|
by Mischief Maker 06/13/2015, 8:16pm PDT |
|
|
|
|
|
I heard enough that I decided to approach it as its own self-contained film and I was actually enjoying the first half when the movie was doing its own thing entirely. Agreed the action scenes were terrible, but isn't that par for the course these days? This probably would have been a much better movie if it had never been called Robocop.
Then halfway through the movie someone said they needed to remake all the iconic scenes from Robocop and it turned into total shit. I was wincing at the painful plot manipulations required to make Murphy want to kill Keaton. "Emotions mess with the system" is not nearly as clever or as satisfying as, "Dick, you're FIRED!"
But the real thing that irritated me about the movie was the opening scene. If Verhoven were doing this script, when the kid came at the ED-209 with the kitchen knife, you know at the very least you'd see blood spattered across the pretty news girl's face. Instead the way they tried to build audience sympathy was having suicide bombers say, "Remember, we're not trying to kill any people!" Jerry may have seen that as meta-satire, I saw it as somebody losing their nerve and not trusting the audience. With Robocop 1 you were never wondering, "Are they being serious, or is this a satire?" |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The RoboCop remake looks like the worst shit imaginable by Horrible Gelatinous Blob 09/05/2013, 7:32pm PDT
The satirical element is going to begin and end with Keaton's performance, init? NT by MM 09/05/2013, 7:59pm PDT
^ this was the most accurate prediction NT by fabio 08/07/2014, 11:23pm PDT
Movies that should have been re-released into theaters by Fullofkittens 09/05/2013, 8:45pm PDT
Yeah, it does. I sense pg-13 NT by Eurotrash 09/05/2013, 10:27pm PDT
They said that a couple of months ago by Siskel and Ebert 09/05/2013, 11:10pm PDT
Re: They said that a couple of months ago by E. L. Koba 09/06/2013, 12:47am PDT
Like HELL the original Robocop wouldn't be rated R now by Eurotrash 09/06/2013, 10:32am PDT
No way this isn't going to be a steaming pile by fabio 09/06/2013, 12:33am PDT
Re: No way this isn't going to be a steaming pile by MM 09/06/2013, 5:52am PDT
Fuck NT by E. L. Koba 09/06/2013, 12:46am PDT
Might be good by Vested Id 09/06/2013, 12:56am PDT
Re: Might be good by Mischief Mandarin 09/06/2013, 7:10pm PDT
You said what I was getting at in your other comment up there by Vested Id 09/07/2013, 12:14am PDT
I was being sarcastic. NT by MM 09/07/2013, 6:30am PDT
What? The Tron sequel? by Eurotrash 09/08/2013, 4:05am PDT
Re: Might be good by Eurotrash 09/06/2013, 11:04pm PDT
Me: "Sam Jackson needs to be in way fewer movies." by Fullofkittens 09/07/2013, 7:07am PDT
Why do you think his full name is "Samuel L 'Motherfucking' Jackson"? NT by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 06/01/2014, 4:28pm PDT
The planned February release confirmed shitpile status a while ago by Bodybag 09/07/2013, 2:39pm PDT
Get back on Skype NT by fabio 09/07/2013, 2:52pm PDT
Re: The RoboCop remake looks like the worst shit imaginable by Mysterio 09/14/2013, 2:30pm PDT
Here's a script that could redeem that trailer by Mischief Maker 09/14/2013, 6:20pm PDT
The Remake will be nothing compared to the original Robocop 2: pure shit NT by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 10/15/2013, 3:13pm PDT
go fuck yourself NT by go fuck yourself 10/15/2013, 5:49pm PDT
go fuck yourself by Dick Cheney 10/15/2013, 6:49pm PDT
Hahaha, oh man, I hope you guys enjoy being wrong. And awesome RoboCop remakes. NT by Jerry Whorebach 05/13/2014, 11:20pm PDT
FAGGOT by FAGGOT 05/14/2014, 11:19am PDT
That was the most consistent post I've seen in a year. NT by Mr. Kool 05/14/2014, 8:43pm PDT
Robocop Remake is excellent. by Gutsby 06/03/2014, 3:04pm PDT
The old RoboCop needed a human brain, the new one just needed a pretty face... by ...the brain was a liability. 06/03/2014, 5:08pm PDT
"There were... A FEW... flipper babies." by Fullofkittens 06/03/2014, 6:17pm PDT
I liked it. NT by Shredder 06/03/2014, 9:20pm PDT
So who hated it NT by Vested Id 06/03/2014, 9:36pm PDT
This was forgettable by fabio 08/07/2014, 11:19pm PDT
Wow! I guess I laughed a lot more than you did. by Jerry Whorebach 08/08/2014, 1:15am PDT
The brilliant thing about this movie is how every part of it defeats itself. by Jerry Whorebach 08/08/2014, 1:46am PDT
Hey, this was good!... ish. by blackwater 08/14/2014, 11:25pm PDT
They hamfistedly established with the amputee musician that strong emotion by interferes with bionic controls. 08/15/2014, 12:19am PDT
Again underscoring Murphy's lack of agency - it was a confluence of the Dr.'s NT by shoddy tech and CEO's rushed releas 08/15/2014, 12:23am PDT
Finally saw it. by Mischief Maker 06/13/2015, 8:16pm PDT
Finally watched it also by Eurotrash 09/12/2015, 6:23am PDT
It was one of the most non-engaging movies I've seen in years by fabio 09/12/2015, 10:49pm PDT
Every superhero movie would be better without any superheroes in it. by Look at Wonder Boys! 09/13/2015, 12:49am PDT
WARNING the above contains spoilers for FF #236, The Matrix, and unless I'm NT by explicitly contradicted Wonder Boys 09/13/2015, 12:57am PDT
Guardians of the Galaxys is bad? Huh? NT by I hate Caltrops 08/16/2018, 3:43pm PDT
The cast of Robocop doesn't know what The Oregon Trail is by I hate Caltrops 08/16/2018, 3:44pm PDT
Did anyone ever post the Harmontown ED-209 improv? by John Smith 11/22/2021, 9:27am PST
|
|