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I'm so excited. That's all.
I really hope its not shite.
Ditto
Should never have been made IMO
What if its more scary than the first one ? - [i]shudders[/i]
its like repainting the Mona Lisa
So uninterested, why ruin yet another classic
I hope the phrase "you have 20 seconds to comply" is used somewhere. 😆
I'll be waiting for the DVD.
Tempted to go and see but think I'll wait for it appear on Sky or maybe iTunes.
Despite all the big stars it's got 3 stars written all over it.
From the leaked images I've seen, it appears that the new... "outfit" is the wrong term but lets roll with it, the new outfit is a new version of the old one. Ie, the original look is in the movie too, and they redesign it within the plot.
Which, makes me happy. I'm not daft enough to dismiss it as a "ruined classic" until I've actually watched the film.
I'm not expecting anyone to match Kurtwood Smiths performance. He made the movie for me. I'll just take the new one for what it is and try to enjoy it as a stand alone movie. At least, if it's engaging, it'll enable the comparisons to wait until later.
Was he Clarence Brodicker? You're not wrong if so.
Any excuse for this. Simply brilliant.
Yeah spotted that on the trailers Cougar the new stealth look and the original.
Sums it up for me gears_suck.
organic355 - Member
Should never have been made IMO
Too right. Why remake a classic.
Without this, it's nothing
PS. Robocop was one of the rare films I went to the cinema twice to see.
Spotted this on the youtube links. Quite interesting
I bet you think you're pretty smart huh Pezza, think you can outsmart a bullet?
Good work mate, I've got that 12", and Bring Forth The Guillotine 🙂
That guy got more than he was expecting in the interview.....
If its not Verhoeven (sp)...well...it won't be Verhoeven, will it?
I'm hoping to be pleasantly surprised...
My money is on nobody being pleasently surprised, and it being as utterly gash as the trailer suggests. A complete travesty of pointless CGI nonsense, that surgically removes everything that was best about the original
I expect it's going to be somewhere above mediocre...
He's seen it twice...
I thought the original was shit, (i left the cinema) and i expect the remake to be shit so i'll not bother with it but in true stw fashion i feel like i have to post and comment on something i have no intention of viewing.
I hope they follow the Verhoeven back catalog and remake Showgirls, with extra CGI.
This one stinks of mediocre unfortunately, the original, though not perfect, was at least original!
Some guy from a Star Wars site reviewed it and said it's better than phantom menace... That helps
Ps this is in my top. 5 fav films
Nananananananana
somafunk - MemberI thought the original was shit, (i left the cinema) and i expect the remake to be shit so i'll not bother with it but in true stw fashion i feel like i have to post and comment on something i have no intention of viewing.
Hey. You saw some of the first one and you didn't like it. There's no reason to subject yourself needlessly to the remake. We all have different likes and dislikes. Fair comment.
The first film is a classic..
When I first heard about the re-make, especially a pg-13 remake I was very skeptical, however.. having watched the trailer it looks fun.. I can't see it having the satire of the original, however the director has done a couple of good films - so I'm going in open minded...
CAN YOU FLY BOBBY???!!?
Certainly the pg13 classification for the remake is troubling. Clarence's use of profanity in every possible situation in the original was what made the dialog so entertaining and in a weird way more believable.
On another note...
What about the remake of Total Recall? Personally, I hated it. I'd have preferred, and possibly even liked it a tiny bit if they'd called it something like Déjà Vu. It was borderline insulting due to the fact they tried to act in it. Come on. Don't try to upstage Arnie. It's a fight you'll lose.
What about the remake of Total Recall? Personally, I hated it. I'd have preferred, and possibly even liked it a tiny bit if they'd called it something like Déjà Vu. It was borderline insulting due to the fact they tried to act in it. Come on. Don't try to upstage Arnie. It's a fight you'll lose.
That was pretty bad - got distracted by some paint drying...
The Total Recall remake had Kate Beckinsale in ossum body mode so it wins.
Big time.
has to be better than this.
I don't think it could be worserer that [i]I, Frankenstein[/i], from what the bloke from Empire Magazine was saying on Lauren Laverne's show on Friday...
The original was only great because they turned a guy into a machine, and I was about 8.
I remember you, you're dead. We, killed you?
Bitches leave!
Not for me, I avoided the Aliens thing, Total Recall and will avoid this too. It'll just be like a i-robot/look at me dropping references in to the old robocop. Abit like a tribute band. No ta.
I'm kinda looking forward to 300 Pt Deux but not holding up much hope.
Please make a Dredd II 🙁
Off topic but I watched half of the 'A Team' movie last night.
Seriously, what a crock of absolute and utter drivel.
Bitches leave!
Or "ladies leave" in the 'edited for TV version' I remember watching when I was a kid. I always remember thinking Clarence Boddicker was very polite for a psychopathic cop killer.
Got tickets to watch it at the imax next week. 😀
Some reviews on Rottentomatoes (53%):
If you find yourself - perhaps under duress - watching José Padilha's Robocop, rest easy in the knowledge that under no circumstances will you end up watching it again.
... a soulless metallic carcass designed by committee to amplify external gloss and maximise commercial profit.
I might have a film-night where we watch the original.
Total film rated it
Off topic but I watched half of the 'A Team' movie last night.
Seriously, what a crock of absolute and utter drivel.
See that slipped into the "so bad it's good" category for me.
