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The Behind the Scenes Pic of the Day will fix you. It fixes everything.
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with today’s Behind the Scenes Pic!
In my rush to post yesterday’s Ghostbusters pic before checking out of my NYC hotel for what I thought was a plane that was supposed to take me home (cancelled, so I got another day in the Big Apple) I neglected to give credit to Brian Michaels for passing that pic along. So, before we start today I wanted to give credit where credit is due for yesterday’s sweet image.
Today we have a rather sweet image of a man and his machine. Paul Verhoeven steps in to lend a hand as Peter Weller’s Murphy (aka RoboCop) needs a little tender loving care.
When I ran that Conan picture earlier this week I talked about the awesome Schwarzenegger/Milius commentary on that DVD. I guess badass commentaries are on my mind because the Paul Verhoeven RoboCop commentary is amazing, too. It’s in that commentary that we learn of Verhoeven thinking of RoboCop as a Christ figure (of course he does have a biblical basis… we all know that after Jesus rose from the grave he stabbed Judas in the neck with his metal spike-finger). That crazy Dutchman is a blast to listen to, so if you haven’t given that commentary a spin, make it so!
Enjoy the pic, courtesy of reader Bas Doodkorte. Click for the OCP giant-sized version.
Tomorrow’s behind the scenes pic celebrates me being snowed in in NYC with a look at a Christmas classic.
-Quint
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asshole.
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beaten by a pussbucket
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korkie don't like me
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Genius. This movie is just head-to-toe genius. And that's a great BTS pic.
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That's a very sweet pic, Verhoeven's the best director ever to come from the Netherlands.
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"It's Murphy.....Murphy something or other."
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Kurtwood Smith is just priceless in this movie. So glad he nabbed "That 70s Show" and will be getting residuals until his corpse is dust.
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(Pedalback shout-out)
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...with the huge ass glasses that kisses Robo at the party and falls down drunk. She was hot in a nerdy woman scientist kind of way.
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Feb. 2, 2011, 12:07 p.m. CST
I'm dissapointed we didn't get a Groundhog Day Pic today
by Redhead_Redemption
it just made so much sense that we'd see one from that film today I'm assuming there must be some behind the scenes pics from that film?
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1. "Serve the public trust" 2. "Protect the innocent" 3. "Uphold the law" 4. (Get Archaeology degree)
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Feb. 2, 2011, 12:15 p.m. CST
The Shark is Still Working to be released on DVD! Finally!
by vin_diggler
I know alot of us have been waiting for this for a long time. According to the official site, it will be released sometime this year. Woo Hoo!
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But a tad too violent for my particular tastes. I don't see it often.
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Anyone who hasn't seen the 'awesome ROBOCOP rap' might be amused to see the whole movie again, in condensed rap form...<p> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUnMF7dV86k <p>ps. edit, shout out heard! Um, do I know you by a previous nick?
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Those sequels were so fucking bad, coulda been a killer fanchise
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that's what an acid bath will do to you!
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Inventing this damn meme, that I can't get outta my head. So I had him killed. Bitches leave.
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Feb. 2, 2011, 12:29 p.m. CST
redhead_redemption: Here, I found this. Not sure if it's "behind the scenes" or "deleted scene"...
by Chewtoy
... But it looks to be Bill Murray "interviewing" the groundhog. Don't recall it from the film, and the fact that the cop is cracking up makes me think they were just messing around, but it might have been a deleted bit instead. Or my memory could be really faulty. http://www.heritage-images.com/Preview/PreviewPage.aspx?id=1206669
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Feb. 2, 2011, 12:30 p.m. CST
cobra--kai: nope, just always enjoyed the chatter...
by WriteForTheEdit
...in the pedalback. Fun stuff to read. Sorry it's gone by the wayside...
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There is nothing more ironic than a person living off the war spoils of so much blood and death in this world saying robocop is too violent. Also the violence is mostly funny, corporate satire. Anyway. I know you're a chicken- but just fuck off with that pussy shit
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...in not realizing because of the weather his ride to work would be late thus allowing him to post this. I feel like it's trivia time for me. The reason I picked the name Dick Jones on AICN? For years I was only a reader until someone in a talkback said something along the lines of "I'm surprised no one has taken the name Dick Jones." And thus tricky Dickey was born.
