kayevcee
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Post by kayevcee on Jul 11, 2012 0:13:22 GMT
First peek at some design work and OCP advertising: blastr.com/2012/07/omnicorps-products-are-re.phpThere's also a website.Now, I know and you know that the original Paul Verhoeven Robocop film is a classic and is just as watchable today as it was when it first came out, and thus is in no need of a reboot. On the other hand, satire was a major part of the Robocop film that the rapidly deteriorating sequels weren't so adept at. In a way, I think Robocop is sort of like America's answer to Judge Dredd. If the producers of Rebootcop actually manage to extrapolate the modern world of drone strikes, airport ball-handling and corporate invulnerability into Old Detroit's dystopia, they could create something worth seeing in its own right. Time will tell. -Nick |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 11, 2012 6:43:51 GMT
Other Robocop reboots/continuations may be available.....
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 11, 2012 7:10:26 GMT
The original film is indeed great.
The sequels were shit. The two (!) cartoon series were shit. The live-action series was shit. The mini-series was shit.
I think Robocop has had its day (and enough chances). It shares much in common with Highlander in this respect!
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Jul 11, 2012 7:21:50 GMT
Aw I enjoyed Robocop the series.
At least I REMEMBER enjoying it...
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 11, 2012 7:28:18 GMT
That's the 80s series. Other ...... versions ..... may exist and be available in Poundlands near you.
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 11, 2012 8:04:25 GMT
Highlander TV series was AWESOME. Film sequels beyond sh1t though.
We live in the world of the Reboot, that's for sure, but as my recent experience with Amazing Spiderman shows, sometimes a reboot is better than the original!
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Post by Toph on Jul 11, 2012 9:51:25 GMT
Well, amazing Spiderman has it's place. It's truer to the source material in many ways (And I'm not just talking about web shooters).
Also, the Total Recall movie, a lot of people are calling a reboot (No one here though, just talking about general), but it really isn't. It's just a new, supossedly truer adaptation of the actual novel.
IMO, these new adaptations have their place, reguardless of the original adaptations or not.
However, Robocop was not an adaptation of anything, IMO. And a reboot here is just an attempt to recreate a new franchise they can market and sap.
IMO, there are movies that deserve reboots, and movies that deserve sequels. There are also movies that deserve neither, no matter how good or bad the original was. (The Matrix was a fantastic movie. But even making *one* sequel utterly destroys the uniqueness of it. Matrix was something truely different in a hollywood that's almost devoid of originality.)
So the question is, does a reboot of Robocop have a place?
I was never a fan of Robocop. But then I also hate extreme violence. If they toned down the over the top violence, and focused on character developement, I could get behind it.
We had a Robocop that was ment to satirize something (I never knew this fact about it), maybe we could have a robocop that takes a look at the science fiction aspect of it, and the psychology of these kinds of extreme enhancements to a living person.
But then, I think a new animated or live action series could take a better look at that aspect than a movie could.
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