The sequence with them shooting down Reaper drones while parachuting a tank out of an exploding Hercules is stupidly brilliant. 😀
wysiwyg - MemberTotal film rated it
And Empire hated it.
Just read Total Film's review and interview with the director. He sounds like he took it seriously at least.
Unless it has the guy saying "I'd buy that for a dollar!" in it, then I'm out.
The approach to this remake is very different. Where as the original is a very dark satire whereby a man faces an incredibly painful and disturbing conflict with his existence as a machine and all the losses that come with it the remake brushes over it completely, well it tackles it a little bit but more in a 'Woah, what happened to my super fit Hollywood bod?! Whoah, i'm like totally bullet proof now dude, this is frickin' cool!' sort of way.
It's a completely different animal, which is fine, I wouldn't want a pointless carbon copy. It's just a pity that on its own, it's a really bad film.
How is the first one satire? You'll have to help me I haven't seen it since I was about 18.
In the same way that Starship Troopers is a satire.
By being satirical.
Serious - comments a lot on - privatisation, globalisation, commercialism (specifically the viewing of people as mere assets by big business), the soulless, vacuous (sp?) nature of modern life, etc.
Well, who has seen it then?
I have. Started off quite well but went seriously downhill IMO. At least they tried to do it a bit differently I suppose.
How is the first one satire? You'll have to help me I haven't seen it since I was about 18.
It wasn't, people have tried to lay stories and meaning over the top of the shoot em up cliched 80's action plot. It was just bog standard big budget 80's entertainment, nothing more.
Oh dear MSP, really? The satire in Robocop (and Starship Troopers) is pretty bloody obvious.
It wasn't, people have tried to lay stories and meaning over the top of the shoot em up cliched 80's action plot. It was just bog standard big budget 80's entertainment, nothing more.
Personally I think it is satire...
It isn't satire there is some heavy handed morality message thrown in badly, just like the "what did we learn" bit at the end of 80's cartoons.
I reckon it's satire too.
I watched it the other night, really liked it. Thought they'd done a good job revamping it.
I reckon it's satire too.
Certainly is.
The first one was just a poor Judge Dredd rip-off IMHO. Can't really see what the fuss is/was about. Ok film, easy remake.
I think its satire too... check out the "in film commercials":
Replacement "sports hearts"
Family nuclear warfare game
Advert for American car "because bigger is better! *estimate 8.2mpg"
FINALLY! Somewhere where this link is appropriate:
[b]no, it really isn't appropriate... [Mod] [/b]
Just like Total Recall and Starship Troopers, Robocop is thoroughly satirical and has political points to make. Verhoevens best works. And then came Showgirls....
ryderredman - Member
FINALLY! Somewhere where this link is appropriate:link
W T actual F 😀 😯
piemonster - Member
ryderredman - Member
FINALLY! Somewhere where this link is appropriate:
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W T actual F
Lie to me and tell me you didn't enjoy that?
Wow
[i]Rape Victim - Kate Freund
Rape Victim - Rachel Adams
Rape Victim - Starline Hodge
Rapist - Nick Corirossi
Rapist - Seth Allison
Rapist - Luka Fisher
Rapist - Jon Watts
Rapist - Demorge Brown
Rapist - Sammy Primero
Rapist - Willy Roberts
Rapist - David Stafford
Rapist - Ariel Gardner
Rapist - Alex Kavutskiy
Rapist - Shawn Law
Rapist - Nathan Graham Smith
Rapist - Paul Bonanno[/i]
I don't think that's something I want to watch...
Oh, I thought Robocop was all right. Nowt special, just a brain off dose of guns and robot adequate fun.
Neither impressed nor disappointed.
Lie to me and tell me you didn't enjoy that?
I've successfully blocked that part of my memory. So have no idea of whether I enjoyed it or not.
Terrible movie.
Could have been great.
Good sfx and battles.
Poor script, wrong actors and just crap.
DezB - Member
Rape Victim - Kate Freund
Rape Victim - Rachel Adams
Rape Victim - Starline Hodge
Rapist - Nick Corirossi
Rapist - Seth Allison
Rapist - Luka Fisher
Rapist - Jon Watts
Rapist - Demorge Brown
Rapist - Sammy Primero
Rapist - Willy Roberts
Rapist - David Stafford
Rapist - Ariel Gardner
Rapist - Alex Kavutskiy
Rapist - Shawn Law
Rapist - Nathan Graham Smith
Rapist - Paul BonannoI don't think that's something I want to watch...
Lots of things sound bad when you take them out of context.
I've not seen a remake of a film that has been any good. I watched Robocop on the plane yesterday. I still haven't seen a decent remake. If there were no other half decent films on the IFE to watch instead I would have turned off halfway through.
King Kong was an ok remake.
Heat was a good remake - way better than original. Departed is good but not as good as original movies.
The Coen Brothers' True Grit was better than the original in my opinion. I never really understood why anyone thought that John Wayne was a good actor.
Which King Kong remake? I liked the '80's one with Jeff Bridges, but wasn't keen on the Peter Jackson one.
The Coen Brothers' True Grit was better than the original in my opinion. I never really understood why anyone thought that John Wayne was a good actor.
Completely different movies. I think acting was different back then. Actors tended to be more dramatic and over acting was the norm. Modern actors try to deliver dialog in a more realistic fashion. Wayne was a great actor for his time.
Anyway, Robocop was shit. The new one I mean. I was disappointed on all counts. Rubbish story line. Poorly developed characters, mindless plot. Standard CGI.