the 80’s or fully join the 90’s!🤣
Actually, the 90s we knew and lived in it didn't went full start until 1993.
I wish it stayed in limbo tbh. I like the mixed aesthetic.
That's how the beginning of most decades go. Disco was still hanging on in the early 80s
@@Nestalgba92023 I’d go ‘95 through ‘04 although I think there’s a sameness since.
To be honest, even for 1993, this is pretty crappy
I always enjoy it when Mark gives a more committed performance than any of the actors in the movie.
I find it hilarious that this has the 2 "bad guys" from The Karate Kid II basically playing the same characters.
How are we the only 2 people to have noticed this? It wasn't even mentioned in the video and it's totally obvious that it was those two guys yet again 6 years later. People on TH-cam are slipping with the obvious pop culture references lately.
Which 2 guys in the film?
As soon as I saw them it immediately hit me
“I’ve been on this for weeks Annie, I don’t know”
Legendary script writing
I saw this movie as a kid in in Puerto Rico. We lived in a small village, and our Blockbuster was the post office with 8 to 10 VHS videos to rent.
I think I saw this movie playing on channel 11 on a moday morning or something. Back then the channel name was "Teleonce".
what did you think of it back then?
I'm glad you stole ODM gear and got out of there. No one deserves to live in a place where the Blockbuster was also the post office.
@@layna-heyhey I loved it!😃
@@nachgeben The descendants of Ymir should be grateful they get to live at all let alone have ANY VHS tape,
The "explosive acting" bit was amazing lmao.
When I was a kid, I loved Robot Jox (the semi-prequel to this movie) But at one point I got the title mixed up with Robot Wars when I was at the video store. Suffice to say I was really pissed when I sat down to watch Robot Jox and got this instead. That was $3 I'll never get back.
Guy: "What would John Wayne do?"
John Wayne: "Not be in this movie"
That’s got to be the smartest looking deserted for decades towns I’ve ever seen. A testament to all the hard work of the post apocalyptic city authorities, their staff and volunteers.
Yeah, puts all those other ghost towns to shame. Pripryat ain't got nothing on something-something Visa.
Please review Robot Jox. To me, it was the only best giant robot movie in the 80's.
Robot Jox is just an average B movie. Nothing to really discuss about it.
When I first seen Robot Jox I thought it was released 84-85 at the latest and my mind was blown with the 1990 release date. Still fun movie...considering I watched ROTOR just before it that night Robot Jox felt like Citizen Kane.
And, Robot Wars is a semi-sequel to Robot Jox.
Up until Pacific Rim, Robot Jox was the best American giant robot movie. Weird to think, but Americans don't seem too keen on giant robots. You'd think they'd love it, but I guess not.
Robot Jox is almost TOO good for this show. It's not really considered a bad movie. For sure a B movie but not that bad. If you want to see a discussion on it though Red Letter Media did a Best of The Worst episode on it. One of the very very first they ever did.
Dude. Your “Look at it!” Was 10/10. Great work.
This is one of the only channels I follow simply because I like the person explaining things and how he comically explains things. Seems like a good dude
Okay, I laughed WAY too hard at your version of "LOOK AT IT!"
Actually, upon reflection, I believe that it may have been the appropriate amount.
Omg, I was dying laughing watching his rendition, he's so funny.
His rendition of "Look into these eyes" was a huge laugh
10:30 - I love when Mark steals a scene. What a shameless robber!
I had to stop what my family was doing to show them that scene .
LOOKATET! XD
Back in the day, I too got taken in by "First there was Robotjox" on the cover. I LOVE Robotjox, despite its being low budget and thought that this was some kind of sequel to it. Imagine my utter disappointment after I sat through this laughable excuse for a "Robot War". I had been punked. Badly.
You hit the nail on the head , when talking about the old CRT TVs.I worked for a consumer electronics store. And setting up those TVs you could bust a you know what, even with help. I think you should do Robot Jox next
There's a deeper story here with that theatre.
Clearly while the town was abandoned the theatre kept running.
Once the post stopped being delivered they had to start making their own films to show based upon the films they already had.
Sure each film only starred the 4 or so theatre workers that were trapped there, but the writing quality was there.
They should have made a film about this instead, maybe a heart warming comedy or something. Would have been leagues ahead of 'Robot Wars'
Theater*
Oh my god that “look at it”! By Mark was priceless, I’ve seen all of his videos and that was the hardest I’ve ever laughed, ever!
Mark.. you're the best. There are other channels doing bad movies but your commentary, sarcasm, and insertion into the movie with your scripting is gold
you will feel pretty stupid when this all becomes reality in 19 years
So 90,s computers and advandced laser beams?