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so he only does it once a week.
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Paul Verhoven is a genius. SHOWGIRLS is a hilarious satire / parody of American culture. It's one of the greatest movies ever made.
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Some great quotes in this movie - Clarence Boddiker was a triumphant creation. Shame about Robocop 2 - a fucking nasty piece of work, despite Weller's efforts.
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You now have 15 seconds to comply...
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I agree, such a great film with a surprising amount of heart despite how cynical it was. It's a shame that they never made a worthy follow-up to it.
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And not the half-assed grainy one that's out now, a proper remastering, similar to what was done with the Alien films. Do it now!!!!!
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There were never any sequels to this great film, that I can recall... Let me say it again: There. Were. Never. ANY. Sequels... And woe to the person or persons who try to remake/reboot this film...
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Is the greatest line of dialogue in any film ever since the dawn of film itself.
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Clarence Boddicker gave hope to every skinny bespectacled heading-towards-premature-baldness guy like me. Just be the most ruthless guy in the room and the world is yours.
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on British television in the early nineties was fucking epic: "Once, I even called him....airhead" was a good one, but the best was the dude robbing the grocery store yelling out "why me?" about thirty times. It lent the scene an existential air. There were loads more, it was legendary amongst kids round my area, Harry Enfield picked up on it in a skit. I've still got the vhs of it somewhere. Plus it was cut to hell.
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"...Murphy" YEAH! Cue fucking epic end credit music and pump fists until you can pump no more.
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wow its been a long time since ive done that. kinda teary eyed
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"They'll fix you ... they fix everything" Man now I have to watch it again.
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i never miss a game
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"We're police officers, not plumbers" It's his delivery and tone that really sell it.
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I remember that. It was so weird watching it dubbed even though it was still late at night when it was shown.
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Feb. 2, 2011, 1:55 p.m. CST
"Well guys the other one was upstairs, she was sweeeeeeeeet"
by Justafan_uk
"I took her out ... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
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I love this movie. Easily one of the greatest sci-fi flicks of all time.
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"NO ... Not yet it ain't"
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But then we all know that. When that film hit VHS everybody I knew watched it every night for about 2 years. Fucking incredible film.
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my parents took me to a triple feature that day superman 4 jaws 4 and robocop i was nine when i walked into the theater but walked out a man
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miguel ferrer plays 80s smarm so well
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Feb. 2, 2011, 2:05 p.m. CST
i also remember having the luxury to see the edited version on TV
by Six Demon Bag
pretty BLEEPing hilarious
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My humble offering to < P >.
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...doesn't appear even if you leave spaces anymore.
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Genius. So many great lines and some of the best special effects ever. Fuck CGI, practical effects can't be beat.
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Loved, loved, LOVED this film! They don't do crazy shit like this anymore... To many memorable moments to count.
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at a drive-in as a kid. As 6 demon said, those movies completely took away my innocence. What a great fucking movie...
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State of the art (*kiss*) bang-bang
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"Bitches leave"... I'm sure there's got to be a score keeper thread somewhere around this place...hehe.<p> Btw, I was v.impressed with how 'you went out'. MR SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON is a longtime fave of mine. And you managed to stick at least a hundred of those speeches up before they gunned you down! Glad to see you got your name back. I'm guessing it was as a result of the site getting hacked..<p> Couldn't have been the work of a peeber now could it...
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When you listen to the one on "Starship Troopers", you'll have to keep remind yourself that it was recorded several years BEFORE Bush Jr's invasion of Iraq.
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Am I missing some kind of gag? Dick Jones wasn't killed because he made a mistake. It was Dick who did the killing, to Bob Morton. Dick Jones: "I had to kill Bob Morton because he made a mistake. Now it's time to erase that mistake."
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"the best was the dude robbing the grocery store yelling out "why me?" about thirty times. It lent the scene an existential air." Brilliant. I remember the ITV dub of "Aliens" as well. Every time Hudson went on a rant, he turned into some Australian bloke. Ripley: I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure. Hudson Dundee: Friggin' A! Blimey, Ripley, yer idea's a fair old ripper! I think my personal favourite though was from Lethal Weapon. I just loved the bizarre simplicity of it. Instead of "Get in the fuckin' car!", the line was "Get in the yellow car!" As though there were a whole line of differently-coloured candidate vehicles, and today was the day for yellow.
