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FIRST AND LAST...Fuck yeah Robocop!!! Rambocop!
by donwillymo
Mar 14th, 2008
09:28:03 AM
1st!
by Jonas Grumpy
Mar 14th, 2008
09:29:21 AM
Suck it.
No, *I* suck...
by Jonas Grumpy
Mar 14th, 2008
09:29:45 AM
Dammit, donwillymo!
Whats so shocking about that Merrick...
by donwillymo
Mar 14th, 2008
09:29:46 AM
you were watching Breakfast at Tiffanys or something I bet...
by donwillymo
Mar 14th, 2008
09:30:17 AM
Pretty in Pink right Merrick too much action for you
by donwillymo
Mar 14th, 2008
09:30:48 AM
STOP IT, DAMMIT! JUST STOP IT!!!
by uss cygnus
Mar 14th, 2008
09:31:06 AM
Hollywood needs to GET FUCKED. ENOUGH. Why not re-make "Gone With The Wind"? "Citizen Kane"? "Casablanca"?!? I know it's not the same thing, but now they are re-making MOVIES WHICH HAVE NO REASON TO BE RE-MADE. This is absolutely embarrassing.
Rambo in Pink
by donwillymo
Mar 14th, 2008
09:31:18 AM
No way is Robocop relevant anymore.
by The Gospel According to Bastardface
Mar 14th, 2008
09:32:52 AM
I smells an IronMan style movie, which would make no effin sense.
Robocop sequal/remake
by Pariah74
Mar 14th, 2008
09:33:18 AM
It's a worthless idea unless they plan to use Robocop to as a social commentary on the current administration's war on freedom and/or the Patriot Act.
RoboCop 4
by Sailor Rip
Mar 14th, 2008
09:34:06 AM
If they want to make a sequel and get Verhoeven back I'm all for it. If they want to "re-boot" the franchise and start over with a sleek 21st century RoboCop then FUCK THEM!
First?
by Dragon Man
Mar 14th, 2008
09:34:13 AM
Goddamn, I'm gonna play the lottery tonight!
I think we are missing the more disturbing news..
by CloseLight
Mar 14th, 2008
09:34:16 AM
That they are making another Pink Panther and Thomas Crown Affair.
RAMBOCOP!!!!!!
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 14th, 2008
09:34:19 AM
Don't waste a good killing machine! Make him a cyborg!
REMINDS ME OF THE FOREST SPEEDER CHASE IN ROTJ!!!
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 14th, 2008
09:36:05 AM
Well it does!
I wasn't first . . .
by Dragon Man
Mar 14th, 2008
09:36:17 AM
Maybe I won't play the lotto, I'll probably get hit by a bus going to the store.
If Rambo proved one thing
by FuryofthefilmFan
Mar 14th, 2008
09:36:21 AM
Is that studios can make a movie without holding that much back. I wouldn't trust anybody but Verhoeven with Robocop. Most of the directors today are a buncha cgi loving fruitcakes.
BRING PAUL VERHOEVEN BACK
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 14th, 2008
09:38:13 AM
That man is a genius. I enjoyed the hell out of Black Book. He has a unique vision and style, and few boundaries. He can do Robocop justice.
Pink Panther 2????
by Bobo_Vision
Mar 14th, 2008
09:38:44 AM
Are they insane? Don't answer that, its rhetorical.
If we're going to reboot every Goddamn thing anyway...
by I Dunno
Mar 14th, 2008
09:40:35 AM
...then let's at least do it right.

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.

Pink Panther 2
by Sailor Rip
Mar 14th, 2008
09:40:49 AM
I'm pretty sure that movie is already in the can.
ROBOCOP WAS PROPHETIC
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 14th, 2008
09:43:13 AM
The number of criminal corporate enterprises we've seen exposed in the last 10 years proves Robocop to be a visionary film. They've privatized everything in our nation, and now they're auctioning off the airwaves for total privatization (instead of doing the smart thing for the country and leasing them). Blackwater supplanted much of the police in New Orleans. How much longer before we see a Robocop America? Fight the Power!!

And Owen Wilson as Officer Murphy!

Bah! Like Merrick said...
by just pillow talk
Mar 14th, 2008
09:43:35 AM
It won't nearly match the original, why bother. It'll just be a watered down version that will be barely recognizable to the original product.
I, ROBOCOP
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 14th, 2008
09:44:44 AM
Oh. Hell. No. Bzzzz
Maybe this movie will explain...
by Abin Sur
Mar 14th, 2008
09:45:46 AM
...why no criminal thought to shoot him in the chin. Duh!
THERE WAS A FORCE FIELD AROUND HIS CHIN
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 14th, 2008
09:46:40 AM
That's what I told myself.
Ok, let's talk about this...
by cornponious
Mar 14th, 2008
09:48:25 AM
First off, I have the X-rated version of this movie on laserdisc, and the film should have been released like that in theaters. It's unfortunate that nearly every film Verhoeven has made has been cut up by the MPAA. The man knows how to make a film that can shock, provoke, and excite it's viewers. Leave him alone, MPAA.

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.

IF NOT VERHOEVEN, AT LEAST ZACK SNYDER
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 14th, 2008
09:48:35 AM
And no ninjas.
Pink Rambo 2
by donwillymo
Mar 14th, 2008
09:49:26 AM
THE JOHN RAMBO AFFAIR
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 14th, 2008
09:51:09 AM
The painting was in the museum all along!
Put Zack Snyder as far away as possible from this!
by DerLanghaarige
Mar 14th, 2008
09:52:35 AM
I hope MGM realises that Verhoeven is still interested in doing Robocop!
I'd buy that for a dollar!!!
by justgetreal
Mar 14th, 2008
09:54:18 AM
That being said, if the DVD is being sold for $1.00, I'll buy it. Otherwise, count me out.
I'll buy that for a Rambo
by donwillymo
Mar 14th, 2008
09:56:13 AM
DIABLO CODY'S ROBOCOP
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 14th, 2008
09:56:14 AM
"Biotches leave!"
Great story/script + big budget + Verhoeven =
by JDanielP
Mar 14th, 2008
09:58:22 AM
...a good role of the dice.
NETFLIX DOESN'T HAVE ROBOCOP FOR ONLINE VIEWING
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 14th, 2008
10:01:14 AM
Can you believe that?
ROBCOP 2: SCRIPT -- President is a comedian?
by joeelliott
Mar 14th, 2008
10:02:21 AM
Are you talking about the one where Robo is killed 10 min into the film and revived 100 years in Detroit's future? The President is an x-stand up comedian? I have that one.
But how does this tie in with Sarah Marshall??
by PoweredUpPacman
Mar 14th, 2008
10:02:30 AM
I lost it...
Zack Snyder's RoboCop
by Sailor Rip
Mar 14th, 2008
10:03:06 AM
Zack- "Ok we need you to stand in front of this green screen so we can later add a computer generated old building behind you."

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

Zack - "You're fired."

RoboCop was the Verhoeven movie that had the LEAST
by I Dunno
Mar 14th, 2008
10:04:13 AM
...female brutality. One woman was only kicked in the face and there was only an *attempted* rape. WTF, Paul? I guess it took a couple movies to really get into his stride.
ROBOCOP...if done well... well be GREAT!
by Demode
Mar 14th, 2008
10:05:18 AM
I'm sick of movies like Aliens VS Predator. If you are going to resurrect a good 80s movie, do it with style.
Where's The Hobbit news?
by skycrapper
Mar 14th, 2008
10:12:02 AM
While it's cool the reminisce about Robocop, what's the deal with The Hobbit? Are the Tolkien estate and New Line still mucking up the works? When will the official anoucement of the director come down?
First Robocop, Next Police Academy!
by bobinnova
Mar 14th, 2008
10:14:05 AM
God help us, but with Hollywood rebooting 80s franchises you know that Police Academy will be considered. I would like to see a rebooted Robocopy especially an updated CGI of the ED-209 which could be kick-ass using today's technology.
RoboCop + Fincher = Great ReBoot
by eroomtam
Mar 14th, 2008
10:18:28 AM
robocop
by Mr.Slade
Mar 14th, 2008
10:21:54 AM
this has to be done in that same ultra violent way that the first was done, take a page from rambos book and dont pussy out, r 2 and 3 were completely different movies from the first and were so watered down that they made me puke. robocop is not a super hero, if they go in with that mind set then they will be off to a good start
I WILL SHOOT YOU, AND I KNOW ROBOT KARATE
by phantom_of_teh_paradise
Mar 14th, 2008
10:28:55 AM
Sweded!
Clarence T Boddiger!
by samurai sark
Mar 14th, 2008
10:33:07 AM
You gotta have Boddiger! Man, I loved this movie. The idea of a remake puckers my lemons. But the idea of a sequel? Awesome.

