tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post4567514050867219191..comments2024-03-07T20:15:45.996-08:00Comments on The Bitter Script Reader: A review of the ROBOCOP reboot from someone who's never seen the originalThe Bitter Script Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16575166527272639709noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-17782620023878984332014-02-18T08:16:26.186-08:002014-02-18T08:16:26.186-08:00Haven't seen the RoboCop remake yet, but I was...Haven't seen the RoboCop remake yet, but I was underwhelmed by the original. Total Recall is the better Verhoeven movie by far.dnwilliamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13019903421411567298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-48627174653144762932014-02-17T09:06:31.519-08:002014-02-17T09:06:31.519-08:00I have always made the argument that there is more...I have always made the argument that there is more to the 87 RoboCop than just the bad guys and social satire, the latter of which usually is cited of why it's rated so highly. However, it baffles me how some fans of the original can't get beyond that. To me the regaining of Murphy's humanity (and the loss of it) was one of the highlights of the original.<br /><br />I haven't seen the remake yet, but I wonder if the filmmakers did the exact same thing with the original, they'd be no point in the remake. Furthermore, it should be said that the "heiarchy of villains" and the social satire is what caused the franchises downfafl as well - and the most obvious counterpoint "it has to be an R" (which I'm equally tired of) had little to do with it.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03173416125918691702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-70976354878289691422014-02-17T06:49:14.865-08:002014-02-17T06:49:14.865-08:00I'm not some Sci-fi tweeker from the 80s, as I...I'm not some Sci-fi tweeker from the 80s, as I too was only seven when the original was released - but I remember how badass it was when I was a kid growing up in suburban Cleveland. Comparable to the shitty industrial feel of Detroit, to me and my friends, RoboCop could have been rolling around our very neighborhoods! It was pretty dope!<br /><br />As an adult, I remind myself that it was directed by the same guy who gave us "Showgirls" and "Starship Troopers." Though, on the same card, VerHoeven also gave us "Total Recall" and "Basic Instinct." The original is one of those films that isn't a cult classic because only a handful of people truly love it - it's cult because it's a classic, cinematic chunk of Americana that was 1980's action films. I do give credit where it's due that RoboCop '87 still bent the genre with such a deep story behind the ten million f-bombs, cocaine, and explosions, because back then a plot so neural in an action film was unheard of. Cyborgs with feelings? Whoa...<br /><br />I'm looking forward to the remake as a solely seperate monsters, and not as a remake. You can't remake your childhood heroes, so I'll just see this as an update more than anything. Still stoked either way!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14067679672377212583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-23601094072258116752014-02-17T06:01:10.551-08:002014-02-17T06:01:10.551-08:00Bitter,
You REALLY need to see the original "...Bitter,<br /><br />You REALLY need to see the original "Robocop". It had some WAY COOL villians: Clarance Boddicker played by Kurtwood Smith of "That 70s Show Fame", Bob Morton an OMNI corp. fast tracker who falls prey to drugs played by Miguel Ferrer, Dick Jones played by Ronny Cox of "Beverly Hills Cop" fame. The original "Robocop" also had some commercials, "I'd buy that for a dollar" and some OMNI corp. commericals that really added a kick to the story.<br /><br />What I'm getting at is the original Robocop seams to have a distinct advatage over this missfire of a reboot--it had a GREAT STABLE of villains! Who's the villian in the re-boot? Sounds like their isn't one.<br /><br />I hate it when they do a re-boot and can't make the re-boot better than the original. And this sounds like the case here. I was bored shitless everytime they explored the "Murphy's human" angle in the original. It was truely dreadfull. The magic point of the original rested in the heiarchy of villians that Robocop had to defeat. Sounds like the reboot skipped the good stuff in favor of trying to the stuff that didn't really work in the original.<br /><br />Anyway, can't wait for you to watch the original, then contrast it against the reboot. I think you'll find the original totally trumps the reboot...<br /><br />- E.C. Henry from Bonney Lake, WAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-78259778796159106272014-02-17T05:00:37.731-08:002014-02-17T05:00:37.731-08:00Agreee. They almost had me emotionally at the mome...Agreee. They almost had me emotionally at the moments when Murphy's shown how much of his real body is left, and the point where he realises what all the publicity is doing to his son, but it never really does anything with these pinch points. All in all, I felt it lacked focus, and Bitter's right, the Novak Element segments peaked in the middle and were just overdone by the end. <br />I'm a huge fan of the original but not one of those who believes a remake must therefore be inferior; for me it just has to try to be different, to use the shell of the idea to tell a different story. It certainly tried to do that, but it just wasn't cohesive enough for me and so it's not something I'll go back to often.radiantabysshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05556594952872230450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-64155473992186285502014-02-17T01:22:47.920-08:002014-02-17T01:22:47.920-08:00I did happen to see the original Robocop, but it w...I did happen to see the original Robocop, but it was a long, long time ago and the memory of it is almost obliterated by age. I am left with the memory of the memory of it. I recall it being pretty cool, for a teen boy, but just another action flick. Out of all the remakes, which I loathe, I actually thought this remake was something that should happen.<br /><br />While I enjoyed the 2014 rendition, I certainly didn't love it. The problem that plagued it for me was the depth of emotion it was supposed to make me feel as a man tried to retain his humanity, to keep his soul and his family. I know what they wanted to make me feel, and I know what I should have been feeling along this journey, but it just wasn't there. I saw good action, good special effects, mediocre acting and zero emotion. In the end, however, I didn't regret forking over my cash for the experience.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12917994627898754577noreply@blogger.com