Robocop

[RichardCranium]

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=INmtQXUXez8

I just saw the trailer. How can they remake Robocop as PG-13?

[Archigeek]

How can you remake Robocop at all? It can't possibly get any better.

[SHAFT]

How can you remake Robocop at all? It can't possibly get any better.

You are right on. This new one looks retarded. If it gets incredible reviews I'll go see it.

[Warriorbird]

I am not hopeful.

[RichardCranium]

It can be redone. I was satisfied with Total Recall. I think they fucked this up though.

[Deschamps]

I'm with Archigeek. Robocop is my favorite movie of all time - it's the ultimate self-parody. Paul Verhoeven is a genius (Showgirls and Starship Troopers notwithstanding.) I didn't see the remake of Total Recall and I won't be seeing the remake of Robocop either.

[Warriorbird]

It can be redone. I was satisfied with Total Recall. I think they fucked this up though.

I think it can be done. I was satisfied with Evil Dead, too. This isn't the director or the project though.

[Taernath]

A black (painted) Robocop? Kill me.


Paul Verhoeven is a genius (Showgirls and Starship Troopers notwithstanding.)

Hey now, I loved the book but the first Starship Troopers was a great film in its own right.

[SHAFT]

1. He's got a flesh hand.
2. He's killed by his car blowing up.
3. No Clarence boddicker.

3 reasons I'm skeptical. Boddicker being the main one.

"Can you flyyy Bobby?"

[Archigeek]

I did like the first Starship Troopers for sure. Neal Patrick Harris as a pseudo-nazi, but in a good way.

[Deschamps]

Hey now, I loved the book but the first Starship Troopers was a great film in its own right.

The book WAS awesome... Heinlein is one of my favorite writers. The movie wasn't TERRIBLE, but the acting was. It was just too corny, but not in a "so bad it's good" Road House kinda way, it was just bad acting.

[Deschamps]

I did really like Gary Busey's kid in it though. He made the whole movie for me.

[Archigeek]

The book WAS awesome... Heinlein is one of my favorite writers. The movie wasn't TERRIBLE, but the acting was. It was just too corny, but not in a "so bad it's good" Road House kinda way, it was just bad acting.

I thought it was corny by design. Would you like to know more?

[SHAFT]

I thought it was corny by design. Would you like to know more?

Yes please? Tell us more.

[Deschamps]

I thought it was corny by design. Would you like to know more?
Oh yeah, the feel of the movie was very similiar to Robocop, I thought. Dark future self-parody. The newscasts were great. I just think that Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, that black-haired pilot dude who gets his brains sucked out, and the clown who played Johnny Rico collectively sucked. Robocop had great actors in a corny movie, whereas Starship Troopers could been great and corny, but the actors mostly sucked. I still own it on Blu-Ray, and I've watched it probably half a dozen times. I guess I was just expecting more from a Verhoeven movie based on a Heinlein novel. Just my opinion.

[Archigeek]

Yes please? Tell us more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdrjzE1SE58

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9vtLqSA4fg

[Archigeek]

Speaking of bug hunts. Aliens is on pubic TV. Never thought I'd be saying that.

[Methais]

1. He's got a flesh hand.
2. He's killed by his car blowing up.
3. No Clarence boddicker.

3 reasons I'm skeptical. Boddicker being the main one.

"Can you flyyy Bobby?"

This. No Red Foreman is a travesty.

[Archigeek]

What was the car? The 9000SUX or something? I'd buy that for a dollar!

[Latrinsorm]

1. He's got a flesh hand.
2. He's killed by his car blowing up.
3. No Clarence boddicker.

3 reasons I'm skeptical. Boddicker being the main one.

"Can you flyyy Bobby?"I think it makes more sense not to have a new Boddicker, the role was so distinctive. A new Robocop isn't hard because the face is covered anyway. They're better off inventing another antagonist that's just as good - whether they can or not is another story.
Speaking of bug hunts. Aliens is on pubic TV. Never thought I'd be saying that.I hope they make a cream for that.

[Some Rogue]

I hope they make a cream for that.

Hey now, no need to nitpick.

[Deschamps]

What was the car? The 9000SUX or something? I'd buy that for a dollar!

http://robocoparchive.com/info/car8.JPG

[Methais]

I think it makes more sense not to have a new Boddicker, the role was so distinctive. A new Robocop isn't hard because the face is covered anyway. They're better off inventing another antagonist that's just as good - whether they can or not is another story.I hope they make a cream for that.

No. They should bring Kurtwood Smith back as Boddicker. And call Robocop a dumbass.

[MotleyCrew]

Getting kind of tired of remade movies, have we run out of stories to tell?

[Methais]

Getting kind of tired of remade movies, have we run out of stories to tell?

Yes.

Stay tuned for an American Idol movie.

