Movies Robocop (1987)

[MrDawn]

I absolutely fell in love with this movie when I was a little boy. I love Peter Weller as Robocop. Loved the suit design and the plot. It's too bad that Peter never reprised his role for any new movies or that they could never get any good screen writers after the second one.

 

[VashTheStampede]

I'd buy that for a dollar!

(Verhoeven is a genius)

 

[Mark]

Who would have thought that this movie would have hit so close to accurately depicting now all the way back in 1987? I sure as hell didn’t because I was 1, but that’s besides the point. One of my favorite movies as a kid. I wish they gave the second and third movies the work they needed, because there was so much potential after the first one.

The remake? Haven’t seen it. Don’t wanna.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Who would have thought that this movie would have hit so close to accurately depicting now all the way back in 1987? I sure as hell didn’t because I was 1, but that’s besides the point. One of my favorite movies as a kid. I wish they gave the second and third movies the work they needed, because there was so much potential after the first one.

The remake? Haven’t seen it. Don’t wanna.

Robocop remake was actually decent.

Total Recall remake was a fucking disaster.

 

[Mark]

Robocop remake was actually decent.

I’m gonna trust you on this and put it on the list… I’ve been REAL reluctant to try reboots.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

I’m gonna trust you on this and put it on the list… I’ve been REAL reluctant to try reboots.

reminder that John Carpenter's The Thing was a remake. So was The Mummy with Brendan Fraiser.

Robocop may not be up to the standard that some people expect, and it loses the satire nature of the original in favor of a more action oriented take, but if you remove the original from your thought process, it can be an entertaining movie. Plus, it has an amazing cast. Michael Keaton, Samuel L Jackson, and Gary Oldman all have parts in the film.

Just don't watch the Total Recall or Red Dawn remakes. I didn't see the Point Break remake, so I have no opinion of that.

 

[Mark]

reminder that John Carpenter's The Thing was a remake. So was The Mummy with Brendan Fraiser.

Robocop may not be up to the standard that some people expect, and it loses the satire nature of the original in favor of a more action oriented take, but if you remove the original from your thought process, it can be an entertaining movie. Plus, it has an amazing cast. Michael Keaton, Samuel L Jackson, and Gary Oldman all have parts in the film.

Just don't watch the Total Recall or Red Dawn remakes. I didn't see the Point Break remake, so I have no opinion of that.

Well, you know how remakes are. If it’s a trend, then that horse gets every ounce of glue beaten outta it. With the original being a favorite of mine as a kid, I just avoided it in the same manner that I avoided the TMNT remakes or the Power Rangers remake.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Yeah, I didn't like the TMNT or Power Rangers movies.

But I also don't like Power Rangers in general...

Or the original TMNT movies, for that matter...

 

[MrDawn]

Robocop remake was actually decent.

I did not like the remake. I do not feel that Joel captured the character in the same exact way Peter did. In any case, I'm of the majority of fans who believe Robocop 1 and 2 are only canon. It just hasn't been the same since Peter Weller left the franchise.

 

[Jay™]

The first one was cool.

 

[Jawneh]

I think I actually played an arcade game of Robocop that... may have been loosely related to the movie? I did end up eventually seeing the movie too and remember liking it. This was somewhere midteens though so I can't remember much of what happened beyond fighting against his prime directive or what it was called in the movie.

 

[Ben]

I absolutely fell in love with this movie when I was a little boy. I love Peter Weller as Robocop. Loved the suit design and the plot. It's too bad that Peter never reprised his role for any new movies or that they could never get any good screen writers after the second one.

I loved Robocop as a kid. I don't remember exactly when my parents let me watch it, but they were fucking stupid so it was probably around 5-6. They were me watch Aliens at 2, and Silver Bullet at 6 or so. Not great moderators.

I know I had a Robo toy with a button on the back that said a lot of his lines. And my brother had some house/jungle song on vinyl that sampled '20 seconds to comply" that I'd play over and over.


Oh shit, found that pretty easy. And weird that the band was Silver Bullet...


It's satire was dead on, and eerily accurate to today. It still holds up, as social commentary and from a movie making perspective.

Robocop remake was actually decent.