@@novusrex9809 not advanced laser tech, just shitty laser tech and 90s cheap special effects will over take space time and I'd rather die than be stuck in that. Been a good run dude, but the end is in 15 years.
Already bought my bike helmet...as a precaution.
the only problem i see is it will have to be solar powered and i dont think it will work for more the 2 minutes
@@novusrex9809 hey, vinyl records came back, why not CRT's?
The suffering you go through sitting through these garbage movies for the sake of our entertainment, is incredibly underappreciated. Your dry sense of humor is exactly whats needed during all the craziness in the world right now. Thank you for all you do. Keep up the great and sometimes painful work.
What's also cool is that he knows about movie making so that insight with his humor makes it one of my favorite TH-cam channels period.
@@redwolfe7049 100% My father was in the industry and I always like hearing someone who actually knows what they are talking about - Would be really interesting to see him do his own indi-project.
Robot Wars played in that coveted time slot: HBO. In the middle of the summer. In the middle of the week. In the middle of the day. And it played a lot.
Mark’s deadpan humor never fails to make me laugh out loud
I remember this was a marketed as the sequel to Robot Jox, even though they’re not related at all.
Robot Jox was the shit.
Seyla.
The only relation I can see is that the evil asian general from this movie was the good guy professor in Robot Jox.
@@fattiger6957 and the same production compapny
Oh shit, I remember this one from when I was a kid. I loved Robot Jox to death as a kid, it was one of my favorite movies, this and Ninja Turtles. I remember they tried to market this as the sequel. I remember being like 5 or 6 and my dad taking me to the video store to rent this and feeling absolutely ripped off. Even at my young age I was like WTF man?
RObot Jox is dope. I watched it recently, and it actually holds up. But this looks like crap.
Was going to comment similar to this. I remember renting it because it seemed like a sequel to robot jox.
@@joshuagiehll3737 yeah I think they banked on that pretty hard. I also remember my movie store days and always seeing this movie and picking it up and almost renting it but usually something would save me from this fate. But my luck eventually ran out and I was so mad I wasted my movie pick on this.. My young blood boiled that day.
You beat me to it! I saw Robot Jox in the theater with my wife at the time. Classic stop motion robot goodness!
Very similar experience. "Robot Wars, this is going to be awesome!" Spoiler: it wasn't awesome.
Love the outburst where you inserted yourself. Hilarious! “Look at it!!”
I hope I'm the only one who imagines when he's in a scene it's actually in the real movie making him a recurring character in all these unconnected movies
Mark deserve so much more recognition it's a crime agains humanity
Mark kinda did it to himself in a way.. He had a lot of people watching his videos and he says from time to time he will have a schedule set but never abides by it which most people will go else where to get their bad movie fix.. As of late he has been constant with the videos.. And yes he is a very talented dude and I want him to succeed..
"2021 was a shitty sequel of 2020". Yes indeed Mark. Yes indeed
And we're approaching trilogy status rapidly.!
2022 looking worse.
2022 is winding up to be the holy Trinity
God... I have been searching for DAYS trying to figure out what movie from my childhood had a mech rise up and break through the street of a town... and your video is the only footage I could find that had that scene.
This channel is so underrated, it is the cool small coffee shop with wayyyy better stuff than the huge corporate chains/channels. I was in tears at Mark putting himself in the movie meanwhile BuzzFeed has millions of subscribers just to reread another pop culture listacle relisting same boring thing from last list under a clickbait title.
I mean I defy any of those clickbait factories to review something as esoterically awesome as "The Astrologist"..….which was robbed in the poll. The Pit is great but The Astrologer was soooii bizarre it sent me down a rabbit hole of gay teen lovers and scam companies in trying to figure out how it was made.
9:44 If there were an award for chewing the scenery, this guy would win top prize. Lol, and he's got that floofy 80's haircut that waggles back and forth for extra dramatic emphasis and effect, love it. I have to say though, I like your rendition even better. 😂 Also you're right, it was more like a robot spat, or a robot tiff, but personally I like thinking of it as a robot kerfuffle. 😉
Very good. "kerfuffle" is the kind of word that sounds like it should serve some purpose, but never does...and then this "Robot War" comes along and oila! the perfect place to use "kerfuffle"!
Now I'm looking for a movie with a character who can best be described as a "poltroon".
Robot Kerfuffle is extremely accurate but it won't put butts in seats like the original title. 😜
The amount of content you’re offering recently is amazing! I’ve watched “The Pit” thanks to your channel, and had the best time. Always great content from you, Mark! (Wow, the pit won the poll! I totally voted for that!)
I remember this movie, and I remember the disappointment. This video makes up for it.
When I was a kid I spent waaaay too much time trying to figure out how this related to Robot Jox. That Mr. Kamekona was a good dude who dies in the Jox, but appears in this ... as a villain pretty much broke my little mind.