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Feb. 2, 2011, 3:11 p.m. CST
misterdarcy: yes, the gag is "dick jones' " subject line format
by WriteForTheEdit
Just poke around the talkbacks; you'll see. (It's akin to cobra--kai's legendary "[blank] does not exist in this dojo" subject line format
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http://clarenceboddicker.ytmnd.com/
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Man, this has to be one of the most quotable movies ever.
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My favorite was the track they dubbed for "The Hard Way", that Michael J. Fox movie. The character was supposed to say, "You son of a bitch", and was dubbed instead to say "You slime in a ditch!" There were other gems in that one, but given all the dubs I've heard, that's the one I remember best.
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I've got the Criterion at home...and it looks like many of the same special features made it over...just wasnt sure!
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"well WHOOPEE for her!"
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Because of his role (which he played fantastically) in Robocop, I fucking hated this piece of shit growing up. I seriously never thought there would ever be a day I could actually tolerate this motherfucker, but That 70s Show managed to change my mind.
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"PART MAN PART MACHINE ALL COP" LINK: http://www.impawards.com/1987/posters/robocop_xlg.jpg So goddamn ill
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I saw Used Cars a few years ago on television. in one scene one of the cars salesmen starts screaming "Jesus Christ Almighty!" over and over. But when they dubbed it they went with "Cheese and Macaroni!"
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Forgive my ignorance, but is there like an ultra hardcore version of this movie? To this day, the scene of murphy getting blasted by all those guns is one of the most realistic, horrifying, gory things I've seen. The gore isn't over the top or funny at all, it really looks like a dude being blasted apart by shotguns.
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Feb. 2, 2011, 4:06 p.m. CST
lucidz - yeah, I recall seeing that unrated version on laserdisc?
by WriteForTheEdit
A friend of mine had it, years ago, and I think that was the format. And that scene, of Murphy getting "dismantled" by the gunfire, is appallingly gory. When his hand gets blown off? The stuff of nightmares...
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not that i know of... the (P) works in mysterious ways..
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the criterion dvd is the X rated version of the film..as far as i now the unrated version on blu and dvd is the same but the R is good as well..
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oh and thanks for the kind words on my seppuku. at the time it was me at my most poetic for my unjustly fallen comrades..you are always welcome at the shelter should you choose to accept.
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Yup! STARSHIP TROOPERS is a brilliant satire of American foreign policy disasters past, present, and future. His commentary is priceless and brilliant.
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Feb. 2, 2011, 4:25 p.m. CST
Verhoven's "American Trilogy": 1) ROBOCOP 2) SHOWGIRLS 3) STARSHIP TROOPERS
by NeonFrisbee
All three of them are absolutely brilliant pardodies / satires of American culture. See these three films and know everything you need to know about the US inside and out.
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The first Robocop is a classic. No doubts about it.
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much fun that I remember not getting up in the theater when it was over, and just watching it again. Or was that a suggested memory?
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Yeah, there's an batshit insane direcotrs' cut. They actually showed the uncut version on the SyFy channel just a weeks ago, I was pretty surprised by that. The scene where Mr Kenny gets blown to fuck by ED-209 goes on for what feels like 20 minutes. Fucking hilarious. Here's the Youtube of that scene uncut: http://tinyurl.com/4j3lxoy
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Verhoeven is a genius, I wish he was still making movies like this.
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As it's MEANT to be there, for fuck's sake. Extras aren't great, but a decent transfer. By the by, to all you morons who cite Aliens as a good grain removal flick? What the fuck happened to Ferrero's blood? Oh, that's right, they REMOVED it by accident, during the poxy grain removal process!!
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It's "Bobby".
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" Well whoopee fucking doo, hey I'm impressed." Robocop 2 has its moments, (the "Robocop" pulling off its helemt to show a screaming skull, and the end fight is decent) uhh that's about it. Thing is this movie didn't need any sequels. Nobody wants to see The Further Adventures of Robocop like it was some fucking cartoon(which it was - shudder). A sequel would have to be so dark and nihilistic and frankly it's just not needed or wanted.