Im very interested in the 'corporate wars' idea mentioned earlier. Would love to see Robocop found and reactivated by rebel militia. Meanwhile OCP discovers Robocop's active signal and send thier Robocop 1000 (Which is a Terminator). And Predator is in it too.
I WORK FOR DICK JONES!!!
by samurai sark
Mar 14th, 2008
10:35:12 AM
Dick Jones runs OCP, OCP runs the cops, you're a cop!!!
"Someone wanna call a goddamn paramedic?!"
by Osmosis Jones
Mar 14th, 2008
10:36:18 AM
YOU HAVE 15 SECONDS TO COMPLY!
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
by GiggityGoo
Mar 14th, 2008
10:37:09 AM
There is no way "Robocop" could be remade in today's PG-13-centric world. The original is one of my Top 10 favorite movies ever... I can quote it backward and forward.

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".

BringingSexyBack
by mr.brownstone
Mar 14th, 2008
10:37:32 AM
that speeder bike joke is the most obscure reference I have seen in years. since I got it, it's frikkin hilarious. i assume you mean this http://www.aintitcool.com/node /35888
See, I got this problem.
by samurai sark
Mar 14th, 2008
10:37:46 AM
Cops don't like me. So I don't like cops. Nenenenenenenene BOOM!
Kurtwood Smith as the villain
by Osmosis Jones
Mar 14th, 2008
10:40:10 AM
"Robocop? More like Robo-Dumbass!"
MICHAEL JAI WHITE AS ROBOCOP!!
by Redfive!
Mar 14th, 2008
10:40:18 AM
Come on if there gonna resurrect MURPHY HAVE A BROTHA PLAY THE MAN.
Remember the robocop terminator game?
by Mr Polite
Mar 14th, 2008
10:40:22 AM
It was fucking crap. How about? Robocop is Awoken in the year 2027 when Skynet has taken over the world. Up Hold the law!
Guns,Guns,Guns!Come on Sal,.........
by travis-dane
Mar 14th, 2008
10:40:26 AM

the Tigers are playing.TONIGHT!

Give the man a Hand.

Clarence rules!

ROBOCOP VS TRANFORMERS!
by Mr Polite
Mar 14th, 2008
10:41:39 AM
FLAMES ON ROBOCOP!
FUCKING TRANSFORMERS BITCH
by Mr Polite
Mar 14th, 2008
10:42:16 AM
I HAVE DRANK TOO MUCH COFFEE
They'll fix you
by samurai sark
Mar 14th, 2008
10:43:11 AM
They fix everything
Tigers a playing
by samurai sark
Mar 14th, 2008
10:44:49 AM
to-nite.... I never miss a game.
Nice shooting son, what's your name?
by Sailor Rip
Mar 14th, 2008
10:45:13 AM
MURPHY.
DICK!! YOU'RE FIRED!!!
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 14th, 2008
10:48:26 AM
"Thank you."
MR.BROWNSTONE
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 14th, 2008
10:48:56 AM
That's it my man. Harass Merrick every chance you get!
So many things the sequel won't have...
by Phimseto
Mar 14th, 2008
10:51:54 AM

...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"

COHAGEN! GIVE THE PEOPLE AIR!!!!
by BilboRing
Mar 14th, 2008
10:54:47 AM
I thought the writers were back on the payroll? Still no originality found during their time off?
HAHAHA Phimesto
by samurai sark
Mar 14th, 2008
10:55:18 AM
forgot about "HHHEEeeEELlLLPppP MmMMeeEEEeeeEEE AOOoooo!!!!" Oh, not NEARLY enough nuclear-waste-creatures in film these days.
Finally an article without Sarah Marshall in it
by donwillymo
Mar 14th, 2008
10:56:07 AM
ROBOCOP VS. TERMINATOR!
by TheGoodGerman
Mar 14th, 2008
10:58:13 AM
Now that Frank Miller is big in Hollywood (unlike back in the day when they butchered his Robocop 2+3 scripts), they should film his Robocop vs. Terminator comic.
ROBOCOP VS. TERMINATOR was a cool game
by I Dunno
Mar 14th, 2008
11:03:04 AM
I never read the comic but the game was pretty good. I mean for a side scroller, 15 years ago.

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)

Oh, crap.
by Archive
Mar 14th, 2008
11:06:36 AM
Continuing the franchise is fine, so long as it's not a remake. Think you can do one better than Basil Poledouris, Paul Verhoeven, the meanest stop-motion effects in movie history, and pyrotechnics and sound that brought splatterpunk to action cinema? Without the satire, Robocop would have been a landmark. With the satire, it's a goddamned masterpiece of action cinema, and as fun as Starship Troopers is, Robocop made all the salient points first, and made them more honestly. You gonna remake Alien or Terminator? Isn't it time we remade the Matrix? Write something. If you can't write something, read something. No risk equals no reward. If you can't afford the risk of new content, expect someone else to take the brass ring. Be content with your mediocrity and your crappy financial performance, and stop sending out press releases about the "new" company you're building. Robocop is about the dangers of bureaucracy and the importance of taking risks for the good of others. Instead of remaking it, try watching it! The message of the film is not subtle. If you missed it, you have no business making movies at all.
I won't buy that for a dollar
by Abominable Snowcone
Mar 14th, 2008
11:12:18 AM
Robocop is Peter Weller, and its time has past
For God's sake...
by Archive
Mar 14th, 2008
11:13:25 AM
This is the company that produced 2001. This is a disgrace to one of the finest cinematic legacies in history, and that crap I read about this being MGM's shining hour makes me sick in light of stuff like this.
I want Robocop vs Terminator
by Gorgomel
Mar 14th, 2008
11:15:19 AM
oops that has already be made : http://tinyurl.com/yw8c9h
robocopland starring mr. stallone
by Acne Scarface
Mar 14th, 2008
11:16:14 AM
i gave u a chance & u blew it!
If robocop reboot is less than an 18 cert film...
by Gabba-UK
Mar 14th, 2008
11:18:11 AM
then I wont even be bothered with it. If however its set in the uk and all officer murphy does is shoot and crush the skulls of chav's, then I for one will buy for a dollar. Maybe even two.
Nope, there's really no way to repeat
by samurai sark
Mar 14th, 2008
11:18:15 AM
A re-boot is a terrible idea. I can already picture Hayden Christensen VOLUNTEERING for the operation, getting some go-go-gadget suit of ADDRidiculous Armor, and shooting criminals in the leg below the knee in the name of the law. Nope, I don't think a re-boot would work (unless they plan on amping up the satire and violence).

A sequel probably wouldn't be any better unless Miner and Neumeier come back to write and Verhoeven directs. Even then, it better one hell of a script.

The bold sarcasm that made Robocop great isn't popular in cinema anymore, sadly. I'd love a new sequel that would introduce an American global-police force, with commercials promoting it as "Kickin' ass and takin' names around the globe! Join today!!!"

Oh, and if Weller isn't willing to comeback for Robocop, I elect Phil Lamarr. I'm only halfway kidding.
LowBro Cop
by joeelliott
Mar 14th, 2008
11:23:22 AM
A blacksplotation version with the Waynes brothers and Issac Hayes as Junk-it, the old robot who has seen the hood go from bad to worse. All of his friends are deactivated - they were all the robots in the Herbie Hancock video Rocket
And Carla Gugino
by samurai sark
Mar 14th, 2008
11:24:49 AM
as Johnson... if ya know what i meen...
LOL joeelliott
by samurai sark
Mar 14th, 2008
11:26:06 AM
"Issac Hayes as Junk-it, the old robot who has seen the hood go from bad to worse."

Damn thats funny... "Junk-it", LOLOL
building their evolution around James Bond? yipes
by Spandau Belly
Mar 14th, 2008
11:27:28 AM
I'm pretty sure after Quatum of Solace hits everybody will turn on Craig and then he'll run out his contract making three more movies that satisfy neither Bond fans nor the newschoolers who went ga-ga for Casino Royale.

