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Originally Posted by j.p.s
I think improving on the first RoboCop would be a tall order, e.g.
The cop Taurii scraping bottom entering and leaving driveways
The Kafkaesqe scene where the ED-209 kills the junior executive for not dropping the pistol that in fact had been dropped
The following restroom scene where the OCP Vice President complained that the customer was being unreasonably picky about a prototype having a little malfunction.
The background newscast stating that a former US President had been killed by a malfunctioning defense satellite.
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Oh, yes, I agree
absolutely that as it was, for what it was intended to be, Robocop was great--as high camp. As it happens, I just watched Robocop (87), within...hmmm...the last two weeks. I think it was one of our mid-afternoon matinees, at the house, on a rare day off and I was reminded of Verhoeven's wicked, wicked sense of humor, along with Edward Neumeir (also the pen behind Starship Troopers, which is hilarious) and Mike Miner, who
apparently dined out on Robocop, and still does. (Hey, if it pays....)
It has classic lines, scenes and throwaways: the various advertisements and the newscasts; "I'd buy that for a dollar," or "Can you fly, Bobby?" Boddicker. "Dead or Alive, you're coming with me." (LOL).
It has
a lot of setup and payoff. Even down to the OCP exec being killed, both in the beginning and the end.
Symmetry.
What I was thinking about, mostly, though, was that if someone wanted to do Robocop as
a serious movie, darker/grittier, it
could have worked. I mean, no reason it couldn't have, but the remake that was made, even though I really like that Swedish actor, didn't work at all. Not sure why. I've only seen it once and I can't bring up anything about it in my noggin. Whereas, as I said, I do think that the Dredd movie, the new one, worked fairly well.
Maybe somebody here remembers the Robocop remake better than I do. I know that it's virtually (ha) disappeared, can't even find it on streaming anywhere. I'm sure the usual suspects have it for some silly fee, but...I mean, in the usual course of things.
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