During the next Academy Awards or Golden Globes, we warn all civilians and a few select celebrities (the list would be short). Then we set off a small nuclear device and wipe them all out. The entire fucking industry. Actually, it'd have to be closer to the People's Choice Awards than the Oscars, so we can get Michael Bay and Bret Ratner. We'd have to get all the studio suits too. I leave that plan up to you, I can't think of every Goddamned thing.

Then, whoever replaces them can make all the remakes they want. Except they won't, because whoever replaces them will have original fucking ideas.

And Owen Wilson as Officer Murphy!

That being said, there really is only one way to create another Robocop movie. That is by allowing Verhoeven to direct, and Weller to play Robocop. However, that statement assumes that both men would be willing to do it. I'm fairly certain Verhoeven would not touch another Robocop film, unless he had total control over the entire production, and was being paid a gazillion dollars to do it.

Weller, on the other hand, I believe, would never ever ever do another Robocop film. There were just way too many hours getting into and out of the suit for it to be worth his while again. That's a shame, really, because, by God, NOBODY can play Robocop like Weller. He had it all down, even putting emotion into the character when you couldn't even see his face. THAT is the mark of an actor. The viewer actually felt sympathy and sorrow for the character of Robocop without even seeing a face.

When this movie came out, when, in 1987? ...it was shocking and violent, and nobody had ever seen anything like it. This can never be reproduced or reinvented. It's something that happens and then never happens again. If we can't have Verhoeven and Weller again, then the film just isn't worth making.

PA - "But Zack there is a real old building right acroos the street."

Zack - "You're fired."

It's interesting how marginalized Hollywood is these days... there's no desire to take a chance on a new idea or franchise... they'd rather strip mine something that people recognize. In another 10 years, we'll probably see a remake of "The Matrix".

the Tigers are playing.TONIGHT!

Give the man a Hand.

Clarence rules!

...Miguel Ferrer's stimulating conversation with hookers, Clarence Boddicker, Dick Jones, and most likely no "Nuke 'Em".

Oh, and no Paul Crane going "hellllllllllp meeeeeeeeeeeee"

So yeah, they should totally adapt that. Because the complex an nuanced theme of a robot trying to kill a woman and her kid can't fully be explored with only two movie trilogies and a TV show.

(I actually like the TV show)

They said the purpose was to leave a bit of humanity with him so it didnt drive him mad if he were to see himself. Furthermore it was an indication to others that he was in fact a human in a cyborg body. Bringing on the creep factor. If Paul directs the reboot (he has already expressed interest) then I dont mind at all. If anyone else does I hope it goes down like a drunk 80's blonde bimbo at a Poison concert.

I'd say in response if anyone is "hyper-sensitive" these days, it's the corporations. All this consolidation of market wealth and media ownership we've seen in the past two decades gives the corporate board room WAY too much power. And you think any of them want a movie that calls out the American Corporation for moral corruption and inhumanity? There's your PC right there. ("Pervasive Corporatism"? Or is that too cute?)

Not to go all political rant here, but I tend to think the "PC-police boogeyman" supposedly censoring all of us is really just a strawman distraction when the real problem here is media monopoly. Sorry, but you really can say or do just about anything you want in America ... but if you're expecting the major studios to throw it on screen, you better not breath a negative word against the suits. (If the "PC police" claims a Don Imus every other year or so, you can just hold your breath and he'll be back on the air before you exhale. But a Robocop movie that makes corporate control of public services into the main villain? I wouldn't hold my breath for that.)

The fact that the studio considers the Pink Panther a "tentpole" franchise is enough to make me weep in despair over the state of affairs.

I will NOT be buying this for a dollar.

On the other hand, how about Peter Greene (Zed from Pulp Fiction) to step into the suit - he's practically Weller's long-lost twin brother.

Actually, how about Greene as a re-cast Buckaroo while we're at it?

I know nostalgia's a rose tinted thing but I think in the case of Robocop you will never equal the visceral Kneecapping that movie gives your braincells! specially if you did Ed 209 in CG! a remake is inevitable but so fucking wrong!

And how many times do they need to remake a classic to know that IT CAN'T BE DONE? All-time great films are an impossible alchemy of the right story, the right director, the right actors, the right composer, and so on and so on. It's impossible to repeat

I love the original, but I always wondered what it would be like if they completely lost the campy humor and made it even darker. Something delving deeper into the "what is the value of a life \ corporate slavery via technology" dark dreary mind fuck that ends with Murphy killing everyone at OCP that resurrected him and offing himself at the end. It'd be a serious downer, but interesting.