That is unless a horribly titled Bond film with a bunch of teenage love interests for an ugly old Craig fighting against Pacino's latest phone-in performance turns out to be some groundbreaking masterpiece, but everything I hear just turns me more and more off this one.
Does somebody want to call a God damned medic!?
by MrInsidious
Mar 14th, 2008
11:27:54 AM
LMAO....Brilliant.
oh fuck
by Pipple
Mar 14th, 2008
11:29:10 AM
Just don't do it. I couldn't stand any more butchering of this franchise... Unless it's unbelievably brilliant, just let robocop go...
BSB
by Lost Jarv
Mar 14th, 2008
11:31:00 AM
Robocop wasn't so much prophetic as observational. It was made in the greedy 80's remember.
Verhoeven is doing Thomas Crown 2
by Vern
Mar 14th, 2008
11:33:45 AM
Maybe there are some secret negotiations going on. I wish.

You know, this could be disastrous, but if it was done right it could be a thing of beauty. I've been saying this for years: ROBOCOP was made before Rodney King! There's so much more to address, and yet so much of the movie is still relevant: the privatization of everything, the militarization of police weaponry, amoral corporations fucking everyone over for money. I would love to see how Verhoeven would approach the material now.

As for the PG-13 thing I don't think we should worry about that unless there is actual evidence. They already killed the original series by doing that, I don't think we should assume they are stupid enough to do that again.

Vern
by samurai sark
Mar 14th, 2008
11:38:06 AM
We should *always* assume they are that stupid.
RoboCop info and attitude towards the reboot.
by Reznik
Mar 14th, 2008
11:40:33 AM
It's one of my favorite movies. There's Nothing like seeing that kind of violence at the age of 10, totally blew me away. Someone mentioned that nobody thought to shoot Robo in the exposed portion of his face. I recently picked up the Collector's Edition and watched the behind the scenes stuff. It was explained that his face was not actually his skull, muscle, and skin tissue. When they built him they actually wrapped synthetic skin over his cyborg skull. He had a brain and some spinal cord but his head was all nuts and bolts and synthetic tissue. Including his eyes and teeth.

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.

Will Robo jump?
by caruso_stalker217
Mar 14th, 2008
11:41:38 AM
I'm expecting to see him run, jump, do backflips, do karate. With today's technology you just wait and see.

by Grimjack99
Mar 14th, 2008
11:41:47 AM
"I don't think we should assume they are stupid enough to do that again." No, I fear they're just stupid enough, Vern.
Basil Poledouris was my friend.
by Archive
Mar 14th, 2008
11:43:34 AM
And you're pinching a loaf on his memory, and one of his greatest achievements.
HOW ABOUT: FRANK MILLER'S ROBOCOP?
by BIG BOSS
Mar 14th, 2008
11:46:29 AM
Seeing as how he's finally getting what he deserves in the movie biz w/ Sin City & 300, his spin on Robocop would definitely make a worthy remake--cuz honestly, who gives a flying 747 fuck about another pink panther?
Paul Verhoeven
by The Rebel
Mar 14th, 2008
11:51:16 AM
For you Americans, look again at Starship Troopers. The movie is prophetic. Paul Verhoeven showed you your future...
I LIKE IT!!!!
by BetaRayBill07
Mar 14th, 2008
11:51:21 AM
Paul McCrane!!!
Why don't we have ED-209's patrolling now?
by performingmonkey
Mar 14th, 2008
11:52:34 AM
Less crime there would be!
Robocop 2 was awesome
by messi
Mar 14th, 2008
11:52:46 AM
I grew up watching that movie as a kid and I still love it. Quotes. framing(thank you Irvin Kershner you New God). Plus when Robocop shoots the guy looking the other way and sticking his arm out, makes no sense but looked fucking awesome.
Would Robocop beat...
by samurai sark
Mar 14th, 2008
11:54:46 AM
Predator? Maybe not. Then again, you can't skin a robot, can you?
Kevin Smith should be hired to direct.
by Loosejerk
Mar 14th, 2008
11:55:44 AM
Only for him to pull out because he's too much of a pussy to tackle and action movie.
I'd buy that, for a dollar!!!!
by SlickyVonBoner
Mar 14th, 2008
12:00:23 PM
NEVER! NEVER! NEVER! NEVER! NEVER!
by Mr Gorilla
Mar 14th, 2008
12:00:26 PM
Robocop had Mr V's gut-punching approach to movies in its DNA. I know his US stuff is variable, but this is up with the best. If this shit is remade it will ONLY suffer in comparison. DO NOT REMAKE AUTEURED MOVIES! A strong hand behind the camera is every bit as inimitable as the performance of a mega-star. I mean, it's not like people are stupid enough to try and remake the films of Alfred Hitchcock.... Ummm... Shit.
Rob Zombie's Robocop
by Reel American Hero
Mar 14th, 2008
12:05:25 PM
The first 3/4 of the movie spent revolving around Murphy's childhood, with the entire plot of the first movie crammed into the last half hour.
That movie freaked me out as a kid...
by SlickyVonBoner
Mar 14th, 2008
12:09:25 PM
and Robocop 2. The violence was so over-the-top. Perfect example is that boardroom malfunction scene. Not only does that corporate ass-kisser get shot all to fuck with a cannon that could punch a hole in a tank, but after he's dead ED-209 just keeps pounding away at him... but that's how machines SHOULD be, cold and ruthless.
"hyper-sensitivity and over-amped political correctness"? Ugh .
by The Wolf at the Door
Mar 14th, 2008
12:09:51 PM
Just to throw this out there, I really don't buy the whole "oh, our society's gotten too sensitive and PC" line. What the hell is "hyper-sensitive" or "politically correct" about the wave of torture porn we're currently suffering? How about 24? Or Ann Coulter?

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.)

Only a matter of time...
by Gungan Slayer
Mar 14th, 2008
12:09:55 PM
Come on folks...it was only a matter of time that MGM would come round back to RoboCop, and everyone's right here. It's probably going to be a lame ass remake/reimagining. sigh
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
by AnakinsDiapers
Mar 14th, 2008
12:11:56 PM
WTF!?! Robocop, and yes, Robocop 2 still stands up to current scrutiny. What the hell needs to be updated about either film? Not the special effects. Not the social commentary. If they need to milk this particular cash cow some more, just continue the chronology from the end of the second picture.
Weren't 2 & 3 Frank Miller's take on RoboCop?
by pokadoo
Mar 14th, 2008
12:14:38 PM
I'm sure he wrote both the Robo sequels?! I can only assume his scripts got basterdised in the process.
Yep pokadoo..
by AnakinsDiapers
Mar 14th, 2008
12:19:07 PM
Millers scripts were basically shredded. Avatar comics realized a mini-series titled Frank Millers robocop which was what Miller intended to be the sequel. It was pretty good.
the new RoboCop
by bh
Mar 14th, 2008
12:21:27 PM
I don't think the reason a new RoboCop would lack the edge and balls of the first one has to do with the times (or audiences) being especially "politically correct" or sensitive. The reason it won't have any balls or edge will be that entertainment and politics don't get mixed very much anymore. Not because they can't be mixed, but because our entertainment has become more bland and less provocative. I wouldn't blame the audience for being too sissy or soft for it, I would blame the studios for blanching at anything that suggests opinion. (The first RoboCop has a pretty distinct point of view on the subject of privatizing public services.) Maybe that was Merrick's point all along, but I felt like the distinction was important.
I cried when Robocop was taken apart and thrown in street
by donwillymo
Mar 14th, 2008
12:22:33 PM
...also in Short Circuit 2 when they beat J5 w/ crobars
by donwillymo
Mar 14th, 2008
12:23:43 PM
So Basically...
by Rando Calrisian
Mar 14th, 2008
12:24:13 PM
MGM has not got a single ORIGINAL project in the works for the rest of the year?

