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Post by Crowfan on Sept 21, 2012 16:29:29 GMT -5
As a serious Robo fan, I think they have officially f*cked up, and this is probably indicative of the entire production. I was cautiously holding out hope for this, as I try to see remakes as possibilities to inject new thoughts and ideas into an established work of fiction (it has and can be done, albeit rarely)...but this looks like Robocrap. I agree wholeheartedly. Robocop was one of the best 80's movies there was. I'm actually surprised they haven't re-made Casablanca yet.
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Post by The Mad Plumber on Sept 7, 2013 22:55:35 GMT -5
Isn't there already four or five Iron Man movies? You know what this movie really needs: country music. All-American, jingoistic country music.
You know, I might have to change my position. I mainly dismissed the idea of giving this movie grief because it could be easily ignored and I'd always have my trusty 1987 RoboCop to get my killer cyborg fix. I guess what pesters me is that, in my mind, this film is representative of a generation of film watchers who consider the film I like to be garbage because it's over 25 years old and that this new film will cater to all the flavors they like.
I have one theory: someone in Hollywood doesn't like Basil Poledouris. They remade Conan the Barbarian. They're remaking RoboCop. Maybe soon we'll see a remake of Lonesome Dove.
My other theory is that this was originally a darker remake of Inspector Gadget, but DiC pulled out.
I hate to join a crowd of cynics who are dismissing films before the facts are out, but as I said before: how does one improve upon perfection? What I've seen in that video certainly isn't the answer.
On the plus side, ED-209 looked a little neat, though forgettable.
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Post by BJ on Sept 8, 2013 20:55:38 GMT -5
Can't disagree with the collective. When I saw that trailer, I just shook my head. It looks like every generic action movie of the last five years. You'd think with all the privacy issues, drone attacks, and all the other Big Brother issues of our gov't, they could have done something useful. Instead, it looks a boring version of Knight Rider, where they combined Michael Knight and KITT. The only good that can come from this is that they finally issue a decent Blu-Ray of the original.
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Post by TheNewMads on Sept 9, 2013 7:20:47 GMT -5
I dunno, I'm tempted to change my mind. I think it looks like it might be pretty cool.
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Post by TheNewMads on Sept 9, 2013 9:16:06 GMT -5
also, michael keaton!
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Post by Who Let Servo Drive on Apr 21, 2014 10:43:27 GMT -5
I was a bit disappointed in it. The original movie had an over-the-top, comic book cynicism about it, you know, like a kid trying to have a jaundiced view of the world? That's most of what made it fun. This movie tried to play it straight and it just left me cold.
In terms of military hardware the ED209s were pretty cool though. That's what I liked the most about the whole movie, but that does not make for an entertaining film experience. Too bad because I love Joel Kinnaman and also Michael K. Williams.
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Post by RedTom on Sept 1, 2014 5:39:03 GMT -5
Robocop (2014)
Not everything that we could have gained from the use of filmmaking technology, but not at all a worthless effort overall. The downside is that it did nothing to improve the overall storyline, nor did it really bring anything new to the picture other than a few visual upgrades and a little bit of humanity. Humanity in the sense that Robocop acted more like a normal street cop than his predecessor, Peter Weller. Still, the action scenes and the toned down violence did little more than rile us up with no real sense of gain in the movie itself. It felt like Robocop's greatest achievement was when he shot the rapist/murderer in the middle of the crowd. Beyond that, the other things he did seemed as simple as tracing some phone calls and running into a building, guns blazing. This was done way better in the original.
Still, as said before, it was not a complete loss. Although the partnership of Officer Lewis was one of the high points of the first one, his new partner, Officer Lewis (haha, funny) was more toned down, but still had a good effect all around. The chemistry between the two was not as effective in this remake, and taking it out of the spotlight was a decent move.
We did get to see more of Robocop, but his presence was much less menacing, and he was much sleeker. This also leads to the downfall that never get to see him take down a simple gas station robbery, nor does he take down any smaller crimes other than ones pertaining to the head crime boss. The real problem with this is that we never see him interact with the common people of the city. There was no "Have a nice day" or "Stay safe, citizen." We only get a grand scope of his deeds and no real look at how he deals with your normal, everyday crime.
The last thing of note is that there was a gigantic sideplot of his wife and son, where it was overlooked a lot more in the original. Whether this is a good thing or a bad thing is up to individual opinion, but it also means that we see a lot less of Robocop enforcing the law, and a lot less of the overall plot itself. It was a trade off, but was it truly worth it? I'd say no.
A mediocre reboot, overall, but it is worth watching if you're in the mood for an action flick where a little thinking is in order.
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Post by Grievous on Jun 28, 2018 4:07:11 GMT -5
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