Robocop reboot

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There has been talk for years that Darren Aronofsky would be taking over the Robocop reboot, but now it seems that wouldn't be happening. rumors say that director Jose Padilha will take over the once successful franchise. What do you guys think about Padilha directing? and must of all a Robocop reboot? I used to love Robocop when I was a kid so this exciting to me.
 
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There has been talk for years that Darren Aronofsky would be taking over the Robocop reboot, but now it seems that wouldn't be happening. rumors say that director Jose Padilha will take over the once successful franchise. What do you guys think about Padilha directing? and must of all a Robocop reboot? I used to love Robocop when I was a kid so this exciting to me.
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I think Padilha is a very talented guy and I'm sure he'd make an awesome R-rated action film if they would let him.

But since this would be his first film in Hollywood and this is 2011, will they let him do that? Or will the suits decide it needs to be PG13?
Aronofsky would have been great because he's got enough films under his belt I think to make a few decisions. A better runner up would have been David Cronenberg IMO. After that, Danny Boyle.

Anyway, I'm just glad it's not Len Wiseman or Brett Ratner or McG.
 
It'd be very hard to even equal the original. They should've left it alone. But since they didn't, I hope it's a good film with some of the significant meaning of the original at least
 
Not sure why people are so intent on comparing it to the original. From the first preview it was clear they weren't trying to SAY the same thing with the movies concept as Paul V. was. Even if the movie is what he was trying to make fun of in the first place, it doesn't really matter. I doubt it's a fantastic movie, but I'm trying not to look at it through the lens of the original. It's clear they took a more serious approach with it. I'm gonna give it a shot.
 
The original Robocop would definitely be in my top 10 favourite all time movies so I went into this with the mindset I would not compare the two.

S. P. O. I. L. E. R. Y

Was a decent movie but probably could have been 15min longer to flesh out the bad guys, relating to the main story. Would have also liked an ass kicking montage too.

Theres still a little bit of wit, though sparse.

Didn't like the scene before Murohy gets blown up (he kisses his son/wife 14 million times to show us what a family guy he is).

Pretty corny main ending. Super duper cliche.

3/5
 
Yeah this was a flavorless, bland, reboot with a couple of good action scenes, I thought Oldman and Keaton were good though
 
It used to be you did remakes so you could take a concept further, like The Fly or The Thing. Now we're in an age where the remakes are less ambitious and push less boundaries then the originals. Kind of reminds me of this NSFW Doug Stanhope bit--

 
KyleProhaska said:
. It's clear they took a more serious approach with it .
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We are in the age of "serious" fantasy, so we get great things like a dry Robocop reboot with no smarts (The in-joke of the original is that the idea of a robotic cop is ludicrous. Who really wants a de-humanized cop walking the streets?) , and a dark Superman movie shot in desaturated colors. Sigh.


and ya know....

ironically you could argue that the original Robocop is the more serious movie, because its grown-up enough to realize that the concept is inherently goofy and childish and thus treat it as satire.

"You have suffered an emotional shock. I will notify a rape crisis center"...
 
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As far as serious goes, the original was a brilliant blend of both serious and comedy. A satire, yes. Yet also a film with several big messages and emotion.
What happens when big business gets too big? And when it becomes the law? Mankind has a way of corrupting everything.
Take everything from a good man...his family, his memory, his love, his life...re-create him to be as a robot that thinks and does only what his corrupt master wants...yet they couldn't take his soul.
With both sides against him, he rises to overcome it all and put down the evil machine.

I hope the reboot sparks a little interest in people watching the smart 1987 version.
 
It's a plie of s*%t for kids to rake in money for the big wigs. Why the FK is anyone even discussing this pile of crap? Great photography? Maybe.
Yeah. I'm sure that was foremost in the producers minds besides, ummm, making a sheeet load of money. Fair. Give me a poo pooing break. The cameramen and directors did what they could with the story. To that end my hat's off.
Otherwise, I mean, Cmon. !!!!

My rating on the pile of sheeeet meter? 10/10.
 
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I usually don't chime in with opinions like that, but yeah, based on the trailer, or even hearing about the idea in the first place, I'd agree. The first one's a fun time and when I initially saw it (pretty young, not even in high school)), I missed probably ALL the humor/camp.
 
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It's remarkable how the 1987 version of Robocop is believable as a cyborg wheras the 2014 looks just like a guy in a rubber and plastic suit. Progress......:thumbdown
 
This wasn't as bad as people make it out to be.

It had nearly none of the satire and humor of the original, but that doesn't automatically make it bad.

The original was pretty much a straight-up Judge Dredd comic. This was more in the vein of recent efforts at Batman.

In so doing, it suffered some of the same problems, as others have pointed out, such as the realistic, non-satiric setting casting the overall silliness of the concept into sharp relief, instead of making it part of a surreal world.

But overall, I thought it was a decently-entertaining effort. Pleasantly surprised, you might even say. I did like the way they worked some of the same plot points and concepts into the story in a new way.

The motorcycle was pretty silly, though. I figured he'd pull off his helmet to reveal Rex Smith at any given moment.
 
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But overall, I thought it was a decently-entertaining effort. Pleasantly surprised, you might even say. I did like the way they worked some of the same plot points and concepts into the story in a new way.
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Well, I'll make a similar comparison with the Total Recall reboot: both movies could have been great, if they weren't "related" to the original movies. Total Recall wasn't bad in itself, but you can't watch it without thinking of the original, and it's where the remake loses all it's credibility.
I wouldn't say I've been pleasantly surprised with the new version of Robocop, but as a direct comparison with the original I'd rate it 5/10. As a "stand-alone" movie, more or less 6.5/10. Some aspects of the new version were well adapted, but the main spirit of Robocop wasn't there imho.
 
I was expecting a 2 or a 3, so I was pleasantly surprised.

No, the "main spirit" of the original was Judge Dredd, as I said (literally so), whereas the "main spirit" of the remake was clearly Batman. Two concepts which are superficially similar but very different at their cores.
 
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The motorcycle was pretty silly, though. I figured he'd pull off his helmet to reveal Rex Smith at any given moment.
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The man. The machine. Streethawk!!
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Poor Streethawk entered late in the scene in 1985 when the car chase craze of TV was almost dead. Now that car chases are back (in motion pictures) somewhat thanks to Fast and Furious and with the continued popularity of sport bikes for over a decade, I was curious as to how the use of a motorcycle would be recieved with the target audience in Robocop. Also wonder if Streethawk would have a better chance now, as a film. Robocop on a bike never sounded like a good idea to me at least not as his official vehicle. :) They sort of pulled it off in Robocop 2 when he temporarilly commandeered that big hog in Terminator-like style. Sort of....
 
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