Robocop remake... LOL

[lhb412]

It looks like a lot of good actors and some not-bad ideas for different ways to spin the story... in one generic, uninspiring package.

... in fact, it looks so uninspiring I'll bet people will forget about it pretty quickly.

[MekaGojira3k]

Eh. Nothing about it looks terrible, but I'm not a huge robocop fan to begin with. I guess the Silver color scheme comes back when he breaks free of their control?

[XvGojira]

[jellydonut25]

The black suit looks NOT ROBOTIC AT ALL, and I don't like the "it's a suit? what did you do to me?" stuff. doesn't Robocop NOT remember who he is at first? Isn't that kinda central to the character?

looks bland and I will pass.

[monster of dark]

Lots and lots of "Body" type, rates of merchandising? High. Looks like we get to see atleast a model close to the classic design; I don't mind the black suit at all, looks like carbon-based material...

[Psycho Soldier]

Gratuitous bloodshed, darkly satirical edge, super-powered police protagonist, gritty science fiction setting... come to think of it, Dredd was a better Robocop movie than this new one is looking.

[lhb412]

^But the original Robocop is still the best Judge Dredd movie!

[Psycho Soldier]

Heh, now there's a point of contention.

[Destroysall]

[ebirahsmeg1]

Rich Evan's reaction to the Robocop trailer:

http://redlettermedia.com/rich-evans-wa ... e-trailer/

[XvGojira]

[Alpha OTS]

[XvGojira]

[Pkmatrix]

[msweets13]

[klen7]

They released the first poster for the film and one of the sites i follow listed it as the poster for Fauxbocop, which made me chuckle

[Dr Kain]

Never seen the original (or any of the movies, only the cartoon), but this looks awful. I keep expecting Zordon to show up.

[jellydonut25]

The original is a good movie.

After that...meh. The second is okay I guess.

[Gman2887]

The second film has major issues, but looking back in it it's really not that bad. Just typically, dumbed down sequel material. Really fun third act, lots of laughs throughout as well.

On he topic of this movie, I dig the design before the black suit. Shame they didn't stick with that... Maybe they'll go back to it by the end? :/

[ebirahsmeg1]

[XvGojira]

What's with the hate for 3? Toss the kid out and bump it up to an R rating and you got a cool Robocop vs Ninjadroid flick. 2 didn't know what it wanted to do. You had the Robocop's directives being meddled with by a council, which was more light hearted than anything in the first movie I'll give you that. But the Robocop 2/RoboKain/the main villain thing happening so separate from the rest of the film it almost felt strange when they finally meet up at the end. Also the music was atrocious.

[Gman2887]

Everything about the third movie was in direct opposition to what the first film was about.

Suddenly Omnicorp is bought by a Japanese company, so it's no longer a satire about evil capitalists/politicians getting away with anything they want. No, now the Japanese are to blame. It takes all the wrongdoing off of what was originally portrayed as an evil company and makes them look like bumbling fools partnered with a competent villain.

And the little girl did more than amp the kitty-level of the franchise it added a sweetness to a world void of that kind of thing. In the first movie she would've been stepped on by ED-209, but in Robocop 3 she effectively reprograms it while it stands idle, counting down. It's the kind of cutesy humor that clashes with the first two movies' comedic beats. The reactions to ED-209 killing a suit in the office during the first act of Robocop, that was kind of funny. Not feel-good-funny, but dark funny. And that's RoboCop. That's a major element that makes the movie. RoboCop driving... whatever it was he was driving late in the third movie... not funny. Cringe worthy.

And finally, no Peter Weller. It wouldn't have been as bad if the movie were actually good, but Burke just doesn't do the movie any favors. Although I can understand why Weller wanted to get far away from this thing...

The music is the only thing the third movie has going for it.

RoboCop 2 might be a mess, but at least it stayed closer to the established world of the first movie and made for an entertaining return for the character. Entertaining is not what I'd call the third one. Maybe... unwatchable?

/rant

[Alpha OTS]

What Gman said.

Although I do remember when the ads for Robocop 3 first ran and how terrible it looked. When I finally did see it, it wasn't as bad as the trailers made it out to be, but it still was not good.

Anyone ever see that sci-fi Robocop mini-series? Not the TV show. I think it was called Prime Directives and there was only like 4 episodes. It wasn't as good as the first two movies, but it was far more in the universe than Robocop 3 was.

[Gman2887]

Prime Directives was darker, yes, but it was... forgettable... I don't know. I'm on the fence about that mini-series. On the one hand it was better than RoboCop 3, but I don't feel like I should grant handicaps to a franchise on a downward spiral. It still kind of contributed to the franchise's fall in that it had been reduced to TV movies. Not that it was Prime Directives fault though. It definitely tried. (Outside of the nutty villains.)

Now the TV series.... Oh. Dear.

[Rodanex]