Does anyone else speak in unison when Mark says: "Hey guys, welcome back TO the show"
I just can't help myself 😁
Only veterans.
Welcome TO.. the show ranks right up there with barely an inconvenience.
Mark's the man 😎
you deserve so many more subs then u have ur videos are phenomenal!!! i have binged basically ur whole channel in a few days its hilarious! thanks for all ur hard work on this awesome content
In the beginning of the video, I was expecting "you don't always get what you want" but dammit that delivery still cracked me up so hard lol.
The actor who plays General Wa-Lee also happened to play the chief engineer in Robot Jox. This film is definitely a downgrade.
Isn't that Sato and also his nephew Chosen? This being supposedly a part 2 and these guys are also together again from another part 2. Coincidence?
@@DeathBYDesign666 yeah it is Sato and Chozen.
They're Battletech Clan Clones?
Mark, whenever you release a new video it is always the highlight of our day here at our house.
“Well to bad.” Ha! Mark, you’ve done it again. Hilarious video. As usual, my favorite part was where you inserted yourself into the film. “Nano quantum plastic hybrid coated wires.” That was hilarious!
Always fun to see how Mark interjects himself into these movies is hilarious. Also I kind of want the bus carpet jacket.
Hahahaah bus carpet, that’s the perfect way to describe that design!
Any chance we’ll eventually see Robot Jox?
Crash and burn…
As always, your videos lift my spirits for the rest of the day. :)
I also have a suggestion for what you could review in the future: Future War. A movie from 1997 that could be described as a haphazard and hilariously indept mishmash of Jurassic Park, The Terminator and Universal Soldier. I'm not sure if I would describe it as so bad it's good, but it's definitely worth a place on your list of reviewed terrible movies.
Take care!
Please stay on your journey, Mark. It matters. You are helping all of us...
"LOOK AT IT!", lmao. Love when you put yourself in the movies, always a highlight
lmao ya... for a minute there i thought it was Shia Labeouf
I’d pay to see this whole movie with Mark editted in over the main character.
LOOK AT IT!!!!!
It's one of those odd films that took me years to track down a copy. Back in the day when video cassettes were a thing the trailer for this was included on pretty much every scifi tape I watched but no store ever had a copy of the actual movie.
Hey Mark! Glad to see this one brother. I'll comment my sad story after the video 😁
I think that Mark makes these videos as an excuse to throw rants about mundane things, like the heavy old TVs.
I have to say that those are my favorite parts of his videos 😂
I also love the moments when he simply gives up on trying to make sense of the movie lol
Oh 100%. Watching people get pissed about random minor stuff you yourself get pissed about will always be hilarious to me.
"...you've spent more time talking about each other, to other people... than you have spent interacting!"
So, every middle school relationship ever.
If 2021 is a sequel to 2020, I'd consider it the The Empire Strike Back of the series. Not in the sense it was better in general, but just from a movie-making standpoint, it built on a lot of the concepts already established in 2020 and it added its own unique twists in a way that kept things lively. I mean the opening scene in the first week alone, had you right on the edge of the your seat, and that's the kind of thing you want in a movie.
Dude, your in-movie skits are perfect! 10:36 was a line made for you
There needs to be a term for when movie characters refrain from using their overwhelming power until after they've already taken major damage or fought enemies using more difficult and dangerous methods. Like in the beginning of Phantom Menace when Neesons drops down off a higher level to fight a bunch of droids by hand, only to finish off the last few with a trivial little force blast. He could have done that while he was still lounging up top!
“She pulls a piece of plastic out of her purse, that looks like a gun.” Had a good laugh there.
I just wanted to tell you that I love you and I genuinely appreciate your content. You bring me happiness in what is currently the worst depression I've ever battled. Thank you.
I like how Mark's inserted scenes are better than the real movie.
Which is usually the case.
Vintage test tubes are highly sought after collectibles. I have test tubes from the 19th century,.. Test tube collections will soon be more valuable than Pokémon cards.. you'll see.
I cannot emphasize enough how much I love this channel. Mark is the undisputed boss of dry wit. The hilarious videos have cheered me up so much on dreary late nights. 💗
Has he ever done anything with trenold? That's a great channel too and both Canadians
I saw this on the sci-fi channel as a kid and have been trying to remember the title for over 25 years. You just made my day.
Oh my God dude. You are frickin' hilarious! Glad I found your channel. Thanks!
You got me busting up laughing with that "look at it" skit 10:35
10:34 I've replayed this about 5 times and it still cracks me up.
P.S. Annie aka young Lisa Rinna can get the whoooolllleeee 4th letter of the alphabet IN UPPERCASE any day of the week.
She’s an absolute smoke show
This is why I can't bring my Lego sets when I ride around on a giant robotic scorpion transport... I feel for you test tube lady.