[SHAFT]

Yes.

Stay tuned for an American Idol movie.

That's been done bro:

http://i565.photobucket.com/albums/ss94/frank996960/from_justin_to_kelly.jpg (http://s565.photobucket.com/user/frank996960/media/from_justin_to_kelly.jpg.html)

[Thondalar]

Huh. She wasn't half bad pre-twinkies.

[SHAFT]

Don't be fooled by Photoshop!

[Kalishar]

Recent movie remakes off the top of my head

Red Dawn - Didn't care for it, felt like it tried to be too much action, too fast paced.

The Mechanic - Was okay, after having seen the original with Charles Bronson, which was a much slower paced, realistic movie... I felt this new one was just another movie showing off Jason Statham being a badass. Which is not such a terrible thing anyway.

Total Recall - Sucked. I drifted in and out of sleep for the last 30 minutes of it. Maybe I'm partial to the Mars storyline and aliens in the original. DESE PEEPLE NEED AYUH!

Dredd - I actually liked it. Felt like it was more in character with the source material instead of just a Sylvester Stallone movie where he happens to be playing Judge Dredd.

As for Robocop, it needs Clarence Boddicker, Dick Jones, and Peter Weller's voice. Or there will be...trouble.

[SHAFT]

The thing sequel, which was a re-quel, sucked balls. Terrible.

[Latrinsorm]

Isn't Robocop just a Frankenstein remake in the first place?

[Moonwitch]

Isn't Robocop just a Frankenstein remake in the first place?

Yes, now that you mention it, it sort of was one. Who is going to go see I, Frankenstein? It looks really good to me.

[Allereli]

Point Break is also being remade

[Archigeek]

Point Break is also being remade

Seriously? I think they just need to learn to wait longer.

For example: I am Legend was a perfectly good remake of The Omega Man. I watched them both back to back, which was a hoot. It was like a social studies experiment, comparing the early 70's with the late 2000's. Intriguing. Much more dialogue in the earlier movie, far better special effects in the latter.

[NinjasLeadTheWay]

Hollywood has been out of original ideas for some time. This looks like some kind of absurd attempt to make us all comfortable with drone use. I'll redbox it a few weeks after it's thrown out of theaters on it's ass.

[Allereli]

Seriously? I think they just need to learn to wait longer.

I thought the same about Spider-man. It's been much longer for Point Break. Gerard Butler in the Patrick Swayze role does not "bodhi" well.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/guides/best_remakes_50_years_50_movies/ Very interesting list. I knew The Departed was a remake, but I didn't know about 12 Monkeys. I doubt Robocop will be any good, but remakes are not necessarily a bad thing (Oceans 11, The Parent Trap). However, the Terminator reboot makes me sad. I'm sure someone can come up with an algorithm to quantify if a remake will be good based on the director, casting, success, # of years since original film, whether or not it was foreign, if it was originally a Shakespeare ripoff anyway, and tomato meter rating of the original.

[SHAFT]

This is getting horrible reviews. I'm passing.

[Latrinsorm]

So did Blade Runner.

[Warriorbird]

Blade Runner wasn't rated PG-13.

[Latrinsorm]

Adjusted for inflation, a PG-13 today is the R of the 1980s.

That's probably not true.

[Gelston]

In a few instances it would be.

[Warriorbird]

Adjusted for inflation, a PG-13 today is the R of the 1980s.

That's probably not true.

It says something about mindset currently that it might not have then. It says this film is going to be terrible.

[Taernath]

Adjusted for inflation, a PG-13 today is the R of the 1980s.

That's probably not true.

I don't know man, this was in a PG movie in the 80's.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3ythpzsu18

[SHAFT]

So did Blade Runner.

I'll watch it when it hits hbo or something else, but I'm not going to the theater to see it.

[AnticorRifling]

I don't know man, this was in a PG movie in the 80's.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3ythpzsu18

You know that's Jarvan right?

[Glitch]

I thought the same about Spider-man. It's been much longer for Point Break. Gerard Butler in the Patrick Swayze role does not "bodhi" well.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/guides/best_remakes_50_years_50_movies/ Very interesting list. I knew The Departed was a remake, but I didn't know about 12 Monkeys. I doubt Robocop will be any good, but remakes are not necessarily a bad thing (Oceans 11, The Parent Trap). However, the Terminator reboot makes me sad. I'm sure someone can come up with an algorithm to quantify if a remake will be good based on the director, casting, success, # of years since original film, whether or not it was foreign, if it was originally a Shakespeare ripoff anyway, and tomato meter rating of the original.


Flop Predictor


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_GPgY5mgq8

[Geijon Khyree]

Nope. Happy to report that the Robocop remake is pretty good. It's well written. Gary Oldman and Abbie Cornish add some detail to the robocop aspect and the actor does a nice job being in a suit.