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Feb. 2, 2011, 5:25 p.m. CST
ultratron - I'm not angry or annoyed. I know that your just an asshole and you can't help it.
by ChickenStu
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...hehhhh... [drools alittle]
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The bit where the guy explodes over the car, can't watch though. Just can't.
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Basil Poledouris's score. Fucking epic. Not just the rousing stuff; the themes of sadness and loss at the heart of the story.
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We called the old man funny names. Iron butt. Boner. Once, I even called him... air-head.
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BRAKABRAKABRAKABRAKABRAKABRAKA splach splach splach splach splach DONT TOUCH HIM.CALL AN AMBULANCE. it was only a glitch.
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It's one of those movies (a la Where Eagles Dare) I can't resist watching when it's on TV.
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he had the love and praise from the audience.and at the end of the day,thats what matters and not the awards.
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Totally agree. The music that's playing when Robo goes home and starts to remember his previous life as Murphy always gets to me. I totally get choked up during that scene every damn time I see it.
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Was done by Al Jourgenson of Ministiry and Nivek Ogre of Skinny Puppy. It was a side project they put together specifically for Robocop called PTP meaning "Programming The Psychodrill" (lifted from a JG Ballard novel).
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I'd wager to say Verhoeven's movies satirizing Amerika are even better than Lars von Trier's, mainly for the fact that Verhoeven's films are so subtle that he can trick the exact mainstream Amurkan audiences he's satirizing into seeing them under the guise that his films are summer tent-pole blockbusters. Lars von Trier's films make no pretense to subtlety and beat you on the head with the message. Verhoeven's films, with their subtlety, actually have a chance of affecting his audience and making them see themselves in the film whereas the same people would never be caught dead watching a film by Lars von Trier.
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Feb. 2, 2011, 7:27 p.m. CST
Yeah, OK, I'll Back The Tetralogy - You HAVE TO Include SHOWGIRLS
by NeonFrisbee
TOTAL RECALL is great, I love it, but SHOWGIRLS is AMAZING. I definitely am more into ROBOCOP, SHOWGIRLS, and STARSHIP TROOPERS. But, yeah, TOTAL RECALL is great too, and another great parody/satire. So, okay, Verhoeven's American Tetralogy.
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This must be seen with an audience for full impact. I still remember the long boisterous standing ovation at the end, after the last line. Everyone (like me) was expecting a silly campy b-movie, and you got a classic, a perfect movie, a really smart over-the-top satire, worthy of comparison with Kubrick's dark comedies. I know it won some technical oscars, but it should have been nominated for major awards. How can the remake possibly be as good?
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1. Where were you, Childs? 2. "I mean just listen to the pure awesome of the scores for the likes of Flesh + Blood, Hunt for Red October, Red Dawn and Starship Troopers" Klendathu Drop from Starship Troopers is utterly splendid. It's the woodwind flurries that take that onto a different level: the brass and strings carry the main theme, and rightly so, but there's a whole extra emotional dimension from the flutes' counterpoint: still martial, but kind of ethereal and vulnerable, which suits the scene perfectly.
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I think there are some strong Poledouris flavours in several of the tracks from Daft Punk's Tron: Legacy soundtrack. Listen to "Outlands" in particular.
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"I'd wager to say Verhoeven's movies satirizing Amerika are even better than Lars von Trier's, mainly for the fact that Verhoeven's films are so subtle that he can trick the exact mainstream Amurkan audiences he's satirizing into seeing them under the guise that his films are summer tent-pole blockbusters." Nicely put. Although, of course, the great thing is that they also WORK as summer tent-pole blockbusters. Of course, it's not as though nobody in the States can see the satire...plenty of smart Americans around.
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All this talk of commentary, multiple editions and special features has made me want to buy the fucker on blu-ray. Anybody know if there's a "definitive version" to get? Is it one of those irritating situations where you have to buy a trilogy that contains only one good movie to get all the good stuff?
