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post #31 of 105
6/8/09 at 10:06am
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Originally Posted by TinMan368 View Post

For once, I'd like to see a Hollywood remake of an unsuccessful movie or one that had a strong premise but poor execution--in other words, fix what's broken, and leave alone what already works.

But that's asking too much of Hollywood, isn't it?

Ocean's 11 comes immediately to mind as fitting that description.
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post #32 of 105
6/8/09 at 11:37am
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Originally Posted by Josh Z View Post

Ocean's 11 comes immediately to mind as fitting that description.

I haven't seen the Rat Pack original or the Soderbergh remake, but I've heard very good things about the latter. So I guess that's one. Hollywood just needs to do this more consistently instead of remaking movies that were considered successful or fan faves. But that would be a risky venture, wouldn't it?



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post #33 of 105
6/8/09 at 6:58pm
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Originally Posted by juancmjr View Post

3 did have a Japanese built ninja cyborg which was supposed to destroy Robocop.

Remake? Ehhhh... NO.

IIRC the original Robocop was supposed to be rated X simply because of the scene where the ED209 is shooting up the exec in the board room went a bit too long. The restored scene of that is on the Criterion release. I think it's in the magazine article on the disc that you can read on screen.

LOL it's on the extended graphic over the top version region 2 along with theatrical.

Criterion do they still do special edition DVD sets like they did when laserdisc was around?
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post #34 of 105
6/8/09 at 8:13pm
Hey dudes Some of us have not seen Star Trek yet, I would have liked to find out about the blowing up of Vulcan in the theater.
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post #35 of 105
6/9/09 at 5:53am
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Originally Posted by remodeler View Post

Hey dudes Some of us have not seen Star Trek yet, I would have liked to find out about the blowing up of Vulcan in the theater.

I know what you mean....I was avoiding the Star Trek thread and wasn't expecting the Robocop thread to have spoilers for other movies.

D'oh!
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post #36 of 105
6/9/09 at 9:15am
If they're actually remaking Verhoeven's 1987 "Robocop," well, that's just silly.
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post #37 of 105
6/9/09 at 10:14am
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Originally Posted by IAM4UK View Post

If they're actually remaking Verhoeven's 1987 "Robocop," well, that's just silly.

I'm not sure if Aronofsky is still attached to this project. If he is, the last comments I read from him pointed to it being more of a reboot than a remake. But I don't believe that anything has been finalized yet.
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post #38 of 105
6/9/09 at 1:25pm
Sweet hopefully McG will direct.
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post #39 of 105
6/9/09 at 2:12pm
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Originally Posted by akbled View Post

Sweet hopefully McG will direct.

I just vomited in my mouth a little.
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post #40 of 105
6/11/09 at 6:17am
Reboot and remake are the same damned thing.

Aranofsky is out. he left the project. He wanted an R. Studio wants PG-13. Yes, a PG-13.

I thought OCEANS ii and the two even worse sequels were completely devoid of energy.
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post #41 of 105
6/11/09 at 6:39am
PG-13 kindof sucks if true, since they wont' be able to do the "totally over the top" killing of Murphy thing

I can see room for improvement in Robocop though (keep in mind I am not a huge Robocop fanboy and consider it more of a just-ok movie).

I'd like to see a more agile Robocop...I always hated the whole "walking tank" thing that Robocop does.

Getting rid of the stop-motion ED-209 would be a good start, but I've always liked the design so hope they keep it similar.
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post #42 of 105
6/11/09 at 6:41am
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Originally Posted by Matt_Stevens View Post

Reboot and remake are the same damned thing.

Damn if they are.

Reboot, in serial fiction, means a discarding of much or even all previous continuity in the series, to start anew. Effectively, all previously-known fictive history is declared by the writer(s) to be null and void, or at least irrelevant to the current storyline, and the series starts over.

A reboot differs from a remake and a prequel, in that the latter two are generally consistent with the canon (previously-established continuity) of the series; with a reboot, the older continuity is largely discarded and replaced with a new canon.
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post #43 of 105
6/11/09 at 7:53am
blasphemy
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post #44 of 105
6/11/09 at 8:03am
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Originally Posted by Matt_Stevens View Post

I thought OCEANS ii and the two even worse sequels were completely devoid of energy.

