My biggest problem with re-imaginings of movies is that they exist. They tend to do disservice to the fans of the original (because it can't be the original) and they often do disservice to the new audience because whatever made the original so recognizable isn't present. I've seen a couple that I enjoyed (the last Three Musketeers film comes to mind), but typically they become generic examples of whatever is in vogue at the time for film styles.
With that setup out of the way...
The clip above is perfectly serviceable when taken on its own merits. It feels more like we should be watching Captain America or the Punisher going to town on a warehouse full of robots and one human handler, but there's nothing inherently wrong with this. Taking the snippet in context of the entire trailers to date, the scene doesn't quite fit with the whole "totally programmed, totally controlled, until plot forces drive him to shrug it off" kind of deal that's emphasized in the rest of the promo material. The quip at the start is a bit too spontaneous for that.
As a whole, I'm not horribly enthused for this film. It speaks in the War on Terror/Surveillance State language that is all we really know post-2000, and it doesn't work the man-in-the-machine angle as nicely as the original Robocop did, or for that matter, Robocop 2 (3 kinda sucked, even though android ninjas are rather entertaining). It does have a decent cast, though, and that's giving some hope for an entertaining film rather than a total stinker.
TL
R. Clip is OK, but really can't be compared to the original films, as it's a different creature. I liked the original version better, but will at least try to see this one.
With that setup out of the way...
The clip above is perfectly serviceable when taken on its own merits. It feels more like we should be watching Captain America or the Punisher going to town on a warehouse full of robots and one human handler, but there's nothing inherently wrong with this. Taking the snippet in context of the entire trailers to date, the scene doesn't quite fit with the whole "totally programmed, totally controlled, until plot forces drive him to shrug it off" kind of deal that's emphasized in the rest of the promo material. The quip at the start is a bit too spontaneous for that.
As a whole, I'm not horribly enthused for this film. It speaks in the War on Terror/Surveillance State language that is all we really know post-2000, and it doesn't work the man-in-the-machine angle as nicely as the original Robocop did, or for that matter, Robocop 2 (3 kinda sucked, even though android ninjas are rather entertaining). It does have a decent cast, though, and that's giving some hope for an entertaining film rather than a total stinker.
TL
R. Clip is OK, but really can't be compared to the original films, as it's a different creature. I liked the original version better, but will at least try to see this one.
