Danger! People are thirsting over the robot from 'Lost In Space'

Dayum.
By Shannon Connellan  on 
Danger! People are thirsting over the robot from 'Lost In Space'
Robot looks, uh, different to the 1960s version. Credit: Netflix

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:

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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..."

That was followed by this:

People have been getting all hot under the collar over the buff robot for the last few weeks.

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

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 everything (but not anything) across entertainment, tech, social good, science, and culture.


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