Hollywood is getting lazier and lazier every fucking year.
who would win Johnny 5 vs. Robocop...oooh
by donwillymo
Mar 14th, 2008
12:24:26 PM
"Nice shooting son... what's your name?"
by abiggerboat
Mar 14th, 2008
12:28:16 PM
"Murphy"
yeah, Verhoven PLEASE
by wash
Mar 14th, 2008
12:28:38 PM
I'd buy that for a...oh fuck it
Fourth Directive Classified
by Archive
Mar 14th, 2008
12:29:56 PM
You know where this leads, MGM. You may think this can't backfire, but history, and the end of the very film you are remaking, suggests otherwise.
Frank Miller's Robocop
by Matthew Martinez
Mar 14th, 2008
12:30:31 PM
pokadoo, Frank Miller's original screenplay for Robocop 2 was recently adapted as an 8-issue comic book mini-series. It's been collected as a trade and can be found on Amazon here: http://tinyurl.com/ywgkwa. I have a copy but I haven't read it yet. Has anyone else read it?
Well, they never said it was a remake.
by Reel American Hero
Mar 14th, 2008
12:30:44 PM
They just said they're continuing the franchise. Hollywood logic dictates that by continue they mean reboot and remake, but we've yet to see that being said though. I'm hoping for (if they must do this) then a Rocky or Rambo like sequal. Years after the first two movies, Robocop is called into action once more. With the big twist in this one being that his son is now some kind of crime lord or something who he must now stop, no matter the cost.
Robocop can't be duplicated
by Darth Thoth
Mar 14th, 2008
12:32:27 PM
It was one of those classic movies the result of everything coming together perfectly at just the right time. Director, actors, score composer (Basil's work here is excellent), special effects, shock value, social critique of capitalism, corporate greed, etc., and everything else that went into making this movie a classic. This movie had guts and unfortunately these days very very very few films do or are allowed to. The Robocop movies got progressively worse and if the pattern continues we'll all have to be high on Nuke to enjoy Robocop 4. Haha.
The original Robocop 2 script
by photoboy
Mar 14th, 2008
12:45:18 PM
Wasn't that more or less re-worked into the pilot to the Robocop TV series? Based on that it probably wouldn't have been too great. That said, I think the TV series was the only thing after the first film to actually give some thought to man inside the suit, rather than Robocop just being a walking killing machine like he was in the sequels and Prime Directives.

Personally I think they should get Weller in the suit and Verhoeven behind the camera again to do one final Robocop story, and have it set further into the future where the possibility exists for medicine to recreate Murphy's body and the struggles Robocop has over whether he can go back to being "human" or not. And whoever scores it needs to extensively crib from Poledouris' magnificent score for the first film.
Zack Snyder, Jean-Pierre Jeunet or Guillerm Del Toro -
by Christopher3
Mar 14th, 2008
12:48:30 PM
And it could work.
Fuck This Shit!
by PITCHPERFECT
Mar 14th, 2008
12:49:15 PM
This is a message to all the lame assed corporate Hollywood executives who can't think of any new ideas and continue to squeeze the life out of pass successes. Go fucking kill yourselves, please do us all a favour and do it quickly before this madness continues to get any worse. * Chomps on cigar * Hey lets remake Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope or the one the fans really liked Episode V The Empire Strikes Back and get Michael Bay to direct it. No wait I have a better idea lets remake Iron-Man and The Dark Knight they haven't even come out yet but I think we can reimagine them for a younger generation.
I heard Scorcese is doing prequels...smell Oscar
by donwillymo
Mar 14th, 2008
12:52:11 PM
ONLY Verhoeven!
by samurai sark
Mar 14th, 2008
12:55:16 PM
He should be the only one to direct. Irvin Kershner was AWESOME for pt 2, but it suffered from lack of Verhoeven-esque satire.

Robocop is rebuilt in the future, and has to use his "TJ Laser" skillz to help a band of rouge lawmen take back the city from the fist of Corporate greed.

And if this bitch doesn't begin with a News Broadcast, count me OUT
Christ...
by DocPazuzu
Mar 14th, 2008
01:03:13 PM
...sometimes I feel like Ted Danson's character in Creepshow yelling "STOP IT! STOP IT! STOP IT!", except instead of being buried up to my neck in sand and the approaching tide coming in, it's shit and the encroaching flood of asstastic remake after remake. Jesus, can anyone really fathom how awful a RoboCop reimagining will be in this day and age? Holy shit!

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.

RoboCop is a classic
by kwisatzhaderach
Mar 14th, 2008
01:07:07 PM
and as Ken Russell called it "the most important science-fiction movie since Metropolis". There should never have been any sequels or TV series. It was perfected first time round.
Hollywood Producers Give Your Writers Something Special To Do!
by PITCHPERFECT
Mar 14th, 2008
01:09:06 PM
I thought the writers strike had ended? Don't they want the writers to come up with something new and refreshing using their talents & skills of wordsmanship? Any fucking fan fiction kid on the internet can re-write a previous story from a movie.
Peter Weller should be busy on the Buckaoo sequel
by joeelliott
Mar 14th, 2008
01:14:35 PM
if the universe was divine we'd be on Buckaroo 5 by now
If it's PG-13, RUN LIKE HELL!!!
by ugh
Mar 14th, 2008
01:17:38 PM
I've always wanted to see Robocop rebooted for 2 reasons only: 1) Correct all the mistakes made with Robocop 2 & 3, Robocop: The Series, and the handful of Canadian produced tv movies. 2) Add a storyline that allows Peter Weller to return AS "MURPHY" -- maybe modern technology allows him the option of having a human body again and in the transition, trains a new batch of modern OCP fighters. On a side note: I would like to see Nancy Allen back as well and turn ED-209 into a comic relief sidekick, a true ally to Robocop!
BRING BACK BOTTIN
by OtisSpofford
Mar 14th, 2008
01:18:32 PM
...and someone comparable to Verhoeven - as for the script, even that Terminator crossover Dark Horse did was cool back in the 80's... But Bottin must rebuild Robo in all his glory!
"I'd buy that for a dollar!"
by fiester
Mar 14th, 2008
01:23:01 PM
Wait a minute. No I wouldn't. Fuck you, Hollywood.
I ONLY KNOW ONE THING
by ArcadianDS
Mar 14th, 2008
01:23:18 PM
Right now, at this very moment, Harlan Ellison is all wound up about something.
I remember seeing this and Platoon
by just pillow talk
Mar 14th, 2008
01:26:28 PM
at the drive-thru. What a fucking great pairing.
Robocop RUWLES!
by Series7
Mar 14th, 2008
01:26:58 PM
Man i fucking love Robocop, they just showed 1 and 2.....and 3 on Universal HD a couple of months ago. Fucking awesome. I got the 3-D MacFarlane Toys poster hanging in my office. I look at it all the time and its sooo bad ass. MacFarlane needs to make a lot more of these. And for some better movies. Like godfater cool poster and all but not 3-D cool. I want to get all of them. Fuck this remake by the way as well. Yeah without Verhoeven whatever, but without Weller, I ain't havin none of it.
PITCHPERFECT
by Gungan Slayer
Mar 14th, 2008
01:28:13 PM
exactly what i've been thinking. well said
Robocop Redux
by bobinnova
Mar 14th, 2008
01:34:27 PM
A cop, who is in the National Guard, gets sent to Iraq and is blown up by an IED. The federal government rebulds him with new technology and sends him back to Iraq to finish the job. Little does he know that the evil corporation Haleyburt has programmed another directive in his brain. Stars Christian Bale as Robocop, Liam Neeson as Dick Jones (in charge of Haleyburt), and a cameo by Peter Weller as the National Guard Commander.
Terminator 4: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Terminated
by manicart1
Mar 14th, 2008
01:38:45 PM
As long as they ignore the dirty, dirty sack of balls that was Robocop 3 and that elephants abortion of a tv series then we're cool. And they must not under any circumstances make this thing a 12 or PG13 rated film-- the first two films were shockingly violent and all the better for it.
Outer Limits
by bobinnova
Mar 14th, 2008
01:42:53 PM
According to a site called The Z Review in the UK, Outer Limits is to be directed by Rupert Wainwright ("The Fog"). The script is being written by David Weisberg and Douglas Cook ("The Rock") A release date is not known, and no word on the cast.
Joeelliot- RE: Buckaroo Banzai 5
by RenoNevada2000
Mar 14th, 2008
01:46:49 PM
Amen brother. And can you do a brother a solid and slip me a copy of that Robo 2 script. Drop me a line- voval at hotmail.com
Remember Robo's car lights projecting his shadow...
by JDanielP
Mar 14th, 2008
01:59:04 PM
...looking gigantic on the wall, dwarfing the thug (and woman) in front of it? That short and simple scene is something very memorable. And when a director's artistic eye can blend interesting camera angles while utilizing shadows and silhouettes, in addition to the action and movement within a story, we can be quite surprised by the results. BATMAN and the PUNISHER are two characters that just SCRRREEEAM for such visual impact. Unfortunately, I'm still waiting for a director to take full advantage of the visual power that such characters offer.
my favorite porno is Roboslut 9 if anyone cares
by donwillymo
Mar 14th, 2008
02:00:07 PM
LOST JARV
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 14th, 2008
02:06:26 PM
You are right, of course. I've also been watching Wall Street and man, what I wouldn't give to be Gordon Gecko. Except I'd tell the lawyers to keep ziplock lips on the Blue Star deal, especially in front of the guy I'm screwing. What a buncha idiots.
VERN - RIGHT ON BRO
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 14th, 2008
02:09:27 PM
The TV programming in Robocop is LESS ludicrous than some of the shit on any of the major networks. Mostly Fox, but none of them are innocent. Instead of one OCP, we have hundreds of OCPs. All fucking over the citizenry.
HOBOCOP WITH A SHOTGUN!
by RoyNearyCE3K
Mar 14th, 2008
02:12:20 PM
Yup. I said it, and YOU want it. You know you do, because I want to see that bad mofo!
Jay Leno for Robocop!
by skywalkerfamily
Mar 14th, 2008
02:15:52 PM
He has the perfect chin!
Verhoeven or not, a new Robocop would suck.
by spaceworlder
Mar 14th, 2008
02:19:13 PM
What are they going to do, satirize Enron and the Iraq War? Like thousands of people haven't done that already.
Can you fly, Billy?
by Movietool
Mar 14th, 2008
02:33:04 PM
Actually, I thought the Frank Miller Robocop comic (which was supposedly what he wanted to do with the sequel) was utter crap.