Unfortunate ly, we'll probably get a Ben Stiller & Micheal Bay PG-13 monstrosity.

"Cobra assault rifle, state of the art bang, bang" "Bitches, leave" "Gimme my fuckin' phone call". "Guns, guns ,guns".

Best villian of all time, would squash Darth Vader and Dr. Lector the same way he did Officer Murphy.

I can imagine the remake will have all sorts of pop and rap music tied-in for the soundtrack, and will star a bunch of 20-somethings because, from the way movies look today, there are no protagonists over 28 years old.

And Robocop will have a MySpace page.

However, I do like continuity, personally, and would really only prefer Weller to play Robocop. If not, then I would just as soon not see the film be made at all. Of course, that just my humble opinion...

Now, if they can't get Verhoeven to direct ROBOCOP 4 and instead do a PG-13 remake directed by The Strause Brothers/Paul W.S. Anderson/Len Wiseman/Brett Ratner/insert-hack-here, then I will be angry. Very very angry...

80's nirvana is complete.

It's quite obvious that the cyborg findig his humanity in a dysotopian future was influenced by Marvel's Deathlok the Demolisher.As much as I loved the first Robocop, I was pissed that one of my comic based icons never made it to the big scree.A Deathlok movie would kill, but too many of the "uninitiated" would accuse Deathlok of being a ripoff of Robocop.

Ed 209 was inspired from the Robotech mecha,so would it be far fetched that the name Robocop came said Anime?

No arrest,no court docket but instead, good ol fashion justice.Verhooven refered to that scene as Robocop being "A American Jesus". The imagination on that guy's mind I tell ya.

What's funny is how an independent scifi like Equilibrium easily outclasses the big budgeted bomb that was Judge Dredd.A Dredd remake should be done,and this time without Stallone.

- Too bad about Kinney, huh?

- That's life in the big city.

*shreds-Kinney-to-pieces*

The message was obviously about how shit can get out of hand with too much government intervention in which personal freedoms are sacrificed. (I.E. art, emotions and the like.) Fer instance look how Hilary wanted to regulae videogames, same as defunct Gov. Shitzer what'fuckin' next?

and yes the Gun kata scnes helped as well. No I'm not Kurt but I do agree with the other poster that Ultraviolent sucked royally.

Is MGM so pathetic that they cannot make decent movies out of the bajillion cool scripts out there, or is it that WGA writers are such hacks that they can only crank out remakes?

What's the deal here? How about a new movie, MGM?

And while the film WAS shite, not all the FX were crap. The ABC Warrior and Mean Machine were awesome. And both done by the great Chris Cunningham (I think he also sculpted the Dredd Helmet but can't remember). If memory serves Cunninham (who was called Halls at the time and came from being a Bisley Clone on the actual 2000ad comic) was still a teenager at the time.

Although I did joke way back there about it being O.K. to remake Robocop because he's a remake of Dredd, I can't see why you need to do it - the satire and the art deco look make it fairly timeless as far as I can see, Commodore Amiga graphics included. Bah humbug!

Speaking of lack of original stories or concepts I'm gonna put The Matrix on that list..part Ghost in the shell,part Terminator, part the book of revelation...you make the call. XD

Just that one was mostly hyperbole and the other was thought provoking,albiet a thinking man's scifi actioner.My friends still to this day write it off as some "rip-off".

And as bad as Robocop 2 was, Robocop 3 was one of the worst sequels ever! Frank Miller needs to redeem himself and work on the sequel/remake.I would'nt be surprised if Robocop was influenced somewhat from the Dark Knight returns, (Chishu_Ryu called it.)besides Dredd and Deathlok.

But at least Hammerstein and MM rocked. Bok!

I had offered to lend them my store bought copy, yet the stubborn bastids still refused to give it a chance.Their loss, however one of the best scenes in Equilibrium goes to the very last second regarding Bale's facial expression as a sign of regaining his humanity. It's further proof that Christian so deserves the mantle of Batman. (unlike Clooney or Keaton)after

But flaw or no, it did'nt stop me from appreciating this film, which needs not warrant a sequel as the story within itself was complete.Great ending with great music during credits.Too bad Ultraviolet could'nt follow suit.