I have to respectfully disagree. The remake was a fucking joke when held up to the original.

Real Robo looks believable, down to the skin of his face being stretched over The 'skull' when he takes the helmet off. You could believe Peter Weller was a robot in that, as he played it so well.

The remake? It just looks like a guy in a freaking tactical suit with a motorbike helmet. They even found a stupid reason to keep the actors hands out of the suit sieeves, so it's "a human hand pulling the trigger". But it doesn't look good or stick to the character.

The action might have been alright, but it wasn't a good Robocop movie in my option.

I think I actually played an arcade game of Robocop that... may have been loosely related to the movie? I did end up eventually seeing the movie too and remember liking it. This was somewhere midteens though so I can't remember much of what happened beyond fighting against his prime directive or what it was called in the movie.

There were several of them, including a few Robocop VS. Terminator ones. I remember one with a construction site level early on, I think.

 

[Jawneh]

There were several of them, including a few Robocop VS. Terminator ones. I remember one with a construction site level early on, I think.

Ohh, I remember a construction site. And a lot of bikers swooping in and outta of the screen. And sadly I think dogs too. :/

 

[Ben]

Ohh, I remember a construction site. And a lot of bikers swooping in and outta of the screen. And sadly I think dogs too. :/

Sounds right.

There definitely wasn't an aversion to putting animals in old video games. But I'm still traumatized by Resident Evil and that hallway a little off the main lobby, with all the windows, so fuck dogs in general.

 

[Jawneh]

Sounds right.

There definitely wasn't an aversion to putting animals in old video games. But I'm still traumatized by Resident Evil and that hallway a little off the main lobby, with all the windows, so fuck dogs in general.

Yeah... I remember that hall way too. Never liked it. And let's not even start with Cujo.

 

[VashTheStampede]

I loved Robocop as a kid. I don't remember exactly when my parents let me watch it, but they were fucking stupid so it was probably around 5-6. They were me watch Aliens at 2, and Silver Bullet at 6 or so. Not great moderators.

Oh. Well I just let my kids watch John Wick with me a couple months ago but I was a super-moderator so I think it was super okay.

 

[Ben]

Oh. Well I just let my kids watch John Wick with me a couple months ago but I was a super-moderator so I think it was super okay.

While I've still never seen any of the John Wick movies, I'd think they're relatively sanitary compared to watching a cop get blown apart piece by piece by shotguns.

Like, yes he shoots a lot of people, stabby stab, etc. but they aren't generally as graphic. The Boys is more what I'd compare Robocop to with all the head popping, but even then it's not practical FX so doesn't seem as real.

 

[VashTheStampede]

While I've still never seen any of the John Wick movies, I'd think they're relatively sanitary compared to watching a cop get blown apart piece by piece by shotguns.

Oh yeah it's WAY more tame than the Murphy death scene. Or the ED-209 scene. Or like half of the commercials.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

I have to respectfully disagree. The remake was a fucking joke when held up to the original.

Real Robo looks believable, down to the skin of his face being stretched over The 'skull' when he takes the helmet off. You could believe Peter Weller was a robot in that, as he played it so well.

The remake? It just looks like a guy in a freaking tactical suit with a motorbike helmet. They even found a stupid reason to keep the actors hands out of the suit sieeves, so it's "a human hand pulling the trigger". But it doesn't look good or stick to the character.

The action might have been alright, but it wasn't a good Robocop movie in my option.

There's your problem, you're comparing it to the original and completely disregarded it because it's not the same movie. You need to separate the films from each other.

 

[Ben]

There's your problem, you're comparing it to the original and completely disregarded it because it's not the same movie. You need to separate the films from each other.

Sure, my standards are set high knowing the original, but even then... It felt more like it was trying to be Judge Dredd than Robocop. Robo is not supposed to be a an actual cyborg to that degree, and it undercuts the corporatate coldness the story is supposed to convey. OCP doesn't give a fuck about saving his human arm, they get rid of it.

I know the remake is made for the drone age, and supposed to speak to the "a human hand is pulling the trigger", but... Don't call it a Robocop movie then.

I have equally as much issue with the Jurassic Park remakes, though. Just stop remaking things.