Robocop

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

Robocop

braxious · 500 Club Member

i liked RC1 & 2 - some of the scenes were very funny.

the best was (i tink at the end of the 1st flim - i will be corrected) was when RC could not arresrt the villlain....... ( wont spoil the rest ) but the resoulton to that was very very funny.

RC remake i say NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

Totoro101 · Movie Executive Producer

what a refreshing new idea! Another remake! I liked the original films though i dont remember RC's visor beaming energy like Cyclops from Xmen...

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

Or smiling either.

Man In Black · Anime Mod

Groan....

Totoro101 · Movie Executive Producer

Groan indeed.Lets hope hes good friend Sting doesnt invite him to TNA like he did at WCW some years back ;).

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

Capital Combat 90 what an appalling mess that was in the Gimmicks zenith for WCW.

Man In Black · Anime Mod

The idea behind that was to cross promote with Robocop 2 although quite how this was going to encourage wrestling fans to see the film I have no idea. Doing it on TV instead of PPV would have been more prudent (even if still unsuccessful).

Mollison · 500 Club Member

The answer is NO and that is the end of it.

Heygizmo66 · B List Star

Oh dear....

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

Some rather excellent news concerning this remake. It is to be directed by Darren Aronofsky!

From Variety:

Darren Aronofsky has signed on to direct and David Self is penning a new installment about the hero whose tagline is "part man, part machine and all cop."
"RoboCop," which is being fast-tracked for a 2010 release, becomes the first potential tentpole to come together since Mary Parent took the reins of MGM in March. Aronofsky's involvement has been one of the worst kept secrets, with rumors rampant in the blogosphere that "The Fountain" helmer was eyeing the project.

-- Edited by Darth Mattitude at 15:58, 2008-07-26

Man In Black · Anime Mod

Update from Filmstalker:

For those of use worried that the new RoboCop film could be made with a child friendly audience in mind, worry not. It looks like the plan is to stick to the original films, when it comes to levels of violence anyway. Nice.

The new film sounds better all the time, a decent director and no watering down. Could turn out alright.

One of the producers of the new RoboCop, who also worked on the original, Mike Medavoy, told MTV Movies Blog that the plan was to go for an R rated film.

'Well I was involved with the original Robocop, and it was an R, and the likelihood is that this will be an R. Its likely to be an R unless the director cuts back on some of it.'

Let's hope Darren Aronofsky doesn't. A child friendly RoboCop would be laughable. It doesn't look like they plan to film with 3-D in mind either, with Medavoy saying:

'I dont think thats even come up.'

Medavoy and one of his fellow producers, say that the reimagining as they call it will stand on it's own and not be linked to the previous films. He also told MTV Movie News the reason for making a new film, and why now.

'The themes of machines and technology, for instance, that's certainly become even more prevalent today in terms of man giving up certain things to his creations and his technology and his reliance to that. It's pretty provocative stuff. You've got people today with all kinds of different implants and mechanical implants. Where does that person become no longer human? After the first one? After 50 percent of the brain gets replaced? A lot of the themes that we dealt with in the original are still very interesting to us'

So what do you think, feeling any better about a reimagined RoboCop? Do you agree with the reasons for returning to the character?

Mollison · 500 Club Member

But please, please dont have him smiling in it!

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

The only way to make RC is to lavish on the ultra violence. I never clould work out how they turned him into a kiddy friendly cartoon series...