Jedi2016 said:
oh so is that how everytime he gets shot to hell that his face never gets damaged?
Jedi2016 said:
oh so is that how everytime he gets shot to hell that his face never gets damaged?
Nah, he just screams "Not the face! Not the face!" and they oblige. They're bad guys, not dicks.DavidS said:
Well, it certainly explains why his face never bleeds. I think it would have been neat to see it at least partially damaged at some point, exposing the mechanics underneath it.
Oh wow, I never knew that! That make so much sense now. I was like, "shouldn't like we be seeing blood or something on his face" after Robo gets hit in the head by ED-209 in the first film but yeah, latex makes much more sense. I originally thought that his face was one of the few organic parts left alive and continued to be sustainable thanks to his baby food, but I like the "molded face" idea more now.
I had no idea the face was supposed to be fake. Never, ever noticed that! I had assumed they somehow kept his facial tissue alive since they had his brain, eyes, etc. Learn something new every day!
Now I have to give this another watch, never knew that myself!Jawafive said:
Are we talking about the skin being cold to the touch in 2? If so I always wrote that off as where there was so much machine underneath and nothing internal to keep his skin warm. Or was there a direct reference?
When Mrs. Murphy comments about how it's cold, he says "They made it to honor him". Which I took to mean that they had created a likeness of Murphy to act as the face of the machine, in honor of the man whose parts they used. He could have looked like anybody, really.
But the words "they made it" indicate pretty strongly that it's artificial.
I always took that scene like this: Murphy was lying to help her forget him
True, but it would be hard to hide whether the skin was real or not. Living skin is warm, regardless of what's underneath. The fact that it was cold at all would indicate that it was artificial.
Unless you're thinking they skinned Murphy's skull and wrapped the leather around the mechanical face...
Just to be clear, I think we're mostly all agreed that the only parts of Murphy that made it into Robocop was his brain and a few feet of his digestive system? Those aren't even his eyes.
He is more machine now, than man.... still 100% CopJedi2016 said:
Agreed, Jedi2016- some parts could be up to debate, but everyone knows he's not a 'cop in a special suit'
*although he did almost keep his left arm....
Almost...Master Dahark said:
*although he did almost keep his left arm....
That's the way I interpreted it as well.Master Dahark said:
I've always thought most of his head and torso survived, which is why he had to ingest that "baby food" stuuf to sustain his organic elements.Jedi2016 said:
If that's a rubber Murphy face OCP put on Robo, why did they keep the bullet hole?
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Taking into account everything the movie showed us, this does make the most sense. I'm going with this as wellZombie_61 said:
I'm actually watching it now. In scene where he's getting shot by the cops while escaping from OCP, he's actually covering his face with his hand.DavidS said:
I don't buy the fake face explanation. If OCP was going to do that, why would they make Murphy blink? You'd think that would hinder his digital visual ability.
REALLY have to watch this again. Starting to lean back towards real face...
I always thought they'd managed to salvage Murphy's face and a few other bits, digestive system and such. It doesn't make sense to me that they designed the face as almost a tribute to Murphy due to them having no problem "losing" parts the could have saved.
I think that it is his real face. They tried to eliminate this feature with Cain in the second film, but my money is on real face. It's one of those elements designed to make him more human. No way it's a fake face. Why not give him a robo face otherwise? His voice was still the same, meaning he must have had some vocal cords in there as well. Eye color still the same, etc.
I always tell people I love the original Robocop, but I always for get HOW MUCH I love it until I watch it again. Seriously, the ONLY leg up the new film is going to have on the old is that the reboot won't have the ridiculous female 80's hair.Orange_Blend said:
I always had a soft spot for 80's hair...MooMooEgg said:
Seriously, the ONLY leg up the new film is going to have on the old is that the reboot won't have the ridiculous female 80's hair.
But that's mostly nostalgia talking.
Just rewatched the movie again. Absolute work of art. Especially the soundtrack score when Robocop goes back to his home and remembers his family. Very haunting stuff.
And clarence boddicker is such a scumbag, wow he really is disgusting!
That scene always broke my heart. Made me feel absolutely terrible...airair said:
For me, the real kicker came a few scenes later, when he and Lewis were alone at the steel mill:Orange_Blend said:
That scene always broke my heart. Made me feel absolutely terrible...
"I can feel them... But I can't remember them."
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