Talk:1630: Quadcopter

Despite the obvious nature documentary joke, could this maybe also be making fun of people's fear that robots will take over the world someday soon? And in the same tone of voice try to convince them that technological development is natural and is nothing to be afraid of?Bon (talk) 06:27, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

This seems to be at least a partial reference to a scene in Harry Potter where they learn to ride broomsticks for the first time. Mlake (talk) 07:11, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

I cannot see the connections at all... --Kynde (talk) 21:12, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Would it not make more sense if birds carried him away? 141.101.104.147 10:53, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Is it really about the robots becoming sentient, or is it the idea that the government doesn't want him teaching this class and sent the drones to take him away? Schiffy (Speak to me|What I've done) 13:26, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Are quadcopters used as camera mounts in filming nature documentaries? This is the angle I first took on reading this comic. 162.158.152.179 13:30, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

They are used to filming the lava lake in 1608. This is references above. So probably also wild life --Kynde (talk) 21:12, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

It seems to me that this is a pun on the term Predator drone. Predator drones are not quadcopters but both are commonly referred to simply as "drone". In this case it seems that cue ball has fallen prey to a predator and the group is looking at it similarly to watching a cat kill a squirrel. 173.245.54.54 13:38, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Great. Now added in a more clear way to the comic explanation than when I read it before. --Kynde (talk) 21:12, 15 January 2016 (UTC)