As a kid, I always assumed that this was set in the same universe as Robot Jox.
As a 6 year old, this was the first movie I ever saw in theatres.
I didn't know what was going on, I didn't know what story narrative even was or how to follow it,
but I definitely knew those robots were miniatures and nowhere near the size to fit the humans in. 🙃
Wait, this movie had a theatrical run? It's not even feature length and most FULL MOON productions went straight to video. What city were you in at the time?
You might be one of only a dozen people to see this movie on the silver screen, and that's pretty cool! :)
Cheers.
@@Pocketrocket-pj1us You know what, I'm sorry. I thought that this was Robot Jox. Especially when the title is "One of the Worst Movies of the 90s!"
But as Mark started to review the clips, I said, "waitaminute... this isn't the same movie!; It's a much better one!"
So maybe you're right that Robot Wars was never in theatres. I was a bit older in 1993 (than when I saw Robot Jox in 1990), and I don't remember seeing Robot Wars ever being shown.
Sorry for the confusion! But what a nice trip down memory lane for me; We were dumb enough to think in the year 2000, some of these things might actually happen!; Flying cars, wars in space, android humans that look like robots, etc.
@FanboyFlicks, Another great episode, Mark! I always look forward to your new episodes and this one did not disappoint. I was surprised though that you didn't throw in any jokes or references to Karate Kid 2 since the guys that played the Eastern Alliance also played Uncle Sato and Chozen from Mr. Miyagi's hometown in KK2.
Maybe this was an early attempt to create a cinematic universe where the characters would cross film genres. Maybe at the end of KK2, Sato and Chozen were cryogenically frozen and then thawed out in 2035 so they could rise to power, gain control of a giant robot, and then track down Mr. Miyagi and Daniel-San in order to exact some long-overdue revenge. Of course, that means Mr. Miyagi and Daniel-San would also have to have been frozen...okay there are a number of plot holes here but clearly, the makers of this film weren't trifled by such things. I might be grasping here. Oh well, great episode and keep them coming!
Came here to say this!
@@onjohns1 great minds think alike 😅🤣😂
I'm sure there diabolical ChoseN, ways could come up with a way to make that plan s reality, just look at that ghost 👻 town. But what they didn't t count on was Stumpy the time warrior crossing their path.
This channel always puts a smile on my face. Keep em comming.
Dude, your content gets better and better!!!
Haha, 80s/90s kid from Northern Ontario here. I totally had a Charlotte Hornets Starter windbreaker.
Your videos are always entertaining. It's like watching a condensed version of Mystery Science Theater 3000 or RiffTrax. I love it.
It's rolled up with those and Cinematic Titanic in my bad movie diet, too. Mark's a real gem.
At 3:26 the two men in red were the bad guys in Karate Kid II (Sato/uncle and Chozen/#1 student). Funny they would appear together again in this film.
Just found your channel..
Like a live-action Mystery Science Theater..
Intriguing... Subscribed. 👍🏻
Hi Mark, keep up the good work with the weirdness, take care
I *thought* that was Barbara Crampton. She looks the same now as she did in the 90s. Gorgeous.
I saved this for a particularly crummy day and all your jokes landed. Thanks for that!
The actor that played the chief looked familiar, yes, he was the CEO of the Good Guy Dolls in the Child's Play Movies, 2 and 3.
Good thing I didn’t watch this movie. I have two broken pencils I’ve been saving to stab out my eyes…
What was that mech movie from the 80’s or 90’s where they fought in an arena? Loved that movie as a kid!
Robot Jox? The VHS had that awesome trailer for Arena as well, where a human fights cage matches with aliens and cyborgs. There's that one too.
@@BigMateo24 Robot Jox!!! Thats was it. Bad, cheesy movie, but for a kid watching robots fight was awesome!
Your commentary iz sooo hilarious , my ribz hurt from laughing 🤣🤣keep it comin 😉💯
Lol I was always drawing robot battles as a kid (before this movie came out) and I thought I was inventing my own comic book series called "Robot Wars" haha
I loved Robot Jox as a kid but never even heard of this "sequel". O_o
Robot jox is awesome. Crash and Burn!
I just seen this movie last week for the first time and it was pissing me off how bad it was. I watch a lot of bad movies and don't get pissed but dear God
Looks like they spent a grand total of, about 30 bucks on those Centros costumes. Black hoodies, sunglasses, black beanies, black gloves, and some black pants. Really, really creative.
When he (Mark) overacted that scene at 10:30 I literally spit laughed. I honestly thought I was choking to death. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Really liked those robot designs. Also the whole Eastern Alliance thing at the end has some potential imo.
I thought this was Robot Jox, right up until the end. Hilarious video, Mark.