Father
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I think the enemy is probably Omni... kind of like it was before, but without the shady criminals helping out behind the scenes.
Can't say for sure until it comes out though.
Robocop Reboot (Pre-release)
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I think the enemy is probably Omni... kind of like it was before, but without the shady criminals helping out behind the scenes.
Can't say for sure until it comes out though.
That's because the original had writing and subtle storylines. This one pretty much just hands you everything on a silver platter and wants to job on the big companies are evil bandwagon.
robstyle
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I knpw a couple people that were on the original film, it was a mess short of a disaster production. They were actually shut down by the powers that be and a rough cut of existing footage demanded... The original had a vision and worked based on the world around us at that period in time. Just as with EFNY, a remake isnt needed.
Father
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Meh... it was more like a commercial than the TED speech from Prometheus. It didn't have scale of the Prometheus one with the huge stadium setting, the photoflashes, the audience... and Guy Pierce who is pretty "larger than life" admirable and so smug you just want to punch him all at the same time. Not to mention that TED spech was obviously kind of a viral prequel since he's a crusty old man in the actual movie.
I definitely agree it would have had a larger impact had they used Michael Keaton instead of whoever that guy is... looks like a clone of Allstate's Mayhem with a beard. I also don't like when they used "stock" footage from the movie for those instead of used some new/unused footage. Seems cheesy when they recycle stuff like that.
Either way... I'm getting pretty stoked about seeing this movie. I've gotten past the fact that it won't be the original and will more than likely have a myriad of plot holes and leave me with something less than what I had hoped for... but it's really the only thing coming out next month worth looking forward too. It'll be a holdover until April when Captain America comes out.
Father
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JoMamma_Smurf
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Looks like ironman.
Father
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I don't like how un-robotic/mechanical his movement is. That was one of the things about the original that was cool. You really appreciate how much Weller put into the role learning mime to make his movements be more mechanical.
Still gonna see it though.
Yeah, I think that was because back then, that's how people thought robots move (or will move in the future), so it made sense at that time. Today, real robots move already more fluidly, and our goal is for them to mimic perfectly human movements, so it makes sense for us today to imagine robots (or cyborg) move very much like a human or even better, faster and more agile than a human. Wouldn't make sense to keep the 80's vision of the future, when our vision has changed today.
With that said, I'm very skeptical of their soundtrack in this clip, and I don't find it very thrilling overall. That's coming from a guy who didn't see the original nor care for it. Gonna wait the reviews before I see it, if I can find some objective ones not infested with nostalgia for the first film.
With that said, I'm very skeptical of their soundtrack in this clip, and I don't find it very thrilling overall. That's coming from a guy who didn't see the original nor care for it. Gonna wait the reviews before I see it, if I can find some objective ones not infested with nostalgia for the first film.
Zombie_61
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Worse; it looks like a low-res Iron Man video game. :sick
rodneyfaile
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Kids today will probably never watch the original. This will be the only version of Robocop they know.
cayman shen
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Well, about fifty high school kids a year from rural NH see it in my Film Studies class...keeping the flame, man.
The music in that new clip is ridiculous. Just silly. And Murphy quipping? Ugh. I'm back to passing on this.
Mola Rob
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Let's see it has the generic Hollywood "wooshy" sound as the camera pulls back to reveal the drone things, the new Robocop design looks idiotic, the action is unimpressive, and the choice of music sucks.
On the plus side Jackie Earle Haley is usually good even in a bad movie but that's not enough to make me go near this thing.
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