Dread Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 Filmdrunk commentors are some of the best people on the interwebs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 So, apparently Paul Verhoeven intended RoboCop to be a Jesus metaphor. No, I'm not joking. He says that in the commentary. About how Murphy's death is supposed to parallel the death of Christ on the cross, and the resurrection is to be that of Jesus. I thought everyone knew that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 It does sound familiar, but I've never listened to the RoboCop commentary, so this is the first time I've heard him say it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 It does sound familiar, but I've never listened to the RoboCop commentary, so this is the first time I've heard him say it. I think he talked about it on a making of as well. But yeah, means nothing to me. He used it as a jumping off point for an idea, and had to find a way to justify all the violence in the death scene. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delete Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 It does sound familiar, but I've never listened to the RoboCop commentary, so this is the first time I've heard him say it. I think he talked about it on a making of as well. But yeah, means nothing to me. He used it as a jumping off point for an idea, and had to find a way to justify all the violence in the death scene. The unedited version of that scene and the ED 209 Intro do work better than the theatrical ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 The unedited version of that scene and the ED 209 Intro do work better than the theatrical ones. Yeah, and the person laughing when someone says "Get a medic" in the boardroom death scene. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted April 21, 2010 Report Share Posted April 21, 2010 So, apparently Paul Verhoeven intended RoboCop to be a Jesus metaphor. No, I'm not joking. It's definitely there if you look for it. A selfless cop gets killed and resurrected, just like Jesus. And also just like Jesus, he then kills sinners in horribly nasty ways! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delete Posted April 21, 2010 Report Share Posted April 21, 2010 The unedited version of that scene and the ED 209 Intro do work better than the theatrical ones. Yeah, and the person laughing when someone says "Get a medic" in the boardroom death scene. Screaming Get a Medic after the guy had just been turned to chop meat is hilarious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted April 21, 2010 Report Share Posted April 21, 2010 Screaming Get a Medic after the guy had just been turned to chop meat is hilarious It is in a dark way. It's definitely there if you look for it. A selfless cop gets killed and resurrected, just like Jesus. And also just like Jesus, he then kills sinners in horribly nasty ways! Seriously, I really thought this was common knowledge, Verhoeven has never hidden this information. If the scene wasn't so violent, then the resurrection would have meant nothing. Anyway, has any one else been reading the RoboCop comic from Dynamite? It started so well, but it now after the third issue, I'm dropping the comic after the 1st arc, like RoboCop 3 they completely missed the point of the movie, and the fun of it, and it's dark humour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted March 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 Jose Padilha's reboot of RoboCop looks to have found its lead as Deadline reports that Joel Kinnaman ("The Killing," Snabba Cash) has been offered the role of Officer Alex Murphy (played in the original by Peter Weller). UPDATE: Deadline is confirming their earlier report, saying that Kinnaman has accepted the deal and has closed his deal to play Alex Murphy in the Robocop remake for MGM. A reboot of the 1987 Paul Verhoeven film, RoboCop will again tell the story of a police officer who, after nearly being killed in the line of duty, is rebuilt as a crime-fighting cyborg. The original film spawned two sequels and multiple television series spinoffs. "I have my take on it," Padilha told ComingSoon.net late last year, "And I can tell you this: In the first 'RoboCop' when Alex Murphy is shot, gunned down, then you see some hospitals and stuff and then you cut to him as RoboCop. My movie is between those two cuts. How do you make RoboCop? How do you slowly bring a guy to be a robot? How do you actually take humanity out of someone and how do you program a brain, so to speak, and how does that affect an individual?" Recently, Gran Torino scribe Nick Schenk was brought about the project to rewrite. Production is still targeted for this summer. http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=87439#ixzz1o5OzZth7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 Hmm. I don't mind that idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 You can show that sure, but I think you're still going to need to have actual Robocop for about half the film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 You can show that sure, but I think you're still going to need to have actual Robocop for about half the film. Pretty much. If the new director wants to hang the movie on turning a corpse into a robot, he's going to have a very dull, anatomical movie on his hands. The way in which the original film spent a 5 minute montage on the creation and then have Robocop gradually learn his origin was perfectly well done. I'm not saying there ISN'T scope for that kind of re-telling, but I think if it comes off badly it'll be much like the Nightmare on Elm Street remake - ie/ an updated take on the original film which isn't nearly as good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 But of course, I wouldn't have thought there was much scope for the Rise of the Planet of the Apes to work and it did. The crucial difference being that the experiment in Apes was it's best character. Like you said Ian, the subject in this is basically a corpse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 From what I've heard, the reaction to RotPotA (a fun acronym!) has been split pretty evenly - half thinks it's a very solid prequel, half thinks it's utter bullshit with Frieda Pinto doing her best impression of cardboard. Either way, a re-telling of any film is either going to generally succeed or generally fail. The better received the original film/film series, the higher the bar the re-telling has to hurdle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 Huh, not sure where you heard the BS line on RotPotA from, it's critically done very well, and I thought it was way more than just solid. I think trying to find fresh ways of approaching origin stories is always tough, which is why I think Amazing Spider-man will probably skip that for the most part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted June 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 Samuel L. Jackson has joined the cast of Jose Padilha's RoboCop, says a story at The Hollywood Reporter. He'll play Pat Novak, a powerful TV mogul opposite Joel Kinnaman's Alex Murphy and Gary Oldman's scientist named Norton. A reboot of the 1987 Paul Verhoeven film, RoboCop will again tell the story of a police officer who, after nearly being killed in the line of duty, is rebuilt as a crime-fighting cyborg. The original film spawned two sequels and multiple television series spinoffs. Jackson was recently seen on the big screen in Marvel's The Avengers as Nick Fury. Coming up, he'll re-team with Quentin Tarantino for Django Unchained, set for release on Christmas Day. RoboCop, meanwhile, is scheduled to hit theaters on August 9, 2013. http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=91086 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted June 7, 2012 Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 Huh. Imagine that! Didn't think I could be less enthusiastic about this. There is something less than zero... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delete Posted June 13, 2012 Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 Sounds like Hugh Laurie is going to play the head of OCP. This is going to be a weird movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted June 13, 2012 Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 I'm pro Hugh Laurie in everything. Very much looking forward to his film career now that he's a name with a dramatic track record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted June 13, 2012 Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 Bryan Cranston in a Total Recall reboot, Hugh Laurie in a Robocop reboot, the world is nuts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted June 13, 2012 Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 Sounds like Hugh Laurie is going to play the head of OCP. This is going to be a weird movie. This is what Hugh Laurie looked like when the original Robocop came out: Like Stavros, I'm a huge fan of the guy. But even so, that's a casting choice that I'd never have even thought of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 It will be a very interesting take. Ronny Cox was such awesome blend of smarmy bastard and ice cold corporate asshole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 Bryan Cranston in a Total Recall reboot, Hugh Laurie in a Robocop reboot, the world is great! Fixed that for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 Sounds like Hugh Laurie is going to play the head of OCP. This is going to be a weird movie. This is what Hugh Laurie looked like when the original Robocop came out: Like Stavros, I'm a huge fan of the guy. But even so, that's a casting choice that I'd never have even thought of. Hugh Laurie AS Robocop. That'd be weirder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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