Robocop Remake Trailer Hits the Streets
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So predictable. Lets make a robot with a guy in it, robot controls him, oh wait no he escapes control because humanity blah blah something something pretentious bullshit.
Awesome twist would be that in the end, the machine WAS Controlling him after all, just not following the orders of the people who assumed control over robocop. Queue skynet.
Awesome twist would be that in the end, the machine WAS Controlling him after all, just not following the orders of the people who assumed control over robocop. Queue skynet.
Ok I admit, I am willing to watched it eventhought we all know as hell it won't be an 18 (they went with the car explosion over being brutally gun down). Also I'm kind of surpise (I shouldn't be) that even ED 209 appear in it too.
What I liked: Ed209 looked good and it seems like they may have an even larger automated police group as well, which makes sense if they are updating the satire to include current fears about drones and such.
They give a nod to the original suit and then update it. While I don't like the new suit, this might be satirizing the way he's being marketed, especially if they are making some kind of false hope out of him.
The cast looks like they could be really good for this kind of movie.
What I did not like: Him keeping his arm. It was very poignant in the original that they took his arm off even though it could have been saved. The whole point was that he didn't belong to himself any more, he was considered property.
Him getting hurt by a car bomb is annoying as the scene will totally lack the sadism of the original and thus be less effective in making us crave revenge as an audience.
Her having the choice about whether he gets changed into Robocop or not is also highly annoying, as it continues to undermine the very important theme of company ownership of him as a person.
I'll hold off on judging it until I see the movie, but hopefully it will NOT be pg-13!
They give a nod to the original suit and then update it. While I don't like the new suit, this might be satirizing the way he's being marketed, especially if they are making some kind of false hope out of him.
The cast looks like they could be really good for this kind of movie.
What I did not like: Him keeping his arm. It was very poignant in the original that they took his arm off even though it could have been saved. The whole point was that he didn't belong to himself any more, he was considered property.
Him getting hurt by a car bomb is annoying as the scene will totally lack the sadism of the original and thus be less effective in making us crave revenge as an audience.
Her having the choice about whether he gets changed into Robocop or not is also highly annoying, as it continues to undermine the very important theme of company ownership of him as a person.
I'll hold off on judging it until I see the movie, but hopefully it will NOT be pg-13!
Huh, I managed to miss both parts where it mentioned them and skipped to the nice cartoon that didn't. The producers are forgiven.K.ur said:
They wanted to make it not a B movie like the original was. As good as the cheesy humour was, that style of action movie doesn't survive in the box office these days.BaronUberstein said:
OP:The fact that it's PG-13 will ruin it. I get that they want to stay away from the grade B nature that accompanies over the violence in films, but it really just makes them look like weak filmmakers if they can't even make an R rated Robocop movie. If you're going to make a Grade A film, put some work into it. Don't just make a movie using an idea that was done before and then water it down so you can sell it to teenagers for a good box office placing.
Well, this feels appropriate...
Sidenote: I'm surprised I found this clip on Youtube.
The trailer looks promising but the same could have been said for the Total Recall remake and look how that went. -_- It feels like the filmmakers completely missed the point of the original Robocop; the cheesy 80s action movie style, its dark humor, and its deep messages. This remake, while it may have a few things to say like the use of drones in the battlefield, feels like its lacking a soul-something the original had and then some. Plus the fact that it has great actors like Gary Coleman, Michael Keaton (sucks that he made the decision for the black Robocop suit), Samuel L. Jackson, and Jackie Earl Haley in this yet it feels like they're in it for a paycheck does not make me want to rush out to see it. I could be wrong but we just have to wait and see.
BTW. You think we're pissed about this, go see how Moviebob is handling this...
http://moviebob.blogspot.com/2013/09/robocop-remake-trailer.html
I'm dying to see his breakdown of this trailer in his next Intermission article and the inevitable Escape to the Movies review, if only for the cathartic value. It's bad enough to see Hollywood remake a modern classic into a bland cash-in in the sake of nostalgia, but knowing that they're doing this to Bob's all time favorite movie is pouring salt on an open wound.
Sidenote: I'm surprised I found this clip on Youtube.