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?

One of the side effects of Hollywoods uncreativity...
by GibsonUSA
Mar 14th, 2008
02:34:03 PM
...is that wer suddenly get all our 80s stuff back! BRING IT ON!!!!
DIRECTED BY JOHN WOO please
by GibsonUSA
Mar 14th, 2008
02:35:18 PM
Enough of that ancient China movie!
Yeah, Johnny 5's beatdown is still hard to watch...
by GibsonUSA
Mar 14th, 2008
02:41:48 PM
David Duchovny IS Robocop!
by all
Mar 14th, 2008
02:44:07 PM
All of the time...
David Duchovny is Ambien
by Bobo_Vision
Mar 14th, 2008
02:48:10 PM
He puts me to sleep.
tired of merrick's editorials
by troutpencil
Mar 14th, 2008
02:49:48 PM
I've never read anything he's written that wasn't terrible.
Kirshner and Miller couldn't make a good sequel
by Tacom
Mar 14th, 2008
02:51:04 PM
Not even the man who directed THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK and the man who wrote THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS could come up with a decent sequel so I have doubts of a good Robocop movie being done again.
Steve Buscemi is ROBOCOP!
by UltraDynamo
Mar 14th, 2008
02:54:22 PM
You know you want it.
While We're Remaking 80s Movies...
by bobinnova
Mar 14th, 2008
02:54:22 PM
Top Gun? Flashdance? Footloose? Risky Business? Fast Times? Porkys?
2 Robos 1 Cop
by ArcadianDS
Mar 14th, 2008
02:54:35 PM
The whole movie is just us watching people as they view the trailer for this horribly bad idea.
Jack Black is RoboCop!
by bobinnova
Mar 14th, 2008
02:55:25 PM
Cause I wouldn't buy that for a dollar
Bitches.Leave
by EZPZ
Mar 14th, 2008
02:58:12 PM
best line ever
There will be trouble.
by radio1_mike
Mar 14th, 2008
02:59:32 PM
The only way you can continue or reboot a popular franchise 20 years later is to have a superior director and a superior script. Hell, even Verhoven may not be able to do it justice after 20 years... They should just leave this franchise alone. Robo1 was great, Robo2 was entertaining and the rest was dreck. The only way I can see continuing Robocop is to: 1) place it 40-60 years in future 2) Have whatever foreshadowed diasters (now) happen 3) Have whatver surviving cities remade as corporations who offer protection from the outside world but at the cost of personal liberties (sorta-kinda Hopper/Pittsburgh-Emerald Tower in LOTD) Maybe then, they might use Murphy as a template or just a law enforcer who tries to keep down insurgents or outsiders. He discovers his humanity and fights against his programmers....
Miller's robobcop
by sharki
Mar 14th, 2008
03:07:41 PM
I read Frank Miller's robocop last year. It's not that different from the movie. They just traded the Nuke plot for one about OCP relocation teams. Even the fake commercials are the same. Final verdict, unimpressive.
Actually...
by Tourist
Mar 14th, 2008
03:07:45 PM
...The world right now is ripe for another Robocop satire. Wether they will go that way remains to be seen. Perhaps its just a remake. I really cant imagine them going the way of the Television series of part 3, since they were financially pretty shocking anyway. While I don't feel excited about this, I'm not negatively inclined, because I think the themes and ideas present in the original would work just aswell, if not better, in a bush/post bush environment.
Stop talking like today's crews are unworthy of a sequel
by GibsonUSA
Mar 14th, 2008
03:12:30 PM
Remember part 3? we can only IMPROVE from there...assuming this is a sequel.
Frank Millers Robocop!?
by Tourist
Mar 14th, 2008
03:20:10 PM
Stay away crazy man. Frank Miller already took a steaming shit on this franchise twice.
I'd buy that for a dollar
by Bobo_Vision
Mar 14th, 2008
03:26:53 PM
ROBOCOP: BIOGENESIS written by Kurtzman and Orci and directed by
by Darth_Inedible
Mar 14th, 2008
03:26:58 PM
They should show Robocop being built at area 51 by guys with arc welders. I've always had a hard time buying into the Robocop mythos but with a more grounded reboot the concept might work.
mmmm....
by Muse_Nut19
Mar 14th, 2008
03:27:21 PM
Now im a huge fan of the Robocop movies...the idea of a remake...I just dont know. Like what has been said, you cant really remake robocop, it came out at the perfect time and stood out...at the moment id prefer it if we were given a robo 4, but would still be excited even if a remake was to happen, be interesting to see what they do.
Shia LaBeouf for Murphy!
by Judge Briggs
Mar 14th, 2008
03:29:19 PM
...Directed by Ratner
by Darth_Inedible
Mar 14th, 2008
03:29:23 PM
Dakota Fanning as RoboCop in 3D
by bobinnova
Mar 14th, 2008
03:31:10 PM
And the whole thing is a Rated G kid's movie!
Robocop 2/Predator 2
by AnakinsDiapers
Mar 14th, 2008
03:32:58 PM
I truly don't understand the hate vomited on both of these sequels, especially where Predator 2 is concerned. I thought predator 2 did everything a good sequel was supposed to do: provided more of the same of what was loved about the original, while not reguritating what was already done and adding new settings, plots, and characters. The opening sequence with the fire fight between the columbians and the police was broken. Harrigan was a bad ass. The predator was obviously a young buck who brought all his cool gear with him, as opposed to the grizzled veteran who was "toughing it" in the original. The worst crime that Robocop 2 should go to movie jail for was an unremarkable music score, which can change the enjoyment level of a movie bigtime.
murphy's son
by Bouncy X
Mar 14th, 2008
03:33:04 PM
it'll end up being a sequel where his son eventually gets hurt somehow and becomes the new robocop. but because they wanna be hip and cool, he wont even look like a robot or cyborg or whatever u called daddy. it'll be like bionic woman, totally human looking but with robotic parts underneath. it'll be awesome.
Predator 2...
by Tourist
Mar 14th, 2008
03:42:40 PM
...Didn't have Arnie. The whole "urban jungle" approach was novel, but maybe didn't click for some people. The director just wasn't up to the task for most of it, and he had just as interesting a cast to work with. The final chase in the film was fucking fantastic, but the conclusion was strange and flat. Robocop 2 was just a different beast from the original. It was an action comedy. Not a satire. It had moments that were satirical, but it decided to mostly go with vulgarity and cheap offensiveness instead. I thought it did those things as well as you could though. But also, it had an odd, sudden and flat ending. I didn't dislike either film though. In fact, I thought they were pretty solid. Shit, put Robo 2 next to Robo 3 and its a masterpiece.
Ninja Robots!Rip Torn!RoboCop 3 sucked balls.....
by travis-dane
Mar 14th, 2008
03:43:57 PM
FLYING RoboCop!fuck that shit!
Eddie Murphy is Robocop, Dick Jones, Clarence, and Officer Lewis
by bobinnova
Mar 14th, 2008
03:51:17 PM
Just like Oscar-nominated Norbit
I Fuckin' LOVE The Original ROBOCOP
by LaserPants
Mar 14th, 2008
03:52:47 PM
Get Verhoven and Neumeier on this, or a team with a similar vision, or don't bother.
"Bitches, leave."
by LaserPants
Mar 14th, 2008
03:54:43 PM
Greatest line of dialogue ever. Well, not really, but I love that part.
Now, a word on nutrition.
by tk 421
Mar 14th, 2008
04:00:22 PM
Pull the MotherBoard!
by tk 421
Mar 14th, 2008
04:05:16 PM
The first R movie I ever saw in the theater was Robocop. For whatever reason, I was able to sneak in and see this baby on the big screen. It blew me away. The crazy thing is that I feel the film still stands up to this day. The story, the fucked up characters and I absolutely love the stop-motion animation for ED-209. My buddy downloaded this and every now and then we'll get wasted and watch this. The more I think about how freaking awesome the first Robocop was, the more I hope they don't remake it.
Robocop is the fucking man
by WolfmanNards
Mar 14th, 2008
04:05:24 PM
the first Robocop is on my top 10 list. It's right behind Die Hard, Batman and Ghostbusters as one of the best movies ever made. I hope they don't fuck it up. But at this point, I'm used to it.
Don't worry Merrick. They'll fix it.
by henrydalton
Mar 14th, 2008
04:05:34 PM
They fix everything.
What Makes ROBOCOP So Great Is Its Subversive Subtext
by LaserPants
Mar 14th, 2008
04:12:36 PM
Its a very subversive movie, a movie which openly mocks right-wing corporate hegemony and corruption. And the best way to do that? Ultra-violence. Verhoven and Neumeier pulled a similar trick with Starship Troopers, although in that film they were satirizing US foreign policy and inevitable slip into fascism, which, sadly, turned out to be pretty dead-on.
I was 15 when i sneaked into the original Robocop
by FILMFUNK
Mar 14th, 2008
04:14:13 PM
and it propper fucked my head up! What do kids these days have that compares to the FUCKin Hell!!! Awesomeness of stuff like Robocop, Predator and the original DieHard!