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it's dick jones,DICK JONES !! you are a cop...arghghgh... yes i am a cop
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is the insertion of electronic and metallic sounds which together with the more dramatic pieces of the score (robo visiting his old home sequence) masterfully represent the unique dichotomy of Robo's character: his machine and his human side. Poledouris was a true genius. (well he was a Greek.HA) and we are talking about a score made for a supposed popcorn movie,not a serious dramatic or social movie. it's this kind of care,love and talent that was invested from the creators even in the "less serious" movies that i miss the most from the good old days of Hollywood. now what we get? a robot farting parachutes in a flick for which you dont even remember its score. sigh.
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of the first Robocop so there is no need to buy the others.i havent. there has been an blu-ray version of the film,but it was canceled by the studio because it was problematic and a new better one was released by another studio. i suggest to buy the bluray from sites like amazon,play,etc so to be safe that you will buy the new version. more info for the 2 releases can be found in the www.blu-ray.com site. i have bought the new robo bluray and it has a good picture quality so dont listen to those exaggerating criticisms that it sucks.
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It was Dead Poets Society for me. Absolutely hated him till That 70's Show.
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I mean it: http://tinyurl.com/5tksfdq
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Whenever i see That 70s Show I still see him in Robocop torturing Weller. Creepy sob
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I know it isn't from the original, but my brother and I laughed our asses off during that fake commercial. And they could still use it. Just add some other piece of shit, bloodsucking, OCP style logo, like Verizon Wireless/Gieco/Apple etc. Anyway, they don't make movies like Robocop anymore. They replace those amazing wet gunshot wounds with CG in case they need a PG-13 rating. To make matters worse, I think the true foreign directed American satire died after 9/11. Anway...I lost the account...*BLAM*
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Feb. 2, 2011, 10:17 p.m. CST
Robocop has one of those great scores that you can sing along to
by Nasty In The Pasty
His name is Ro-Bo... He is a Cop... His name is Ro-Bo-Coooooooooooooop
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Feb. 2, 2011, 10:35 p.m. CST
Lt. don't jerk me off. When people jerk me off I kill them!
by Tikidonkeypunch
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Feb. 2, 2011, 10:42 p.m. CST
Johnson: Too bad about Kinney, huh? Bob Morton: That's life in the big city.
by NathanGrey
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Not being funny Quint, i know at the end it sounds like he says 'they will fix you, they fix everything' but my subtitles say "murphy, i'm a mess." "Well it fits you, it fits everything!" Anyone know what it actually is supposed to be?
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What's he talking about, some kind of master hat? It's like Quint says: "They'll fix you. They fix everything."
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...trouble.
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Kurtwood Smith in Robocop is like Bill Murray in Ghostbusters, funny as hell and he steals ever scene he's in. All the best lines have been mentioned but here's one more: "I'm a repeat offender. I repeat, I will offend again." And it contains a cameo by Eddie Van Halen in a "man on the street" type interview. One of my favorites.
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Via Total Recall and Starship Troopers. Not a bad little run.
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one of the best films of the 90s and that score is highly fuckable..just oozes sex
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Spot on about Kurtwood Smith. He's just fucking awesome in this film. I quote his lines daily. "I don't wanna fuck with you Sal...." *sniff* "... but I got the connections! I got the muscle to shove enough of this factory so far up your stupid wop ass that you'll shit snow for a year."
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That is all.
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of movies I insisted my boys see as part of their "action movie education". Went back and watched the first Terminator, the third Terminator (for completeness only), Predator and finally got a $10 copy of Robocop around Christmas at BB. All the movies my boys absolutely loved, Aliens is next on the list, just not sure about the whole alien nesting in chest thing, my youngest might not be ready for that but it's essential action fare. Funny watching the trailer for Robocop on the disk, they totally used the music from Terminator, really edited it and sold it like it was similar, which it obviously wasn't.
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"Funny watching the trailer for Robocop on the disk, they totally used the music from Terminator, really edited it and sold it like it was similar, which it obviously wasn't." And I remember my old VHS copy of The Terminator having the Robocop trailer on it. (Both from Orion Pictures.) For me the Orion logo music is essentially a part of the opening theme of The Terminator, just as the Fox fanfare is with Star Wars...
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Feb. 3, 2011, 2:59 p.m. CST
braindrain - you really like jumping feet first into the realm of stupidity
by openthepodbaydoorshal
before you make a statement, don't you? From Robocop to Showgirls to obscurity huh? God you're an idiot.
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