http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/06/10/robocop-remake-confirmed-first-marketing-banner/ This one crosses the line. I think I'm going on a kill-crazy rampage now.
I would actually support this if they did a series of serious movies and not take a turn for the retarded like the did after the first Robocop movie* *Also keep political propaganda out of it.
I think if it is handled well it might work, but I still love the original film and the second one. The third was shite.
If their marketing materials are any indication, this is going to suck ass. I'm not sure why RoboCop should be remade...if one were going to continue the franchise--especially if the aesthetic doesn't change--why not just make a sequel with new actors? If one insists on remaking RoboCop, why not try a top-to-bottom re-imagining of the project? VFX have come a looooooong way since 1985...RoboCop (and any of his robotic/technological adversaries) could look way more interesting than a guy in a tin can costume.
Yep. Might as well remake "Star Wars" and "Casablanca" while you're at it. "Robocop" had solid FX, a good script, good acting, and was all around an enjoyable flick. A remake will suck balls.
Gee, I would have pegged you as one of the "bitches" (as in "Bitches leave.") in the first movie! (I keed! I keed! The second movie was an "okay" sequel. Not a great film, but not one to make me want to hunt the director down and torture him ala Mel Gibson in South Park.)
Eh. I thought Robocop II was terrible. That was the point where I got disillusioned with Frank Miller. (Although it wasn't until a few years ago, with "The Dark Knight Strikes Again" that I totally gave up.) Now he's had a string of hits with "300", "Sin City" and some other stuff. I'm not sure if his work has matured or if the rest of Hollywood has gotten comparatively worse. (ymmv)
VFX be damned. Robocop was a scathing satire. You just know that this remake will play it safe and remove everything that made the original so good. This is to sell toys and happy meals. I, for one, am fuming.
Heh. It's kind of ironic. Verhoeven (or however it's spelled), I guess, is a flaming Leftie. And somehow with "Robocop", he wasn't able to communicate that he was sending up the Right--just sending up our society as a whole. So people like me really enjoyed the film. It could be viewed as a statement on the loss of traditional values, out-of-control crime, and an ineffective justice system. Apparently he got better at communicating his views, because when he used a similar approach on "Starship Troopers" and I found it just terrible. Especially ironic because the novel "Starship Troopers" was much closer to the feel of "Robocop." I don't know if that makes any sense, but do you get what I'm trying to say?
What? Last I checked, most everyone still thinks libertarianism and uber-privatization is a bad idea.
I think you're trying to say that Robocop was a GOOD satire, as it satirized the creator's beliefs as well as his peeves. Which was clearly the point if you look at his own statements, and not some failure in communication. In fact, I still think that the main reason so many completely failed to see that the movie Starship Troopers was intended as a satire rather than a celebration of militarism is precisely because that movie lacked an equally satirized pacifist foil.
You're joking, right? Because there was no way you could miss that the festering piece of shit movie was satire because it constantly beat you over the head with it. That's why it didn't work.
I have yet to hear of anyone not getting that the movie was satire. I have, however, heard of people thinking that because someone didn't like the movie that they didn't realize it was satire.
Hello my name is Clyde and I didn't get the movie was a satire. Starship Troopers played like a mediocre sci-fi flick, complete with bad acting, a dull storyline and great special effects. The only bits that were obviously satire were the newsreel clips. And they didn't fit in with the rest of the movie. As for a Robocop remake? I suspect it will be a continuation of Robocop as simply a superhero, which is exactly what happened with the sequels and the TV series.
Robocop had nothing to do with "libertarianism". And yes, I prefer movies that make a political, artistic or intellectual point rather than just vehicles for mindless action. Sue me.
And learning that the film was satire, doesn't exactly make you want to move it from the "suck" column to the "cool" column, did it?
Has anyone in officialdom actually said that the new Robocop is a remake and not a continuation? They could so something along the lines of Superman Returns, keeping the basic history and Robo's suit the same but otherwise updating it for the modern era. I could see that working just fine.
Robocop was very much a product of its' time. I seriously doubt that it would work for today's audiences. Cyborg struggles with the duality of being part human and having to learn to give up human pleasures? Been done countless times at this point. The whole "evil corporations are taking over" motif? That's been standard issue for at least the past 10-15 years. And if I want to watch a revenge fantasy, I'll fire up The Crow. Starship Troopers was one big, long, expensive middle finger to Henlien and his quasi-fascist tripe. Verhoeven intentionally populated his movie with vapid, brainless Barbie & Ken dolls, all to drive home the point that only the most unquestioning gung-ho jingoistic types would accept a scenario of space marines rushing to battle an endless army of billions of Bugs armed only with machine guns. And that it takes about a million rounds of ammo to bring down a single bug.
How do you remake a cold war movie without a cold war? Actually I know the answer... It'll be propaganda drivel about a fascist government taking over in the US under the guise of national security. Mark my words....