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!

"Nice shooting son. What's your name?"
by henrydalton
Mar 14th, 2008
04:15:22 PM
"Shia Lebouf." ......You KNOW it'll happen.
My pitch: "Robo-Blackwater"
by Flim Springfield
Mar 14th, 2008
04:21:52 PM
I know where Robocop is today
by BrandLoyalist
Mar 14th, 2008
04:27:34 PM
He lives in the unit above mine... gets up for work at 4:30 every morning *stamp* *stamp* *stamp* *stamp*
Bleah
by Forsakyn
Mar 14th, 2008
04:29:17 PM
No more Robocops, please. The first one was great. Unless they do it as a sequel with Peter Weller (and pretend the second one didn't happen). This one can focus on the human portion of Robocop deteriorating and going senile. The old Robocop eventually goes on a rampage when they try to put him in a retirement home, and the only thing that can stop him is a new Robocop - a young Tobey Maguire that's critically injured by the old Robocop. The new Robocop can transform into vehicles, fire hydrants, and even sexual toys. But can all his new-fangled technology overcome the wisdom of senile Robocop?
Who Says Its Gonna Be A Remake?
by LaserPants
Mar 14th, 2008
04:29:21 PM
Didn't see anything about a remake.
"Cops don't like me. So I don't like them..."
by Chishu_Ryu
Mar 14th, 2008
04:32:07 PM
- Clarence Boddicker, 1987
It better have Peter Weller
by gusborwig
Mar 14th, 2008
04:35:11 PM
I dont care what he does, he better be in it. Peter Weller made that movie halfway beliveable.
Rob Zombie -Director
by Pouchstalker
Mar 14th, 2008
04:39:15 PM
Rob Schneider- Robocop Rob Petrie- Joke Writer And introducing- Rob My Wallet of more cash. Just think.. Robocop was once white trash married to his cousin until a horrific still explosion.....
All this remake nonsense,
by one9deuce
Mar 14th, 2008
04:39:44 PM
is a constant reminder of how shitty today's movies are. ROBOCOP is an awesome movie. Certainly a Sci-Fi classic, definitely an Action classic, and maybe a classic regardless of genre. What genre films of the last 10 years will be classics? THE MATRIX and.............?

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

Robocop among Top 10 most quotable movies ever?
by Chishu_Ryu
Mar 14th, 2008
04:41:24 PM
"I liiike it!!"
I bet you think you're pretty smart, Mr Studio Exec
by Pitch Invader
Mar 14th, 2008
04:42:17 PM
Think you can outsmart a bullet?
"Just give me my fucking phone call."
by Mr. Nice Gaius
Mar 14th, 2008
04:43:26 PM
Clarence Boddicker is definitely one of the greatest bad guys of all time. And if these money grubbing yahoos actually remake ROBOCOP, they deserve a little state of the art bang-bang to the face.
Robocop 2: Corporate Wars Script Review (link)
by oreopimp
Mar 14th, 2008
04:44:07 PM
This thing is pretty detailed, I guess one of the reasons they didnt go with it is it was a rough draft and there were time constraints. http://robocoparchive.com/arch ive/feature-robocop2-cw.htm
Robocop 4 - To Kill A TRUMP!
by skywalkerfamily
Mar 14th, 2008
04:47:41 PM
Trump tries to fire Robocop, but Robocop take sout the TRASH!
Robocop was the perfect satire
by skimn
Mar 14th, 2008
04:48:44 PM
for the late Reagan years of yuppies destroying each other, and private companies taking over good and services. The feud between the Ronnie Cox and Miguel Ferrer characters, is one of my favorite aspects of the original.
Regarding BUCKAROO BANZAI...
by Mr. Nice Gaius
Mar 14th, 2008
04:50:36 PM
Although I get a kick out of that movie for the nostalgia factor, it doesn't really hold up as well as say, BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA. However, the "meta" that surrounds it (i.e. Hong Kong Cavaliers, Blue Blaze Irregulars, Hanoi Xan, Perfect Tommy, Big Norse, etc.) is pretty damn funny. Methinks more so than the actual movie.
one9deuce
by skimn
Mar 14th, 2008
04:51:47 PM
Although not my cup of tea, there was this little Lord Of The Rings trilogy that could be called classic.
"Well give the man a hand!"
by Chishu_Ryu
Mar 14th, 2008
04:53:46 PM
- C. Boddicker, 1987
"M'am, you have suffered an emotional shock."
by Chishu_Ryu
Mar 14th, 2008
04:55:00 PM
"I will contact a rape crisis center."
The corporate wars sucked
by stamper
Mar 14th, 2008
04:57:03 PM
The original writers rewrote it as the pilot for the TV show. The new Robocop will be hardcore, stop dissing unless you have seeing.
Let The New Robocop Movie Go Or There Will Be Trouble!
by PITCHPERFECT
Mar 14th, 2008
04:57:18 PM
Yes Hollywood why don't you remake Predator while you're at it...only with smart arsed kids who have knowledge of science fiction films and claimed George Lucas raped their childhoods. They could get out of dangerous situations in the film using text messaging on their cell phones( mobiles ) The younger audiences will love it. Maybe they assemble an army and join forces using podcasts, YouTube MySpace & Facebook, to defeat the Predator. Yes I think it will be a winner. Is Rob Zombie available to direct it? Fill the soundtrack with lots of death metal or whatever kids call it today. Oh yes! Ya gotta have a famous rapper or R&B star in the film. Does 50 Cent or Nelly have some space free in the next few months? Woahhh! One more thing...what if we show the Predators torturing the captured nerdy kid or the black kid in a torture dungeon? It could be like the Saw movies only science fiction. Yes we're onto a winner here.
Ooh, guns, guns, guns! Come on, Sal! Tigers are playing
by skimn
Mar 14th, 2008
05:00:33 PM
tonight! And I never miss a game."
First guy Robocop will kill in new version...
by stamper
Mar 14th, 2008
05:03:10 PM
Will be Rob Zombie, then Robo shoots Brett Ratner, and Len Wiseman. The movie will be directed by Harry KNowles.
Something I always loved about Robocop
by skimn
Mar 14th, 2008
05:05:28 PM
coming from the Detroit area, is the opening credit fly-over of downtown Detroit has got to be some old footage. The Ren Center was built in the mid-70s and didn't exist in the opening.
"I had to kill Bob Morton because he made a mistake."
by otm shank
Mar 14th, 2008
05:10:10 PM
"Now it's time to erase that mistake." Sounds like somebodys about to make another mistake.
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na
by Pipple
Mar 14th, 2008
05:16:36 PM
Since we're quoting the movie, I'll quote my favorite line.
Na
by skimn
Mar 14th, 2008
05:17:39 PM
you missed one......
Let meth-addict Frank Miller write it...
by Uncle Stan
Mar 14th, 2008
05:29:42 PM
...and he'll fuck it up like he did before.
by Uncle Stan
Mar 14th, 2008
05:30:36 PM
Good point skimn
by one9deuce
Mar 14th, 2008
05:34:31 PM
THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy certainly SHOULD be a classic, but I have a feeling that they won't end up that way. I guess we'll find out in 20 years. I think Peter Jackson is a good filmmaker, but that he only did a good job with a brilliant story. Kind of how it works with a great joke. A joke that anyone can tell and get a guaranteed laugh, but if someone truly funny says it then it's even funnier.
Oh, and JDanielP........
by one9deuce
Mar 14th, 2008
05:37:29 PM
just stop. Nobody cares. Seriously, I could read your 1 post out of 1000 and even if the usernames weren't shown I would know which was yours.
Doesn't Get Any Better
by tk 421
Mar 14th, 2008
05:42:06 PM
Than Bob Morton doing coke off of a hooker's tits. Spitzer has nothing on my man Bob!
ED209 ruled
by Forsakyn
Mar 14th, 2008
05:49:17 PM
As was the wonderful jab at technology where its weakness was stairs...
Cornponius, how 'bout Hugo Weaving?
by Frietag
Mar 14th, 2008
05:54:44 PM
Peter Weller was terrific as Murphy, of course, because he's a great "mask actor" (that's actually an acting technique). But so is Hugo Weaving -- as he proved in V FOR VENDETTA (in fact I think he's the only reason that film worked at all).

