[attqqq]

Does anyone else get a weird feeling from videos like this? I can’t help but look at this as clickbait, or a move of desperation- but I can’t really articulate or pinpoint why. Like those “I filled my pool with ONE MILLION Orbeez” YouTube personalities who get by on the momentum from ‘shock’-value videos alone

[bigyikes]

It seems like Adam Savage legitimately enjoys this type of project and I think getting to make a neat video about it might be an auxiliary benefit for him.

Either way, I enjoyed the video. What would you prefer he do with the Spot?

[attqqq]

I don’t want to inject my personal opinions into this, I’m really hoping someone with a stronger grasp of the English language that also feels this way can step in, here

That being said.. I don’t think this would have the same effect if- say, it was another generic “Hey guys look at what this cool robot could do, Featuring: Savage”, albeit less creative, and already done to death, it wouldn’t connote the same weird “I made this video solely to put under the title my Soc Media manager told me to”(?) subtext

[aaron695]

Not what I was expecting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRQmeANdYeM

And Mr Beast follows up with 100 million Orbeez of course https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TflpIllQHY

You could do a whole blog article on Orbeez and Youtube.

The top Orbeez video is.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP7kcMJZY5c Are the long fingernails a important part of the video? I feel like they are.

[pelliphant]

I got the feeling that he was helping his friend at boston dynamics to create some hype for his product. But, I knew that before I watched the video, and I did enjoy watching it, so I don't mind.