Komag on 8/7/2022 at 00:32
Hopefully it takes place in Detroit in 1997
henke on 9/7/2022 at 17:35
Graphically, it looks good. But I'm not really getting the Robocop-vibe from what little we see of the writing/story here. I dunno, hope this'll live up to Resistance, but I'm not very hyped yet.
ZylonBane on 10/7/2022 at 16:11
Bleh, they're using the ugly Robocop 2 version of the OCP logo.
Anarchic Fox on 17/7/2022 at 11:59
Robocop was a dark comedy. I think their most difficult task will be matching that tone without veering into edginess or humorlessness.
Starker on 17/7/2022 at 13:15
I think it's going to be very hard to match Edward Neumeier's brand of political satire, especially as much of it is played completely straight, without much winking and nudging. Even Verhoeven didn't get it at first and rejected the script.
Also, it was a topical movie in many ways, and people are now somewhat removed from the Reagan era politics and cold war sentiments. Not to mention it's kind of hard to do satire these days in the current political climate.
Anarchic Fox on 17/7/2022 at 15:30
Yeah, that's what I was thinking about, but I didn't know the specifics; thanks.
Terminator is far easier to imitate than Robocop, I think.
Malf on 20/7/2022 at 12:49
Quote Posted by Starker
Even Verhoeven didn't get it at first and rejected the script.
Gods, I
adore Starship Troopers, and it amazes me to this day that there are still people who completely misinterpret the underlying, rather blatant anti-fascist message.
But I also loved the original book, so I got a lot of enjoyment out of Verhoeven's adroit skewering of it.
Ahem, sorry for the off-topic ramble.
On topic, and because
someone has to say it...
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I remember going to see Robocop at the cinema at the tender age of 14, even though it was an 18 certificate :D
It was
fucking awesome, and I still regard it as one of the best cyberpunk movies ever made.
I also quite liked the second movie (although watching it again relatively recently, it is showing its age and is definitely not as well made or plotted as the original).
But the third can suck a fat one.
ZylonBane on 20/7/2022 at 16:56
Quote Posted by Malf
Gods, I
adore Starship Troopers, and it amazes me to this day that there are still people who completely misinterpret the underlying, rather blatant anti-fascist message.
If someone makes a comedy that nobody laughs at, is it a good comedy? That's the problem with Starship Troopers. It may have been intended as satire, but it's not
good satire. Compared to the action movies of the 90s that were already jingoistic and over the top to the point of self-parody, whatever Starship Troopers was trying to do barely registered. On top of which, outside of the satirical elements it was an incredibly dumb movie.
Contrast with Robocop. The satirical elements were obviously satirical, and even if you strip away every satirical element, you still have a solid, well-acted science fiction story.
Starker on 20/7/2022 at 17:37
Robocop is probably one of my favourite movies. I've watched it more than a dozen times at this point and I still find new things every watching. It's so incredibly dense and economical in its storytelling that almost every scene is pulling double and triple duty and it works on so many levels. It works as an action movie, it works as a sci-fi movie, it works as satirical comedy, it works as a revenge story, it works as political commentary, it even works as a western at points.
At the same time, it's quite subtle and understated in its deeper aspects and bold enough to leave things open ended. The gradual recovering of the humanity and liberty of Robocop as he fights against his programming is one such example that constantly evolves during the movie -- just how much of Murphy is still in there? Is he just a ghost in the machine, bits of code jumping around? And the culmination of this, the face reveal, is amazingly done. First they show him from behind, then in a distorted mirror, and only then in full view -- a human face plastered onto a metal frame. Hell, in that very brief scene alone there's so much to unpack -- the OCP brand on his helmet, the way he puts the drill to his head like a gun, the "you may not like what you're going to see" line, the melancholy tone of the scene and his voice, the "I can feel them, but I can't remember them" line, the way he refers to his past self in the third person... etc
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