And no matter how much Weller says he'd never come back ... I'll bet he'd come back if the suit were redesigned, and if Verhoeven asked him to. But first you'd have to get Verhoeven on board, and why would he come back to work in America at this point? He's having too much fun doing stuff like BLACK BOOK, which I thought rocked.

If you couldn't get Verhoeven, I think Zack Snyder wouldn't embarrass himself; that's worth a try. But you'd better get someone halfway hardcore on it pronto. Because otherwise, in a few years, you're gonna get some horrible crossover piece of junk like ROBOCOP ACADEMY 5. Don't you just know it!
sigh... I smell a PG-13 Ben Stiller project...
by br1947
Mar 14th, 2008
05:57:28 PM

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.

One of my all time favorite movies.
by reddwarfcas
Mar 14th, 2008
06:02:03 PM
Loved Kurtwood Smith in Robocop. So many great lines.

"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.

hmmm
by DonnieDorko
Mar 14th, 2008
06:04:10 PM
I loved the youtube-clip. It is a great satire disguised as a good actionmovie - exactly like Starship Troopers. Good stuff, sitting perferctley on the shelf.
Jesus...
by Demonoid
Mar 14th, 2008
06:07:12 PM
Had days like this.
Imagine going to the flicks...
by Boba Fat
Mar 14th, 2008
06:18:23 PM
and having only remakes to choose from. We're not that far off from that depressing reality.
Robocop 2 and Total Recall
by BrandLoyalist
Mar 14th, 2008
06:25:39 PM
Total Recall was of course Verhoeven's next... both came out in 1990 & both pleased, err, shocked me with their incredible disregard for human life. Bystanders were mown down by the dozen in action scenes that made no attempt to depict their senseless deaths as anything other than exciting. But although Robocop 2 had a higher body count (just how many people did Cane kill in the final fight?), it was Verhoeven who raised the violence to such an extreme level that it just had to be more of his coy satire: Arnold picking up that machine-gunned bystander on the escalator and using him to catch bullets - first from below, then above, then below again - is still one of the most outrageous acts of movie violence I have ever seen. Bravo! Meanwhile, there Robocop 2 was, the sequel in the franchise he left behind, serving as a perfect unironic example of extreme action movie violence. I liked Robocop 2 a lot, though; great action movie. I'm glad we don't have companies like OCP in the real world today (*cough* Blackwater *cough* Infragard).
one9deuce, I didn't know you cared.
by JDanielP
Mar 14th, 2008
06:27:07 PM
I'm all too happy to share my opinion and thoughts, just like (and unlike) my fellow talkbackers. And you act like it's nearly impossible for Hollywood to make a great movie, these days. But it's not. It's just really, really hard. :-D
RoboCop has been everything from X to TV-PG
by Anakin Whoopass
Mar 14th, 2008
06:29:07 PM
RoboCop was ahead of its time in more ways than one. What other originally X-rated films ultimately spawned a kid-friendly TV series? The recent spate of watered-down PG-13 action/horror crap was foretold by RoboCop 3 way back in 1993. Anyone who claims to be remaking/rebooting RoboCop needs to say which RoboCop they have in mind.
Robocop 2/3
by ColdBlooded BMC
Mar 14th, 2008
06:29:21 PM
Robocop 2 and 3 were written by comic book scribe Frank Miller! That being said, here are some more movies that need a reboot: 1. Short Circuit 2. Mannequin 3. Red Dawn 4. Iron Eagle 5. Howard the Duck
RoboPanther will be shit
by welsh12uk
Mar 14th, 2008
06:33:49 PM
Fuck rebooting. Make new shit.
by The Ghost of Marcus Brody
Mar 14th, 2008
06:45:08 PM
fucking idiots.
getting paul verhoeven back
by zooch
Mar 14th, 2008
06:47:40 PM
not gonna happen ever. too good to be true.
I don't mind Reboots. But some films...
by the_scream
Mar 14th, 2008
06:57:32 PM
Like Robocop are classic. Unlike Batman, where even in the comics there are hundreds of variations of the character, Robocop is definitive. There is absolutely nothing like that movie around. It would be like remaking Star Wars or Indiana Jones. It just wouldn't make sense.
The Outer Limits
by cyberskunk
Mar 14th, 2008
07:04:06 PM
I'm most interested in the Outer Limits tidbit and I wonder how it will be done. In my most fun daydream outcome, a selection of adaptations of classic science fiction short-stories will be shown, including Cordwainer Smith's "Scanners Live in Vain." Although I don't suppose it's really likely.
Chishu_Ryu, what about "Bitches.....Leave"
by TheBloop
Mar 14th, 2008
07:20:14 PM
Kurtwood Smith gave the best delivered line in the history of film. PS. Fuck this CJ7 shit.
Robocop only works with Verhoeven
by ZeroCorpse
Mar 14th, 2008
07:22:49 PM
Really-- He was the only reason the first one was any good (And it is very good. It's great social satire.) Without his unique voice, Robocop is a rather stupid premise.

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.