You clearly haven't seen the original, then.
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post #45 of 105
6/11/09 at 8:37am
The original Ocean's 11 is a classic. Not for any "artistic" reasons but for it being a "period piece", who was in it, etc. I much prefer it to the remake - partly because it was there first. Don't you wish we still "hung out" wearing jackets and ties? The remake is somewhat entertaining, but nothing else.

larry
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post #46 of 105
6/11/09 at 9:18am
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Originally Posted by PooperScooper View Post

Don't you wish we still "hung out" wearing jackets and ties?

No
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post #47 of 105
6/11/09 at 9:30am
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Originally Posted by Salmoneous View Post

No

LOL! I never did, but I always found it amusing watching movies from that era.

larry
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post #48 of 105
6/11/09 at 9:54am
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Originally Posted by Matt_Stevens View Post

Aranofsky is out. he left the project. He wanted an R. Studio wants PG-13.

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post #49 of 105
6/11/09 at 10:57am
The original "Robocop" was one of the hardest "R" ratings ever, and now their "remaking" it PG-13? The story involves brutal, sadistic bad guys and a cop getting murdered so horrifically that he is literally just bits and pieces. It also involves a satirical look at WAY over-the-top violence. Not quite a PG-13 story.
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post #50 of 105
6/11/09 at 2:46pm
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Originally Posted by mproper View Post

Getting rid of the stop-motion ED-209 would be a good start, but I've always liked the design so hope they keep it similar.

If they do, it's going to be computer generated, so I say no to that.

I'd rather see it eliminated completely than be reduced to that.
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post #51 of 105
6/8/12 at 6:03am
Old thread, latest news. smile.gif
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RoboCop has added another major player to its steadily expanding cast list, with Samuel L. Jackson the latest A-list name to attach himself to the project.

http://www.totalfilm.com/news/samuel-l-jackson-joins-robocop-remake
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post #52 of 105
6/9/12 at 7:42am
As an example of a remake besting the original, I present to you:

Casino Royale

I just recently stumbled on the 1967 version on some cable channel, and went in with cautious optimism. I changed the channel 15 minutes later.

It was the same personal preference that made me like the Nolan Batmans over any of the previous "campy" predecessors.

I am willing to give the new Robocop a chance to prove itself, even as the original was one of my childhood favorites.
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post #53 of 105
6/10/12 at 12:58am
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"RoboCop was written by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner. Edward Neumeier stated that he first got the idea of Robocop when he walked past a poster for Blade Runner. He asked his friend what the film was about and he replied saying, "It's about a cop hunting robots". This then sparked the idea for him about a Robot Cop."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboCop#Inspiration_and_script
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post #54 of 105
6/11/12 at 11:11am
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Originally Posted by Lee Stewart View Post

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"RoboCop was written by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner. Edward Neumeier stated that he first got the idea of Robocop when he walked past a poster for Blade Runner. He asked his friend what the film was about and he replied saying, "It's about a cop hunting robots". This then sparked the idea for him about a Robot Cop."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboCop#Inspiration_and_script
Oh dear. You're going to inadvertently start a Deckard was a human vs Deckard was a Replicant battle. It doesn't take much.
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post #55 of 105
6/14/12 at 9:10am
Watched it last night. What a classic. It holds up so well. Instead of remaking it just get George Lucas to erase all the 4:3 screens and put in 16:9 ones. I'd buy that for a dollar.
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post #56 of 105
9/15/12 at 7:40pm
New Robocop "suit" is horrible. IMHO.

http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/59777/get-your-first-look-new-robocop-suit-right-now
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post #57 of 105
9/15/12 at 10:28pm
Hi, I'm generic cyborg dude from your friendly straight-to-video "sci-fi" movie.

Ugh. The memories of my childhood are being raped on a monthly basis.
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post #58 of 105
9/15/12 at 11:01pm
WOW, that's pretty bad.eek.gif
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post #59 of 105
9/15/12 at 11:04pm
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Originally Posted by darthrsg View Post

New Robocop "suit" is horrible. IMHO.
http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/59777/get-your-first-look-new-robocop-suit-right-now

Looks like a cross between the Pacific Rim suits and the Batman suit. I do not like it at all.
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post #60 of 105
9/16/12 at 3:57am
May look alot better on screen then on set. Lights and soundeffects do make wonders.
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