The trailer looks promising but the same could have been said for the Total Recall remake and look how that went. -_- It feels like the filmmakers completely missed the point of the original Robocop; the cheesy 80s action movie style, its dark humor, and its deep messages. This remake, while it may have a few things to say like the use of drones in the battlefield, feels like its lacking a soul-something the original had and then some. Plus the fact that it has great actors like Gary Coleman, Michael Keaton (sucks that he made the decision for the black Robocop suit), Samuel L. Jackson, and Jackie Earl Haley in this yet it feels like they're in it for a paycheck does not make me want to rush out to see it. I could be wrong but we just have to wait and see.
BTW. You think we're pissed about this, go see how Moviebob is handling this...
http://moviebob.blogspot.com/2013/09/robocop-remake-trailer.html
I'm dying to see his breakdown of this trailer in his next Intermission article and the inevitable Escape to the Movies review, if only for the cathartic value. It's bad enough to see Hollywood remake a modern classic into a bland cash-in in the sake of nostalgia, but knowing that they're doing this to Bob's all time favorite movie is pouring salt on an open wound.
I'm one of the few who thinks the new armor looks really cool. Then again I never really saw the original robocop, so what do I know?
Nice of them to show the old Robocop armor (which was badass) before changing it to Spacemarine armor
It would've been more accurate if Michael Keaton had said..."Make him more...blah. Make him look...let's go with boring."
Also, did anyone else find it ironic Michael Keaton (AKA Batman) opted for black...it gave me a chuckle.
Anyway...this will be generic as hell and really boring (like the suit).
The only way to save this movie is to have Samuel L. have lots of screen time...and give him guns...and let him swear...and let him have badass robotic armor...and then have him kill Robocop 20 minutes in...and then let him be Robocop for the rest of the movie
Yea, that would be a great movie!
It would've been more accurate if Michael Keaton had said..."Make him more...blah. Make him look...let's go with boring."
Also, did anyone else find it ironic Michael Keaton (AKA Batman) opted for black...it gave me a chuckle.
Anyway...this will be generic as hell and really boring (like the suit).
The only way to save this movie is to have Samuel L. have lots of screen time...and give him guns...and let him swear...and let him have badass robotic armor...and then have him kill Robocop 20 minutes in...and then let him be Robocop for the rest of the movie
Yea, that would be a great movie!
That's actually the point. OCP is actually a parody of a the corporations of the 80's. Watch Wall Street then watch RoboCop and you'll see it. It may have been hard to grasp when you originally watched it, and nostalgia tends to hide heady concepts like that. RoboCop was always one of those weird message movies that you could get lost in the action, and miss the message. They're clearly keeping with the parody part, but instead of corporate 80's they've gone for modern day corporations. As long as they don't call him iRoboCop, and put out a half dozen different colors I'm fine with it.AxelxGabriel said:
But that's the point. Do you honestly think writers and producers of this day and age care about all that? Or are at least smart enough to understand all that?medv4380 said:
To be fair this is the trailer for the original. Tell me where the comedy and over the top violence is in that.BaronUberstein said:
It's not going to work because all the producers care about is pandering to the widest possible demographic, which means cutting out all the stuff that makes it unique just because it risk losing them money. You're seriously giving them way too much credit if you think it will be anyway where close as good as the original.medv4380 said:
People know the "brand" of Robocop, which will bring a lot of people in, but not everyone understands WHY the original Robocop was so good. And the producers and writers will just say it was an action movie. There was zero humor or anything original in this trailer. It's people like you who thought that Total Recall remake would be any good.
This film is going to end up nothing more then a dime-a-dozen action flick with barebones writing and none of the soul of the original movie. It's just a cash grab that will essentially tarnish the original film while the Producers will just scratch their heads in confusion about why it failed because all they care about is the bare minimum to satisfy the most people.
Hell, I'm willing to bet this movie will bomb so badly, we'll compare Robocop 3 as being better!
Ok then. Go to HSX.com and place your bet on ROBOC. If you're right it's horrifically over valued, and thus you should short it. Given that it's released in early 2014 it's not expected to be a runaway hit, but being based on Frank Millers script gives it better odds then what you're painting.AxelxGabriel said:
As for the produces having to cut stuff out compared to the original. Well yea, marketing R rated movies to 8 year olds isn't considered as appropriate as it was in the 80's. It's original rating was X after all, and had to be paired down to R anyways so your complaining about stuff that happened to the original as well.