CAN YOU FLY, BOBBY????
by Ultron ver 2.0
Mar 14th, 2008
07:25:59 PM
no....he couldn't
Is this site going to review any movies?
by Bobo_Vision
Mar 14th, 2008
07:26:32 PM
Like "Funny Games" for example? All there is are a bunch of second hand news tid-bits served up unceremoniously by Merrick. Its like the family business is being run by the youngest, not-too-swift, son.
"MGM will enter its new phase of evolution..."
by kevred
Mar 14th, 2008
07:33:17 PM
"...by showcasing the staggering fact that an entire mega-million-dollar corporation cannot come up with one original idea. We are proud of this fact and will continue to speak of it in public-relations-massaged soulless terms without respite. Thank you, and please step aside while we raid your fond memories of the past for more make-a-quick-buck fodder."
Ladies and Gentlemen, the GREAT RONNIE COX!!
by SkidMarkedUndies
Mar 14th, 2008
07:38:20 PM
No matter what that man is in, he PWNS IT ALL!!! No Ronnie Cox . . . NO DEAL!!!
Uh bobo...
by Tourist
Mar 14th, 2008
07:41:01 PM
....Theres like 5 Sarah Marshall reviews on the front page. The monst anticpiated film since The Phantom Menace.
How about just remake 2 and three
by Rufferto
Mar 14th, 2008
07:44:12 PM
Didn't Miller write the script and they got raped? Everything he touches today turns into gold now a days. There is no reason you can't do it right this time.
Iron Eagle Reboot...
by Seany-Wan
Mar 14th, 2008
07:45:36 PM
Not bad. I still get a kick out of Iron eagle II....Chasing the Angels!!!!!!! Still a cool song!
Just pick the Right Targets........
by Half-Baked-Goggle-Box-Do-Gooder
Mar 14th, 2008
07:47:08 PM
C'mon. Who here WOULDN'T like to see a Robocop blast the livin'fuck outta the future equivilents of American Idol, Microsoft and Scientology?
I'd rather see him blast the fuck out of...
by Tourist
Mar 14th, 2008
07:51:43 PM
...Halleburton and the bushy family. Which is what he would be doing, if it were following the spirit of the original.
Ridiculous
by ewokstew
Mar 14th, 2008
08:00:26 PM
That's like remaking Terminator or Alien. When the bar's been set that high you have no where to go but down.
Eh, Okay
by ewokstew
Mar 14th, 2008
08:02:28 PM
Resurrection not re-make...jumped the gun on that one.
I wish I could return
by Pipple
Mar 14th, 2008
08:10:32 PM
to those blissful years when I was completely ignorant to Robocop 3's existence. I lost a bit of my innocence the day I watched it. I was horrified, raped... anally....

by huggerorange
Mar 14th, 2008
08:15:20 PM
The only way this would work is if they stay close to the original concept/story and its a sequel not remake..If they trying to make some piece of crap I-Robot robocop then just give up now..especially if you dont have Verhoven. I dont see why hed even want to make remake, itd be an insult..Itd be like John carpenter remaking his own halloween. RObocop 1&2 Are genius !
GTA ROBOCOP!
by skywalkerfamily
Mar 14th, 2008
08:30:43 PM
That would rule, man.
FUCK YOU!
by Rufferto
Mar 14th, 2008
09:03:39 PM
Spit.
The Iron Man guy should direct it.
by skywalkerfamily
Mar 14th, 2008
09:09:15 PM
What other originally X-rated films ultimately spawned a kid-fri
by Shan
Mar 14th, 2008
09:12:54 PM
Closest thing I can think of was the Toxic Avenger leading to an animated series.
RoboCop IV: The Search For Murphy's Balls
by GornPirate
Mar 14th, 2008
09:32:46 PM
Robocop: Dick Jones you are under arrest for cutting off my balls. Dick Jones: Now wait a damn minute. I made you boy! I can get your balls back! Let's be reasonable about this! We can make a deal! I can get you some balls! Some big shiney ones! Hell I can give you a cock that would make a elephant envious! Just give me a break! Robocop: A cock the size of an elephant? Dick Jones? YES!!! RoboCop: I'd buy that for a dollar!
FRIETAG: I agree with you...
by cornponious
Mar 14th, 2008
09:42:28 PM
Hugo Weaving could pull it off, and could possibly be made to resemble Weller as Murphy. He has the acting chops, definitely...

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...

"Robocop vs. Red Foreman"
by Osmosis Jones
Mar 14th, 2008
10:06:57 PM
"Robocop? More like Robo-DUMBASS!"
"Once I even called him....asshole."
by 23GreatWoundsAllGotInBattle
Mar 14th, 2008
10:45:29 PM
The greatest trip I ever took to a video store was when my buddy and I had his mom rent Predator and Robocop one weekend, having never seen either. We would watch one while the other rewound and then start all over again. Without Verhoven this is nothing. Without Charlie Bronson swinging a sock full of nickels, Deathwish is nothing. Apparently, without their archives and past box office reports, MGM's accquisitions department is nothing...
Nathan Fillion for Robocop.
by skywalkerfamily
Mar 14th, 2008
11:04:01 PM
I think he would be kinda cool in the part.
Robocop versus Inspector Gadget
by Johnno
Mar 14th, 2008
11:12:09 PM
I'd pay to see that... or Terminator... I have the first comic, wonder how that ends...
Keanu Reeves for Robocop!!!!
by Johnno
Mar 14th, 2008
11:15:37 PM
C'mon, we can all agree on that one and Keanu Reeves needs work...
Josh Duhmael for Robocop
by skywalkerfamily
Mar 14th, 2008
11:19:23 PM
The Las Vegas guy.
HOMOROBOCOP
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 14th, 2008
11:29:30 PM
Fashion police division.
DANIEL DAY LEWIS AS ROBOCOP
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 14th, 2008
11:30:45 PM
I've abandoned my post!!! I've abandoned my duty!!!!!!!
Come on Sal!
by Clarence Boddicker
Mar 14th, 2008
11:31:48 PM
The Tigers play tonight!...and I never miss a game.
DUDE ... I *KNEW* SOMEONE WAS GONNA REGISTER "CLARENCE BODDICKER
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 14th, 2008
11:33:31 PM
for an AICN name. Now where's Officer Murphy and Dick Jones?
PETER WELLER NEEDED VERHOEVEN
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 14th, 2008
11:35:56 PM
His robotic movements were totally off in the sequels. But he was perfect in the original, in the way he moved. Flawless. I thought they chopped him up and actually made him a robot.
Bitches leave!
by Clarence Boddicker
Mar 14th, 2008
11:43:37 PM
...my GOD the shear majesty of it all! We'll never see a movie villain that bad ass again...
Robocops cod piece revealed
by Jay Mammoth
Mar 14th, 2008
11:47:18 PM
http://tinyurl.com/2feysj
THE BITCHES LEFT, TOO
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 14th, 2008
11:49:29 PM
Without even hesitating. Who knew a guy named Clarence could be so pimp?
I LOVED THE COPS CARS
by Unlabled
Mar 14th, 2008
11:52:54 PM
ALL BLACK. THEY WERE SO GANGSTER
Do you think you can fly Bobby?!
by Clarence Boddicker
Mar 15th, 2008
12:02:32 AM
Ok, I'm done...this triple dose of quotes has me positively glowing inside. Sexy, I'm gonna have to go and blow the dust off my VHS copy of Robocop now. Dammit, I hope my VCR still works...otherwise I may have to invest in a dvd copy. heh...well at least the robocop lore was wrong about one thing...I haven't had to pay eight bucks for a can of coke yet.
Huh?
by Super Nintendo Chalmers
Mar 15th, 2008
12:26:29 AM
"our age of hyper-sensitivity and over-amped political correctness would never allow it." Are you fucking serious? We live in the torture porn era and you think that we are too politically correct- for what, exactly? A guy getting shot by a Robot? Oh, maybe the guy getting covered in toxic waste? Americans love violence, always have, always will. You better watch out, though, because if there is a nipple slip it may be rated NC-17. The movie will probably be mass market garbage, but because of soulless capitalist reasons (ie the PG-13 money) rather than some great need for political correctness. For fuck's sake.
Hogan for Robocop
by vicious_bastard
Mar 15th, 2008
12:54:41 AM
"I seem to be having trouble...brother!"
Well, Robocop is just a 'remake' of/take on
by half vader
Mar 15th, 2008
01:04:18 AM
Judge Dredd anyway, so fair game I guess.
I WON'T BUY THAT FOR A DOLLAR
by quantize
Mar 15th, 2008
01:05:43 AM
they'll fuck it up unless its hardcore and funny.. simple as that
"What do you want?
by proper
Mar 15th, 2008
01:18:19 AM
Something with reclining leather seats, that goes really fast and gets really shitty gas mileage".Robocop was the first VHS tape I never took back,although I still feel guilty now,it just had to be done.
"What about cruise control?"
by Ch