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Mikezilla:

--- Quote from: Green Giant on March 27, 2012, 02:41:47 pm ---They are making a new Robocop?

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Yes, unfortunately. The sequels were god awful, but the orginal is one of my most favorite movies, thats why Im like "wtf are they gonna do?" Same with the damn Ninja Turtles. Michael Bay...raping my childhood all over again.


--- Quote from: yotsuya on March 27, 2012, 02:52:02 pm ---I like Mike. He lives in the 80s, just like me.  >:D

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Right back at ya friend!  :cheers:

--- Quote from: Vigo on March 27, 2012, 02:58:50 pm ---Maybe it's a testament to Peter Weller, but I thought in the original he had no problem showing emotion or lack of without his eyes visible. You could just tell how much of Murphy was creeping out in Robocop as the movie progressed. I don't know if showing robocop's eyes is necessarily a bad thing, but it is gonna most likely going to change the dynamic of Robocop quite a bit. I really liked how you could just brush him off as nothing but a machine, and everybody does except for his old partner. It will be hard to make that element work if you can look right in his eyes.

As for the rating, I really hope they don't lose that dark, yet humorous vibe to it. I would love if they play fake commercials throughout the movie like the original.

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See, I thought the same thing Vigo. Thats why at the end, when he doesnt have his helmet on, it comes full circle when he confronts the men who killed them. Same thing goes with the Terminator. In the final act, those red, cold, calculating eyes induced terror and a sense of dread. Robos eyes contained a determined, sorrowful kind of look, which I think added to the character. I agree.

Seriously. The satire was what made it great. I always laugh when I see the "Nukem" commercial. "Get them before they get you"  :lol I also dont want too much CG. I love practical effects.

Green Giant:
So you think they will cruise around in a 9000 SUX or has it actually gone over 9000?

Howard_Casto:
This will be an utter trainwreck.  What a lot of people don't know is robocop was supposed to be a rather inhuman cyborg... quickly and strangely skittering around a lot like the girl in splice.  Budget constraints and sfx limitations at the time forced him to become a more realistic, cumbersome cyborg.  And that happy accident is what made the character.  Robocop was the first (and possibly only) cyborg in cinema history that actually felt grounded in reality.  He was slow, bulky, half of his parts came from japan and he didn't always work right.... you know, just like real tech. ;)

What do you want to bet that now they are going to go back to the "original vision"?


I agree about the eyes thing... showing his eyes is a big mistake.  The whole visor reveal thing was symbolic.... You are supposed to think of him as a piece of hardware in the beginning and as the movie progresses his humanity leaks out, eventually leading to the big reveal whish is basically a way of shouting "there's a guy in there" at the audience.  And in the subsequent films this theme continues.... in vulnerable and emotional scenes his visor is off... while he's shooting up bad guys it's on, because he's all business.


I'm pretty sure you can't make a good Robocop film pg-13 either.... case in point...Robocop 3 was pg-13.  ;)


Oh and related news Detroit is getting a 10 foot tall Robocop statue!  About time I say.. afterall, philly has rocky!

TOK:

--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on March 27, 2012, 09:26:22 pm ---
I agree about the eyes thing... showing his eyes is a big mistake.  The whole visor reveal thing was symbolic.... You are supposed to think of him as a piece of hardware in the beginning and as the movie progresses his humanity leaks out, eventually leading to the big reveal whish is basically a way of shouting "there's a guy in there" at the audience.  And in the subsequent films this theme continues.... in vulnerable and emotional scenes his visor is off... while he's shooting up bad guys it's on, because he's all business.


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I don't agree with this. The lower part of his face was exposed through the whole movie. Who didn't realize it was a guy in there? Isn't it a jolt on the head or something that makes him start to get pieces of his human memories back?

Cool movie, but its probably been almost 10 years since I've seen it.

ark_ader:
I watched the prequel/remake of The Thing.

I was bored in the first 5 minutes of the movie, I have a feeling that Robocop (reboot?) will be the same old rehash, great to sleep through on a Friday night.

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